General Contractor Software

The one that keeps a long job in one place without charging per module. A two-crew remodeler and a fifteen-person outfit both need estimates that survive revisions, a job record that holds weeks of photos, and invoicing that copes with milestone payments. The smaller company feels the gaps sooner, because a separate payroll app, permit tracker, and messaging tool add up fast. Judge the shortlist on total cost with everything switched on, and on whether a carpenter can tag a photo from a phone without asking how.

Yes. A job can carry as many time slots as the work needs. Book a two-week framing stretch as a date range, then add separate slots for the rough-in inspection day and the punch list a month later. Every visit shows on the calendar under the same job number, and the photos, scope, flags, and invoices from all of them sit on one record. If a crew comes back after the counters land, raise a revisit and it stays linked to the original job.

Clone the estimate. The copy keeps every line item, the customer, and the tax setup, and you edit only what changed — the moved island, the extra outlet, the upgraded tile. Give it a new expiry date and track it from Draft to Sent to Accepted like any other estimate. Once accepted, one click turns it into an invoice. On site, a crew can also raise a flag for work that needs a quote, with a photo. The change is captured the day it is found, not at the final walkthrough.

Yes. Link several invoices to one job — one at demo, one at rough-in, one at final — and record payments against each as they arrive. Partial payments are fine, and an overpayment becomes a customer credit you can apply later. The customer record shows the running balance and an aging breakdown so you know what is late. What JobTrail does not do is a formal schedule of values, lien waivers, or online card processing. You record the check; it does not collect it.

Yes. Define a work permit process with the area it applies to, the issuer type, the documents you need to bring, and the fee. Book a job at an address inside that area and JobTrail flags the matching process. Apply it and the job carries a permit status of Needed. You move it to Requested when you file and Obtained when it comes through, and you can attach the approved permit to the job. It does not submit anything to the building department for you — the filing is still yours.

Build a report from the photos your crew already uploaded. Pick images from the job by stage or phase tag, place them on a page with a heading and a note, and the labels print from the tags. Save it as a template so the next week is quick. Then create a share link, set an expiry of 7 to 365 days, and send it. You can see how many times it was opened and revoke it any time. There is no customer portal or app-sent email — you send the link yourself.

Yes. Create a team for each trade with its own color, and the calendar shows them as separate rows in the Schedule view. When a carpenter is out for a week, set a dated roster change for that range and your default roster stays as it was. Approved leave is flagged while you build the crew, so you do not book someone who is off. What you cannot do is manage outside subcontractors — teams are your own employees, and there is no sub-tracking or pay-application workflow.

No. Field Mode is a single phone screen that shows a crew member their assigned jobs, the scope for today, and the photo upload. Each scope line they tick moves the job along — Scheduled, Ongoing, Completed — with no call to the office. They can raise a flag with a photo when they find rot behind the tub, and you can comment on it from the office. At the end, the homeowner signs the completion certificate on the phone.

Plans start at $39 a month for a solo operator and scale with your team. Every plan includes every feature — scheduling, jobs, estimates, invoicing, HR and payroll, fleet, permits, and the AI assistant. There are no add-on modules and nothing is locked behind a higher tier, so the price you see is for the whole platform. The tiers run Solo at $39 a month for one user, Team at $139 for up to five, Growth at $199 for up to ten, and Scale at $299 for up to fifteen, each with a 14-day free trial.

Yes. JobTrail offers a 14-day free trial with full access to every feature and no credit card required. Set up your customers, put a week of real jobs on the calendar, and send a live invoice before you decide.