Guide
What a one-to-five-person plumbers crew actually needs from scheduling software, what to look for, and what the big suites really charge at this size.
Plumbing days mix the booked (water heaters, remodels, re-pipes) with the urgent (leaks, backups, no hot water). The board's job is to keep the booked work visible while the urgent work lands — and to keep a photo record, because the before-and-after shots settle most warranty conversations before they start.
Housecall Pro's pricing quiz has quoted plumbing teams above its headline prices, and its sync starts at Essentials ($149+) — worth checking what your trade is actually quoted before assuming the homepage number.
DayBoard's answer is a flat $36 a month for up to five people: the board with crew lanes, recurring jobs in your local time, job sheets with photos and checklists, quotes that become jobs, invoices with pay links on your own Stripe account, and reminders included. It does not sync with QuickBooks (it exports a QuickBooks-ready file) and it does not text clients — the pricing page prints the whole out-list. If those two gaps are fine, the math usually settles it.
For the board, job sheets, quotes, invoices and reminders, a fair 2026 range is $36–60 a month flat for up to five people (DayBoard at $36, Kickserv at $60 with QuickBooks sync). The big suites run $128–189 for a two-person crew once reminders and sync are included — worth it only if you use suite features.
Booking pages, GPS and price books help some shops. If your week is jobs, quotes and invoices, they are rooms you rent and never enter. Decide from your last month of real work, not from a feature list.
For your whole crew — up to 5 people. No tiers, no per-person charges, no job cap. Or $349 a year and be done with it.