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Best AI Tools for Contractors & Home-Service Trades (2026)
This page lists 15 AI tools for answering calls, measuring roofs and exteriors, planning routes, and collecting reviews. Each entry shows the starting monthly price listed here, if any (each review page has the pricing details we could confirm), any free trial, the team size it suits and its affiliate status. Each review page shows the date its details were last checked.
How the AI receptionists listed here charge
An AI receptionist is a voice agent that answers inbound calls; depending on the product and plan, it can also book appointments, transfer calls and run outbound follow-up. The receptionists listed here charge in different ways. Dialzara sells monthly minute allowances, from $29/mo for 60 minutes to $349/mo for 1,000, with $0.35 to $0.48 for each extra minute depending on the plan; one of its comparison pages puts warm call transfers on its $99/mo plan. Rosie publishes plans from $49/mo for 250 minutes, and calendar booking and call transfers start on its $149/mo plan. Goodcall charges from $79/mo for 100 unique customers a month, does not meter minutes, and charges $0.15 to $0.79 for each extra customer depending on the plan. Smith.ai has a free AI plan (25 calls a month, then $3.00 per call) and separate human-first receptionist plans from $300/mo for 30 calls. Sameday, which sells AI CSRs built for the trades, starts at $449/mo for 500 minutes with a scheduling integration such as ServiceTitan. Avoca AI does not publish pricing and quotes after a demo. Beyond the phone, the list covers measurement and estimating (Hover, EagleView, Rooftops AI), route optimization (Routific, which is built for delivery businesses), and review, reputation and messaging tools (Podium, Birdeye, NiceJob, More Good Reviews).
AI voice agents that answer inbound calls, take messages and book jobs, so calls you miss on a job site still reach someone.
Avoca AI
AI call answering, outbound follow-up and call coaching for home-service companies
No monthly price listed
- Best team size
- 20+
- Free trial
- No
- Founded
- 2022
- Affiliate link
- No
Best for: Multi-truck home-service companies (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and similar) that want AI to answer every call and lead, run outbound campaigns and score their CSR calls
Rosie
AI answering service for small service businesses from $49/mo
From $49/mo
7-day trial
- Best team size
- 1-20
- Free trial
- 7 days
- Founded
- n/a
- Affiliate link
- No
Best for: Solo and small service businesses, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical and handyman shops, that miss calls on the job and want low-cost 24/7 AI answering with the option to book appointments
Goodcall
Self-serve AI phone agent for small businesses, priced by unique customers a month with unmetered minutes
From $79/mo
- Best team size
- 1-15
- Free trial
- No
- Founded
- n/a
- Affiliate link
- No
Best for: Small service businesses that want to set up an AI phone agent themselves, with published pricing and unmetered minutes, and that can live with a monthly cap on unique customers
Smith.ai
AI receptionist with a free plan, plus human-first live receptionists answering 24/7
Free tier
- Best team size
- 1-50
- Free trial
- No
- Founded
- 2015
- Affiliate link
- No
Best for: Small businesses, including trade shops, that want an AI receptionist they can start free and the option of live North America-based receptionists for calls that need a person
Dialzara
AI receptionist with monthly minute plans from $29/mo and pages for plumbing, HVAC and roofing calls
From $29/mo
7-day trial
- Best team size
- 1-10
- Free trial
- 7 days
- Founded
- n/a
- Affiliate link
- No
Best for: Small US service businesses that want an AI receptionist at a published monthly price, with a free trial and setup help, that can live with per-minute charges above the plan's minutes, and that book jobs through Google Calendar rather than field-service software
Sameday
AI front office for the trades: AI CSRs that answer calls, book jobs and run follow-up campaigns
From $449/mo
- Best team size
- 10+
- Free trial
- No
- Founded
- 2022
- Affiliate link
- No
Best for: Home-service operations with steady call volume (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, pest control) that want trades-built AI CSRs to answer, book into their FSM and run outbound follow-up, and can budget from $449/mo
Roof and building measurements from phone photos or aerial and satellite imagery, for use in estimates.
Hover
3D models, measurements, design and estimates from smartphone photos
No monthly price listed
- Best team size
- 1-100
- Free trial
- No
- Founded
- 2011
- Affiliate link
- No
Best for: Roofing, siding, window and remodeling contractors that want measurements, homeowner-facing design and estimates from smartphone photos in one app
EagleView
Aerial roof and exterior measurement reports ordered by address, no site visit needed
No monthly price listed
- Best team size
- 1-500
- Free trial
- No
- Founded
- n/a
- Affiliate link
- No
Best for: Roofing, siding and storm-restoration contractors that want remote roof and exterior measurement reports by address, especially shops that work with insurance claims
Rebuild
AI estimating for restoration companies that turns site documentation into estimates you send to Xactimate
No monthly price listed
- Best team size
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Founded
- n/a
- Affiliate link
- No
Best for: Restoration companies that write insurance estimates in Xactimate and want estimates drafted from the photos, moisture readings and notes their crews already collect, and that are willing to book a demo to get a price
Rooftops AI
Satellite roof reports plus an AI office for roofers: CRM, website and a phone line that answers
From $39/mo
7-day trial
- Best team size
- 1-25
- Free trial
- 7 days
- Founded
- n/a
- Affiliate link
- No
Best for: Roofing contractors and storm-restoration crews who want fast, low-cost first-pass measurements, estimates and proposals from the desk, and who will keep on-site verification in the process for anything going to an insurance carrier
Route optimization that plans each day of stops for drivers or crews.
Routific
Route optimization priced by order volume, with a free plan up to 100 orders a month
Free tier
- Best team size
- 1-100
- Free trial
- No
- Founded
- 2012
- Affiliate link
- No
Best for: Small trades operators with many short stops a day (such as recurring service routes) who want to test route optimization on a free plan, with unlimited drivers, alongside their existing FSM
Review requests and reputation management; some of these tools add AI assistants, customer messaging and payments.
Podium
AI employee, messaging, reviews and payments for local businesses, with a home-services version
No monthly price listed
- Best team size
- 3-100
- Free trial
- No
- Founded
- 2014
- Affiliate link
- No
Best for: Home-service businesses with steady inbound call and lead volume that want an AI agent to answer, book and follow up, with reviews and payments in the same system, and that are comfortable buying through a sales quote
Birdeye
AI reputation, reviews, listings and messaging for multi-location brands
No monthly price listed
- Best team size
- 5-500
- Free trial
- No
- Founded
- 2012
- Affiliate link
- No
Best for: Growth-stage or multi-location home-service companies that want review generation, listings, AI-assisted responses and customer messaging across locations, and are comfortable buying through a sales quote
NiceJob
Review and reputation automation for small service businesses, with published monthly pricing
From $75/mo
14-day trial
⚠ Reputation warning
NiceJob's owner since 2021, Paystone, entered court-supervised creditor protection in Canada in June 2026.
- Best team size
- 1-50
- Free trial
- 14 days
- Founded
- n/a
- Affiliate link
- No
Best for: Solo and small home-service businesses (HVAC, plumbing, cleaning, landscaping, pest control) that want automated review requests, website social proof and referrals at a published monthly price, billed month-to-month
More Good Reviews
AI review manager with published per-location pricing and an MCP server you can drive from Claude
From $49/mo
7-day trial
- Best team size
- 1-50
- Free trial
- 7 days
- Founded
- 2022
- Affiliate link
- No
Best for: Trades businesses of one to ten locations that want automated review requests at a published price, and operators or agencies already working in Claude or another AI assistant who want to manage reviews through an MCP server
Where to start
For a solo or small shop that wants calls answered at a published monthly price, compare Dialzara (from $29/mo for 60 minutes, then $0.48 a minute, 7-day free trial, sells only US numbers), Rosie (from $49/mo for 250 minutes, 7-day free trial, US and Canada only) and Goodcall (from $79/mo for 100 unique customers a month, minutes not metered). Smith.ai has a free AI plan and live North America-based receptionist plans, from $300/mo for 30 calls, for calls that need a person. For a multi-truck operation, Sameday publishes plans from $449/mo for trades-built AI CSRs that book into your field-service software and run follow-up, and Avoca AI answers calls and leads, runs outbound campaigns and scores CSR calls, with pricing quoted after a demo.
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