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Software for electrical

Electrical contractor software

Describe how your electrical business runs, and Unstack's AI builder sets up the software for it: customers, jobs, quotes, invoices, a customer portal and the automations between them, in one workspace for your whole team.

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From one sentence to software you run on

1. Describe it, or pick a template from the marketplace.
2. The AI builds the tables, pages and automations.
3. Change anything, anytime, by asking.
4. Bring the whole team: pricing is per workspace, not per user.

What electrical software has to do

Scheduling & dispatch

• Drag-and-drop scheduling and dispatch board. Office staff see every job and electrician on a colour-coded calendar, assign work and drag jobs around as the day changes. Install the Dispatch Board template.
• Assignment by skill, location and availability. Assigns each job to an electrician by availability, skills or location (and drive time), and reshuffles the day when an emergency call comes in. Built for you by the AI builder.
• GPS vehicle and technician tracking. Shows where trucks and electricians are in real time for dispatch decisions and drives 'on my way' texts to customers. Not on Unstack yet.
• Online booking and request forms. Customers book work or submit a request from the contractor's website or social profiles at any hour, and it lands in the schedule. Install the Calendar & Scheduling template.
• Business phone, call tracking and AI call answering. Calls and texts run through the software with call tracking, recording and transcription; AI receptionists capture leads and book jobs when nobody can answer. Built for you by the AI builder.

Estimating & takeoff

• Electrical estimating from pre-built assemblies. Estimators build bids from a database of electrical items and pre-built assemblies (a device with its box, ring, wire and labor), so a whole installation is priced in one pick; ConEst cites 500,000+ NEC-compliant assemblies. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Electrical labor units with automatic labor factoring. Applies industry-standard or company labor units to every item and adjusts them for install conditions such as height, floors, run length and quantities. Not on Unstack yet.
• Digital takeoff from drawings. Counts device and fixture symbols on electronic drawings automatically and measures branch and feeder runs, then sends the quantities straight into the estimate with materials and labor attached. Not on Unstack yet.
• Material price feeds from electrical distributors. Keeps material costs current from pricing services (Trade Service, NetPricer, EPIC, TRA-SER) or supplier price files, and compares or requests quotes from local suppliers at bid time. Not on Unstack yet.
• NEC calculations (load, voltage drop, conduit fill). An add-on that runs NEC Article 220 load calculations, voltage-drop and fill calculations; IntelliBid Plus also uses built-in NEC tables to swap items while keeping code compliance. Not on Unstack yet.
• Drawing revision compare and bid alternates. Overlays revised drawings to highlight additions and deletions, and lets the estimate be modified for bid alternates or value-engineering suggestions. Not on Unstack yet.
• Supplier catalog sync into the price book. Maps supplier catalog items into the price book and pulls updated costs nightly, with optional auto-update and electronic purchase orders for some suppliers. ServiceTitan's published supplier list is HVAC and plumbing distributors; Jobber's equivalent is a Home Depot pricing and local-inventory integration. Not on Unstack yet.

Proposals & sales

• Flat-rate price book. Stores a set price per task with labor and materials bundled, auto-filling flat-rate prices into estimates so every electrician quotes the same. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Pre-built electrical price book and service kits. Ships ready-made electrical services and kits (switchboard upgrades, EV charger installs, fault finding, safety inspections). Housecall Pro's Profit Rhino book adds priced electrical services with optional quarterly updates; its free industry price book has electrical services without prices. Not on Unstack yet.
• Good-better-best options and optional add-ons. Shows several service levels side by side, or optional line items such as surge protection, a dedicated circuit or a panel upgrade, and the total updates as the customer picks. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Branded proposals with e-signature approval. Sends a branded quote with photos, scope and warranties that the customer approves and signs on site or online, and converts it to a job in one click. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Consumer financing on quotes. Offers monthly-payment financing on larger jobs or urgent repairs from inside the quote, showing 'as low as' pricing. Not on Unstack yet.
• Quote follow-up and sales pipeline. Tracks open quotes and leads and sends automatic email or text follow-ups so estimates do not go cold. Built for you by the AI builder.

Projects & change orders

• Project tracking with phases and budget. Tracks multi-phase jobs against schedule and budget, with milestones updated from the field and labor, tools and materials allocated to tasks. Built for you by the AI builder.
• AIA progress billing with schedule of values and retainage. Generates AIA G702/G703 pay applications from a schedule of values as percent complete is entered, holds back and later releases retainage, and bills stored materials received on a purchase order. Simpro generates progress claims from work completed and tracks retention, without naming AIA forms on the page read. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Change orders priced from the estimate. Records scope changes as a separate change-order estimate that adjusts contract value and forecast costs and flows into the next pay application; estimating tools reuse the original assemblies and markups to price the change. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Milestone and split invoicing. Bills larger jobs in stages tied to milestones, or splits one large job into several invoices, without full AIA paperwork. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Work-in-progress (WIP) reporting. Reports billed versus earned revenue on open projects so the owner sees over- and under-billing. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Submittal package preparation. Assembles product submittals for a bid or project from the estimate; Trimble claims it cuts submittal preparation time by 50-75%. Built for you by the AI builder.

Field app & job execution

• Electrician mobile app. Gives electricians their schedule, directions, customer notes and service history, and lets them update job status, add photos, capture signatures, invoice and take payment on site. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Checklists and custom forms. Digital checklists and forms completed on the job; Housecall Pro can attach checklists automatically based on tags, job fields or line items. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Compliance certificates and test records on site. Electricians complete safety forms, checklists and certificates of compliance in the app; an AI note-taker files test and compliance documentation against the job. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Electrician licence number on invoices and estimates. Stores each technician's licence number on their profile and the company licence number on the business unit, and prints them on a state-compliance invoice with completion date and required contract wording (needs account configuration). Built for you by the AI builder.

Service agreements

• Maintenance agreements with scheduled visits and recurring billing. Sets up recurring service contracts that schedule the promised visits automatically, invoice on a recurring basis and remind the office and customer when renewal is due. Housecall Pro also lets the technician add a membership to any job or estimate for one signature and one payment. Built for you by the AI builder.

Inventory & materials

• Purchase orders from job materials. Creates a purchase order from a job's material lines, emails or prints it to the supply house and tracks it through issued, backordered, partially received and received. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Inventory tracking. Tracks stock on hand and materials used per job so the shop knows what to reorder. Built for you by the AI builder.

Invoicing & payments

• On-site invoicing. Creates a branded invoice pre-filled from the job and sends it by text or email from the field. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Card, ACH and tap-to-pay payments. Takes card, bank and wallet payments in the field or online, with card on file, automatic charges and payment reminders; Housecall Pro can pass card fees on as a compliant surcharge. Built for you by the AI builder.

Customer communication

• Automatic reminders and 'on my way' texts. Sends booking confirmations, appointment reminders, arrival texts and post-job summaries automatically. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Customer portal. Customers log in to request work, approve estimates, see upcoming visits and pay invoices. Install the Customer Portal template.
• Review requests, referrals and email marketing. Asks for a Google review after each job, tracks referrals with automatic discounts, and sends service-reminder and promotional campaigns to past customers. Built for you by the AI builder.

Reporting

• KPI dashboards and reports. Dashboards on revenue, jobs, margins, labor hours and team performance; Housecall Pro's electrical dashboard needs no setup and Simpro ships 70+ pre-built reports. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Job costing. Calculates profit per job in real time from labor, materials and tracked expenses. Built for you by the AI builder.

Integrations

• QuickBooks and accounting sync. Syncs customers, invoices and payments with QuickBooks (and Xero, Sage or MYOB in some products) so the office does not enter them twice; estimating tools export material and job data to accounting. Built for you by the AI builder.
• Open API and Zapier. Connects the system to other tools through an API or Zapier; Accubid's APIs move estimate data into ERP, project-management and CRM systems. Built for you by the AI builder.

What the alternatives charge

Prices are each vendor's own published figures, read on 2026-10-14.

The workspace brings the rest

Automations, phone, email, a website, a customer portal, invoices and payments, banking, chat, docs, version history and apps for iPhone, Mac and Windows come standard. Start from a template in the marketplace, and bring your data in from a CSV. AI employees answer calls, book jobs and work your records alongside the team. Roles decide which pages each teammate can open.

Integrations

Keep the tools that work. Your books stay in QuickBooks or Xero, payments in Stripe, your calendar in Google.

One price for the whole crew

Priced per workspace, not per user. Start free and move up when the business needs it.

• Free: $0 a month, or $0 a month billed annually.
• Starter: $49 a month, or $41 a month billed annually.
• Business: $149 a month, or $124 a month billed annually.

Comparing? See what Jobber, Housecall Pro and ServiceTitan cost.

Electrical contractor software questions

What is Unstack?

A workspace your business runs in: the software your team uses every day, plus a phone line, email, a website, a customer portal, payments, team chat and AI employees. Start from a template or describe how you work, and the AI builder sets it up. One price per workspace, with unlimited users.

Is there a ready-made electrical template?

Not yet. You describe how your electrical business runs, from how jobs come in to how you get paid, and the AI builder sets up the tables, pages and automations in your workspace. Change anything later the same way.

Can Unstack integrate with our existing accounting software?

Unstack syncs with QuickBooks Online and Xero. Connect your account and the builder can set up an automation that sends invoices and payments across, so they aren't typed in twice. Other apps connect through the integrations catalog, Zapier or the REST API.

How does real-time dispatch work for our field technicians?

Staff can share their location, so a new job can be offered to the nearest available electrician, and the builder can factor in skills. Technicians get a notification and update the job's status from their phone. There's no route optimization.

Can we track apprentice certifications and license renewals?

Yes. Keep certifications, licence numbers, insurance and training dates for each employee, and an automation can remind you before anything expires. Unstack keeps the records; meeting licensing rules stays your responsibility.

Does Unstack handle materials inventory and reordering?

Yes. Keep wire, breakers and conduit in an inventory table with a low-stock level on each item. If technicians log materials used on each job, an automation can lower the count and alert you when it runs low.

Can customers book service appointments online?

Yes. Customers book through an online scheduling page and can get an email or text confirmation. In the customer portal they see their jobs and pay invoices through Stripe.

How does time tracking and labor costing work on jobs?

Technicians log start and end times on each job from their phone or a computer. With labor rates stored by role, the builder can add labor cost to each job and its invoice.

Can we set up approval workflows for change orders and quotes?

Yes. Automations can pause for a person's approval, so a change order waits for a manager's sign-off, and customers can approve quotes with an e-signature.

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