AI quoting software, minus the hype
Here's exactly what the AI in FieldStacker does: a chat on your website that answers visitors, prices a quote from your real price list and books a time. Next to it, an instant quote builder customers use on their own. It does not write your estimates for you.
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Search "AI estimating software" and you'll find big promises: snap a photo and get an estimate, describe the job and the AI prices it. Maybe that works for some trades. We didn't build it, for a simple reason: you're the one who has to stand behind the number. A price guessed by software from a blurry photo of a water heater isn't a price you can hold.
Where AI does help a small business is the part you can't be there for. Most leads come in when you're on a job or off the clock. The customer who gets an answer and a time slot right away books; the one who waits calls someone else. So that's where we put the AI.
What's AI and what isn't
No fuzzy labels. Here's each piece and where its numbers come from.
| Piece | Is it AI? | Where the price comes from | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website chat | Yes | Your own price list | $20/mo for 200 AI replies |
| Online quotes on your website | No | Your prices and the options the customer picks | Included in Pro |
| Online booking | No | Your real open times | Included in Pro |
| Estimates you write on site | No | You, with your price list and automatic lines | Included in Pro |
| Your website itself | Yes, built by our AI | Not a pricing tool | Included in paid plans |
What the AI chat does on your website
Three jobs, done while you're on a ladder.
Answers visitors
Someone lands on your site at 10pm with a question. The chat replies straight away instead of leaving a contact form to sit until morning.
Prices from your list
When they ask what it costs, it prices the quote from your real prices in FieldStacker. Change a price and the chat uses the new one.
Books a time
Once they like the price, it books them into a time you actually have open, so the lead ends as an appointment, not a maybe.
Simple to budget
$20/mo for 200 AI replies. You know what it costs before the first visitor types a word.
Put instant quotes on your website, free for 14 days
Your website, online quotes and online booking come with Pro. Add the AI chat when you want it.
- No credit card to start
- From $30/mo after the trial
- Your techs and cleaners are free
- Cancel any time from the app
An online quote builder customers use themselves
Plenty of customers don't want to chat at all. They want a price. The online quote builder on your website lets them pick the services they need, choose how often, and see the total your price list gives. There's nothing to train and nothing to guess: it's your prices doing arithmetic. When they're happy, they book.
- Built from the services and prices you set
- A running total the customer sees as they choose
- On your own website or your digital card's page
- No extra charge, included in Pro
From visitor to booked appointment
Here's an alarm company's own website with the quote builder on it. The visitor picks a monitoring plan, adds the sensors they want, and watches the monthly price and the amount due today change. Then they get their quote and book a time from the real open slots on the schedule. If they'd rather ask a question first, that's when the AI chat earns its $20.
- Online booking shows your real open times
- Booked jobs land on your schedule board
- Google Calendar mirrors the schedule
- Questions go to the AI chat or your Requests inbox
What makes your own estimates fast instead
For the jobs you price at the house, the faster route isn't AI. It's not typing. Search your price list as you add lines. Let automatic lines add the labor that goes with a part. Offer optional add-ons the customer ticks. Get the signature and deposit on your phone. A full estimate takes a couple of minutes, and every number on it is one you chose.
AI estimating software questions
What is AI quoting software?
The term covers very different things. Some tools say they write an estimate from a photo or a description. Others, like FieldStacker, use AI to talk to customers: a chat on your website that answers questions, prices a quote from your own price list and books a time. Ask any vendor which one you are buying.
Does FieldStacker AI write my estimates for me?
No. You write your estimates, from your own price list, with automatic lines adding the labor that goes with each part. The AI chat only prices from the prices you set. It does not invent a number or guess a job from a photo.
What is AI estimating software good for in a small service business?
The biggest win is answering people when you cannot: at 10pm, on a roof, under a sink. A website chat that replies straight away, gives a price from your list and books a time catches the customer who would otherwise call the next company on Google.
How much does the FieldStacker AI chat cost?
The AI website chat is an add-on at $20/mo for 200 AI replies. Pro is $30/mo and includes your website, online quotes on your website and online booking. Try it free for 14 days, no card.
Where do the prices in the AI chat come from?
From your real prices in FieldStacker. Change a price in your list and the chat quotes the new one.
Can customers get an instant price without the AI chat?
Yes. Pro includes online quotes on your website: the customer picks the services, sees the price your list gives and books. That part is plain math from your prices, not AI, and it costs nothing extra.
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