For owners of 1–20 person trade shops
Blue Collar Stack is a directory of scheduling, invoicing, quoting, phones, payroll, and the rest — written for plumbers, HVAC techs, electricians, roofers, landscapers, cleaners, and handymen. 61 tools so far. Real products only. No made-up ratings.
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Editorial
These are not scores and nobody paid to be here. They are products whose own sites describe a fit for a small shop, with a price when the vendor publishes one.
Scheduling and dispatch
Jobber describes itself as one platform for home and commercial service businesses, from the first quote through payment.
Publishes a starting price and describes quoting, scheduling, and payments for home-service crews.
Scheduling and dispatch
Housecall Pro calls itself home services business management software.
Same job as Jobber, with booking, reviews, and a published Basic price on the vendor’s page.
Scheduling and dispatch
Kickserv says it helps service businesses manage customers, schedule jobs, and get paid.
Prints small-team prices, including a 5-user plan, on the homepage.
AI phone answering
Goodcall offers an AI answering service.
An AI receptionist you set up in plain language, with a plumbing shop used as the example.
AI phone answering
Ruby provides live virtual receptionists, with AI used behind the scenes rather than as the voice on the call.
A person answers the phone, and the site names roofers, plumbers, HVAC, and landscapers.
Payroll
Gusto handles payroll, tax filing, and HR for employers, including benefits and time tools on higher plans.
Payroll with a public price and month-to-month terms, separate from the dispatch tool.
Marketing and websites
Google says a Business Profile lists your business on Search and Maps at no charge, so people who find you can become customers.
Free, and it is the listing homeowners already use to find a local crew.
Quoting and estimates
Roofr sells a suite for roofing businesses: CRM, an instant estimator, measurement reports, proposals, material ordering, invoicing, and payments.
Built only for roofing, from measurement reports through invoices.
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Advertise / sponsor us2026-10-20
Jobber syncs Yelp Request a Quote leadsJobber’s product-update post says the Yelp Leads integration sends every Yelp “Request a Quote” lead into Jobber as a new request with the client and job details. The post also says Jobber matches duplicates automatically and that Yelp lead performance can be tracked in Jobber’s Marketing Dashboard.
2026-10-20
Yelp fall release: booking, lead sync, and Smart Lead ReplyYelp’s fall product post says customers can book from Yelp with businesses that use ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro, and that Request a Quote leads can flow into Jobber or Workiz. The same post says Smart Lead Reply, which answers and qualifies those leads, is rolling out next month at $30 per month for eligible Request a Quote categories, including plumbers, electricians, roofers, and home cleaners.
2026-10-06
ServiceTitan Pantheon 2026: Max, Atlas, and HomhServiceTitan’s press post says the Max package is available to every residential in-home contractor, with a limited pilot for commercial and roofing. It also announces the Atlas mobile app and Homh, a consumer booking site for participating ServiceTitan contractors.
Plain talk
None of those are switched on. Outbound buttons still go to the vendor’s ordinary public URL.