Estimates start from the customer record
Keep contact information, service location, notes, and prior history available when quoting new work.
Estimate software for service businesses
Estimate software that keeps customer approval, scheduled work, and invoicing connected.
Smart Book helps owner-led service businesses create estimates, get customer approval, schedule the resulting work, assign the technician, complete the job, and keep the final invoice tied to the same customer record.
7 days free · $30/month or $300/year · no per-tech Smart Book fee.
Quotes living in separate documents or text messages
Approved estimates requiring customer information to be re-entered
Estimate pricing becoming disconnected from the scheduled job
One-time project quotes separated from recurring customer history
Connected workflow
Keep the feature connected to the rest of the customer lifecycle.
Create the customer and service location → build the estimate → send it for approval → schedule the approved work → assign the crew → complete the job → create the connected invoice and collect payment.
Customer approval stays documented
Send estimates through the supported approval workflow instead of relying only on verbal approval or a disconnected message thread.
Approved work stays connected
Keep the relationship between the estimate, resulting job, and customer record intact as the work moves onto the schedule.
Recurring customers can receive one-time quotes
Quote add-on work without creating a duplicate customer when the same account already has recurring service.
Estimate financials carry into billing
Preserve pricing context so the invoice does not have to be rebuilt from memory after the job is complete.
Office and field roles stay separated
Office users can manage estimates and financial details while technicians receive the assigned job context they need in the field.
A repeatable service-business workflow.
1
Add the customer
Create or open the client and service location where the work will happen.
2
Build the estimate
Add the proposed work and pricing to the estimate record.
3
Send for approval
Use the customer approval workflow before scheduling work that requires authorization.
4
Schedule approved work
Move approved work into the job calendar and assign the responsible technician or crew.
5
Complete the job
Keep the completed service tied to the estimate and customer history.
6
Invoice and collect payment
Create the connected invoice, record payment, and keep the final receipt with the customer.
Built for everyday local service work.
Landscape enhancements
Mulch and seasonal work
Pressure washing estimates
Handyman projects
Pool equipment repairs
Pest-control add-on work
Mobile detailing coatings
Property maintenance extras
One-time service upgrades
Know the boundary before you buy
Smart Book is not currently a construction takeoff, blueprint measurement, CAD, or enterprise bid-management platform. It is designed for straightforward service estimates that need to flow into jobs, invoices, and customer history.
Frequently asked questions
What is estimate software for service businesses?
Estimate software helps a service business build a quote, send it to a customer for approval, and keep the approved pricing connected to the resulting job and invoice.
Can Smart Book send estimates for approval?
Yes. Smart Book supports customer estimate approval workflows and can keep approved estimates connected to the resulting job.
Can an approved estimate become a job?
Yes. Approved work can stay connected to the customer record as it moves into scheduling and job execution.
Can estimate pricing stay connected to the invoice?
Yes. Smart Book preserves estimate financial details through connected job and invoice workflows.
Can Smart Book handle one-time project estimates and recurring service?
Yes. A customer can have recurring service plus one-time estimates and jobs on the same client and service-location record.
Does Smart Book charge per estimator or technician?
No. The current Whole Crew plan includes owner, admin, dispatcher, and technician roles for $30/month or $300/year.
Does Smart Book replace construction takeoff software?
No. Smart Book focuses on service estimates, approvals, jobs, invoices, and customer history rather than blueprint takeoffs, CAD, or complex construction estimating.
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