Questions contractors actually ask.

Getting paid is the invoice. Job costing is estimate vs actual on the same job — bid, actual, margin $, margin %, hours over/under — so you know cost per job before you bid again. CostPerJob does the second job.

No. Invoice apps get you paid. CostPerJob shows estimate vs actual on the same job.

One open job is one live job folder: estimate → log → scorecard → history. Free is 10 open jobs. Closed and archived jobs do not count. Free history is the last 10 closed cards. Pro ranks the full history by margin at $29/mo and is not capped on open jobs.

10 open jobs — estimate → log → scorecard — and the last 10 closed cards. CSV of what’s on screen is included. Pro at $29/mo unlocks full ranked history. Billed monthly. There is no annual toggle.

Trade contractors who want estimate vs actual on each job. We don’t sell crews, seats, or a scheduler — just bid, log costs, and see what you kept.

Contractors — plumbers, HVAC, electricians, and handymen who want closed-job truth.

Most tools help you get the job and get paid. CostPerJob helps you see if the job made money — bid, log costs, read the card before you bid the next one the same way.

Try a free tool with no account, then Start free. We email a link and a 6-digit code. Pick a trade, open one job, log a material and hours, close it — the scorecard shows if it paid. Pro is $29/mo when ranked history is worth paying for.

No. Scheduling, crew routing, and outbound SMS are not the product. If you still need a schedule, keep it elsewhere — see kit vs platform.

A shop OS is the operating system for the shop’s jobs and money: pricebook, bid, open job, scorecard, and history. Field-service software runs the day. We run whether the job paid.

Field-service software runs the day — schedule, SMS, CRM, sometimes payments. A shop OS runs jobs and money. We do not schedule, dispatch, route crews, or send outbound SMS.

Pricebook → bid → open job → log materials and hours → scorecard and history. Free includes 10 open jobs, the last 10 closed cards, and a watermarked 1-option estimate PDF. Pro is $29/mo for full ranked history, a clean PDF, and up to 3 packages. Scale is $79/mo for templates and brand.

Yes. Keep the app that wins work. CostPerJob sits on the same job. Customer job payments through CostPerJob are paused. We do not replace QuickBooks or a field-service schedule.

No. The tools on this site are arithmetic. You set the pricebook. We do not invent a bid. v1 does not generate estimates.

Payments — paused. Customer job payments through CostPerJob are paused. We are not collecting deposits or final invoices right now. Media Yard does not hold job funds, run a wallet, or escrow money. QuickBooks: not shipped · CSV today.

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Scale is $79/mo. It adds reusable estimate templates, up to 5 options, a branded PDF (logo, phone, license, insured), a sent list with viewed, accepted, declined, or expired, side-by-side compare, expiry (14 days unless you change it), and duplicate a template into a new job. Pro stays $29/mo with full ranked history, a clean PDF, and up to 3 packages. Free stays 10 open jobs, last 10 closed, and a watermarked 1-option estimate. Scale does not add seats, crews, dispatch, SMS, scheduling, a wallet, escrow, held deposits, electronic signature, client logins, or an AI estimator. QuickBooks: not shipped · CSV today.

Cancel Pro or Scale takes you back to Free. Jobs, history, and the pricebook stay. The last-10 closed-card window then applies. Close account is different — it erases the shop (jobs, history, pricebook, notes). After close, the same email can start a fresh account. Invoice and tax records stay as the law requires.