For plumbers, electricians, roofers & trades crews

Run the business side of your trade — on autopilot.

TradeTimr is the dashboard that handles clients, quotes, invoices, work orders and expenses for your trade — then automatically chases the reminders, follow-ups and reviews you keep forgetting. Stay on the tools. Let the office run itself.

No credit card to start Your data, your control Works on the truck & the office

Built for every trade

Plumbing Electrical Roofing HVAC Landscaping Handyman General contracting
Everything in one place

The whole job, start to finish

From the first phone call to the final invoice and the review that follows — every moving part of a trade business lives in TradeTimr.

Clients & job history

Every contact, address, note, quote and payment in one record. Pull up a customer's full history before you pick up the phone.

Appointments & dispatch

Calendar and week views, service addresses, assigned techs. See the whole week's work from the truck.

Quotes & estimates

Materials and labor line items, tax, branded PDF. Send, track, and convert accepted quotes into an invoice in one click.

Invoices & payments

Status tracking, due dates, overdue flags. Cloud edition adds a Pay Now button so customers pay by card instantly.

Work orders

A clear pipeline — scheduled, in progress, complete. Link each job to its client, quote and assigned team member.

Expenses & receipts

Categories, receipt photos, mileage, job tagging. Export a clean tax-year report and hand it straight to the accountant.

Reviews

Aggregate your Google, Yelp and Facebook ratings in one place and watch your average climb as jobs complete.

Team & permissions

Add crew members, set roles, and assign jobs. Cloud edition syncs every phone, tablet and office computer in real time.

Dashboard & revenue

Live counts of clients, upcoming jobs, pending invoices and monthly revenue — the health of the business at a glance.

What TradeTimr actually does

The tasks you handle — and the ones it handles for you

Some things you'll always do by hand. The rest, TradeTimr's automations quietly take care of in the background.

Manual · both editions

Things you do inside TradeTimr

  • Add a new client with phone, address and notes
  • Schedule a job and assign it to a tech
  • Build a quote with materials and labor, send the PDF
  • Convert an accepted quote into an invoice
  • Record a payment against an invoice
  • Move a work order through its status stages
  • Log an expense and snap the receipt
  • Pull a client's full job and payment history
  • Export a tax-year report for the accountant

Available in both the Local and Cloud editions.

Automatic · cloud edition

Things TradeTimr does for you

  • Sends appointment reminders to customers before the job
  • Follows up on quotes that were sent but never accepted
  • Chases unpaid and overdue invoices automatically
  • Requests a review the moment a job is marked complete
  • Pushes notifications to your phone for new leads and payments
  • Rolls completed jobs into your monthly revenue total
  • Backs up your data and syncs across every device
  • Feeds invoices and expenses into your accounting via n8n
  • Uses your business name and review link in every message

The automations that turn TradeTimr from a tool into a second pair of hands. Cloud edition only.

Two ways to run it

Self-host it, or let it run in the cloud

Same powerful dashboard. Your choice between total data ownership and full-blown automation.

TradeTimr Local

Self-hosted edition

Own your data, run it in your shop, work offline. A one-time install with no monthly fee.

$0 · self-hosted, open to run
  • All 9 core modules — clients, jobs, quotes, invoices, work orders, reviews, expenses, team
  • Runs on your own machine or a Docker container
  • Works fully offline — perfect for the workshop
  • You hold the database — export and back up anytime
  • No subscriptions, no per-user fees
TradeTimr Cloud

Automated cloud edition

Everywhere you are, with automations that chase customers for you so you can stay on the tools.

from $19 / month
  • Everything in Local, plus the full automation engine
  • Auto reminders, quote follow-ups & invoice chasing
  • Review requests fired off when jobs complete
  • Pay Now on invoices via Stripe
  • Real-time sync across phone, tablet & office
Pricing

Simple, honest plans

Start free. Upgrade when the automations are earning their keep.

Local

$0 / forever

Self-hosted, own your data.

  • All core modules
  • Offline-first PWA
  • Docker one-liner
  • Manual task management

Cloud Crew

$49 / month

For multi-truck teams and crews.

  • Everything in Cloud Solo
  • Up to 10 team members
  • Role-based permissions
  • n8n & accounting sync
FAQ

Questions tradespeople ask before switching

Straight answers on what TradeTimr does, where it runs, and how the two editions differ.

What does TradeTimr automate for trade businesses?

TradeTimr helps trade businesses manage clients, appointments, quotes, invoices, work orders, expenses, reviews, and team activity in one dashboard. The cloud edition also automates appointment reminders, quote follow-ups, overdue invoice chasing, review requests, and cross-device syncing.

Is there a self-hosted version of TradeTimr?

Yes. TradeTimr Local is the self-hosted edition for shops that want full data ownership, offline-first operation, and no monthly fee. It includes the core modules for clients, jobs, quotes, invoices, work orders, reviews, expenses, and team management.

Does TradeTimr work on phones as well as office computers?

Yes. TradeTimr is built to work in modern web browsers across phones, tablets, and desktop computers so crews can use it on the truck, in the workshop, and in the office.

How much does TradeTimr cost?

TradeTimr Local is free to self-host. TradeTimr Cloud starts at 19 USD per month for Solo and 49 USD per month for Crew, with automations and real-time syncing included in the cloud plans.

Resources

Buying guides, trade playbooks, and answers worth citing

TradeTimr now has dedicated content for FAQs, software comparisons, and trade-specific workflows so search engines and AI systems have real pages to reference.

Setup

TradeTimr Local setup guide

Step-by-step instructions for extracting the distribution package, starting Docker, launching the local container, and opening the dashboard.

Open setup guide Download local package
FAQ

TradeTimr FAQ

Detailed answers on pricing, self-hosting, offline use, automations, data ownership, and how the cloud and local editions differ.

Read the FAQ
Blog

Trade software buying guides

Editorial content for owner-operators and crews comparing setup options, admin time, and the workflows that actually matter in the field.

Browse the blog
Compare

Field service software comparison content

Pages designed for evaluation-stage searches like “best field service software for plumbers,” with clear criteria and fit guidance.

See comparison pages
Trades

Trade-specific landing pages

Vertical content tailored to plumbers, electricians, and similar crews that need scheduling, invoicing, and review follow-up in one place.

Explore trade pages

Stop running the office. Start running the trade.

Get TradeTimr set up in minutes. Add your business name and review link, and the automations start chasing customers for you today.