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Free templates and calculators, pricing and license guides, comparisons, switching guides and the full How-to Guide, all in one place.
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Estimates, proposals, contracts, change orders, invoices and more, as PDF plus Word or Excel.
Browse templates →Markup and margin, labor rate and software savings, with the math shown.
Open the tools →Published cost benchmarks for common jobs, with sources and dates.
See the benchmarks →Contractor license rules for all 50 states and DC, with official sources.
Find your state →Practical posts on pricing, selling, contracts and running jobs.
Read the blog →The How-to Guide from inside ECHOPS, step by step, before you sign up.
Open the help center →The library
PDF plus an Excel file that does the math.
Open →Options, investment summary, timeline and acceptance.
Open →A residential contract skeleton to review with your attorney.
Open →New contract sum and schedule impact, signed before the work.
Open →What’s included, what isn’t, and who supplies what.
Open →Every choice tracked against its allowance, with sign-off.
Open →Payments received and balance due, calculated in Excel.
Open →Conditional or unconditional, progress or final.
Open →Every last item with owner, status and client OK.
Open →Weather, crew, deliveries, work done and issues.
Open →Your workmanship warranty on one page.
Open →Turn cost into a price at any markup or margin.
Open →True cost per hour, then your billing rate.
Open →Your current tools next to the ECHOPS plan that fits.
Open →Job cost benchmarks with sources and dates.
Open →Rules for all 50 states and DC.
Open →Contracting terms in plain English.
Open →Pricing, sales, contracts and operations.
Open →A practical checklist, from licensing to your first leads.
Open →From the first call to a signed contract.
Open →What to ask before you switch, with published prices.
Open →What published data says, and how to quote one.
Open →The pricing mistake that costs contractors money.
Open →Eight tools side by side: fit, starting price, users.
Open →Plans, price per user, payments, calls and texts.
Open →Plans, price per user and free trials.
Open →Pricing, users, payments and getting started.
Open →Pricing by team size compared.
Open →For remodelers and designers.
Open →For HVAC, plumbing and electrical shops.
Open →For roofing and exteriors.
Open →Published prices at 3, 8 and 20 users.
Open →What you can import and how.
Open →Export paths and a go-live checklist.
Open →Export paths and a go-live checklist.
Open →What you can export and what to ask.
Open →Exporting tables and bringing them in.
Open →Day 1, week 1 and month 1 with ECHOPS.
Open →One job through ECHOPS, no sign-up.
Open →Every section of ECHOPS, step by step.
Open →How ECHOPS works on a phone today.
Open →What connects today and what’s coming.
Open →Release notes, newest first.
Open →Data, backups, providers and support access.
Open →What your clients see in their portal.
Open →What’s new, one job start to finish, and your questions.
Open →You both get a free month when they start a yearly plan.
Open →Plan the job week by week. Excel works out finish dates in workdays and draws the bars.
Open →Price trade by trade, add overhead and profit, alternates and exclusions.
Open →One page for service calls: the work, who’s assigned, parts, labor and sign-off.
Open →Close out the job in writing: open punch items, warranty start, final payment.
Open →Scope, price, schedule, insurance, lien waivers and termination, in plain English.
Open →Budgeted, committed and actual costs by category, with variance and contingency.
Open →Squares from square feet, tear-off to drip edge, options and totals.
Open →Rooms or sides, coats and coverage to gallons, labor and materials.
Open →Hardscape, plants, mulch by the cubic yard, sod, irrigation and labor.
Open →Three system options side by side, from equipment to permit and removal.
Open →Every plan by team size, add-ons, card fees, trial and cancel terms.
Open →Basic, Essentials and MAX, extra users, add-ons, card fees and terms.
Open →What Buildertrend publishes about price, users, onboarding and contracts.
Open →What its pages say about packages and terms, and what to ask on the demo.
Open →Features, prices for 1 to 20 users, and who each fits, side by side.
Open →Nine options compared by trade, team size, lead tools, price and one real limit.
Open →What the research shows and a response playbook for a contractor’s office.
Open →Scope, takeoff, labor, materials, overhead, markup and contingency, step by step.
Open →Looking for something else? Ask the ECHOPS team.
Every section of ECHOPS explained step by step, for the sections your role can see.
Ask how to do something and ECHO answers with a button that opens the right page.
Questions
Start a trial with your work email and your workspace opens in about a minute. You get 14 days to use it with your team, with no credit card. At the end, pick a plan or let it close.
ECHOPS is built for contractors who sell, schedule and run jobs: remodelers, roofers, HVAC, plumbing and electrical shops, painters, builders and service companies. Your project types, stages, price book, appointment types and document wording are yours to set.
Solo includes 3 users and goes up to 5, Crew includes 8 and Company 20, and each extra user is $25 a month. Your clients and crews sign in to their own portals without taking a seat.
Phone & texts is $79 a month on Solo and Crew and included in Company: a local number, calls in the browser, recordings with summaries, texts with your clients, and speed-to-dial for new leads. Extra numbers are $10 a month. Texting needs carrier registration, and we walk you through it.
Yes. Leads, past jobs, service tickets, time sheets and your price book import from CSV files. If you'd rather have us do it with you, white-glove setup is $499, and free with a yearly Company plan.
Yes. ECHOPS runs in the browser on any phone or tablet, with notifications, and you can add it to your home screen. An iPhone app is on the way.
ECHO, the AI teammate, comes with every plan, with a fair-use allowance that grows with the plan. AI design images are counted each month (25, 100 or 300 by plan), and you can add 100 more for $29.
Each company's data is kept apart in the database itself. Sign-in uses email links and passkeys instead of passwords, with two-step verification for owners and admins. If our team ever needs to look inside your workspace to help, it's for a limited time, with a reason, and it shows in your activity log.
Yes. The templates, calculators, pricing guides, license guides and glossary are free to use, with no account needed. Templates come as a printable PDF plus an editable Word or Excel file. ECHOPS itself is paid software with a 14-day free trial and no credit card. Start with the free construction calculators.
Start with the paperwork every job needs: an estimate, a contract, a change order and an invoice. Add a scope of work and lien waivers as jobs get bigger. For larger bids, the construction bid template prices trade by trade, with overhead, profit, alternates and exclusions. Have a local attorney review contract forms; rules vary by state.
Try ECHOPS free for 14 days with your own leads and jobs. No credit card, and your workspace is ready in minutes.
Special price: your first 2 months from $49/mo. Limited spots, so sign up today.