Autopilot vs Junk-Desk

Autopilot is a CRM and field service platform for home service businesses, available as a mobile app and website. Its workflow connects lead capture with job scheduling, customer messages, payments, reviews, and follow-ups. Listed tools include dispatch, estimates, invoicing, online booking, automated texts, time tracking, and reporting. The iPhone and Android apps cover jobs, schedules, GPS, calls, texts, payments, photos, and time tracking; a native desktop app for business calls and texts is listed for Mac and Windows. Plans start at $49 a month, and every plan begins with a free two-week trial. Run includes one user, Grow three, and Scale eight. Scale adds an AI Receptionist with 300 minutes monthly, along with 1,500 VoIP minutes and 1,500 SMS messages per month; overages are charged at listed rates. Additional users cost $29/month per user. Named integrations include Stripe, QuickBooks, Google Ads, Google Business Profile, Google Calendar, Google Local Services Ads, Facebook Ads, and Bing Ads. Zapier connects Autopilot to more than 9,000 apps.

Junk-Desk combines quoting, scheduling, dispatch, invoicing, rental contracts, customer management, and job cost tracking for junk removal and dumpster rental businesses. Its quote calculator builds load-based prices from disposal, fuel, labor, and overhead costs. The dispatch calendar handles jobs, dumpster drops, pickups, swaps, and crew assignments. Quotes can become invoices, and rental contracts can be sent for electronic signing. The site lists payments through Stripe, Zelle, Venmo, PayPal, and Cash App. Dumpster inventory can be marked available, out on rent, pickup due, or in maintenance. Job costs, expenses, cost breakdowns, and profit per yard are tracked. Plans are billed monthly: Basic costs $3.99 a month, Pro $6.99 a month, Business $12.99 a month, Team $15.99 a month, and Fleet $29.99 a month. Every plan covers both service types and includes a 10-day trial without a credit card. Afterward, unsubscribed accounts have trial access only. The software runs on Android, iOS, and the web.