BrainO vs The AC People

BrainO is construction management software for contractors and home-service businesses. It brings leads, projects, invoicing, payments, and homeowner communication together with scheduling, proposals, estimates, contracts, e-signatures, dispatch, daily logs, permits, crew management, and GPS tracking. A client portal supports customer communication, while listed AI tools cover scope generation, estimating, dispatch assistance, and lead capture. The iOS and Android apps list offline mode, push alerts, GPS dispatch, and camera uploads; web and API access are also listed. Payment processing uses Stripe Connect Express, and WhatsApp integration supports sharing leads and dispatch information with team members. BrainO describes e-signature, invoicing, contracts, and scheduling as built in. It is available in the United States and Canada. The Free plan is listed as free and allows 3 active projects and 2 team members. A 30-day free trial requires no credit card. Paid plans listed are Starter at $149 a month, Pro at $299 a month, and Business at $499 a month.

The AC People is a field service operations platform for dispatching crews, preparing estimates, diagnosing field conditions, collecting payments and managing customer follow-up. Its workflows include a dispatch calendar, CRM and property history, industry job forms, field calculators, recommendations, invoices and follow-up. Office and field staff share customer, property, equipment, job and payment records. The site lists 75 industry packs shaped around trade-specific workflows and tools. Prepared connection and migration workflows cover QuickBooks, Jobber, ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, Salesforce, HubSpot and structured CSV exports, with mapping, validation and rollback records. The current release is a Progressive Web App installed through a browser on Android, Apple devices and desktop using Chrome or Edge. The Field App includes an offline-ready job workspace linked into the secured platform. The site says there are no APK or Apple App Store downloads yet. Listed plan prices are demo pricing for layout and packaging review, and production pricing may change. Example plans address owner-operators, growing service teams and companies with multiple crews, branches or trades. The pricing note lists plans from $99/mo.