DripJobs vs Painter's Log

DripJobs is a paid CRM for painting and other home-service contractors, available on Android, iOS, and the web. It combines pipeline management with automated follow-ups, proposals, invoicing, payments, texting, scheduling, work orders, and customer communications. More than 40 editable text and email sequences can trigger at pipeline stages. Jobi AI reads deal context, scores leads, and writes personalized follow-up messages for sales and project management. Estimate building, proposal signatures, crew management, material-cost tracking, and invoicing and payments are included capabilities. Official integrations include Stripe, QuickBooks, Google Calendar, Zapier, and CompanyCam, with integrations included at no additional cost. The mobile apps provide CRM access, proposals, photos, push notifications, invoicing, and texting, while requiring internet connectivity for real-time synchronization. Security facts include TLS 1.2+ in transit, AES-256 at rest, role-based access, multifactor authentication, and SOC 2 compliant cloud infrastructure. Plans are month-to-month, with cancellation available anytime. Pro costs $97 a month; Advanced costs $147 a month.

Painter's Log is back-office software for painting contractors, combining estimating, timekeeping, field capture, job management, job costing, invoicing, and close-out. Estimates support sections, line items, markup, tax, and discounts; customers can approve them online with an e-signature, and approved estimates can become jobs and invoices. Crews can split clock-ins across job sites using geofences, with timecards exportable to CSV. The app turns photographed receipts into job materials and tracks paint brand, color, finish, and quantity by room and surface. Job-costing reports compare estimated and actual labor and materials costs and show profitability and budget variance while work is underway. An AI assistant takes voice or text questions, creates log entries, retrieves job details, and summarizes the day. The service runs on Android, iOS, and the web, and is described as bilingual in English and Spanish, including estimates. The Free plan is free; Pro is $149 a year, billed $149/mo billed annually, with $1,788 billed yearly.