Field Ascend vs Total Service

Field Ascend is a field service platform for elevator contractors managing maintenance visits, emergency repairs, inspections, dispatch, work orders, quotes, invoices, and asset history. Technicians using Android or iOS can view job details, add notes and photos, complete checklists, collect signatures, and update job status. Elevator workflows cover recurring preventive maintenance, urgent breakdown dispatch, and follow-up repairs for defects or deficiencies. Customer sites and elevator assets can be connected to earlier visits, records, and follow-up work. The mobile app stores jobs, checklists, photos, signatures, and time entries locally, then queues them to sync when connectivity returns. AI-assisted tools draft quotes and reports, analyze purchase orders, and suggest job assignments; users confirm suggested technician assignments. Where configured, QuickBooks Online workflows can sync customers, invoices, products or services, and payment status. Pro costs $13 per user per month, with a three-user minimum. A 30-day trial requires a card at sign-up. Teams may still need to maintain their own applicable compliance processes; the product is not a replacement for professional compliance judgment.

Total Service is an ERP for elevator, HVAC, fire and life-safety, and specialty contractors. Its platform combines dispatch, scheduling, job costing, CRM, billing, project management, inventory, financials and reporting. Native payroll handles union agreements, apprenticeship tiers, benefit contributions, multi-state withholding, certified payroll and prevailing-wage reports. A customer portal exposes work orders, inspection and compliance documents, invoices and payment history, and accepts service requests. TS Cloud lists six live AI capabilities: AI Assistant, Dashboard Copilot, AI Report Builder, AI Document Template Engine, In-App Coach and Technician Assist. The cloud-native architecture provides real-time operational visibility, with Android and iOS mobile access and API support for custom integrations. Standard deployments include industry-specialist implementation support in the first-year agreement. Pricing is on request and depends on staffing, modules, payroll complexity, locations and migration scope. A February 2026 announcement described controlled beta availability.