Knowify Electrical Contractor Software

Cloud-based electrical contractor software for estimating, job costing, and project control

Updated August 2, 2026

Knowify Electrical Contractor Software Overview

Knowify is a cloud-based electrical contractor software built to manage estimating, budgeting, scheduling, job costing, and invoicing in one connected platform. Designed for small to mid-sized electrical contractors, it links field and office operations while integrating deeply with QuickBooks.

Contractors use it to track labor, materials, profitability, and progress in real time across both long-term projects and service work.

Key Features

  • Electrical Estimating & Budgeting: Build multi-phase estimates with cost codes, templates, and automated markups for accurate bids.
  • Job Costing & Profit Tracking: Track labor, materials, equipment, and overhead by phase with real-time profitability insights.
  • Project Management: Plan projects by phase, assign tasks, manage RFIs and submittals, and monitor daily logs.
  • Scheduling & Dispatch: Coordinate crews across project and service work with calendar-based scheduling and task assignments.
  • Time Tracking & Labor Costing: Capture employee time via web or mobile and allocate true labor costs to jobs.
  • Inventory & Purchase Management: Track materials from purchase to usage, linking expenses directly to specific jobs.
  • Change Orders & AIA Billing: Generate change orders and progress billing, including AIA pay applications for commercial work.
  • QuickBooks Integration: Sync financial data seamlessly with QuickBooks Online and Desktop for streamlined accounting.
  • Client Portal: Share proposals, documents, invoices, and updates with customers in a centralized portal.

Pricing

Plan Current price Billing and scope
Core $99/month billed annually; $149 month-to-month Includes 1 user; additional users are $29/month
Advanced $329/month billed annually; $399 month-to-month Includes 10 users plus project management and job costing
Enterprise Contact sales Unlimited users, inventory and complex-business controls

Pricing source: https://knowify.com/pricing/

Pros

Competitor

Pros
Buildertrend Knowify offers stronger built-in job costing and deeper QuickBooks integration for electrical contractors handling complex commercial work. Many small trade contractors find it more financially focused and better suited for tracking phase-level profitability, while Buildertrend often targets larger residential builders with broader but less trade-specific financial controls.
Jobber Electrical contractors managing long-term commercial projects gain tighter control over labor costing and AIA billing, features that go beyond Jobber’s service-focused scheduling and invoicing tools.
ServiceTitan It delivers strong project costing, estimating, and QuickBooks syncing without the heavier enterprise setup and higher subscription tiers often associated with ServiceTitan.
Procore It combines estimating, job costing, scheduling, and invoicing in one system, while Procore often requires multiple modules and suits large general contractors with bigger budgets.
FieldEdge Knowify stands out with detailed budgeting, WIP tracking, and phase-based profitability tools that go deeper than FieldEdge’s core service management features. Electrical contractors handling both service calls and multi-month construction projects benefit from its stronger financial oversight and reporting capabilities.

Cons

Competitor

Cons
Buildertrend Buildertrend offers more polished client-facing features and marketing tools for residential builders. Electrical contractors focused heavily on homeowner communication or design-build workflows may find Knowify less robust in visual presentation and homeowner experience compared to Buildertrend’s client portal features.
Jobber Jobber is often easier to set up for small service-only electrical shops. Knowify’s broader project accounting and budgeting tools can feel complex for teams that only need simple scheduling and invoicing, adding setup time and a steeper learning curve for basic service operations.
ServiceTitan ServiceTitan provides more advanced call tracking, sales tools, and enterprise-level reporting for large service businesses. Electrical contractors scaling rapidly or running high-volume residential service divisions may find Knowify less specialized in call center automation and advanced sales analytics.
Procore Procore delivers broader enterprise collaboration tools and integrations for very large commercial projects. Firms working on massive, multi-company job sites may find Knowify less comprehensive in document control and cross-company coordination compared to Procore’s enterprise ecosystem.
FieldEdge FieldEdge focuses heavily on field service automation and technician performance tracking.

Reviews

  • G2 Review (Rating: 4.5/5 from 103 reviews): Users praise proposals, activity views and responsive support; some interface controls remain cumbersome.
  • CCapterra Review (Rating: 4.5/5 from 109 reviews): The current pool highlights trade-contractor job costing, mobile access and QuickBooks workflows.

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