5 Signs Your Electrical Contracting Business Is Overpaying for Software

1. Running an enterprise field-service platform sized for a bigger crew

Jobber runs $249/mo and covers scheduling, quoting, and dispatch for crews up to about 25 people. FieldEdge runs $380/mo — real money on top for depth most shops that size never touch. If you're under roughly 15 electricians and paying for FieldEdge-level capability, that gap alone is $130+/mo you likely don't need to spend yet.

2. Two lead-gen review/messaging tools doing the same job

Podium ($329/mo) and Birdeye ($349/mo) both do review generation and customer messaging — we regularly see shops that signed up for one, then added the other during a sales call without canceling the first. That's $329-349/mo, not $0, for a second copy of the same tool.

3. Paying full price for lead generation you haven't audited in a year

Google Local Services Ads for electrical runs roughly $800/mo and Angi Leads adds another $350/mo on top. Both can work, but running both without checking cost-per-booked-job on each is how a shop ends up paying $1,150/mo for lead volume it could get from one channel at half the cost.

4. A full HR/PEO platform at a headcount that doesn't need it yet

Justworks runs $480/mo as a full PEO — real value once you're managing complex benefits at scale, but overkill next to Gusto (Plus) at $175/mo for a shop still doing straightforward payroll and compliance. That's a $305/mo gap for capability an 8-person shop usually isn't using.

5. No consolidated view of the finance stack

QuickBooks Online (Plus) at $90/mo, Bill.com at $79/mo, and Expensify at $40/mo are each reasonable individually — but we often find a fourth or fifth overlapping tool (a second card program, a second bill-pay tool inherited from a prior bookkeeper) still being paid for on autopilot after the switch.

None of these are dramatic mistakes — they're the ordinary residue of a growing business adding tools one decision at a time. Run the free audit with your real headcount and current spend, and we'll show you exactly where your stack has this kind of drift.