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Painting contractor software

Estimate interior rooms, exteriors, cabinets and deck stains, take a deposit when the quote is accepted, and keep colours and sheens on the job. Your crew sees the scope and the photos on their phone.

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Free for 14 days. No credit card needed.

In short: Crewhand is painting business software that handles the quote, the schedule, the crew's hours, the photos, the invoice and the payment in one app. Pick painting at sign-up and it loads 15 services, 8 packages and plans, 4 estimators and a site-visit checklist, all yours to edit. Plans start at $49/month with every user included.

Set up for painting from day one

Pick painting when you sign up and Crewhand loads everything below. Change any of it: the prices are round placeholders to edit, not advice.

Services it loads

  • Interior room repaint
  • Exterior repaint
  • Cabinet refinishing
  • Trim and door painting
  • Deck stain or seal
  • Color consultation
  • Wallpaper removal
  • Touch-up visit
  • Garage floor epoxy
  • Accent wall

Packages and plans to sell

Interior room, exterior and cabinet options, an annual touch-up plan.

  • Interior room
  • Exterior repaint
  • Cabinet refinishing
  • Annual touch-up
  • Office repaint
  • Apartment turn
  • Property touch-up program
  • Annual parking lot restriping

Estimators for painting

Fill in a few measurements and your rates, and the estimator writes the quote lines with good, better and best options.

  • Interior painting
  • Exterior painting
  • Cabinet refinishing
  • Deck & fence stain

Questions to ask on the site visit

  • Surfaces measured
  • Existing coating and condition
  • Repairs needed before painting
  • Colour and sheen agreed
  • Furniture and fixtures to move
  • Lead paint likely (pre-1978)
  • Pre-existing damage documented
  • Rooms and wall heights

Photos the crew is asked to take

  • Each room, wide
  • Wall damage close up
  • Ceilings
  • Trim and doors
  • Each side of the house
  • Peeling or rotten areas
  • Labels on leftover paint cans
  • Furniture to be moved

Details kept on every customer or job

Colour and sheen, Coats, Customer supplying paint.

Everything else

The rest of the business, in the same app

Quotes and estimatesOptions, e-signatures, deposits and follow-upsScheduling and dispatchCalendar, dispatch board, routes, bookingInvoicing and online paymentsPay links, autopay, reminders, depositsTimesheets and payrollGPS clock-in, overtime, payrollMileage logTrips matched to jobs, IRS rateJob photos and photo reportsWatermarks, before/after, PDF reportsBookkeepingBank feed, reconciliation, sales taxCustomer portalPay, skip a visit, request a quote
Questions

Painting software: common questions

What's the best software for a painting business?

The best fit handles how painting work is actually sold and done: interior room repaint, exterior repaint, cabinet refinishing. Crewhand comes set up for painting with those services, packages and plans, estimators, and the site-visit questions to ask, and it adds scheduling, invoicing, online payments, timesheets and payroll in the same app.

How much does painting software cost?

Crewhand is $49/month for up to 2 users, $129/month for up to 5 and $229/month for up to 15, with every user included and two months free when you pay yearly.

Can I change the services and prices it loads?

Yes. Everything the trade pack loads is a starting point: rename services, change prices and units, add your own packages, and remove what you don't offer. The prices are round placeholders, not advice.

Can I run more than one trade?

Yes. Add another trade's pack from Settings and its services, packages and checklists are added alongside the ones you have.

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All 28 trades

Run your painting business from one app

Every feature, no credit card. Add your services, your logo and your crew, and send your first quote today.

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