Contractor+ Review 2026: Estimatic AI Estimates Priced From Live Supplier Costs

Updated November 4, 2026 – Tested Intelligence

Quick verdict: Contractor+ is an all-in-one operating system for trade contractors whose headline act is Estimatic AI: describe the job, add photos, blueprints or even a competitor’s bid, and it drafts an itemized estimate priced from live supplier listings and a labor index built on BLS data. For a carpentry or remodeling shop, the draw is a deck, trim or built-in quote that reflects this week’s lumber prices at Lowe’s or Home Depot instead of last quarter’s spreadsheet. Read the pricing page to the bottom before paying, though — annual and monthly prices differ sharply, the free tier is tightly capped, and the vendor states flatly that all sales are final.

What it is

Contractor+ (Contractor Plus, Inc.) bundles CRM, estimating, scheduling, invoicing, a business phone system, e-signatures and payments into one app on web, iOS and Android, aimed at smaller businesses across 30-plus trades. Every function updates the same record: calls, texts and emails land on a timeline in the customer profile, and an accepted estimate converts into a contract, then invoices, without re-keying.

Estimatic AI is the piece carpenters will care about. It reads standard 2D drawings and job photos, recognizes elements such as walls, doors, windows and fixtures, and builds a bill of quantities — linear feet, square footage and counts. It then prices that takeoff against real-time listings from Lowe’s, Home Depot, Menards, Ace Hardware, Build.com and ABC Supply, layered with labor assemblies you can customize to your crew’s production rates, and presents Good/Better/Best options the customer can sign on the spot.

Key features

• Estimatic AI: prompt, photo, blueprint or competitor-bid input becomes an itemized, priced estimate draft in minutes
• Live supplier pricing: material costs pulled from Lowe’s, Home Depot, Menards, Ace Hardware, Build.com and ABC Supply, plus a labor index based on BLS data and the vendor’s estimate history
• Plan takeoff: Estimatic scans 2D drawings, recognizes walls, openings and fixtures, and converts them into quantities
• Estimate-to-contract flow: quotes convert to e-signed contracts and invoices, with deposits and client financing up to $50,000 per project through Wisetack
• Contractor+ Pay: card payments at 2.7%, ACH at 1% capped at $10, with a free Bluetooth tap-to-pay reader
• Automated job costing: time, mileage and materials logged by the crew update job cost against budget in real time
• Integrations: QuickBooks Online, CompanyCam, Hover, EagleView, Angi, Thumbtack and Zapier

Pricing

Freedom is free forever. Pro is $29/month billed annually for one user; Pro Team is $58/month billed annually for the first two users, plus $20/month per additional user. Month-to-month billing costs more — independent listings put Pro at $49/month and Pro Team at $98/month — so the annual number is the one the marketing leads with.

What the pricing page doesn’t make obvious: two things. First, the caps: Freedom limits you to 5 estimates or invoices a month and excludes Estimatic, while Pro includes only 10 Estimatic AI credits a month (Pro Team makes Estimatic unlimited, and extra AI tokens can be bought on top). Second, the refund policy, stated on the vendor’s own pricing page: Contractor+ is a digital good, “all sales are final,” and the company “will not honor any refunds for any reason, under any circumstances.” Use the free plan and the 14-day premium trial properly before an annual payment goes out.

Who it’s for

Solo carpenters and small remodeling crews who quote from the truck and lose work to slow estimates — especially anyone whose material prices swing with the lumber aisle. A carpenter quoting a deck or a run of built-ins gets a takeoff priced from the same supplier listings they will actually buy from, with their own labor assemblies on top. G2 reviewers (4.6 stars across 152 reviews, per G2) praise exactly that: fast, clean estimates and invoicing for small shops.

Who should skip it

Carpenters who need deep design or shop-drawing tools should look at a design-led platform such as Mozaik or SketchUp, both reviewed here previously — Contractor+ runs the business around the work, not the joinery design. Larger firms that need granular, multi-phase project financials will outgrow it. And anyone uncomfortable with a no-refund policy should stay on the free tier until the fit is proven, because there is no money-back safety net.

Pros

• Estimates priced from live supplier listings, so lumber-heavy carpentry quotes track real material costs
• Photo, plan and competitor-bid inputs cover how carpentry jobs actually arrive
• Free-forever tier is genuinely usable for a one-person shop’s first quotes and invoices
• Estimate, contract, job costing, invoicing and payments in one record — no double entry
• Published, transparent plan pricing, which is still rare in contractor software

Cons

• All sales are final — the vendor’s pricing page refuses refunds “under any circumstances”
• Estimatic is metered on Pro at 10 credits a month; heavy quoters need Pro Team for unlimited use
• Free tier caps at 5 estimates or invoices a month, so it is a trial in practice for busy shops
• Annual pricing is the headline; month-to-month costs roughly 70% more
• G2 reviewers flag gaps for specialist trades and occasional mobile-app loading issues

FAQ

What does Estimatic AI actually do?

You describe the job and optionally attach photos, measurements, blueprints or a competitor’s bid. Estimatic builds the quantities, prices materials from live supplier listings and labor from its BLS-based index and your own assemblies, and drafts a Good/Better/Best estimate you review, adjust for markup, and send for e-signature.

How much does Contractor+ cost?

Freedom is free. Pro is $29/month billed annually for one user, Pro Team is $58/month billed annually for two users plus $20/month per extra user; monthly billing is higher. Pro includes 10 Estimatic credits a month, Pro Team’s Estimatic use is unlimited, and all sales are final.

Is Contractor+ built for carpenters specifically?

No — it serves 30-plus trades, and carpentry-relevant work (decks, trim, remodeling, custom builds) runs through its generic estimating and job tools rather than carpentry-specific design features. That breadth is the tradeoff against a specialist tool like Mozaik.

Bottom line

Contractor+ is worth a free-tier trial for a carpentry shop whose quotes are only as good as last month’s lumber prices. Estimatic’s live supplier pricing is a real edge on material-heavy work, and the estimate-to-paid-invoice chain removes a stack of admin. Just walk in clear-eyed: budget for Pro Team if you will quote daily, and treat the annual payment as unrecoverable, because the vendor says in writing that it is.