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Field Service Software · For Field Services & Trades

Field service software that schedules jobs, quotes, and invoices — without three apps.

Field service software for small business — built for the trades teams running on Jobber, paying for QuickBooks, and still doing data entry by hand. HVAC, plumbing, electrical, cleaning, handyman, appliance repair, pool service, lawn care. Connect the job in the field to the invoice in the office, and give your customers a portal to see service history without calling.

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Job completed → invoice sent to portal, same day
Before PrimeBase

The job nobody billed runs the jobs that do.

Scheduling in one app. Quotes in Word. Job notes on paper. Invoices in QuickBooks — entered manually from the job sheet, days after the work is done. None of them talk to each other.

~21 hrs/week of admin before the money reaches the bank
SUMMIT TRADES CO. — MAY 2026
Cost of running on 4 disconnected tools
RCPT #0047 · NON-NEGOTIABLE
JobTool$Time
SchedulingJobber Basic + phone$ 49/mo4 hrs/wk
QuotingWord template + email$ 03 hrs/wk
Job trackingPaper sheets + Google Sheet$ 05 hrs/wk
InvoicingQuickBooks Simple Start$ 30/mo3 hrs/wk
Customer commsPhone + SMS chasing$ 04 hrs/wk
Parts & notesPaper — re-typed later$ 02 hrs/wk
SUBTOTAL — software$ 79
SUBTOTAL — hours @ $45$ 94521 hrs

TOTAL / WEEK$1,02421 hrs
╳ ╳ ╳   THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE   ╳ ╳ ╳
EVERY WEEK
Here’s what changes

Three things stop happening on Monday morning.

No. 01 · The pain

Jobs are booked over the phone, texted to the tech, and tracked in a spreadsheet. A reschedule means three phone calls.

The fix

Dispatch board. One change notifies everyone.

When David Lawson calls to book, the job is created directly in PrimeBase — customer record, address, job type, and assigned tech all in one place. Reschedule from the dispatch board and Carlos gets an instant notification. A confirmation SMS goes to the customer automatically. No WhatsApp thread, no spreadsheet update.

Dispatch update · Carlos Rivera
12 Birchwood Lane — HVAC Service
Thu 8 May · 09:00 – 11:00
En route
Booking confirmed
09:00 Sat — 1 tap
Carlos notified
via app instantly
Customer confirmation
SMS auto-sent
zero phone calls to reschedule
No. 02 · The pain

Quotes are Word documents attached to emails. You follow up twice. Half of them never get confirmed.

The fix

Estimate sent to the customer portal. Accepted with one click.

Build an estimate from a line-item template, add parts and labour, and send it via the customer's portal link. David sees the full breakdown, the total, and an Accept button. One click confirms it — no reply email needed. PrimeBase records the acceptance, and the approved estimate is ready to convert to an invoice the moment the job is done.

EST-0047 · David Lawson
Accepted ✓
Service call$ 95.00
Filter replacement$ 45.00
Labour — 2 hrs$ 200.00
Sundries & fixings$ 45.00
TOTAL$385.00
Accepted via portal · Apr 30, 09:14 · one click
No. 03 · The pain

Invoices go out three days after the job because someone has to re-type the paper job sheet back at the office.

The fix

Invoice created from the completed job — same day, in the field.

When Carlos marks the job complete on his phone, the invoice is created from the accepted estimate in one click — line items, parts used, and labour are already there. The customer receives a portal notification within seconds. No paper job sheet to decode, no manual entry in QuickBooks, no chasing overdue payments a week later.

Invoice trail · David Lawson
Job completed
Carlos marked complete · 11:08
Invoice created
INV-0088 from EST-0047 · 1 click
Sent to portal
Customer notified · 11:08
Customer paid
Portal payment · same day
zero re-entry · same day · from the field
One job, end to end
David Lawson · 12 Birchwood Lane · HVAC Annual Service

From first call, through dispatch and on-site, to the invoice paid and the portal live.

Day 1 · +0
01ENQUIRY
Day 1 · Same day
02QUOTE
Day 3 · +2 days
03SCHEDULED
CRM

Customer calls. Job record created in seconds.

CRM · New job
David Lawson
LOGGED
12 Birchwood Lane2.4 mi
Job type
HVAC Service
Source
Phone call

David Lawson calls about his HVAC annual service. In PrimeBase, a job record is created with his address, job type, and notes — all in one place. The customer is tagged, the address is saved, and the record is ready for quoting. No spreadsheet, no sticky note.

3 mincall → job record
Estimates

Estimate built from a template. Sent via portal.

Estimates · EST-0047
HVAC Annual Service
Awaiting
$385.00
Service call$95
Labour 2 hrs$200
Filter + fixings$90
Sent via portal link · 1 min to build

From the job record, a quote is built in minutes using a line-item template — service call fee, parts, labour. It's sent to David's portal link. He sees the full breakdown, clicks Accept, and the confirmation is logged automatically. No PDF attachment, no reply email to parse.

1 clickcustomer accepts
Appointments

Job assigned to tech. Dispatch board updated.

Thu 8 May · Dispatch
Today's schedule
✓ No conflicts
08:00
Nguyen — boiler
Mike D.
09:00
D. Lawson — HVAC
Carlos R.
Assigned
11:30
Green Apt — drain
Jess O.
14:00
Riverside — AC
Carlos R.

The accepted job is added to the dispatch board for Thursday 8 May. Carlos Rivera is assigned — he gets an instant notification on his phone with the address and job details. David receives a confirmation SMS automatically. No scheduling phone call, no WhatsApp thread.

0scheduling calls
Day 5 · +4 days
04ON-SITE
Day 5 · Same day
05INVOICED
Ongoing · +5 days
06PORTAL
CRM · Appointments

Job completed in the field. Notes and photos logged.

Job record · Carlos Rivera
Complete ✓
12 Birchwood Lane · HVAC
Unit inspection09:14
Filter replaced09:31
System tested10:44
Customer sign-off10:52
2 photos uploaded · 0 paper sheets

Carlos arrives, checks in on his phone, works through the job checklist, and uploads two photos on completion. David signs off digitally. Everything is timestamped on the job record. No paper job sheet to lose, no handwriting to decipher back at the office.

0paper job sheets
Accounting

Invoice created automatically. Sent to the portal.

Accounting · INV-0088
From EST-0047
ONE-CLICK · SAME DAY
$385.00
HVAC Annual Service · 12 Birchwood8 May 2026
✓ Sent to portal
Awaiting payment

Carlos marks the job complete and converts the accepted estimate to an invoice in one click — line items, parts, and labour already populated. It reaches David's portal within seconds. No re-entry, no chasing a week later, no "can you send the invoice again?"

Same dayjob → invoice sent
Customer Portal

Customer portal: history, invoices, rebook.

portal.summittrades.com/lawson
DL
David Lawson
12 Birchwood Lane
Active
INVOICE DUE
$385.00
LAST JOB
8 May HVAC
3 past jobs · invoices & reports all here

David logs into his branded portal to view the invoice, see the job report with photos, and pay online. Every past job, estimate, and invoice is there — without calling your office. Next year's annual service is already in the system as a follow-up task.

–70%inbound status calls
Net for Lawson job
1linked record
0paper sheets
Same dayinvoice sent
1 portalreplaces calls
Job complete
The modules that matter for you

Five modules. The rest are upside.

PrimeBase ships with eleven. For field services and trades, these five close the gap between the job in the field and the money in the bank — and they’re in every plan.

01 / 05

Appointments

Drag-and-drop dispatch board. Schedule jobs by tech, time, and location. Customers get automatic confirmation and reminders.

Customers self-book from availability.
0
scheduling phone calls
02 / 05

CRM

One record per customer — full job history, addresses, notes, and photos. See every visit at a glance. Route-aware scheduling built in.

Full job history, every visit.
1
record per customer, always
03 / 05

Estimates

Build quotes from line-item templates, send via portal link, and collect acceptance with one click — no PDF email chains.

No PDF reply chains.
1 click
to accept a quote
04 / 05

Accounting

Convert the accepted estimate to an invoice in one click once the job is done. Sent to the customer portal immediately. No re-entry.

No re-entry from paper sheets.
Same day
job → invoice sent
05 / 05

Customer Portal

Customers log in to view job history, accepted estimates, invoices, and service reports — without calling your office.

Customers check the portal.
–70%
inbound status calls
Built for your trade

Built for the trade you actually run.

HVAC, plumbing, electrical, handyman, appliance repair, pool service, lawn care, cleaning — same software, configured around your workflow.

Most field service software is built for one trade. Jobber is for residential service. ServiceTitan is for HVAC. PrimeBase is for the small operator running across categories — a contractor doing both residential repair and small commercial jobs, an appliance technician adding pool maintenance to their service mix, a handyman growing into multi-trade. Same software, no specialist lock-in.

Questions

The things trades businesses ask before switching.

Still have a question? We're an email away.

Email the team
Yes. The Appointments module gives you a drag-and-drop dispatch board, per-tech availability, and automatic customer confirmations and reminders. Technicians see their schedule on their phone — no separate app to buy. Unlike Jobber, quoting, invoicing, CRM, and the customer portal are all in the same system.
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