Best Video Estimate Software for Plumbing Companies (2026)
If the video is the estimate, VidBid is the one app on this list built around it. I still put QuoteIQ first, because a video only gets a plumber to the front door of an estimate; the signature, the deposit and the payment are where the job gets won, and QuoteIQ runs all of that from $29.99 a month. I co-founded QuoteIQ and I own All American Pressure Cleaning, so weigh my ranking accordingly. Here are all eight, what each one does with video, and what it can't do.
TL;DR
QuoteIQ: best overall. Estimates, e-signature, deposits and payments from $29.99 a month, with photo and video capture and remote measuring from $99.99. It has no walkthrough-video estimate builder.
VidBid: best if the video is the estimate. You record a 60 to 90 second walkthrough and text it, from $79 a month.
CompanyCam: best for documenting jobs on video, with 5 or 10 minute clips. It is not an estimating tool.
ServiceM8: best budget job manager, with video saved to each job on a free plan or from $29 a month.
Workiz: attaches video to estimates up to a 25 MB cap, but prices are on request.
Housecall Pro, Jobber and FieldPulse: solid field service tools where video is a workaround: an outside video call, images only, or a CompanyCam add-on.
How I Picked These
I own All American Pressure Cleaning and co-founded QuoteIQ. I'm not a plumber, and I'm not neutral. For a plumbing shop of one to five people I asked four questions: can the tool capture or receive video on a job, can that become a priced estimate the customer approves from a phone, what does it cost per month, and what does it admit it can't do. QuoteIQ is the one I use in my own businesses. For the other seven I'm going by their own pricing pages, help articles and product updates, all read on October 17, 2026, and I don't claim to have used them. Where a vendor hides its price or labels it as annual billing, I say so and leave the monthly number out. For how video estimates work inside a real plumbing shop, I leaned on plumbing trade press instead of guessing. The ranking is my position, and the limits are written out under each tool.
Quick Comparison
Software | Monthly Price | Video Handling |
$29.99, Cam from $99.99 | Stored by job; photos on estimates | |
$79 Solo | Your walkthrough is the estimate | |
$79 Core | 5 or 10 minute clips; no estimates | |
$29 Starter, free tier | Video saved to each job | |
Request pricing | Video attaches to estimates, 25 MB | |
Not labelled monthly | Outside video call; photo reports | |
$49 Core | Up to 4 images per request | |
Custom quote | Video through CompanyCam sync |
1. QuoteIQ — Best Overall for Plumbing Estimates That Start With Photos and Video
What it is
QuoteIQ is the home service CRM I co-founded and run my own jobs on: estimates, invoices, scheduling and payments in one app. For this topic, two pieces matter. QuoteIQ Cam captures photos and video on the job and files them by job and date. MapMeasure Pro measures distances and areas on satellite view, so some work can be priced without driving out. Estimates go out by text, email or link, and the customer can approve with an e-signature.
Pricing
Essentials is $29.99 a month for one user, with estimates, invoices, scheduling, a price book and online payments. Cam and MapMeasure Pro start on Beginner at $99.99 for two users. Pro is $199.99 for four users and adds QuickBooks sync, which I cover in my QuickBooks roundup for plumbers. Elite is $299.99 for ten users and Max is $699.99 for twenty. Extra users are $25 a month on any plan, and every plan has a 14-day trial. Current numbers are on the pricing page.
Where it fits
It fits a plumber whose estimate starts with a customer's photo or a quick visit, not with a recorded sales video. You shoot the problem in Cam, put the photos on an options or package estimate with good, better and best choices, ask for a deposit, and get paid in the same app. MapMeasure also handles outside runs, like the distance from a house to the street for a water or sewer line quote. The plumbing side of QuoteIQ is covered in my flat-rate pricing roundup and my payment processing roundup.
Tradeoffs
QuoteIQ has no walkthrough-video estimate builder and no live video-call tool. Video is captured and stored in Cam by job, and it's photos that go on the estimate itself. I haven't confirmed that a customer can upload video to you through QuoteIQ, so I wouldn't promise that to a customer. Cam and MapMeasure sit on Beginner and above, so the $29.99 plan gives you neither. If a recorded video is the whole product you want, VidBid below is closer to it.
"Being able to pull up the map in the app and measure the area for an estimate without ever having to go see the property in person is a game changer." — Al (Google Play review)
2. VidBid — Best When the Video Is the Estimate
What it is
VidBid is a video estimating app for home service contractors, and plumbing is on its trade list. You record a 60 to 90 second walkthrough on site, build the estimate from a price book, and text it to the customer, who approves and schedules from their phone without downloading an app.
Pricing
Per VidBid's site, Solo is $79 a month for one user, Crew is $149 for up to five, and Team is $249 for up to ten. It says plans are month to month with no contracts or setup fees, and it mentions a free trial.
Where it fits
A plumber who quotes on the visit and wants a clip, a price book and good, better and best options in one text-to-approve flow for $79 a month. Of the eight, it's the closest to what the title asks for.
Tradeoffs
It's your video shot on site, not the customer's video of the leak. The VidBid page lists estimates, a price book, scheduling and customer history, and I didn't see invoicing, payments or accounting sync listed, so expect to run another tool for billing.
3. CompanyCam — Best for Documenting Jobs on Video
What it is
CompanyCam is a photo and video documentation app for contractors. You record video in the mobile app, and its help article says clips run up to 5 or 10 minutes depending on your plan. Dual video and LiDAR capture need supported iOS devices.
Pricing
CompanyCam's plans explainer lists Core at $79 a month for one to two users with 5 minute clips, plus Crew at $149 and Scale at $299 with a base of three users and 10 minute clips. Annual billing is quoted per user at lower rates, and the pricing page showed different annual numbers when I read it, so check it before you buy.
Where it fits
Shops that want a clean record of the problem and the repair on video, filed by project. It pairs with an estimating or field service tool; FieldPulse integrates with it, for example.
Tradeoffs
It isn't an estimating tool, so the price still gets built somewhere else. Per its help article, video recording is only on the mobile app and only on select plans, and per-user pricing adds up as your crew grows.
4. ServiceM8 — Best Budget Job Manager With Video on Jobs
What it is
ServiceM8 is a job management app. Its plumbing page says you can capture and save notes, photos and videos to each job, and its pricing runs on jobs per month rather than seats.
Pricing
ServiceM8's pricing page labels every figure a Standard Monthly Price: Free is $0 for one user and 30 jobs, Starter is $29 for 50 jobs, Growing is $79 for 150, Premium is $149 for 500, and Premium Plus is $349 for 1,500 and up. Paid plans have unlimited users.
Where it fits
A one to five person plumbing shop that wants every photo and clip filed on the job and doesn't want to pay per seat.
Tradeoffs
The plumbing page says videos go to the job; it doesn't say they attach to a quote, so I wouldn't count on sending the clip with the estimate. Plans are capped by jobs per month, which you'll want to compare against your busiest month, and texts cost 10 cents each on the free plan.
5. Workiz — Best for Attaching Short Clips to Estimates
What it is
Workiz is a field service platform. Its help center lists video, in all formats, as an accepted attachment type on jobs, estimates and invoices.
Pricing
Workiz's pricing page shows Standard, Pro and Ultimate with a Request pricing button on each, so I have no monthly figure to give you.
Where it fits
A shop already on Workiz, or one that wants a short clip riding along with the estimate instead of a separate video tool.
Tradeoffs
The help article caps attachments at 25 MB for each job, estimate and invoice, which is a short clip, not a walkthrough. It doesn't describe customers uploading video, and the hidden pricing makes Workiz hard to compare.
6. Housecall Pro — Best for Photo Reports, With Video Calls on the Side
What it is
Housecall Pro is a field service platform. Its guide to virtual estimates describes doing the estimate by phone or video call on FaceTime, Zoom, Skype or similar, then sending the digital estimate by email or text.
Pricing
Housecall Pro's pricing page shows Basic at $59 a month billed annually for one user, Essentials at $149 for five users, and Max at $299 for eight users plus $35 per extra user, with higher struck-through figures beside them. Only Basic is labelled with a billing period, so I'm not quoting a monthly price for any plan.
Where it fits
Plumbers already on Housecall Pro who are happy to run the video call in Zoom or FaceTime and send the estimate from the app. Essentials includes photo reports, where job photos can be marked up with drawings and notes. I compare it with QuoteIQ in my three-way comparison.
Tradeoffs
The pricing page lists no video feature on any plan, and the guide treats the video call as an outside tool. The unclear price labels make it harder to budget.
7. Jobber — Best for Photos, Not Video
What it is
Jobber is a field service platform with a plumbing page. Its request form lets clients attach up to 4 images with a work request, per a March 2024 product update covering Core, Connect and Grow.
Pricing
Jobber's pricing page lists month-to-month prices of $49 for Core with one user, from $139 for Connect, from $199 for Grow, and $499 for Plus with five users. Extra users are $29 a month.
Where it fits
Plumbers whose estimates run on photos and who want a polished quote: Grow and Plus let you add images and other content to quotes.
Tradeoffs
The update and the pricing page I read mention images, not video. Per-user fees add up past the first seat.
8. FieldPulse — Best for Plumbing Shops That Add CompanyCam for Video
What it is
FieldPulse publishes a guide to software for small plumbing businesses that says estimates can carry descriptions, photos and good, better and best options. Its CompanyCam integration syncs photos and videos into customer files and shows them on jobs, projects, estimates and invoices.
Pricing
FieldPulse doesn't publish prices. It says pricing is seat-based and built around what your team needs, with a custom quote.
Where it fits
Shops that want a field service tool with plumbing content behind it and are fine paying for CompanyCam separately to get video.
Tradeoffs
Video comes from a second subscription, the price is a phone call away, and I found no video estimating inside FieldPulse itself.
What Operators Say
None of these reviewers is tagged as a plumber in the QuoteIQ review database, so read them as other trades' take on quoting speed and polish.
"My quotes look clean and professional now; Customers respond faster, and I win more jobs." — IngeStewartr (App Store review)
"After not really knowing much about quotes and how to establish them, this app has genuinely been a time saver and has allowed me more time to focus on growing and scaling my business." — Mitchell cooper (Google Play review)
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best video estimate software for plumbing companies in 2026?
If the video itself is the estimate, VidBid is the one app on this list built around that: you record a 60 to 90 second walkthrough on site and text the priced estimate. For the whole job, I rank QuoteIQ first because it carries an estimate through e-signature, deposit and payment from $29.99 a month, with photo and video capture and remote measuring from $99.99. I co-founded QuoteIQ, so weigh that. If you only need to document jobs on video, CompanyCam does that, and my plumbing CRM roundup covers the wider choice. The other five tools handle video in narrower ways, and I spell out each one above.
How do video estimates work for plumbers?
Either the customer shows you the problem on a video call, or you record a walkthrough on site, and you price from what you see. High 5 Plumbing in Denver runs free video calls through a browser link, so customers install nothing, and Plumbing & Mechanical reported in 2022 that about 70% of those calls became customers. Before the program it was missing about 7 to 10 leads a day from people who only wanted a price. That 70% is a company-reported figure from one Denver shop, not an industry average. Apps like VidBid flip it: you record, build the estimate from your price book, and text it for approval.
How much does video estimate software for plumbers cost per month?
On the pages I read, VidBid is $79, $149 or $249 a month by team size. ServiceM8 runs from a free plan to $349, and Jobber from $49 to $499 month to month. QuoteIQ is $29.99 to $699.99, and its Cam and MapMeasure tools start at $99.99. CompanyCam's plans explainer lists $79 for Core, $149 for Crew and $299 for Scale on monthly billing. Jobber charges $29 for each extra user and QuoteIQ charges $25, while ServiceM8's paid plans have unlimited users. I read all of these on October 17, 2026. Workiz and FieldPulse don't publish prices, and Housecall Pro doesn't label a monthly figure, so I left all three out.
Can customers send a plumber a video of the problem through the software?
On the pages I read, no vendor promises it. Jobber's request form lets a client attach up to 4 images, and VidBid's video is the one you record on site. Workiz's help article lists video as an attachment type on jobs and estimates but doesn't describe customers uploading it. For customer-side video, plumbers fall back on a plain video call: Housecall Pro's guide suggests FaceTime, Zoom or Skype. If this step matters to you, ask each vendor to demo it before you pay, and ask QuoteIQ too, because I haven't confirmed it there either. Ask what file size and clip length it accepts, and whether your customer has to install an app.
Are video estimates accurate enough for plumbing jobs?
Treat them as provisional. High 5 Plumbing told Plumbing & Mechanical that it confirms a video price only after an on-site inspection, because water quality and pressure can't be tested over video. The same article says it can diagnose pipe leaks, garbage disposal problems, toilet repairs, drain clogs and water heater failures this way. Housecall Pro's guide makes the same point from the paperwork side: you can note on the estimate that it may differ from the final bill. Put that line in every video estimate you send. High 5's calls are free to the customer and booked in 30 minute windows, while an in-home visit costs $49, so the video works as a screen before the visit, not a replacement for it.
How much does it cost to drive out for a plumbing estimate?
The IRS 2026 business mileage rate is 72.5 cents a mile, up from 70 cents. A 20-mile round trip to price a job is $14.50 in mileage alone, before the time your tech spends. At the 2025 rate of 70 cents the same trip was $14.00. That figure is a tax rate, not your true cost, so swap in your own cost per mile and treat this as a floor. If a video estimate removes five of those trips a week, that is $72.50 a week in mileage at the IRS rate, about $3,770 over 52 weeks, and, more important, the tech time you get back for paid work instead of an estimate that goes nowhere. At ten wasted trips a month, the mileage alone is $145.
How big is the plumbing industry in the US?
IBISWorld puts US plumbers at $208.1 billion in 2026 across about 129,000 businesses. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counts 510,600 plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters in 2025, projects 7 percent growth from 2025 to 2035, which adds 34,500 jobs and reaches 545,200, and reports a median wage of $63,800 in May 2025 and about 42,000 openings a year. Those are all plumbers, not only shops that price jobs by video, and IBISWorld rounds its figures, so read them as the size of the field you're competing in. The median wage is for plumbers as employees, not a shop owner's profit. IBISWorld counts businesses and BLS counts workers, so the two measure different things.
How do I start a QuoteIQ trial?
Every QuoteIQ plan has a 14-day trial, including Essentials at $29.99 a month. Pick a plan on the QuoteIQ pricing page and note that a credit or debit card is required to start. QuoteIQ Cam and MapMeasure Pro need Beginner at $99.99 a month for two users, so start there if photo and video capture or remote measuring is the reason you're looking. If you'd rather see it first, there is a QuoteIQ demo you can book. Extra users are $25 a month on any plan, so count your techs before you choose. E-signatures are included on every plan, and the AI features run on IQ Credits that each plan includes monthly.
Bottom Line
If a recorded walkthrough is exactly what you want to hand a customer, start with VidBid. If you want one system that takes an estimate from a customer's photos through the signature and the deposit to payment, I'm putting QuoteIQ first, with the limits I listed above: no walkthrough-video builder, and Cam and MapMeasure from Beginner up. Book the QuoteIQ demo and use the 14-day trial to run a few of your real estimates through it before you decide.
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