Honest comparison · updated August 2026

Contractor Foreman vs Contractor Autopilot

Contractor Foreman is $49–$249/mo depending on tier — and it is one piece of your business. Contractor Autopilot is $149–$499/mo flat for the whole company, unlimited users: one source of truth, 60+ features from the missed call to the paid invoice. No integrations to build, nothing to keep in sync.

What Contractor Foreman does well

Enormous feature checklist for the price — estimates, scheduling, safety, daily logs, purchase orders.

Best for: Budget-minded contractors who want a lot of construction modules for very little money.

Where it leaves you exposed

  • Broad but shallow: many modules are basic, and the interface shows its age.
  • No AI receptionist, no website, no Google or review automation.
  • Cheap software still leaves you buying the four things that actually bring in work.

One app for the whole business — finally

The cheapest line item on a bill that still has four other line items.

1
source of truth, unlimited users

The call, the lead, the quote, the job, the invoice, the review and the website all live on the same customer record. Your whole crew and your office get their own login — we never charge per seat.

60+
features, five stages

Get found, capture leads, quote & close, run jobs, get paid — the whole business, not one slice of it.

0
integrations to build

No Zapier, no CSV exports, no paying a consultant to wire your tools together every time something changes.

The time it gives you back

One source instead of five disconnected systems, and no evening spent copying a lead from the phone into the software.

What it really costs to run Contractor Foreman

Until now, nobody ran a contracting business on one app. Here is the rest of the bill you are still paying.

Contractor Foreman$49–$249/mo
Answering service$300+/mo
Website + hosting$50–$300/mo
SEO / reviews / social$350–$1,600/mo
Typical all-in$750–$2,450/mo across 4 vendors
Contractor Autopilot — all of it, one bill$149–$499/mo

Stack costs are typical published US market rates for each category, August 2026. Your numbers will vary — run our free business review and we will price your actual stack.

What it costs at 1, 5 and 10 people

Their price grows with your crew. Ours does not — every plan is unlimited users, so the tenth hire costs you nothing in software.

Crew sizeContractor Foreman+ what it doesn't includeTheir all-inContractor Autopilot
Just you$149/mo$850/mo$999/mo$499/mo
5 people$149/mo$850/mo$999/mo$499/mo
10 people$199/mo$850/mo$1,049/mo$499/mo

At five people that is $999 a month — more than Autopilot Pro — and it still does not answer your phone, build your website, or ask your customers for reviews.

Same money buys the whole business instead of one slice of it: 60+ features across all five stages, unlimited users, one bill.

Contractor Foreman column uses their published list price, read August 2026. "What it doesn't include" is the same basket every time: answering service ~$300, website and hosting ~$150, reviews and social ~$100, local SEO help ~$300. Our column is Autopilot Pro at $499/mo — everything, unlimited users. Starter is $149 and Autopilot is $399.

Side by side

FeatureContractor AutopilotContractor Foreman
AI receptionist answering 24/7Included on Autopilot ProNo
Website + custom domain built for youYesNo
Estimates, invoices, schedulingYesYes
AI estimating with a price book that learnsYesNo
Automatic reviews and social postingYesNo
Entry price$149/mo$49/mo
Price$149–$499/mo, whole company$49–$249/mo depending on tier

Contractor Foreman pricing and features from their published information, read August 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.

The honest verdict

Contractor Foreman is the best value on paper and the classic trap: you save $100 on software and still spend $700 on the answering service, the website and the marketing help. Buy the whole business in one place instead.

Questions contractors ask

Why pay more than $49/mo?

Because the $49 does not answer your phone, build your website, or ask your customers for reviews. Compare the whole bill, not the software line.

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