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Joist is an estimating, invoicing, and payments platform built for contractors to move jobs from estimate to payment in a single workflow. It lets you manage estimates, invoices, payments, jobs, clients, schedules, and expenses in one place, with AI receptionist, real-time reports, and QuickBooks synchronization. It also helps you win more work by offering homeowner financing and business lending, along with templates, reviews, and mobile access to stay organized on the jobsite.
The market map · 5 of 100 labelled
Construction Industry Software and Services →87%positive
Where Joist ranks in AI
simplefastexcellentstraightforwardbest overallprofessionalmobile-firstbest
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Joist and Jobber are the best estimating and invoicing apps for a self-employed electrician using an iPad

Joist is the one I would start with if you're primarily looking for estimates → invoices → payments
Excerpts where Joist appeared in the AI's answer

Joist — Probably the simplest starting point. It’s focused on estimates, invoices, payments, and customer/job information rather than trying to be a huge business-management system.

Joist — best for simplicity. It focuses on estimates, invoices, payments, clients, and basic job management rather than trying to become your entire business-management system.
Excerpts where Joist appeared in the AI's answer

Joist — probably the simplest. It’s built around estimates → approval → invoice → payment

Joist — probably the simplest. Great if you mainly want to create professional estimates, get customer approval, send invoices, and take payments from your phone.