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Leaving Joist? Bring the prices you built with you.

For example: The customer list might come across, but rebuilding every line item from zero would take weeks of evenings.

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What it costs

Your prices, built up over years, typed in again by hand.

What owners do today

Keep the old price sheet open in another window for months.

What owners run into with Joist

Its pricing page does not say how many users each plan includes, and scheduling jobs takes its top plan, Run.

Every Joist fact on this page comes from Joist's own pages, read November 11, 2026 and linked under the table. Prices change, so check theirs before you decide.

The short version

  • Price

    CONSTRUKTRPro $199 a month, 15 users; Business $349 a month, unlimited users

    JoistFrom $10 a month

  • Free trial

    CONSTRUKTR30 days of Pro, no card

    Joist14 days, no card

  • Contract and users

    CONSTRUKTRNo contract, no per-user fee

    JoistUsers not published

Joist facts read November 11, 2026. Full detail and sources below.

Who each is built for

Joist sells four plans, Basics, Pro, Elite and Run, and its pricing page does not say how many users each plan includes. CONSTRUKTR is built for HVAC, plumbing, electrical and other small and growing service trade businesses.

Side by side

CONSTRUKTR compared with Joist
What you are comparingCONSTRUKTRJoist
Published priceStarter $49, Core $99, Pro $199, Business $349 a month, published on construktr.ai/pricing. Annual billing is two months free. Starter and Core are not on sale yet. Until then, a trial continues on Pro or Business.Basics $10, Pro $17 and Elite $32 a month, or $8.34, $14.17 and $26.67 a month billed yearly. Run, its newest plan, adds jobs and scheduling: listed at $100 a month, with an introductory $70, or $58.33 a month billed yearly. Annual billing is 2 months free.
What each plan coversUnlimited jobs, estimates and invoices on every plan.Basics: up to 5 documents a month. Pro: unlimited documents and clients. Elite adds change orders, reports and reviews. Run adds jobs and scheduling.
UsersStarter 2, Core 5, Pro 15, Business unlimited users. Adding a person inside the plan's limit costs nothing.Not published on its pricing page.
Free trial30 days with full Pro access, including the web dashboard. No credit card.14 days, no credit card.

Good to know about CONSTRUKTR: The web dashboard comes with Pro and Business (and every free trial). Starter and Core run on the app.

Where Joist may suit you better

  • A one-person business that wants the lowest published monthly price and sends few documents: Joist Basics is $10 a month for up to 5 documents a month.

Where CONSTRUKTR may suit you better

  • A crew that wants each plan's user limit printed on the page: each CONSTRUKTR plan includes 2, 5, 15 or unlimited users with no per-user fee.
  • A business that wants a longer look: CONSTRUKTR's free trial runs 30 days.

Sources

Each read on November 11, 2026. We do not use third-party price estimates.

ServiceTitan, Jobber, Housecall Pro, FieldPulse, Service Fusion, Workiz, Joist and ServiceM8 are trademarks of their respective owners. CONSTRUKTR and Automate AI LLC are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of them.

Comparing others too? CONSTRUKTR vs ServiceTitan, CONSTRUKTR vs Jobber, CONSTRUKTR vs Housecall Pro, CONSTRUKTR vs FieldPulse, CONSTRUKTR vs Service Fusion, CONSTRUKTR vs Workiz, or CONSTRUKTR vs ServiceM8.

With CONSTRUKTR

Price book import Pro and up

  1. Export your price book as a spreadsheet.

  2. Drop it in and check the preview.

  3. Your first estimate uses your own prices.

    app.construktr.ai/estimates
    The Estimate Options card of estimate EST-00018, a draft, on the CONSTRUKTR web dashboard for the demo company: good at $13,562.00 with 3-tab 25-year shingles, better at $15,242.00 with architectural 30-year shingles, marked Recommended, and best at $17,402.00 with Class 4 impact-rated shingles, which can lower a homeowner insurance premium.
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    Estimate: good, better and best on one quote

Questions owners ask

How many users does each Joist plan include?

Joist's pricing page did not say when we read it on November 11, 2026. Each CONSTRUKTR plan is one price with a set number of users: 2 on Starter, 5 on Core, 15 on Pro and unlimited on Business. Starter and Core are not on sale yet. Until then, a trial continues on Pro or Business.

Which one has the longer free trial?

CONSTRUKTR: 30 days with full Pro access, including the web dashboard. No credit card. Joist: 14 days, no credit card.

Can I keep the prices I built up in Joist?

If you can export them as a spreadsheet (CSV) file, yes. Price book import is on Pro and Business, and in every free trial: drop the file in, check the preview, and your first estimate uses your own prices. CONSTRUKTR does not connect to Joist directly.

See it on your own jobs.

30 days free, no credit card required

Paid plans renew automatically. 100-day money-back guarantee on your first paid charge. Request a refund at support@construktr.ai. Cancel any time; access continues to the end of the paid period.