QuoteBeagle vs Joist
Joist is a popular free estimating and invoicing app for contractors, owned by EverCommerce. It works form-first: you build estimates from line items and price books.
Where Joist wins
- •Free tier includes unlimited basic estimates
- •Invoicing and payment collection built in
- •Established brand with years of contractor reviews
Where QuoteBeagle wins
- •Describe the job in plain words — the estimate drafts itself; no price-book setup before your first quote
- •Automatic day-2 / day-5 follow-ups that stop when the customer answers — the #1 reason quotes close
- •Customer accepts with one tap on a link; acceptance is timestamped and recorded
- •Win-rate and accepted-dollars dashboard focused on closing, not bookkeeping
The honest verdict
If you want free invoicing and payments in one app, Joist is a solid pick. If your problem is quotes going out late and dying in silence, QuoteBeagle is built for exactly that.