Hi PH 👋 I built WrenchStack after watching contractors pick software from listicles written by whoever paid the most. Trades businesses are a genuinely underserved buyer: high spend, low-quality information. So I did the boring thing — checked pricing on 725 vendors by hand, across the US and 16 other markets, and wrote down what I found. The number that surprised me most: 36% of field-service platforms publish no price at all. The second: contractor insurance is 100% quote-only — not one of the carriers I track lists a flat rate. The part I'm proudest of is the bit that costs me money: 35 vendors carry a documented reputation flag, including some that run affiliate programs I'd otherwise earn from. I also spent a week *removing* four warnings that didn't hold up on re-checking — a lawsuit that had actually been dismissed, a "breach" that was a ransomware gang's unverified claim. Getting those wrong is worse than not having them. Happy to answer anything about the data or the methodology. It's free to cite. — Bilal

WrenchStack 2026 Trades Software Report

36% of trades software won't tell you the price

36% of trades software won't tell you the price