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Fieldwork review

A practical-looking field service toolkit from $59/month, but unpublished field-user pricing makes the real cost hard to judge.

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The bottom line

Worth a closer pricing check if you need scheduling, CRM and invoicing in one field service system.

Fieldwork covers core jobs for service businesses: one-time and recurring appointments, customer records, reminders, invoices, payments and a customer portal. The pricing page lists Startup at $59/month, with office users free, plus CRM, calendar, invoicing, QuickBooks integration and custom forms. There is a 14-day trial and no free plan.

Business costs $79/month and adds mapping, routing optimization and device management; Pro is $99/month and lists contracts, technician tracking, multi-office, Zapier and API access. Annual billing and field-user seat costs are not published, so the starting price is not enough to calculate a team’s full bill. The Reddit threads we read are unrelated to this product, and the published material does not establish customer sentiment or support quality.

Good fit if

  • Small field service teams
  • Businesses needing customer portals
  • Teams using QuickBooks

Skip it if

  • Teams requiring published seat pricing
  • Businesses needing annual price quotes
  • Buyers requiring verified user reviews
Fieldwork homepage
Fieldwork homepage, captured Nov 7, 2026

ScoresHow it rates

  • Features7
  • Ease of use6
  • Value for money6
  • Support5
  • User sentiment5

What works

  • $59/month Startup entry price
  • Office users are free
  • CRM, calendar and invoicing on Startup
  • Customer portal included on Startup
  • 14-day trial available

What doesn't

  • Field-user seat costs are not published
  • Annual billing and discounts are not published
  • No free plan is listed
  • Mapping and routing require Business
  • Contracts and API access require Pro

01What Fieldwork actually does

Fieldwork is field service software for residential and commercial service businesses. Its homepage points to pest control, lawn care, pool service and other businesses that schedule work at customer locations. The product brings customer records, appointments, teams and invoices into one system.

The feature list includes a calendar for one-time and recurring appointments, customer profiles, appointment reminders, reports and a dashboard. Customers can use an online portal to access invoices, contracts and work history. Fieldwork also says businesses can track invoices and accept payments through the mobile app, by phone or in the portal.

The pricing page lists three monthly plans: Startup at $59, Business at $79 and Pro at $99. All include free office users. The plans add features in steps, from CRM and invoicing on Startup to routing tools on Business and technician tracking and API access on Pro. Field-user seat costs are not published.

02Where Fieldwork is strong

Fieldwork’s clearest advantage is that its listed features cover several routine parts of running a field-service operation in one product: customer records, scheduling, invoicing and a customer portal. For a business currently stitching those jobs together, that combination is worth comparing against the cost of separate tools.

  • Startup, $59 per month: The pricing page lists CRM and calendar, invoicing, a customer portal, QuickBooks integration and custom forms. Office users are free.
  • Business, $79 per month: Adds Google Mapping, Routing Optimization and Device Management to everything listed for Startup. That makes the $20 monthly step up meaningful for teams that need those specific tools.
  • Pro, $99 per month: Adds contracts and agreements, technician tracking, multi-office support, Zapier integration and API access. It costs $20 more per month than Business.

A 14-day free trial is listed, and there is no free plan. The product’s portal and payment options may also reduce the need to chase customers across separate channels, though the published materials do not quantify any time or payment improvements. We would focus the shortlist decision on whether the plan-specific tools match your operation, not on the broad feature count.

03Where it falls short

The pricing is easy to compare at the plan level, but the total bill is not fully clear. The pricing page lists monthly rates only; annual billing and discounts are not published. Office users are free, but the cost of field-user seats is also not published. That leaves a key cost question open for businesses with multiple technicians, so get a full seat quote before comparing Fieldwork with another system.

There is no free plan, and the listed trial lasts 14 days. The plans also gate some operational features: Google Mapping, Routing Optimization and Device Management are listed under Business, while technician tracking, multi-office support, Zapier integration and API access are listed under Pro. A team that needs one of those capabilities has to budget for the relevant tier, rather than assume it is included in the $59 Startup plan.

The feature overview mentions appointment reminders, reports and a dashboard, but the provided plan breakdown does not identify which tiers include them. We would confirm availability and any usage limits with Fieldwork before switching. The published pricing details do not publish caps for customers, appointments, forms, locations or other usage, so those limits remain unclear.

04Fieldwork pricing: what you'll actually pay

Fieldwork lists three monthly plans: Startup at $59, Business at $79 and Pro at $99. The jump is $20 per tier, or $40 from Startup to Pro. Annual prices and discounts are not published, so there’s no stated annual rate to compare against the monthly price.

Startup includes CRM, calendar, invoicing, a customer portal, QuickBooks integration and custom forms. Business adds Google Mapping, Routing Optimization and Device Management. Pro adds contracts and agreements, technician tracking, multi-office support, Zapier integration and API access. All three plans list office users as free.

The main pricing gap is field-user seats: Fieldwork does not publish their cost. That makes it difficult to estimate the full bill for a team with multiple technicians. A 14-day free trial is listed, but the pricing information does not specify any trial restrictions. Get a quote that spells out field-user charges and confirm whether the monthly price changes with team size before switching.

05Switching to (or from) Fieldwork

Fieldwork covers scheduling, customer records, invoices and customer access to work history, so map where those records live before moving. The available information does not say whether Fieldwork imports data from another system, what formats it accepts, or whether you can export your data if you leave. Treat both directions as open questions, not included migration features.

Ask Fieldwork how it handles customer profiles, recurring appointments, invoice history and contracts during a migration, and whether the same data can be exported later. Check integrations against your current stack: QuickBooks is listed on Startup, while Zapier and API access are listed on Pro. Those features may affect your migration plan, but the source does not document specific transfer workflows.

We can’t describe common reasons people leave based on Reddit: no Reddit posts or comments were supplied, and verified user reviews are not available in the brief. Request export terms and field-user pricing in writing before committing.

From the threadsWhat users say

The Reddit material discusses academic and professional fieldwork, not Fieldwork’s field-service software, so it offers no direct user reviews of the product. Those commenters raise concerns about supervision, safety, research funding, and students being used as unpaid labor.

Patient safety
This is not safe for the patients
r/OccupationalTherapy · view thread
Research funding
You need money for everything and if there isn’t significant funding what’s the point
r/PhD · view thread
Unpaid student labor
Providing free labor to lower a companies bottom line is not the role of an internship/field placement
r/socialwork · view thread
Placement options
If a placement isn’t a good fit, is switching before midterm and still graduating on time a possibility?
r/OccupationalTherapy · view thread

Questions people ask

What does Fieldwork do?

Fieldwork is field-service software for residential and commercial service businesses. According to its product information, it helps manage customers, appointments, teams, and invoices. Listed tools include scheduling, customer profiles, a customer portal, invoice payments, appointment reminders, and reporting. This is business operations software, not academic fieldwork research software.

What kinds of businesses is Fieldwork for?

Fieldwork’s homepage highlights pest control, lawn care, pool service, and other field-service businesses. The pricing page describes Startup as for small teams, Business as for teams needing mapping and device management, and Pro as for advanced operations and integrations. The published information does not publish a required business size or a complete industry eligibility list.

How much does Fieldwork cost?

According to the pricing page, monthly plans are Startup at $59, Business at $79, and Pro at $99. Startup lists CRM, calendar, invoicing, a customer portal, QuickBooks integration, and custom forms. Business adds Google Mapping, Routing Optimization, and Device Management; Pro lists contracts, technician tracking, multi-office, Zapier integration, and API access. Annual prices and discounts are not published.

Does Fieldwork offer a free trial or free plan?

The pricing information lists a 14-day free trial and no free plan. It does not say whether a payment method is required, what happens when the trial ends, or whether trial access includes every plan feature. Confirm those terms with Fieldwork before relying on the trial to evaluate a migration.

Are Fieldwork user seats included in the plan price?

The pricing details say office users are free, but field-user seat costs are not published. They also do not specify a field-user seat allowance or a maximum number of users for each plan. Ask Fieldwork for the total cost based on your office and field teams before comparing the monthly plan prices.

Sources

  1. Fieldwork homepage
  2. Fieldwork pricing page
  3. Reddit: Ethical concerns in IRF / fieldwork
  4. Reddit: How are we supposed to fund fieldwork?
  5. Reddit: Fieldwork: The good, bad & ugly
  6. Reddit: Fieldwork is awful