Estimate Rocket
Estimate Rocket is an estimating and project management platform for service and trade contractors.
What Estimate Rocket is
Estimate Rocket is an estimating and project management platform for service and trade contractors. It supports the work cycle from new leads and estimates to scheduling, customer communication, invoices, and project tracking. Estimating tools include customizable templates, production-rate calculations, interactive proposals, electronic signatures, and optional add-ons. Teams can manage jobs, work orders, change orders, time, expenses, job costs, and profitability. Customer features include a portal, online booking, automated emails and texts, and two-way messaging. Reports cover sales, receipts, lead pipeline, completed work, receivables, workload, profitability, and closing ratios. Integrations listed include Zapier, CompanyCam, QuickBooks, YouCanBookMe, and Google Workspace. The mobile-friendly web app can be accessed on phones, tablets, and laptops; offline access is in development. Plans include onboarding and training, with phone, chat, and email support. A 30-day trial is available; there is no free plan.
Good
- Custom estimates, production rates, proposals, and e-signatures
- Tracks time, expenses, job costs, and profitability
- Customer portal, online booking, and two-way messaging
- Integrates with QuickBooks and Google Workspace
Watch out
- No free plan
- Offline access is still in development
Who it suits
Estimate Rocket suits service and trade contractors, including painters, remodelers, roofers, and landscapers, who need estimating and project management in one platform. Its lead, scheduling, and job-cost tools may suit teams managing work from inquiry through completion.
Verdict
Estimate Rocket brings estimating, customer management, scheduling, and project tracking together for service and trade contractors. Consider whether its paid plans and current lack of offline access fit the way your team works.
Plans and prices
From Estimate Rocket's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Launch | $139 a month | Includes 3 users · Additional full users $79 · Field users $10 · monthly |
| Accelerate | $259 a month | Includes 7 users · Additional full users $39 · Field users $10 · monthly |
| Expand | $359 a month | Includes 15 users · Additional full users $19 · Field users $10 · monthly |
The facts
Each one read from Estimate Rocket's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access
- The API is accessed through a private Zapier connection using an account-owner login at estimaterocketapi.com.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API scope
- The 2024 API update added read/write scope permissions and assignments and proposals endpoints, while still requiring Zapier for connection.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API updates
- The August 2026 API version 1.2.0 added Zapier triggers and actions for clock-ins, clock-outs, time entries, expenses, vendors and invoices.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Changelog
- The product-update archive lists monthly 2026 releases and describes continuing bug fixes, security enhancements, mobile improvements and API changes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- CRM
- The platform stores client history, notes and project details, with lead tracking, referrals, notifications and two-way messaging.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Customer management
- The platform includes lead management, a customer portal, online booking, automated emails and texts, and two-way messaging.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The help center provides quickstarts, navigation guides, setup articles, videos, FAQs, product updates and live-chat access.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Estimating
- Trade-specific templates, production-rate calculations and reusable item libraries help users create estimates and proposals.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founder and origin
- The company’s about page identifies Tom Droste as founder and CTO and says Estimate Rocket was founded in 2015.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Included features
- The maker says all core platform features are included in every plan.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Officially listed connections include Zapier, CompanyCam, QuickBooks, YouCanBookMe and Google Workspace, with Stripe also listed for payments.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Invoicing and payments
- Estimate Rocket supports deposit, progress and final invoices, credit cards, ACH, automatic payments and invoice follow-up reminders.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Job operations
- Teams can manage work orders, change orders, job files, photos, notes, time, expenses, location tracking and job costing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: API and extensibility
- Several G2 reviewers say the lack of a fully open API makes connecting internal systems difficult, even though Zapier access exists.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: commercial complexity
- A TrustRadius reviewer says the product is clunkier for highly varied commercial projects with extensive documentation and customized line items.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: customization and usability
- G2 reviewers mention limited customization and extra mouse clicks, while Capterra reviewers describe cumbersome multi-step line-item editing and a learning curve.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: scheduling and messaging
- Capterra reviewers report gaps such as no straightforward customer-facing calendar snapshot and a desire for direct text messaging.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Mobile access
- Estimate Rocket is a mobile-friendly web application usable from phones, tablets and laptops; offline access is still being developed.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Notable news: August 2026
- An August 2026 support release documented new Zapier API capabilities for time entries, expenses and invoices.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Notable news: January 2026
- The product-update archive says Estimate Rocket became a public application in January 2026.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company profile
- LinkedIn lists Estimate Rocket as a privately held software-development company with 11–50 employees and headquarters in Newburyport, Massachusetts.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2015checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Newburyport, Massachusetts, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Owner relationship
- Logical Engine presents Estimate Rocket as one of its web-app solutions and lists the same Newburyport address and phone number.checked 15 Oct 2026
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