Category comparison
Electrician software splits into three categories that do not overlap: field service platforms that run the business, electrician CRMs that add a pricebook and code reference, and design tools that produce load calcs and panel schedules. This is what each one covers, and where ElectriTrack fits.
Built for any trade, so they are strongest on scheduling, dispatch, and crew management. The electrical part of an electrical job lands in a notes field. Best fit once you are running enough trucks that routing is the real problem.
A field service platform with a pricebook, a code reference, and AI assistance layered on. Genuinely electrician-flavored on the sales side. Panels, permits, and inspections are still not records.
The only category that does real engineering: NEC demand calculations, single-line diagrams, panel schedules, commercial voltages. They produce a document and stop. No customer, no estimate, no invoice.
The job record carries the electrical facts — panel, permit, inspection, diagnosis — and those facts stay attached to the estimate and the invoice that came out of them. Residential and light-commercial only.
Capability by capability
Compiled July 2026 from each vendor’s own published materials. Products change — check the vendor before you buy, and check us too.
| Capability | Field service platformsJobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan | Electrician CRMsAceWatt, QuoteIQ | Electrical design toolsKopperfield, Loadcalc | ElectriTrackService, panel, and permit work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Running the businessTable stakes. Every category except design tools covers most of this. | ||||
| Customers, estimates, invoicesA customer record, a priced estimate, and an invoice that comes out of it. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Card payments to your accountCustomer pays online and the balance updates on the record. | Yes | Yes | No | YesStripe Connect |
| Dispatch board and multi-tech routingAssigning work across a crew, drag-and-drop scheduling, route optimization. | YesDeepest here | Yes | No | NoSingle operator |
| Electrical pricebook and NEC referencePrebuilt flat-rate pricing and a searchable code lookup. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| The electrical work itselfThis is where the categories stop overlapping, and where most of the day actually goes. | ||||
| Circuit-level panel scheduleEvery breaker recorded with pole type, amperage, wire gauge, and room. | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Panel record attached to the jobThe panel stays on the job record instead of exporting to a loose PDF. | No | No | NoPDF export only | Yes |
| Permit jurisdiction directoryThe AHJ, its permit portal, and its forms, looked up rather than remembered. | No | No | No | Yes216 CA jurisdictions |
| Inspection status on the job recordRough-in, final, and reinspection tracked as status rather than memory. | PartialNotes field | No | No | Yes |
| Structured troubleshooting recordReported issue, symptoms, tests performed, suspected cause — as fields, not prose. | PartialJob notes | PartialJob notes | No | Yes |
| Where ElectriTrack stopsListed because finding out after you have signed up is worse. If you need a row in this section, one of the other categories is the better buy. | ||||
| NEC demand load calculationDemand factors applied, with a calc sheet that shows its work. | No | No | YesFull standard method | Partial220.83 / 220.87 only |
| Single-line diagramsRiser and one-line drawings for submittal. | No | No | Yes | No |
| Three-phase and commercial voltages208Y/120, 480Y/277, delta and hi-leg services. | No | No | Yes | No120V/240V to 400A |
| AIA progress billing and retainageSchedule of values, draw requests, retention held against a GC contract. | PartialSome platforms | No | No | No |
| Certified payroll and prevailing wageRequired on most public works and prevailing-wage jobs. | PartialSome platforms | No | No | No |
Straight answer
You run a crew and the real problem is dispatch. A field service platform will route work better than we will.
You need the standard-method calc, single-line diagrams, or a new-construction service design. We do the existing-dwelling methods only.
You do commercial or industrial work. We model 120V and 240V single-phase through 400A, and nothing above it.
You bill GCs on a schedule of values. AIA draws, retainage, and certified payroll are not here.
ElectriTrack is electrician software for electrical contractors doing service, panel, and permit work, founded and built by Christopher Flores.
Direct answers
Most electrician software does not track permits as a status at all. Field service platforms store the permit number in a notes field, electrician CRMs generally omit permits entirely, and electrical design tools stop at producing a permit-ready document. Dedicated permit platforms such as PermitFlow file electronically across many municipalities but are priced and scoped for general contractors rather than small electrical shops. ElectriTrack tracks jurisdiction, permit status, and inspection milestones on the job record itself, with a directory of 216 California jurisdictions and their official permit portals and forms.
Electrician CRMs are strongest on the sales and dispatch side: quoting, scheduling, review requests, pricebooks, code reference, and AI assistance. They treat the electrical job as a scope with a price attached. ElectriTrack focuses on the record the work produces — a circuit-level panel schedule, permit jurisdiction and inspection status, and a structured troubleshooting write-up — and keeps those attached to the estimate and invoice. If dispatch across a crew is your bottleneck, a CRM is the better fit. If reconstructing what was actually done on site is the bottleneck, ElectriTrack is.
Only for existing dwellings. ElectriTrack implements the existing dwelling unit methods — 220.83, which applies the first 8 kVA at 100 percent and the remainder at 40 percent, and 220.87, which sizes from recorded peak demand at 125 percent. That covers most panel upgrades and EV installs on an existing home, and every line of the calculation is shown with its citation. It does not implement the standard method in Part III, single-line diagrams, or commercial three-phase voltages. If you need those, a purpose-built electrical design tool is the right choice.
Not for commercial or industrial work. ElectriTrack models 120V and 240V single-phase services through 400A, which covers residential and light-commercial work. It does not support 208Y/120, 480Y/277, delta or hi-leg services, and it does not do AIA progress billing, retainage, submittals, or certified payroll. Commercial contractors should look at platforms built for that paperwork.
Today many do, and that is the gap this comparison is about. The common setup is a design tool for the load calc and panel schedule, then a separate CRM or field service platform to quote and bill the same job, with the details re-entered by hand in between. ElectriTrack exists to keep the panel, the permit, and the invoice on one record instead of two systems.
Built for residential and light-commercial electrical contractors running service calls, panel upgrades, EV installs, troubleshooting, and permitted work.
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