DripJobs vs Contractor Autopilot
DripJobs is $97 or $147/mo for ONE user — then $25 texting, $49 job costing, $99 production rates, and "contact us" pricing for their AI and every extra user — and it is one piece of your business. Contractor Autopilot is $149–$499/mo flat for the whole company, unlimited users: one source of truth, 60+ features from the missed call to the paid invoice. No integrations to build, nothing to keep in sync.
What DripJobs does well
DripJobs was built by a painter, and it shows. The pipeline and the automated drip messages are genuinely good — cold leads get followed up whether or not you remember to do it.
Best for: Painting shops with enough lead volume to need automated follow-up drips.
Where it leaves you exposed
- →Nobody answers the phone. Drips work on leads you already have; a missed call never becomes a lead at all.
- →No website, no custom domain, no Google Business Profile work — you still pay someone else to get found.
- →Every plan includes one user. Extra users are "contact for pricing" — the number that matters most to a crew is the one they will not print.
- →Their Jobi AI has no published price either. Texting is $25/mo, job costing $49/mo, production rates $99/mo, all on top of the base plan.
One app for the whole business — finally
DripJobs is one piece. Your phone, website, reviews and books live somewhere else, and you or Zapier keep them in sync.
The call, the lead, the quote, the job, the invoice, the review and the website all live on the same customer record. Your whole crew and your office get their own login — we never charge per seat.
Get found, capture leads, quote & close, run jobs, get paid — the whole business, not one slice of it.
No Zapier, no CSV exports, no paying a consultant to wire your tools together every time something changes.
The time it gives you back
The call gets written on a notepad, typed into DripJobs, re-typed into the invoice, and the review request never gets sent. With one system the call becomes the lead, the quote, the job, the invoice and the review request without anyone re-typing it.
What it really costs to run DripJobs
Until now, nobody ran a contracting business on one app. Here is the rest of the bill you are still paying.
| DripJobs Advanced (1 user) | $147/mo |
| DripJobs Chat (texting) | $25/mo |
| Job costing add-on | $49/mo |
| Production rates add-on | $99/mo |
| Jobi AI add-on | Price on request |
| Every user after the first | Price on request |
| Answering service so calls get picked up | $300+/mo |
| Website + hosting + someone to edit it | $50–$300/mo |
| Review + social tool | $50–$150/mo |
| Typical all-in | $720–$1,120/mo across 4–6 vendors, before their AI and per-user fees |
| Contractor Autopilot — all of it, one bill | $149–$499/mo |
Stack costs are typical published US market rates for each category, August 2026. Your numbers will vary — run our free business review and we will price your actual stack.
What it costs at 1, 5 and 10 people
Their price grows with your crew. Ours does not — every plan is unlimited users, so the tenth hire costs you nothing in software.
| Crew size | DripJobs | + what it doesn't include | Their all-in | Contractor Autopilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just you | $172/mo | $850/mo | $1,022/mo | $499/mo |
| 5 people | $172/mo + 4 users they price on request | $850/mo | $1,022+/mo | $499/mo |
| 10 people | $172/mo + 9 users they price on request | $850/mo | $1,022+/mo | $499/mo |
At five people that is $1,022+ a month — more than Autopilot Pro — and it still does not answer your phone, build your website, or ask your customers for reviews.
Same money buys the whole business instead of one slice of it: 60+ features across all five stages, unlimited users, one bill.
DripJobs column uses their published list price, read 20 August 2026. DripJobs publishes no per-user rate, so every seat after the first is a number you have to ask for — the totals here are the floor, not the price. "What it doesn't include" is the same basket every time: answering service ~$300, website and hosting ~$150, reviews and social ~$100, local SEO help ~$300. Our column is Autopilot Pro at $499/mo — everything, unlimited users. Starter is $149 and Autopilot is $399.
Side by side
| Feature | Contractor Autopilot | DripJobs |
|---|---|---|
| Answers your calls 24/7 (real AI receptionist) | Included on Autopilot Pro | No |
| Builds and hosts your website + custom domain | Yes | No |
| Posts to social and asks for reviews automatically | Yes | No |
| Pipeline + automated follow-up messages | Yes | Yes |
| Two-way texting from a local number | Included | $25/mo add-on |
| Users included in the price | Unlimited, never per seat | 1 admin — extra users priced on request |
| AI estimating that learns your prices | Yes | Jobi AI add-on, price on request |
| Quotes, invoices, card payments | Yes | Yes |
| Job costing and real profit per job | Autopilot Pro | $49/mo add-on |
| Production-rate estimating | Yes | $99/mo add-on |
| One flat price for the whole company | Yes | Base + add-ons |
| Price | $149–$499/mo, whole company | $97 or $147/mo for ONE user — then $25 texting, $49 job costing, $99 production rates, and "contact us" pricing for their AI and every extra user |
DripJobs pricing and features from their published information, read 20 August 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.
The honest verdict
DripJobs is a follow-up machine bolted onto a CRM. If your problem is leads going cold, it fixes that. If your problem is that you are on a ladder when the phone rings, and nobody can find you on Google in the first place, it does not touch either one.
We aren't for everyone
Stay on DripJobs if any of this is you. We would rather lose the sale than take money from a contractor we make worse off.
- —Your lead volume is already high and the drips are closing them. If nobody is missing calls, our receptionist is not worth the switch.
- —Your books live in QuickBooks Desktop. Our QuickBooks connection is not live in production yet, and there is no two-way Desktop sync coming. Do not break month-end for a website.
- —You run 10 or more techs with memberships, commission plans and a real dispatch board. That is ServiceTitan's job. We would be a downgrade and we will say so.
- —You are mid-contract. What you still owe on a term deal is real money, not sunk cost — put us on your renewal date instead of paying two bills.
- —You already have more leads than you can work and only need to send invoices. A bundle you do not use is not a saving.
None of that you? Then the rest of this page is worth your ten minutes.
Questions contractors ask
Is Contractor Autopilot a DripJobs alternative for painters?
Yes — same pipeline, quoting, invoicing and automated follow-up, plus the things DripJobs leaves to other vendors: a 24/7 AI receptionist that answers your calls, your website, and your review and social posting.
What does it cost compared to DripJobs?
DripJobs Pro is $97/mo and Advanced $147/mo, and both include exactly one user. Texting is $25/mo, job costing $49/mo and production rates $99/mo on top, and they publish no price at all for their Jobi AI or for extra users — so a crew has to phone in for the number that matters most. Contractor Autopilot starts at $149/mo and Autopilot Pro is $499/mo flat with unlimited users and the AI receptionist included.
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