The bid + invoice tool for small HVAC shops. Talk your work into your phone — AHRI auto-fill handles the equipment specs, EPA 608 tracking is baked in, and a branded PDF is in your customer's inbox in 60 seconds.
Nobody else combines these three. Not ServiceTitan, not Housecall Pro, not Jobber.
Hold the mic. Say "Trane XR16 3 ton, matched with a Trane air handler, AHRI 1234567, gross $9,500, $1,200 rebate." The form fills itself.
One AHRI number → SEER2, HSPF2, EER2, capacity, brand, model, matched pair — all pulled in one click. Saves ~5 minutes per document.
Refrigerant tracking (Recovered / Recycled / Reclaimed / Disposal) is federal law. We handle it automatically — no add-ons, no upgrades.
Bid a job before you start. Turn the same doc into a service order on site. Flip it to an invoice when the work is done. Same voice narration, same customer info, same branded PDF — three headers.
Free forever if you're doing 3 docs a month. $29 if you're doing more.
"Powered by AskWoody Pro" footer on PDFs
Save $58/yr with the annual plan
For reference: Housecall Pro starts at $79/mo. ServiceTitan runs $245-598/tech/mo.
The problem with phone-based invoicing has always been the phone. AskWoody Pro solves it with voice narration purpose-trained on HVAC vocabulary.
Tap the microphone. Talk in your natural voice. Everything you'd type into a form — equipment brands, AHRI numbers, refrigerant types, labor hours, pricing, EPA 608 dispositions — is parsed into structured fields automatically. The AI is purpose-trained on HVAC vocabulary: it knows Trane XR16 is a condensing unit and 24ACC6 is a Carrier model. It knows R-410A is a refrigerant and 2.5 tons is a capacity. It knows subcool is a charge verification method.
"Sarah Nelson, 425 Maple Street, Springfield Illinois 62701. Replaced dual-run capacitor on the outdoor unit — Trane XR13, serial 87A24512, AHRI 5678901. Recovered 2 pounds of R-410A, refilled with 2.1 pounds. Two hours regular labor at $125. New Turbo 200 capacitor, $85. Verified subcool at 12 degrees, in spec. Reminded customer to change filter monthly."
That single dictation populates the customer block, address, phone, equipment make/model/serial, AHRI reference, EPA 608 recovery + refill entries, materials line items, labor lines, and the description of work. What used to be 4 minutes of thumb-typing on a phone becomes 90 seconds of talking between service calls.
Nothing to install. No separate compliance app. No spreadsheet on the truck.
EPA Section 608 requires HVAC contractors to record the disposition of every ounce of refrigerant touched during service — recovered, recycled, reclaimed, returned, disposed of, dismantled, or changed out. Enforcement penalties can reach $37,500 per day per violation. Most small shops either use paper log books (illegible, unauditable) or generic invoice software that doesn't understand refrigerant vocabulary at all.
AskWoody Pro auto-detects refrigerant mentions in voice narration and prompts you to record the disposition inline — no separate step, no extra app. The 7 EPA-standard dispositions appear as tap-selectable options. Refrigerant type (R-410A, R-32, R-454B, R-22, R-134a, R-407C) is pre-populated from the equipment block. Quantity in pounds is a number entry. All of it stores on the WorkDoc, appears on the customer PDF as a labeled compliance table, and remains searchable for audit trail purposes.
Bigger tools do more. Smaller tools cost less. AskWoody Pro is the sweet spot for a 1-to-5-technician HVAC shop that wants voice narration and HVAC-specific compliance without paying enterprise pricing.
| Feature | AskWoody Pro | QuoteIQ | Housecall Pro | ServiceTitan | Jobber |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free / $29 mo | $29.99/mo | $79/mo | $245–598/tech/mo | $29–199/mo |
| Voice-first document creation | Yes, unlimited | Partial, credit-billed | No | No | No |
| HVAC-trained AI vocabulary | Yes | Generic contractor | No | No | No |
| AHRI equipment auto-fill | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| EPA 608 refrigerant tracking | Built in | No | Add-on | Enterprise tier | No |
| HVAC load calculator | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| AI usage / credit limits | None | 500–8,000 credits/mo | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Payment processing | Standard Stripe | Stripe + 1% platform fee | Standard | Standard | Standard |
| Dispatching / scheduling | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Best for shop size | 1–5 techs | 1–25 techs | 3–20 techs | 20+ techs | 2–15 techs |
| Trade focus | HVAC-only | Multi-trade (50+) | Multi-trade | Multi-trade | Multi-trade |
Pricing and features accurate as of 2026 based on each vendor's published pricing pages. QuoteIQ, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, and Jobber are excellent choices for shops that need dispatching, scheduling, and full CRM. AskWoody Pro doesn't compete on those. Where AskWoody Pro wins: HVAC-specialized voice narration (unlimited, no credit meter), AHRI equipment auto-fill, EPA 608 refrigerant tracking built in, Manual J load calculator, and no platform fee on payment processing.
Considering a specific competitor? Read the deeper side-by-side:
One truck, one license, evenings spent writing up the day's service calls. Voice narration turns 45 minutes of paperwork into 10 minutes of talking. Free tier handles most solo shops indefinitely.
Growing enough to need branded PDFs to customers, but not enough to justify ServiceTitan's per-tech pricing. Pro tier at $29/month total covers unlimited document creation for the whole shop.
HVAC pros who handle service for their own rental portfolio or manage a small portfolio for others. Customer database with multi-address support keeps equipment history straight per property.
Small HVAC contractor shops — 1 to 5 technicians — who currently write bids and invoices by hand, in spreadsheets, or in generic invoice software. Not designed for enterprise scale. AskWoody Pro handles the HVAC-specific compliance work (EPA 608 refrigerant tracking, AHRI equipment verification) that generic tools miss.
Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, and Jobber are full field-service management platforms with dispatching, scheduling, CRM, and complex accounting — priced from $79 to $598 per technician per month. QuoteIQ is closer in price ($29.99/mo starting) and offers voice-based AI features for CRM commands and estimate editing, but its AI voice tools are usage-billed via monthly credit limits (500 to 8,000 credits/month) and its AI vocabulary is trained on generic contractor language, not HVAC. QuoteIQ also charges a 1% platform fee on top of Stripe processing. AskWoody Pro focuses specifically on voice-first HVAC bid, service order, and invoice creation — unlimited voice narration with AI trained on HVAC-specific vocabulary, AHRI auto-fill for equipment specs, EPA 608 refrigerant tracking baked in, and a Manual J load calculator. Standard Stripe fees, no platform surcharge. Best for shops that already have scheduling handled and want HVAC-specialized document creation.
Yes. The tool is HVAC-specific by design — AHRI verification, EPA 608 tracking, and System Replacement Bid mode all assume HVAC context. Homeowners looking to analyze HVAC bids should use askwoodyhvac.ai, the sibling homeowner product.
Tap the microphone button on any WorkDoc, then dictate the job details in your natural voice. The transcription is parsed by an AI model trained on HVAC vocabulary — equipment brands, model numbers, AHRI references, refrigerant types, EPA 608 dispositions — and the form fields populate automatically. Faster than typing on a phone; ideal for field techs recording work between service calls.
AHRI publishes certified performance data for every legal HVAC equipment combination sold in the US. Enter an AHRI reference number into a WorkDoc equipment block and AskWoody Pro looks up the certified SEER2, HSPF2, EER2, AFUE, capacity, brand, model, and matched-pair equipment automatically. Saves roughly 5 minutes per document versus manual entry.
Federal law requires HVAC contractors to record the disposition of any refrigerant recovered, recycled, reclaimed, or disposed of during service work. AskWoody Pro auto-flags when refrigerant is mentioned in voice narration or line items, prompts you to record the disposition (7 EPA-standard categories) and quantity, and includes that disposition on the customer PDF. All EPA 608 records are stored on the WorkDoc for compliance audit trail.
A specialized bid mode for whole-system HVAC replacements. Adds Manual J load calculation, design temperature conditions, static pressure test results, refrigerant charge verification, warranty terms, financing terms, and the 13-item EPA/DOE Quality Installation Compliance checklist. Homeowners running Ask Woody HVAC bid analysis on these bids get high-confidence scoring because the fields map 1:1 to the analysis extraction schema.
Three documents per month (bid, service order, or invoice), voice narration, AHRI auto-fill, EPA 608 tracking, and the customer database. Customer PDFs are watermarked "Powered by AskWoody Pro" in the footer. No credit card required.
When you hit the 3-document monthly cap — the app will prompt you. Pro adds unlimited documents, removes the watermark, unlocks System Replacement Bid mode with load calculation, and gives you priority email delivery. $29/month or $290/year.
Yes. The app is a mobile-optimized web app that runs in Safari or Chrome. Voice narration uses the phone microphone. Nothing to install from the App Store. Add to your home screen for a native-feeling icon.
Sign up with your email or Google account. First 3 documents are on us — no card required, no clock ticking.
Start free — no card requiredAskWoody Pro is built by a Minnesota HVAC contractor with 30+ years of installation and service work.
AskWoody Pro is the contractor-side product from the same team behind askwoodyhvac.ai, the homeowner HVAC bid analysis app.