Two expensive options for HVAC and plumbing. One requires enterprise budget, one feels like 2010.
$300/mo
Large operations who can afford $300-500+/month and need enterprise features
pricing on request
Contractors already locked into FieldEdge ecosystem
$279 once
HVAC/plumbing contractors who want modern software without enterprise pricing
ServiceTitan ($300/mo) and FieldEdge (pricing on request) are both established tools with real user bases, and for most people the honest answer is that either will do the job — the difference shows up in fit, not quality. At least one of these does not publish a price, so we cannot put a three-year total against it without inventing one — and we will not. Read the section below on which one suits your work; the cost table further down shows where the bill actually differs.
Nexa is $279 once, about $23 a month over its first year. Its Drain Guard reads your expenses (from a linked bank, an imported statement, or ones you type in), finds the charges that repeat, and adds them up by the month. Keep or Cut then walks you through them one at a time. Cancel $23 a month of charges you'd forgotten about and Nexa has paid for itself inside the first year.
It depends on what you find and what you cancel, so we don't promise a number. In our demo data, Drain Guard finds 5 subscriptions adding up to $110.13 a month. That is sample data, not a customer's.
| Feature | ServiceTitan | FieldEdge | Nexa |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $245–$500/mo (typically $300) | Not published — quote only | $279 once |
| Interface | Modern but complex | Dated, clunky | Modern, focused |
| Hvac specific | Pricebook, equipment tracking, flat-rate pricing | Flat-rate pricing, parts management | Services module handles pricing, Jobs tracks equipment history |
Headline prices rarely survive contact with a real invoice. These are the parts of the bill that move: where the ladder starts and ends, what an extra seat adds, and what comes off the top of money you take through the tool. A dash means we do not have that figure recorded — not that the fee is zero.
| ServiceTitan | FieldEdge | |
|---|---|---|
| How it is priced | Monthly subscription | Quote only — no published price |
| Entry price | $245/mo | — |
| Top published tier | $500/mo | — |
| Plan people typically land on | $300/mo | — |
| Per extra user | Priced per technician (office users not separately published); third-party estimate $245–$500 per tech/mo depending on package | — |
| Free tier | No | — |
| Three-year total | $10,800 | — |
| Five-year total, with increases | $18,000 | — |
Starter/Essentials boundary (~$300/tech) — reported Starter top and Essentials floor. Essentials adds the mobile estimates and payroll a 1–5 tech shop usually needs
FieldEdge does not publish public pricing; the figure here was an unfilled placeholder rather than a real price, so we show none rather than imply the product is free.
Pricing checked . Vendors change prices without notice — check the vendor before deciding.
Only one of these publishes a price, so people comparing them are usually trying to work out what the quoted one will actually cost before committing to a sales process. Recurring pricing compounds, so the multi-year figure is the one that decides it.
There is a third shape to consider, and we should say plainly that it is ours: Nexa is a one-time purchase at $279 covering scheduling, invoicing, CRM, time tracking and job management. It suits people who want to stop paying monthly and can do without staffed support and a large integration ecosystem. If those matter to you, one of the two tools above is the better answer, and we would rather you bought the right thing.
ServiceTitan is overkill for most. FieldEdge feels stuck in the past. Nexa does 90% of what you need for $279 total.
For reference, since we are one of the three options named on this page: Nexa is $279 once, with no monthly fee and no per-seat charge. Whether that beats a subscription depends entirely on how long you would keep paying one.
Comparing "$X per month forever" against "$279 once" is not a fair fight unless we say what the monthly fee is buying. It buys real things:
Where we think the trade goes the other way: those benefits are priced as rent, they compound every year you keep paying, and you stop having them the month you stop. Which side of that is worth more depends on your business, not on our opinion — run the numbers below on your own tool list rather than taking ours.
30-day money-back guarantee. Replaces both subscriptions.
Pricing verified March 2026.