Should a plumbing company use its software's automation or hire automation and marketing help?
Jobber, Housecall Pro and ServiceTitan include more automation than most companies use. Outside help pays when things need connecting or measuring.
- Can our office manager set this up?
- What does outside help add?
- How do we pick someone?
Start with your field service software's built-in tools, such as reminders, review requests, quote follow-up and AI phone add-ons, if someone has time to set them up. Bring in outside help when you need call measurement and routing, ads tied to booked jobs, custom integrations or regular tuning and reporting. Everything should be built in your own accounts.
Choosing the route
| Need | Built-in | Outside help |
|---|---|---|
| Reminders, reviews, quote follow-up | Usually enough | Optional |
| Call measurement and overflow | Limited | Helps |
| Ads tied to booked jobs | Partial | Helps |
| Custom integrations | No | Needed |
How we look at it at ShoutEx
ShoutEx is a team of marketing, automation and development specialists. If your software can do it alone, we'll say so. Our HVAC answer covers the same decision.
- Packages sold before looking at your data.
- Provider-owned accounts.
- No reporting.
- Unclear who does the work.
- Built-in features first.
- Written scope.
- Your accounts.
- Monthly results.
What plumbers and researchers say
Here is what plumbers say.
Vendors keep adding automation to field service software, so check what you already have.
Read the product page →Community summaries describe recurring themes in public threads, not individual posts. Vendor pages describe vendor claims, so test them on your own calls.
Read next
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