Trade

Tools for Solar

AI tools for solar contractors: roof measurements, project photos, and the sales file.

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CompanyCam

What it does for you

Keeps project photos in one place the crew and the office can both find.

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EagleView

What it does for you

Sends aerial roof measurements so you can quote without walking every plane.

PaidRoofingRestorationSolar

JobNimbus

What it does for you

Tracks roofing projects from the lead through production, with reports on numbers you already have.

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General tools that work for this trade

These are not built for Solar. They are here because a business in this trade can still use them for writing, automation, or a site.

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n8n

What it does for you

Connects the apps you already use so a lead or invoice does not get retyped.

Open SourceGeneral

Zapier

What it does for you

Moves a new lead, invoice, or review between the apps you already use.

FreemiumGeneral

Google Gemini

What it does for you

Drafts emails, summarizes notes, and helps look something up.

FreemiumGeneral

Claude

What it does for you

Helps with longer writing, reading a spec, and rough internal notes.

FreemiumGeneral

Jibble

What it does for you

A free time clock and timesheets, with no per-user fee on the plan the site calls free forever.

FreeGeneral

Wave

What it does for you

Runs payroll as an add-on from $25 a month. Invoices and bookkeeping on the starter plan are $0.

FreemiumGeneral

Durable

What it does for you

Builds a simple website for a service company that needs one quickly.

FreemiumGeneral

Cursor

What it does for you

Helps you build a small internal tool, calculator, or private dashboard.

FreemiumGeneral

Duck.ai

What it does for you

A free private chat for drafts and questions, without another subscription.

FreeGeneral

Ollama

What it does for you

Runs a private assistant on your own computer so project notes stay with the business.

Open SourceGeneral

Jan

What it does for you

A private desktop chat you can run on your own computer.

Open SourceGeneral

Square Payroll

What it does for you

Pays employees or contractors and files payroll taxes, with both prices published.

PaidGeneral

Quo

What it does for you

Gives the office one business number for calls and texts.

PaidGeneral

QuickBooks

What it does for you

Invoices, payments, and the books, with help inside the accounting system you may already use.

PaidBuilt into QuickBooksGeneral

ChatGPT

What it does for you

Drafts customer replies, hiring posts, and a first pass of a proposal.

FreemiumGeneral

Canva

What it does for you

Makes the posts, flyers, and one-page offers your office sends out.

FreemiumGeneral

PandaDoc

What it does for you

Sends a quote and gets it signed, with help drafting the document.

PaidGeneral

Retell AI

What it does for you

Lets a technical owner build a phone agent and put it on a line.

PaidGeneral