Is there a free trial of flooring company software?
Short answerYes. Jobber and Housecall Pro both publish 14-day trials with no card, on their Grow and Max plans [1][2]. A flooring company should spend the window on one real room-by-room quote, a deposit and an install date that waits on material delivery.
The explanation
Begin with a quote you have already sent. Rebuild it in the trial with line items for each room, removal, subfloor repair and trim. Look at the customer view: if it takes you three tries to make it clear, your customers will struggle too.
Then test the deposit. Flooring customers usually pay before material is ordered. Send the quote for approval, collect a deposit, and see whether the money is tied to the job or floats loose. Housecall Pro's page lists deposits on cards and bank payments with a 1% fee on the latter [2].
Last, put the install on the calendar with a delay for delivery. Create the order date and the install date as two events, and see if the system lets you track both. If it forces one job to hold two meanings, expect confusion every week.
Steps
- Rebuild a sent quote with per-room line items.
- View it as the customer and fix anything unclear.
- Send it and take a test deposit.
- Schedule an order date and a later install date.
What to watch for
- Deposits that are not linked to the job they belong to.
- No way to separate order date from install date.
In flooring installer
A flooring job has a measure visit, a quote, a deposit, a material order and an install, spread across weeks, with each stage needing its own date. All flooring installer scheduling questions.
How Apex does it
In progress
Part of this is built. The rest is not. Status as of 2026-10-07; the badge shows the least-built feature involved.
Apex lists deposit on quote approval and one-tap quote to job or invoice, each with its own status badge. A 14-day free trial needs no card; after it, user-based pricing starts at $59 a month.
- ES08Deposit on quote approval(In progress)
- ES16Convert quote to job/invoice in one tap(Rolling out)
Apex Flow Scheduler is in early access. See how we label status.
Sources
- Jobber pricing page (read 2026-10-07)
- Housecall Pro pricing page (read 2026-10-07)
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