The best AI assistant software for trades
Write the quote, the follow-up email and the ad copy in a fraction of the time. Here are the 4 tools we cover in this category, with what owners report and what they really cost.
The AI chat assistant with the best hands-free story for a truck: you can talk to it on a CarPlay screen, and it will write a quote or read a photo of a nameplate. It reads the words in a manual but not the diagrams, which is the catch for equipment paperwork.
Free to start. The usual paid plan for one person is $20 a month
The AI chat assistant that handles paperwork best: it reads a manual or a contract up to 100 pages with the diagrams included, and turns rough notes into a quote or a follow-up. Talking to it hands-free still carries a beta label, and the vendor will not say how much the free plan gives you.
Free to start. $20 a month for one person, or $17 if you pay for a year
The AI chat assistant already sitting in the Google account most shops run on: it drafts inside Gmail on paid plans, reads photos and spec sheets, and takes hands-free questions with the phone locked. Its free plan is the least restricted of the three.
Free to start. $19.99 a month for one person, or $4.99 for a lighter plan
The AI assistant already sitting on the office Windows PC and in the Microsoft 365 account a lot of shops already pay for: free for chat, photos, files and hands-free questions, but drafting inside Word, Excel and Outlook only works if you carry a Microsoft 365 subscription.
Free to start. Inside Microsoft 365 it is $9.99 a month for one person