MotionOps vs. ServiceTitan
Four questions. One honest answer.
Looking for a ServiceTitan alternative? Both run scheduling, estimates, invoicing, and job costing for the trades. The difference is how you buy it and what your team needs next. Answer four questions and see which one fits the way you actually work.
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Same field basics. Very different way to buy.
Both MotionOps and ServiceTitan run scheduling, estimates, invoicing, and job costing for trade contractors.
The question is: what does it take to get started, and what does your team need next?
ServiceTitan goes deep on marketing and financing. MotionOps goes deep on crews and HR, at a published price.
MotionOps
Published prices. Built for growing crews.
- Published plans from $39/mo (annual) and a 14-day free trial.
- No setup fee and no contract required. Monthly plans are available.
- A free onboarding session and phone support with real people from day one.
- HR built in: employee files and documents, day-off requests and approvals, skills and grades.
- Change orders with customer e-signature on every plan, from Solo up.
- Job costing, timesheet approval, and payroll prep, so you see where the money goes.
ServiceTitan
Deep for the trades. Quote-only, with a longer setup.
- Strong marketing with the Marketing Pro add-on: email, SMS and direct mail campaigns, review requests, and Google Ads optimization.
- Built-in customer financing from lenders like GreenSky, Wells Fargo, and Synchrony.
- A mature field app that keeps job status, photos, signatures, and estimates working offline.
- No published prices: every package is quoted per technician, and Pro add-ons cost extra.
- Onboarding is a separate fee, and its own implementation team describes a 12 to 16 week setup.
- No HR document storage, no day-off request flow, and no certification expiry tracking that we could find.
Side-by-side feature breakdown
An honest look at what each platform delivers, and where the gaps are for growing teams.
| Features | MotionOpsFor Growing Contractor Teams | ServiceTitanFor the Trades, From Shops to Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduling & Dispatch | ||
| Drag-and-drop schedule board | ||
| Multi-crew / multi-team scheduling | ||
| Color-coded technician dispatch | Status colors are fixed, not customizable | |
| Capacity planning & availability view | Adaptive Capacity needs Scheduling Pro add-on | |
| GPS tracking & real-time crew location | App GPS built in; vehicle GPS is Fleet Pro add-on | |
| Recurring job scheduling | ||
| Customer self-scheduling portal | Customer portal shows jobs and invoices | Online booking via Scheduling Pro add-on |
| Job & Work Order Management | ||
| Work orders & job tracking | ||
| Change orders with customer e-signature | Change order is a new estimate on a project | |
| Photo & document attachments | ||
| Job progress & status pipeline | ||
| Custom job types & workflows | ||
| Subcontractor management | Subs set up as vendors with POs; no sub type | |
| Estimating & Invoicing | ||
| Estimate builder with line items | ||
| Price book & flat-rate pricing | Pricebook Pro add-on adds more | |
| Estimate-to-invoice conversion | ||
| Digital estimate approval | Needs account configuration | |
| Deposit collection | ||
| Recurring billing & service agreements | Customizable memberships on The Works | |
| Financing / payment plans | GreenSky, Wells Fargo, Synchrony and others | |
| Automated invoice reminders | Automatic reminders need Marketing Pro add-on | |
| Job Costing & Financial Reporting | ||
| Job-level profit & loss | ||
| Labor cost tracking per job | ||
| Material cost tracking | ||
| Revenue & margin dashboards | Advanced Reporting on The Works | |
| QuickBooks Online sync | ||
| Built-in accounting / GL | Exports to QuickBooks Online, Desktop, Intacct, NetSuite | |
| HR & Team Management | ||
| Employee profiles & document storage | Tech profiles; no HR document vault found | |
| Skills & certifications tracking | Skill tags; no expiry tracking found | |
| Days-off & leave management | Time off blocks on schedule; no request flow | |
| Timesheet management & approval | Payroll sign-off on Essentials and up | |
| Payroll prep & export | Essentials plan and up | |
| Crew / team hierarchy management | Teams and crew leads; no multi-level hierarchy | |
| Onboarding & compliance docs | ||
| Customer & CRM | ||
| Customer history & profile | ||
| Two-way SMS / messaging | SMS & email reminders only, from Go | |
| Email automation & follow-ups | Marketing Pro add-on | |
| Review request automation | Marketing Pro add-on | |
| Customer portal | Needs Online Payments | |
| Marketing & campaigns | Basic | Marketing Pro add-on: email, SMS, mail, ads |
| Lead source tracking | ||
| Mobile App | ||
| Technician mobile app | ||
| Offline mode | Coming soon | Some features need a connection |
| Mobile estimates & invoices | Mobile estimates on Essentials and up | |
| Mobile photo capture | ||
| Plans & Pricing | ||
| Starting price | From $39/mo (annual) | Quote-onlyPriced per technician; not published |
| Transparent pricing | Quote-only; Request Pricing on every plan | |
| Free trial | Demo only | |
| Implementation fee | Billed separately; amount not published | |
| Contract required | Annual or multi-year, 12 to 36 months | |
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What MotionOps adds as your business grows
MotionOps covers the same scheduling, quoting, and invoicing basics as ServiceTitan. What sets it apart is what's already
built in for when your business needs more, no upgrade to a different platform required.
Crew management that actually scales
Track skills, grades, and availability per employee, approve day-off requests, and assign the right person to every job.
Skill tags and crew leads, but time off is only blocked on the schedule, with no request flow.
Full digital paperwork chain
Proposals, change orders, liability waivers, and contracts with version tracking, all with digital signatures, from day one.
Change orders are added as new estimates on a project, need account configuration, and are aimed at construction and commercial work.
Real financial visibility
Job costing, payroll prep with QA approval, AI receipt scanning, and profitability per job, available as soon as you need it.
Job costing is in every package and payroll management starts on Essentials, but every package is quote-only.
HR tools when your team grows
Store employee IDs, certs, and agreements. Manage day-off requests. Run performance leaderboards.
Technician profiles with skills and pay rates, but no HR document vault and no onboarding or compliance documents.
Up and running without a setup project
No setup fee, no contract required, and a free onboarding session with real people.
Onboarding is billed separately, its team describes a 12 to 16 week setup, and contracts usually run 12 to 36 months.
Published pricing, no surprises
Every plan is published, and extra users on Go are $29/mo.
Quote-only per technician. Automated invoice reminders need a paid Pro add-on.
ServiceTitan pricing vs MotionOps: Published plans vs. a sales quote
ServiceTitan does not publish prices. It quotes per technician, sells Pro add-ons separately, and bills onboarding on top.
MotionOps publishes every plan, with no setup fee and no contract required.
Up to 5 people: MotionOps Go covers 5 users at $119/mo with job costing and HR docs. ServiceTitan prices per technician and bills onboarding separately.
MotionOps
Solo
$39 / mo (annual) · 1 user
CRM, proposals, scheduling, invoicing, digital contracts, QuickBooks Online
Go
Most Popular$119 / mo (annual) · 1–5 users incl.
Everything in Solo + job costing, overtime tracking, HR docs, AI expense tracking. Additional users $29/mo.
Scale
$199 / mo (annual) · 5 users incl.
Everything in Go + multiple locations & service areas, multi-timezone scheduling, team skills & grades, time-off management, job costing reports, white glove onboarding.
ServiceTitan
Starter
contact sales per technician · custom quote
Dispatching, scheduling, call booking, invoicing, pricebook.
No mobile estimates and no payroll management.
Essentials
contact sales per technician · custom quote
Starter plus mobile estimates and payroll management.
No advanced reporting or commission tracking.
The Works
contact sales per technician · custom quote
Adds configurable payroll, advanced reporting, commission tracking, and customizable memberships.
Pro add-ons like Marketing Pro and Scheduling Pro are sold separately.
MotionOps prices are annual. ServiceTitan publishes no prices; packages, Pro add-ons, and onboarding are quoted by sales. Checked on 2026-10-26; signing promotions are excluded.
See all MotionOps plans and features“Before MotionOps, we needed to be present on every job site, every day. Huge change for us was being able to monitor our projects remotely. This gave us time to focus on growth.”
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Is MotionOps a good alternative to ServiceTitan?
Yes, for growing contractor teams that want published prices and no long setup. MotionOps handles scheduling, estimates, invoicing, and job costing, then adds HR tools ServiceTitan lacks: employee files, day-off requests and approvals, and skills and grades. There is no setup fee and no contract required. ServiceTitan stays stronger on marketing add-ons and built-in customer financing.
How much does ServiceTitan cost compared to MotionOps?
ServiceTitan does not publish prices. It quotes per technician per month across three packages (Starter, Essentials, and The Works), sells Pro add-ons separately, and bills onboarding as a separate fee. MotionOps publishes every plan: Solo at $39/mo, Go at $119/mo for up to 5 users, and Scale at $199/mo, billed annually.
Does ServiceTitan require a long contract?
Usually, yes. ServiceTitan says new customers mainly sign annual or multi-year contracts of 12 to 36 months that are noncancelable and auto-renew. MotionOps has no contract required and offers monthly plans. Annual plans are charged upfront and are non-refundable if you cancel before the year is complete.
Does ServiceTitan offer a free trial?
No. ServiceTitan offers a personalized demo, and every package says Request Pricing. MotionOps has a 14-day free trial, and you can also book a demo first to see how it handles your crews and project types.
Do both tools sync with QuickBooks Online?
Yes. ServiceTitan exports invoices, payments, bills, and journal entries to QuickBooks Online, and also works with QuickBooks Desktop, Sage Intacct, and NetSuite. MotionOps syncs with QuickBooks Online on every plan and connects to 7,000+ apps through Zapier.
Is it hard to switch from ServiceTitan to MotionOps?
No. ServiceTitan's own implementation team describes a 12 to 16 week process, with onboarding billed separately. MotionOps is easy to set up and use from day one, with no setup fee. Every account gets a free onboarding session and phone support with real people, and larger teams get white-glove onboarding plus a customer success program. Check your ServiceTitan contract end date before you move.
What does MotionOps have that ServiceTitan doesn't?
HR tools: employee files and documents, onboarding and compliance docs, and day-off requests and approvals. ServiceTitan blocks time off on the schedule but has no request flow we could find. MotionOps also includes automated invoice reminders and email follow-ups, which on ServiceTitan need paid Pro add-ons.
Who should stay on ServiceTitan?
Stay if marketing automation drives your growth (Marketing Pro adds campaigns, review requests, and Google Ads optimization), or if you sell big jobs with customer financing from lenders like GreenSky, Wells Fargo, or Synchrony. MotionOps has no customer financing or review request automation.
Does MotionOps offer a mobile app? Is there an additional cost for it?
Yes, MotionOps has a mobile app with no additional charge. This app has a variety of features that allow you to manage your MotionOps account through your smartphone or tablet. With the app, you can monitor your workers' activities, keep track of their progress, and stay up-to-date on your project management tasks. The mobile app is designed to be user-friendly, intuitive, and easy to use, making it an excellent tool for managing your business even while you're on the go.
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