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Clamp vs Knowify: QuickBooks-synced job costing and AIA billing, or a phone-first residential workflow with job costing on every plan

Knowify is deeper on QuickBooks-synced job costing, WIP reporting, AIA and progress billing, and crew scheduling, with job costing and the client portal on its Advanced plan. Clamp is a phone-first residential workflow with job costing, change orders and milestone billing on every plan, starting at $12.50 a month.

Direct answer: Knowify puts job costing and its client portal on Advanced at $329 or $399 a month; Core is $99 or $149 for one user. Clamp Solo has job costing, change orders and milestone billing for $12.50 a month billed annually, and Assistant adds the customer portal for $41.67. Choose Knowify when you need two-way QuickBooks sync, AIA-style progress billing and crew dispatch.
Job costs card showing budget, spent so far and projected profit

Job cost against budget

Invoice schedule showing milestone draws, amounts and payment status

Milestone invoices

Sample data. The job costs card compares what the job is consuming with its budget, and the invoice schedule shows milestone draws against the contract.

What it costs

Published prices only, read from each vendor's own pricing page. Verified Oct 14, 2026
SituationClampKnowify
One person, entry planSolo, billed annually
$12.50 a month
$149.99 a year
Core, lower listed figure
$99.00 a month
$1,188.00 a year, calculated
Core, higher listed figure
$149.00 a month
$1,788.00 a year, calculated
One person who needs job costingSolo, billed annually
$12.50 a month
$149.99 a year
Advanced, lower listed figure
$329.00 a month
$3,948.00 a year, calculated
Advanced, higher listed figure
$399.00 a month
$4,788.00 a year, calculated
One person who needs a client portal and e-signaturesAssistant, billed annually
$41.67 a month
$499.99 a year
Advanced, lower listed figure
$329.00 a month
$3,948.00 a year, calculated
Advanced, higher listed figure
$399.00 a month
$4,788.00 a year, calculated
A crew of 5 that needs job costing and a client portalTeams (up to 10 people), billed annually
$83.33 a month
$999.99 a year
Advanced (10 users), lower listed figure
$329.00 a month
$3,948.00 a year, calculated
Advanced (10 users), higher listed figure
$399.00 a month
$4,788.00 a year, calculated

Every Clamp feature, next to Knowify

Solo includes 28 of Clamp's 44 features. Knowify's pages show 21 of the 44 in full and 11 in part, across its plans.

Clamp plan
Every Clamp feature, next to Knowify
FeatureClampKnowify
CRM and leads3 of 50 of 5
Email remindersEmail reminders before appointments, follow-ups, and scheduled installs, deliveries, and inspections.✓ Assistant and TeamsAssistant, $41.67 a month billed annuallyPartlyUnpaid invoice and service appointment reminders; app alerts for schedule changes
Customer appointment remindersHomeowners get an email before an appointment, with confirm and reschedule built in.✓ Assistant and TeamsAssistant, $41.67 a month billed annuallyService work onlyAutomated reminders; confirm or reschedule not described
Five-factor lead scoringA clear yes, no, or maybe on a lead before driving out.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyNot foundCRM pipeline stages only
Lead reportingClose rate, revenue won, open pipeline, close rate by lead source, and lost leads by reason, on Home and the stats screen, with CSV and PDF export. Revenue by source does not exist; see _excluded.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyPartlyPipeline board and bid value; no close rate or source reports
Daily briefingOverdue invoices, detected trips, follow-ups, appointments, and open proposals in one morning view.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyPartlyDashboard: today's jobs and check-ins; no overdue invoices
Estimating7 of 72 of 7
Design agreementsPaid preconstruction sits in the document chain, so planning work is paid work.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyNot foundProposals carry terms
Itemized estimatesAssembly-based estimates with quantities and rates the contractor can inspect line by line.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annually✓ Every planBudget, then markup per line
Estimate templatesSave an estimate as a template for work done often.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annually✓ Every planBudget templates
Proposals with multiple package tiersGood, better, best packages in one proposal.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyWorkaroundOptions as $0 lines; client notes choices when signing
AI estimating from a plain-language job descriptionDescribe the job in plain words and get an itemized draft: assemblies, quantities, researched baseline rates, with the contractor's own saved rates taking over once set.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyNot found'Knowify AI' teased; no AI estimating described
Remodel and new-home estimatingOne estimator covers remodels and new homes and detects which one a description is. Detect is the default job type; a contractor can pick Remodel or New home per estimate, or set Kind of work to Remodeling to turn the choice off.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyNot foundNo job-type detection
Labor hours on estimatesEstimated labor hours, shown as a range, on every labor line, with an allowance for setup, cleanup, and material runs (15% by default) the contractor can change in Settings or per estimate. A planning figure; it never appears on proposals, PDFs, or the portal.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyNot foundLabor priced in the budget; no hour ranges described
Contracts and invoicing5 of 53 of 5
Payment schedulesSplit a proposal into a deposit, milestone payments, and a final payment, then invoice each one from the signed contract.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annually✓ Every planProgress billing, AIA G702/G703
Sales tax on documentsAdd a sales tax rate or a flat amount to invoices and other documents, with collected tax totaled by quarter and year. The contractor enters the rate; Clamp does not look rates up.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyPartlyTax rates sync from QuickBooks; no tax report described
Customer credits and refundsApply a customer's credit to an open invoice, record a refund, or adjust a balance, with the history kept on the job. Recorded only; Clamp moves no money.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyNot foundRetainage adjustments only
Change orders that update the contractScope changes get written up and tied to the original contract, so verbal changes stop costing money.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annually✓ Every planE-signed, feed the billing schedule
Invoices tied to the contractEvery invoice belongs to the contract or change order it bills.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annually✓ Every plan
Customer portal0 of 63 of 6
Password-free customer portalThe homeowner opens a link. No account, no password, no app to install.✓ Assistant and TeamsAssistant, $41.67 a month billed annually✓ Advanced, $329 or $399No-login link; portal page says from $99, pricing page says Advanced
Unlimited documents and photos shared to the portalShare job documents and photos to the customer portal without a count cap, subject to per-item size limits.✓ Assistant and TeamsAssistant, $41.67 a month billed annually✓ Advanced, $329 or $399Photos, invoice PDFs, shared files
E-signing on the homeowner's phoneDocuments get signed on the homeowner's own phone, no account required.✓ Assistant and TeamsAssistant, $41.67 a month billed annually✓ Every planBids and change orders
Several signers on one documentSend one document to up to five people, each signing their own line, see who has signed, and remind anyone who has not.✓ Assistant and TeamsAssistant, $41.67 a month billed annuallyNot found
Project updates and decisions in the portalPost project updates to the customer's portal and ask the customer to make a decision, which they answer from their phone.✓ Assistant and TeamsAssistant, $41.67 a month billed annuallyAdvanced, $329 or $399Optional project log; no decisions
Not delivered email handlingWhen a customer email Clamp sends bounces, the document is marked Not delivered so the contractor can fix the address and resend, or copy the link to text it.✓ Assistant and TeamsAssistant, $41.67 a month billed annuallyNot found
Expense tracking5 of 53 of 5
Automatic GPS mileage trackingBackground trip detection, route maps, IRS rates, trips linked to the job that caused the drive.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyNot foundFleet vehicle tracking add-on from $25 a vehicle
Automatic time on siteGPS geofence tracking of hours at the jobsite.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyEvery planClock in with optional geofence; not detected automatically
Receipts and expenses on the jobReceipts logged against the job they belong to.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annually✓ Every planPurchases with receipt photo
Purchase ordersCommitted costs captured between the estimate and the receipt.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annually✓ Every planPurchases; POs from the budget
Accounts payable and vendor billsVendor bills tracked and surfaced in the attention flows, with first-class vendor records.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annually✓ Every planBills sync both ways with QuickBooks
Job costing and reports3 of 32 of 3
Job costingWhat the job actually cost, with a variance and catalog learning loop.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annually✓ Advanced, $329 or $399Feature page says from $99; pricing page lists Advanced only
Accountant export packageA package of the business's records prepared for an accountant.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyQuickBooks syncSync and Accountant's View, no export package
Time reporting with CSV exportReported labor time with a time-tracking CSV export for payroll preparation and per-person rate decomposition.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annually✓ Every planTime, labor and payroll reports; export format not stated
Jobsites and teams2 of 86 of 8
Teams: up to 10 linked accountsUp to 10 accounts, including the owner, sharing one business.✓ TeamsTeams, $83.33 a month billed annually✓ Priced per user1 user on Core, 10 on Advanced, $29 each extra
Role-based permissionsFive roles: owner, admin, staff, contributor, viewer.✓ TeamsTeams, $83.33 a month billed annually✓ Per-user permissionsAccess type plus module checkboxes; plan not stated
Unlimited subcontractor linkingSubs share jobsite photos and notes into the business account without consuming a seat.✓ TeamsTeams, $83.33 a month billed annuallyPaid seatsSubs who need the app are paid users; no guest access
Jobsites tab: jobs and schedule in one placeA Jobsites tab with Jobs and Schedule views. With Assistant each job has its own screen with its schedule, photos, and updates, and the Schedule view holds every install, delivery, inspection, appointment, and follow-up; Teams adds the crew and subs on each job, shaped by role. Subs invited to a job use it free and see their own jobs grouped by builder.✓ Assistant and TeamsAssistant, $41.67 a month billed annually✓ Every planJobs, job board and calendars
Job scheduleSchedule installs, deliveries, and inspections on each job, with the contractor, a supplier, or nobody yet on each item, and see them all in the Jobsites tab. Putting crew or subs on an item is the Teams shared schedule.✓ Assistant and TeamsAssistant, $41.67 a month billed annually✓ Every planGantt with dependencies
Shared job scheduleOne schedule for the business: installs, deliveries, and inspections visible to the team, with clash notes when dates collide.✓ TeamsTeams, $83.33 a month billed annually✓ Every planJob and resource boards, crew notifications
Punch listsThe small final items that close a job out, tracked per job and shareable as a text message or a PDF.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyNot foundTasks and deficiency notes only
Job site photosPhotos saved to the project with full-screen viewing.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annually✓ Mobile appPhotos uploaded to the job; plan not stated
Backup and offline3 of 52 of 5
Full job workflow, offlineLeads, design agreements, estimates, proposals, change orders, and invoices on the phone, working without a connection.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyPartlyTime check-in only; estimates and invoices not stated
Cloud backupBusiness data backed up to the cloud and restorable on a new device.✓ Assistant and TeamsAssistant, $41.67 a month billed annually✓ Cloud software
Business portal: read-only web viewA read-only view of the business in a browser.✓ Assistant and TeamsAssistant, $41.67 a month billed annually✓ Web appFull office web app
Device backup, restore, CSV export, bulk importLocal backup and restore with CSV export and bulk import.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyPartlySpreadsheet import only; no export or backup described
No account required to startThe app opens to local use; an account is needed only for server features or subscribing.✓ Every planSolo, $12.50 a month billed annuallyNot foundStarts from a 14-day trial account
Only in KnowifyWhere Knowify is ahead
Two-way QuickBooks Online syncAccountant export package✓ Every plan
AIA billing, retainage and WIP reportsResidential milestones✓ Every plan; WIP with job costing
Gantt scheduling with dependencies and a resource boardShared job schedule (Teams)✓ Every plan
Service dispatch boardNot in Clamp✓ Service Pro add-on
Daily logs with automatic weatherNot in Clamp✓ Advanced
Built-in paymentsYour own payment link✓ Card and ACH via QuickBooks Payments

Knowify column from its pricing page, feature pages and help center, checked October 14, 2026. Not found means not on those pages, not that Knowify can't do it another way. Partly means something narrower than the Clamp feature. No product was tested against another.

Where each Knowify answer comes from

Verdict

Clamp may fit when

Knowify may fit when

Before you compare them

Workflow

Feature by feature, Clamp and Knowify
FeatureClampKnowify
Estimate at cost, then markupEvery line at direct cost; the markup from your overhead and profit goal goes on onceBudget first from a products and services catalog, then markup per line for overhead and a target margin, with projected profitability updating as you edit
AI estimatesA draft at direct cost from a plain-words description, then your markup (3 free AI credits, then 25 or 50 a month by plan; an estimate is 1 credit)The estimating page says "Knowify AI is here" and points to an event; an AI estimating feature is not described on the official pages read
Plan takeoffNot offeredImports takeoff data from tools such as STACK to build the budget
Paid design agreementA design agreement document on every planProposals carry terms and attachments; a dedicated paid design agreement was not found on Knowify's official pages
Proposal e-signatureProposals signed in the customer portal (Assistant and Teams)E-signable contracts; clients comment, request revisions or sign from the proposal's portal link, and the job goes active when signed
AllowancesAllowance lines on the estimate for selections not yet made, priced like every other lineNot mentioned on Knowify's estimating page
Customer decisions after signingA Decisions needed list: needed by, what it blocks, who owes the answer, the resolutionA decision list after signing was not found on Knowify's official pages
Change ordersA change order on every plan: priced and billed, e-signed in the portal on Assistant and TeamsEvery plan: sent for electronic approval with view and sign tracking, updates projected cost and profit, and feeds the billing schedule once approved
Progress billingMilestones tied to job events, each with a checklist of evidence; billed as the stage startsEvery plan: bill by completion percentage, unit or dollar amount; AIA billing formats and G702/G703 pay apps; tracks total job value and amount previously invoiced
Job costingEvery plan: receipts, vendor bills, time on site at the loaded rate; reviewed against the estimate at closeAdvanced and Enterprise on the pricing page: labor with burden, materials, equipment and subs against budget by phase, purchase orders from the budget, and a WIP report. The job costing feature page says starting at $99 a month, which conflicts
Purchase orders and billsVendor bills and receipts logged to the job; no purchase order documentPurchases, bills and expenses on every plan; purchase orders raised from the budget and synced to QuickBooks
Time trackingTime on site logged by role, or detected automatically when you leave a job site; not a GPS time clock with geofencingEvery plan: clock in and out on the app with optional geofencing at clock in, foreman view for crew time, hours hit the job cost report with labor burden, sync with QuickBooks Time and Payroll
Business mileage logAutomatic trip detection, confirmed per trip, at the IRS rate for its dateNot mentioned on Knowify's time tracking page; fleet vehicle tracking is a separate add-on from $25 a vehicle a month
Customer portalSign proposals and change orders, see milestones, photos, schedule and invoices, answer decisions (Assistant and Teams)Advanced and Enterprise on the pricing page: phase status, photos, high-level schedule, contract with approved and pending change orders, invoiced and paid totals, invoice PDFs and shared files through a no-login link. The portal page says starting at $99 a month, which conflicts
PaymentsNot processed by Clamp: add your own payment link and record what was paidCards and ACH through QuickBooks Payments from invoices, tracked and reconciled; automated reminders for unpaid invoices
Scheduling and dispatchA shared job schedule your crew and subs confirm (Teams); no Gantt chart, no dispatch boardScheduling on every plan: job board, resource board, Gantt with dependencies, project and corporate calendars, crew notifications. Service dispatching is the Service Pro add-on
Team and subsUp to 10 accounts on Teams, plus unlimited free sub invites who never see your pricesOne user on Core, ten on Advanced, $29 a month each beyond that; subs who need the app are paid users with no guest access
Lead qualificationA five-question score on the first callA lead-scoring workflow was not found on Knowify's official pages read for this article
AccountingAn accountant export package; no general ledger, payroll, bank feeds or QuickBooks syncTwo-way sync with QuickBooks Online, Time, Payroll and Payments on every plan; QuickBooks Desktop on Enterprise

What was and was not tested

What was compared: Hands-on testing of either product. Neither was tested against the other, and no speed or accuracy claim is made. Documented, not tested.

What this page rests on
StatementBasis
Published by Clamp, using Knowify's own pricing and feature pages and Clamp's own published plans.Clamp's own statement
Solo contractor, entry plan: Knowify Core is $99 or $149 a month for one user, which is $1,188 or $1,788 a year (calculated); Clamp Solo is $149.99 a year billed annually.Calculated from published prices
Job costing and a client portal: on Knowify's pricing page these start on Advanced at $329 or $399 a month with ten users, $3,948 or $4,788 a year (calculated). Clamp Solo has job costing at $149.99 a year, Assistant adds the portal at $499.99, and Teams covers ten accounts at $999.99. The plans are not equivalent: Advanced includes QuickBooks sync, WIP reporting, AIA billing and Gantt scheduling that Clamp does not offer.Calculated from published prices
Knowify's pricing page does not label which of its two listed figures is annual billing, and its job costing and client portal feature pages say 'starting at $99/month' while the pricing page lists both features on Advanced only. Both are reported as found.Verified against a published source

Switching

Questions

How much does Knowify cost?

Knowify Core shows $99 and $149 a month for one user, and Advanced shows $329 and $399 a month for ten users, but its Yearly and Monthly toggle does not label which figure is which, so confirm the billing basis before you buy. Extra users are $29 a month. Clamp Solo is $19.99 a month or $149.99 a year, and Teams covers 10 accounts for $999.99 a year.

Does Knowify Core include job costing, or do I need Advanced?

Knowify's pricing table puts job costing on Advanced and Enterprise, while Core includes purchases, bills, expenses, time tracking, change orders, progress billing and QuickBooks Online sync. A Knowify feature page says the product starts at $99 a month, which does not settle which plan has job costing. Confirm with Knowify if job costing is why you are subscribing. Clamp has job costing on every plan.

When does Knowify make sense for a small remodeling business?

Knowify makes sense for a small remodeler who needs a QuickBooks Online connection, progress billing, and labor, bills and purchase orders feeding job-cost reports. Its pricing table puts job costing and the client portal on Advanced, which includes ten users. That package can be worth it for a crew even when it is hard to justify for one person.

How does Clamp Teams compare with Knowify Advanced for a 10-person crew?

Clamp Teams costs $999.99 a year for up to 10 accounts, and Knowify Advanced also includes ten users at $329 or $399 a month, with the billing basis to confirm. Knowify offers QuickBooks Online, Time, Payroll and Payments connections and AIA-style billing. Clamp provides an accountant export instead, so the decision turns on integrations as well as price.

Can Clamp replace Knowify's QuickBooks connection?

No. Clamp does not replace Knowify's two-way QuickBooks Online connection; it provides an accountant export package instead of a live sync. Clamp also has no general ledger, payroll, bank feeds or tax filing. If moving job and accounting records automatically is your main need, Knowify's QuickBooks connections are a real reason to choose it.

Related

Sources & provenance

  1. Knowify Pricing Knowify (official source)
  2. Knowify job costing software Knowify (official source)
  3. Knowify construction invoicing software Knowify (official source)
  4. Knowify construction scheduling software Knowify (official source)
  5. Knowify field service scheduling and dispatch Knowify (official source)
  6. Knowify client portal Knowify (official source)
  7. Knowify change order software Knowify (official source)
  8. Knowify construction time tracking software Knowify (official source)
  9. Knowify construction estimating software Knowify (official source)
  10. Knowify subcontractor management software Knowify (official source)
  11. Clamp Pricing Clamp Research
  12. The Clamp Method Clamp Research
Changes: Oct 14, 2026: Initial draft. Verified against Knowify's pricing page and its job costing, invoicing, scheduling, field service dispatch, client portal, change order, time tracking, estimating and subcontractor pages on 2026-10-14. Knowify's two-figure pricing is quoted as shown because the page does not label which figure is annual; the job costing and client portal pages' 'starting at $99' claims are noted as conflicting with the pricing page, which lists both on Advanced only. Knowify is credited for QuickBooks sync depth, WIP reporting, AIA and progress billing, Gantt scheduling and Service Pro dispatch. Direct answer rewritten price first (owner ruling 2026-10-14).; Oct 14, 2026: Published after owner approval; FAQ structured data on.