About the directory

Why it exists

Contractors keep getting the same pitch: AI will answer your phone, write your estimates, measure the roof, chase your leads. Some of it is real and worth the money. Some of it is a landing page. Telling them apart meant reading vendor blogs that recommend themselves, Reddit threads, and listicles written by people who have never stood on a roof.

AI for Service Contractors is the list that was missing: every AI tool sold to roofing, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping and remodeling companies, with what it does, what the AI part actually does, which trades it serves, and what it costs.

How a tool gets listed

• Every vendor's site and pricing page is read by a person before the tool is listed. A dead site, a "coming soon" product, or AI that exists only as a word on the homepage doesn't go in.
• Each listing records what the vendor says the tool does, in plain words, and names the specific AI feature. No marketing copy.
• If the vendor posts a price, the listing shows it. If they don't, it says "quote-based" rather than guessing.
• Every listing shows the date it was last checked. Prices in this market change often; listings are re-checked on a rolling basis, and anything a reader or vendor flags gets fixed, usually the same day.

How the site makes money

Listings are free. Nobody pays to be listed or to be written up a certain way. Each category has one featured spot at the top of the page; vendors pay a flat monthly fee for it, and it is marked as featured. A featured tool's listing is written to the same standard as everyone else's. Some vendor links may be affiliate links; each one is marked where it appears, and none of them change a listing. See the affiliate disclosure.

What this is not

It's not a review site. These tools haven't all been run in a working shop, and the listings don't pretend otherwise. What the directory can tell you is that the company exists, what it claims, what it costs, and which trades it serves. The right next step is always a demo with your own jobs in front of you.

Who's behind it

The directory is built and maintained by Steve Potter, who runs a small web business on the Connecticut shoreline and has spent years building sites for local contractors. Corrections and questions go to support@aiforservicecontractors.com, and a person answers. More on the contact page.