PaintScout vs Joist pricing (2026)

• Sales Core Platform

  1 user, then $20 a month each

  Billed monthly

  $119 a month

  Billed annually

  $99 a month

  Seats included

  1 user

  One more costs

  $20 a seat

• Basics

  Up to 5 documents a month

  Billed monthly

  $10 a month

  Billed annually

  $8.34 a month

  Seats included

  1 user

  One more costs

  Not published

• Pro

  Unlimited documents and clients

  Billed monthly

  $17 a month

  Billed annually

  $14.17 a month

  Seats included

  1 user

  One more costs

  Not published

• Elite

  Adds change orders and reporting

  Billed monthly

  $32 a month

  Billed annually

  $26.67 a month

  Seats included

  1 user

  One more costs

  Not published

• Run

  For managing several jobs at once. An introductory price, 30% off $100

  Billed monthly

  $70 a month

  Billed annually

  $58.33 a month

  Seats included

  1 user

  One more costs

  Not published

PaintScout

Scheduling and job management are the Operations add-on, so a painter who wants both is on $218 a month billed monthly rather than $119. Onboarding packages are $999, $1,499 and $1,999 one off. Which plan first includes each feature in feature_plans was read from the pricing page on 2026-10-12. Whether it does estimates and a CRM, and on which plan, was read from the pricing page on 2026-10-19.

Joist

This is a quoting and invoicing app, not a field service platform: there is no dispatch board and no crew scheduling. For a solo contractor who only needs to look professional on paper it is a tenth of the price of everything else here. Which plan first includes each feature in feature_plans was read from the pricing page on 2026-10-12. The comparison table ticks QuickBooks sync on Pro, Elite and Run and leaves it blank on Basics. The $12 on the Basics card is a struck-through price the page shows only in its annual view; Basics is $10 billed monthly. Whether it does estimates and a CRM, and on which plan, was read from the pricing page on 2026-10-19.

Every figure above was read from PaintScout and Joist on their own pricing pages on October 19, 2026. Nothing here ranks the two, because the ranking would be ours and you could not check it. These prices change, so check the current number with both before you buy.

Full pricing for PaintScout and Joist. To put your own crew size, add-ons and what you take on cards against both, open the true cost calculator with the two already side by side. To start from your trade and crew size instead of from these two, open the picker with PaintScout pinned, and it will say whether PaintScout makes the list for your answers.