ToolBerry
ToolBerry is free. No card, no seat limits, no paid tiers.
The honest comparison
ToolBerry vs FieldEdge
FieldEdge runs the back office. ToolBerry runs the truck, free and offline.
No account · No credit card · Works offline
Quick verdict
FieldEdge is a full office platform built for HVAC shops that live in QuickBooks Desktop and need a deep dispatch board. It is powerful, and it is priced and set up like enterprise software. ToolBerry is the opposite bet. We are free, we work with no signal because the phone is the database, and you are on your first job in seconds with no signup. If you are a small crew that wants a tool the techs actually use in the field, pick ToolBerry.
At a glance
| What matters in the field | ToolBerry | FieldEdge |
|---|---|---|
| Price to start | Free, no card | Quote only, no published prices, no free tier. Plans bundle 2, 4 or 6 mobile app licenses (fieldedge.com, August 2026) |
| Works with no signal | Full offline, the phone is the database | Offline mode listed as "Rolling Development" on FieldEdge's own Future Features page (August 2026) |
| Time to first job | Seconds, no signup | Sales demo, then a multi-week onboarding project |
| Spanish, owner to field | English + Spanish, more on demand | No public documentation of Spanish support (checked August 2026) |
| Best fit | Small trades, the truck | Bigger HVAC and plumbing shops with a back office and QuickBooks Desktop |
Price to start
ToolBerry Free, no card
FieldEdge Quote only, no published prices, no free tier. Plans bundle 2, 4 or 6 mobile app licenses (fieldedge.com, August 2026)
Works with no signal
ToolBerry Full offline, the phone is the database
FieldEdge Offline mode listed as "Rolling Development" on FieldEdge's own Future Features page (August 2026)
Time to first job
ToolBerry Seconds, no signup
FieldEdge Sales demo, then a multi-week onboarding project
Spanish, owner to field
ToolBerry English + Spanish, more on demand
FieldEdge No public documentation of Spanish support (checked August 2026)
Best fit
ToolBerry Small trades, the truck
FieldEdge Bigger HVAC and plumbing shops with a back office and QuickBooks Desktop
Why teams choose ToolBerry over FieldEdge
Free, no quote, no card
FieldEdge does not have a free tier, does not publish a price, and does not offer a free trial at all, by their own stated policy. You book a demo and wait for a quote. ToolBerry is free. No card, no seat limits, no sales call to find out what it costs.
True offline, not a cache that needs signal
On ToolBerry the phone itself is the database. You work in a basement, a crawl space, or a job an hour past the last cell tower, and everything keeps working. FieldEdge is built around a connected office, so when the signal drops the field app can fight you.
A field app your techs will actually use
FieldEdge is strong in the office, and their plans meter the field: two mobile app licenses on Select, four on Premier, six on Elite. Every ToolBerry user gets the full app, because there are no licenses to hand out. And there is no server copy of your customer book: our App Store privacy label says "Data Not Collected" (July 2026).
Where FieldEdge is strong
Credit where it is due. FieldEdge is genuinely good at the back office. Their two-way QuickBooks Desktop sync is one of the best in the trade, so invoices, payments, customers, and pricebook data move both ways without re-keying. Their dispatch board is deep too. If you run a larger shop that lives in QuickBooks Desktop and needs serious dispatch and accounting depth, FieldEdge is a real fit.
Pricing, plainly
FieldEdge
FieldEdge is quote only, so there is no public price to point at. Select, Premier and Elite differ by feature set and by how many mobile app licenses are included, two, four and six respectively, and there is no free trial (fieldedge.com/pricing, read August 2026). We previously published a per-user range here from a secondary source and have removed it, because FieldEdge does not publish one. Ask them directly.
Prices can change, so check their site for the current numbers.
Switching from FieldEdge to ToolBerry
Switching is the easy kind. Put ToolBerry on one phone and run a few real jobs alongside FieldEdge this week. There is no migration project, no server to install, no contract, and no lock-in. Your data stays on your device where you own it. If it fits the crew, roll it out. If it does not, you have lost nothing.
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