COMPARE · CHECKED OCTOBER 19, 2026
Contractor Foreman vs Peak
Contractor Foreman packs a wide commercial toolset, like progress billing, retainage and RFIs, into a flat company price with app store apps. Peak gives residential contractors the core free, with an assistant for the follow-up.
TL;DR
Pick Contractor Foreman if you need a wide commercial toolset with progress billing and retainage at a low monthly price. Pick Peak if you want the residential core free, with an assistant that does the follow-up and paperwork.
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SIDE BY SIDE
Contractor Foreman and Peak, row by row.
What Contractor Foreman's own pages said on October 19, 2026, next to what Peak does today.
| Contractor Foreman | Peak |
|---|---|
| What it covers | |
| Estimates, bids, change orders, progress and AIA-style invoices, sub-contracts, purchase orders, daily logs, time cards, punch lists and a client portal. | Leads and customers, estimates with e-sign and change orders, invoices, projects, crews, a dispatch board, a time clock, job photos and daily logs, plus Sherpa. |
| Pricing model | |
| Five plans by number of users, from $49 a month billed yearly. Monthly billing starts at $139 on Standard. | The software is free. No per-user fee and no contract. You pay your own texting, email, AI and payment providers directly. |
| AI | |
| Built-in AI in its takeoff tool. Its Document Writer fills templates; we didn't see it described as AI. | Sherpa looks things up and makes changes in every Peak tool, from chat or from your own AI assistant. Anything that reaches a customer or moves money waits for your OK. It runs on your own AI key. |
| Phone app | |
| iPhone and Android apps in the app stores, plus the web app. | Installs from your phone's browser to your home screen. The crew app works offline. No App Store or Google Play app yet. |
| Your data | |
| Estimate items export to CSV and reports download as Excel or PDF. Syncs with QuickBooks Online and connects through Zapier. We didn't find a public API or AI connector. | When sign-up opens, your customer data lives in a database you own, not ours. Export contacts as a spreadsheet or download the whole database any time. |
| Getting started | |
| Start on your own or book a free demo. Setup and implementation are free on Pro and Unlimited. | Sign in and start. Bring contacts and your price book over from spreadsheets. Texting, email, AI and payments start when you connect your own accounts, or we connect them for you (Get set up, $997 one-time). |
WHAT IT COSTS
Their published price, and ours.
Contractor Foreman
- Basic: $49/mo billed yearly only (1 user)
- Standard: $105/mo yearly, $139 monthly (up to 3 users)
- Plus: $166/mo yearly, $199 monthly (up to 8 users)
- Pro: $221/mo yearly, $279 monthly (up to 15 users)
- Unlimited: $332/mo yearly, $399 monthly (unlimited users)
The price is for the whole company, not per user. Yearly plans start with a 30-day free trial. Its plans page shows a 100-day money-back guarantee on yearly Plus, Pro and Unlimited and 30 days on monthly Plus, Pro and Unlimited; check the page for the conditions. Setup is free on Pro and Unlimited. Card payments run through Stripe at posted rates.
From contractorforeman.com, checked October 19, 2026. Prices change, so confirm on their site.
Peak tools
$0
Free when sign-up opens (soon). You bring your own accounts for AI, texting, email and payments. Today the tools come with every Peak service plan.
Want our team to run your marketing or lead follow-up? That's a paid service, and the tools come with it. See service pricing.
WHERE CONTRACTOR FOREMAN IS STRONG
Credit where it's due.
- A long list of modules: bids, change orders, progress billing, sub-contracts, purchase orders, daily logs, time cards
- Bid invites that subs answer by link with no account, compared side by side
- Change order requests bundled into one change order that updates the contract when signed
- Progress invoices with retainage tracked automatically
- Estimate tracking: sent, delivered, opened and clicked
WHERE CONTRACTOR FOREMAN IS AHEAD
What Peak doesn't do yet.
If one of these is a must-have, take it seriously.
- Commercial features Peak doesn't have: AIA-style billing, retainage, RFIs, submittals, purchase orders
- Time cards and job costing
- QuickBooks Online sync
- iPhone and Android apps in the app stores
Everything not in the Peak tools yet
- iPhone and Android apps in the app stores (the tools install from your phone's browser today)
- QuickBooks and Xero sync
- Full job costing, estimate vs actual on every line
- Payroll
- A built-in AI phone receptionist
- AI takeoff from plans
WHERE PEAK IS DIFFERENT
What you get with Peak that Contractor Foreman doesn't do.
- The Peak tools are free. Contractor Foreman starts at $49 a month, billed yearly.
- Sherpa does the work from chat or text, under clear rules. Contractor Foreman's AI, when we checked, was in its takeoff tool, and its Document Writer fills templates.
- Your own AI assistant, like Claude or ChatGPT, can connect to Peak. We didn't find a way to do that with Contractor Foreman.
The software is free
No per-user fee and no contract for the tools. You bring your own accounts for AI, texting, email and payments, and pay those companies directly at their prices. We don't mark them up.
Your data, your accounts
When sign-up opens, your customer data lives in a database you own, not ours. Export it any time. If you leave, you take everything with you.
Sherpa does the work, inside rules
Tell Sherpa "add a note to Susan Park: gate goes on the north side." It finds her and adds it, or asks you to reply YES first when the rules say so. Anything that reaches a customer or moves money waits for your approval. You can see every rule, and you can only make them stricter.
A team if you want one
You can run the tools on your own. If you'd rather have help, our team runs the marketing, lead follow-up and AI setup for you on a paid plan.
Read every Sherpa rule on what Sherpa will and won't do.
SWITCHING
Moving from Contractor Foreman to Peak.
Most of it is two spreadsheets. Run both side by side for a week if you like.
Step 1
Export from Contractor Foreman
Contractor Foreman's help pages show how to export estimate items to a CSV file and download reports as Excel or PDF. We didn't find a self-serve export for your whole contact list, so ask its support team for a spreadsheet of your contacts.
Step 2
Import your customers
In Peak, open Contacts and choose Import. Upload the spreadsheet and match the columns. Rows with the same email or phone merge instead of making duplicates.
Step 3
Bring your price book
The Estimator imports your items and prices from a spreadsheet. There's a template to fill in if your old export doesn't line up.
Step 4
Connect your own accounts
Hook up your texting number, email, AI key and Stripe when you're ready to send and get paid. Nothing goes out until you do.
Step 5
Finish open jobs, then switch
Let jobs already in progress finish where they are, and start new ones in Peak. Rather not do the move yourself? Our team can help.
WHAT YOU SET UP
What works the day you sign in.
The tools are free. Texting, email, AI and payments run on accounts you own, so you pay those companies directly.
Works when you sign in
- Customers, deals, notes and tasks
- Estimates with options, change orders and invoices, shared by link
- Projects, phases, crew schedules, photos and daily logs
- A customer page for each job
Needs your own account
- Texting
- Two-way texts, missed-call text-back, text review requests and texting Sherpa. Connect your own texting account (such as Twilio), with your number registered with the carriers. Nothing sends or charges until you do.
- Sending estimates, invoices and messages by email. Connect your own email sending account. Nothing sends or charges until you do.
- AI
- Sherpa and AI drafts. Connect your own AI key (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google or a compatible provider). Nothing sends or charges until you do.
- Payments
- Card and bank payments on invoices. Connect your own Stripe account. Nothing sends or charges until you do.
Rather not do it yourself? Get set up: we connect all four and import your contacts and price book, $997 one-time.
Pick Contractor Foreman if
You need a wide commercial toolset with progress billing and retainage at a low monthly price.
Pick Peak if
You want the residential core free, with an assistant that does the follow-up and paperwork.
CONTRACTOR FOREMAN VS PEAK
Common questions.
For residential contractors, yes: leads, estimates, invoices, scheduling and photos are free when sign-up opens. Contractor Foreman has more commercial modules, starting at $49 a month billed yearly when we checked on October 19, 2026.
When we checked on October 19, 2026, its public pages mentioned built-in AI in its takeoff tool and no AI assistant. Its Document Writer is a template tool. Sherpa works across every Peak tool and runs on your own AI key.
Peak sends deposit, progress and final invoices. Retainage and AIA-style pay apps are not in the tools yet.
Yes. Get a spreadsheet of your contacts from Contractor Foreman, then import it in Peak's Contacts. Estimate items export to CSV, and Peak's Estimator imports items from a spreadsheet, with a template if the columns don't line up.
MORE BUILDER AND REMODELER SOFTWARE
Sources for this page (7)
- Plans, prices, company pricing, trial, money-back windows, free setup, Stripe rates, integrations, native apps, demo: contractorforeman.com/plans/ (read October 19, 2026)
- Built-in AI in takeoffs: www.contractorforeman.com/pricing/ (read October 19, 2026)
- iPhone app: apps.apple.com/us/app/contractor-foreman/id1239787613 (read October 19, 2026)
- Android app: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.contractorforeman (read October 19, 2026)
- Export estimate items to CSV: kb.contractorforeman.com/knowledge-base/how-do-i-export-the-estimate-items-to-a-csv-file/ (read October 19, 2026)
- Free demo: contractorforeman.com/schedule-a-free-demo/ (read October 19, 2026)
- Bid invites, change order requests, retainage, estimate tracking, Document Writer templates, RFIs and submittals (feature pages): contractorforeman.com/ (read October 16, 2026)
How we checked: we read Contractor Foreman's public pages, pricing and help center on October 19, 2026, without signing up or logging in. Contractor Foreman is a trademark of its owner, used here only to identify the product. Peak Engine isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Contractor Foreman. Spot a mistake? Email hello@peak-engine.com and we'll fix it.
Try Peak next to Contractor Foreman.
Leads, estimates, invoices, jobs and photos, with Sherpa doing the office work.
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