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Field Stash vs PaintScout

PaintScout is a painting-specific estimating and proposal tool, and estimating is its entire focus - it's deep and refined. But it's built for your team to create quotes, not to capture the lead: there's no phone answering, no drive-time booking, no self-serve quote, and no color visualizer. Its CRM and operations are a separate paid tier on top, priced per user. Field Stash matches the painting estimating and adds the whole top of the funnel, in one flat, unlimited-user price.

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Feature by feature

Feature
Field Stash
PaintScout
Lead capture
AI phone attendant (answers + books calls)
PaintScout has no phone, softphone, or SMS
✓
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Self-serve instant quote for homeowners
PaintScout builds estimates for your team to send
✓
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Two-way texting
PaintScout has in-proposal customer chat, not business-number SMS
✓
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Color visualizer
✓
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Scheduling
Drive-time-aware booking
PaintScout has a calendar, not drive-time-aware booking
✓
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Appointment scheduling
in PaintScout's separate paid Operations tier
✓
✓
Estimating & proposals
Painting production-rate estimating
Field Stash uses a fast spreadsheet-style grid; PaintScout is modal/popup-driven
✓
✓
Good / better / best proposal options
PaintScout offers optional add-on/upgrade selection, not tiered good/better/best
✓
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E-sign proposals
✓
✓
Payments & books
Invoicing + online payments
✓
✓
QuickBooks sync
✓
✓
Pricing model
Unlimited users included
PaintScout charges $20/user/month
✓
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CRM + operations included
PaintScout's Operations is a separate paid tier
✓
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AI phone attendant included
✓
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✓ included~ limited / paid add-on- not offered

Where PaintScout has the edge

  • Estimating is its entire focus - deep, mature, painting-specific production rates and proposals.
  • A strong brand and community in the painting niche, including a large painting-business podcast.
  • White-glove onboarding and setup packages for its estimating configuration.

The pricing difference

Field Stash
One flat plan, unlimited users - estimating, CRM, and operations all included (founder pricing available).
PaintScout
PaintScout's Sales tier is $119/mo ($99 billed annually), and its Operations/CRM is a separate tier at $99/mo ($79 annually) on top - plus $20/user/month on both. A small team running the full product pays for each tier and for every seat.

PaintScout pricing verified from paintscout.com/pricing on 2026-07-05. Prices can change - check their current page.

Questions

No. PaintScout has no phone system, softphone, or SMS - its integrations list no phone or calling tools. Field Stash includes an AI phone attendant that answers and books the calls you'd otherwise miss.

Match the estimating, win the lead

Start a free trial or book a demo and see painting estimating plus the phone attendant, drive-time booking, and self-serve quote PaintScout doesn't offer.

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