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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 - a built-in AI attendant priced by the call, drive-time booking, self-serve quotes, and a visualizer - on one flat, unlimited-user plan.

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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
✓
-
CRM + operations included
PaintScout's Operations is a separate paid tier
✓
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AI phone attendant built in
✓
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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's attendant is built in - it answers and books the calls you'd otherwise miss, and you pay only for the calls it answers.
No. PaintScout builds estimates for your team to send; there is no customer-facing self-quote. Field Stash includes a self-serve instant quote homeowners complete on your site, and every one becomes a lead.
PaintScout is estimating-focused and its engine is mature. Field Stash does painting production-rate estimating too - with a fast spreadsheet-style grid for entering rooms and surfaces, rather than a modal-driven flow - and it adds the lead capture PaintScout doesn't have: phone answering, drive-time booking, self-serve quotes, and a color visualizer.
PaintScout charges for its Sales tier and a separate Operations/CRM tier, plus $20/user on both. Field Stash includes estimating, CRM, and operations in one flat price with unlimited users.

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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