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Published by J9 Systems. What's new in business tech, and what it means for yours.

Hubs

Vendors

Every price change, outage and feature that touches a 10-to-50-person business, filed under the vendor. We cover tools we don't own, and we say so when J9 is one of the options.

AI

Construction

  • Buildertrend

    Construction management for builders and remodelers.

  • JobTread

    Construction estimating and job management.

  • Procore

    Construction management for larger GCs.

Platforms

Field service

  • Housecall Pro

    Field-service software for small home-service businesses.

  • Jobber

    Quoting, scheduling and invoicing for small home-service companies.

  • ServiceTitan

    Field-service platform for larger residential and commercial contractors.

CRM and marketing

Automation

  • Make

    Visual automation platform.

  • n8n

    Open-source workflow automation.

  • Zapier

    No-code automation between apps.

Accounting

  • QuickBooks

    Intuit's accounting suite and the default ledger for small business.