ServiceTitan is field service software for HVAC, plumbing, electrical and other trades. Its strength is high-volume service work: call booking, dispatching with GPS tracking, marketing automation and reporting, with a structured implementation it describes as 12 to 16 weeks. Solar isn't among the trades it lists, and we found no solar design tool in its App Marketplace.
Payaca is built for solar, battery, heat pump and EV charger install businesses: solar design with Glow (limited release) or OpenSolar imports, multi-stage project pipelines, permit tracking on the project, and plan prices published online. Here's how they compare for a clean energy install business.
The short answer
ServiceTitan is built for large service operations, not solar. Payaca puts design, multi-stage install pipelines and permit tracking on one project, at a published price.
- Payaca is best for clean energy install businesses that want solar, storage and heat pump project workflow rather than dispatch-heavy service operations.
- ServiceTitan is best for large multi-trade service contractors with call centers, dispatch teams and high volumes of reactive HVAC or plumbing work.
- Payaca publishes its pricing: Growth, the standard plan for established install businesses, is $1,724/month. Current plans and eligibility are on the pricing page. ServiceTitan does not publish pricing publicly and quotes after a sales demo.
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Feature comparison
| Feature | Payaca | ServiceTitan |
|---|---|---|
| Industry focus | Built specifically for clean tech: solar, heat pumps, batteries, EV | Platform for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and other trades, aimed at large service operations |
| Design tool integration | Glow (limited release), or import from OpenSolar | No solar design tools listed in its App Marketplace (it lists roof measurement tools such as EagleView and Hover) |
| Project complexity | Multi-stage project pipelines for complex installations | Service jobs plus project management (plans, tasks, milestones) aimed at construction trades |
| Implementation | Guided onboarding: workflow mapping, data migration and team training | Structured implementation with a dedicated team, which ServiceTitan describes as 12 to 16 weeks |
| Pricing | Plan prices published at payaca.com/pricing/us (Enterprise is custom) | Per-technician pricing, not published and available on request |
| AI features | Agent Dave, the AI built into Payaca, answers questions from your account data, builds automations you check before they go live, and drafts documents, templates and custom fields | Titan Intelligence: an AI Virtual Agent for calls, dispatch automation, and Atlas answering technicians in the field; its full Max AI package is in limited release |
| Reporting & analytics | Dashboard for proposals, invoices, collection rate and revenue, project costing, custom dashboards on Scale, and Agent Dave answering questions from your data | Reporting and dashboards across calls, jobs, technicians and marketing |
| Mobile app | Field app that works fully offline, built for installs | Technician mobile app for service calls, forms and payments |
| Marketing tools | Lead capture, pipeline tracking and automated emails and SMS, not a marketing suite | Marketing campaigns and call tracking, with Marketing Pro sold as an add-on |
| Dispatching | Map-based crew scheduling with drag-and-drop | Dispatch board with GPS tracking and capacity planning |
Industry focus
Built specifically for clean tech: solar, heat pumps, batteries, EV
Platform for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and other trades, aimed at large service operations
Design tool integration
Glow (limited release), or import from OpenSolar
No solar design tools listed in its App Marketplace (it lists roof measurement tools such as EagleView and Hover)
Project complexity
Multi-stage project pipelines for complex installations
Service jobs plus project management (plans, tasks, milestones) aimed at construction trades
Implementation
Guided onboarding: workflow mapping, data migration and team training
Structured implementation with a dedicated team, which ServiceTitan describes as 12 to 16 weeks
Pricing
Plan prices published at payaca.com/pricing/us (Enterprise is custom)
Per-technician pricing, not published and available on request
AI features
Agent Dave, the AI built into Payaca, answers questions from your account data, builds automations you check before they go live, and drafts documents, templates and custom fields
Titan Intelligence: an AI Virtual Agent for calls, dispatch automation, and Atlas answering technicians in the field; its full Max AI package is in limited release
Reporting & analytics
Dashboard for proposals, invoices, collection rate and revenue, project costing, custom dashboards on Scale, and Agent Dave answering questions from your data
Reporting and dashboards across calls, jobs, technicians and marketing
Mobile app
Field app that works fully offline, built for installs
Technician mobile app for service calls, forms and payments
Marketing tools
Lead capture, pipeline tracking and automated emails and SMS, not a marketing suite
Marketing campaigns and call tracking, with Marketing Pro sold as an add-on
Dispatching
Map-based crew scheduling with drag-and-drop
Dispatch board with GPS tracking and capacity planning
See it in Payaca
The real product, on our demo accounts.
Operations & scheduling
Schedule your field team on a map and track every job. More on Operations & scheduling
The whole job in 100 seconds
Switching from ServiceTitan
ServiceTitan's API exports customers, locations, jobs and appointments. We bring customers, contacts and addresses across, jobs become Payaca projects in the right pipeline and stage, and tags, equipment, custom fields, notes and upcoming appointments come with them.
Past invoices and payments aren't recreated one by one. Most businesses keep that history in QuickBooks, where it already lives, with lifetime totals on each customer in Payaca and a ledger file attached if you want the paper trail. ServiceTitan has no API for photos and attachments, so we agree up front which to bring across and which to keep as an archive.
Guided onboarding is available on Growth and above: we map your workflows, migrate your data and train your team, for a one-off $2,000. The pricing page has the details.
Which is right for you?
Choose Payaca if
- You run a solar or clean energy install business
- You want solar design in the same system as the job
- You want a lighter setup than an enterprise implementation
- You want plan prices you can see before a demo
Consider ServiceTitan if
- You run a large service operation with a call center and dispatch team
- You need a marketing suite with call tracking
- You have budget for enterprise-level software
- You don't need solar-specific features
Questions
What's the main difference between Payaca and ServiceTitan?
Payaca is built for solar and clean energy install businesses, with solar design, multi-stage project pipelines and permit tracking on the project. ServiceTitan is field service software for the trades, built for high-volume service work: call booking, dispatch, marketing and reporting. Its website also lists project management for construction trades, but it isn't built around solar design or solar install workflows.
Is ServiceTitan too expensive for growing solar businesses?
ServiceTitan does not publish its prices. Its pricing page lists three packages with per-technician pricing available on request, and ServiceTitan describes its implementation as a 12 to 16 week process. Payaca's plan prices are published at payaca.com/pricing/us, and Growth onboarding is a one-off $2,000 covering workflow mapping, data migration and team training.
Does ServiceTitan work for solar businesses?
It can run the operations side, but it isn't built for solar. ServiceTitan doesn't list solar among its trades, and we found no solar design tool such as OpenSolar in its App Marketplace, so designs are re-keyed into estimates. Its website lists project management for construction work, and its marketplace lists permitting partners (PermitFlow, iPermit), but permits aren't tracked on a solar project out of the box the way they are in Payaca.
Can I migrate from ServiceTitan to Payaca?
Yes. Customers, jobs, equipment, notes and upcoming appointments come across through ServiceTitan's API, and past invoices usually stay in QuickBooks. The switching section above covers what moves and how. Request a demo to scope it for your business.
Is Payaca a good ServiceTitan alternative?
For solar and clean energy install businesses, yes. Payaca is built for solar, battery, heat pump and EV charger businesses, with solar design (Glow, in limited release), OpenSolar imports, multi-stage project pipelines and published plan pricing. If you need a ServiceTitan alternative built around installation projects, Payaca is worth evaluating.
Which platform has better reporting?
ServiceTitan's reporting is built around service volume: calls, jobs, technicians and marketing. Payaca's dashboard covers proposals, invoices, collection rate and revenue, with project costing, custom dashboards built and maintained for you on Scale, and Agent Dave, the AI built into Payaca, which answers questions from your account data in plain English.
Competitor details are based on their public information as of October 29, 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.