Workiz manages your service jobs. Lead Score qualifies them before they get there.
Workiz is a solid field service platform used widely by plumbers, HVAC contractors, and appliance repair businesses. It handles scheduling, dispatching, invoicing, and phone tracking well. But it has no system for qualifying leads before they enter your workflow — which means bad jobs get dispatched alongside good ones.
Choose Lead Score if you're an independent contractor who needs lean lead qualification and estimates without full service business infrastructure.
Choose Workiz if you run a locksmith, appliance repair, or similar on-demand service business that needs booking, dispatch, and team communication built in.
- You're a solo contractor qualifying inbound leads
- You want scoring before committing to a job
- You want offline-first, no account required
- You want mileage and estimates alongside lead tracking
- You want free to start, no card required
- You run an on-demand service business with dispatchers
- You need phone system integration and call tracking
- You need online booking and customer notifications
- You have multiple technicians taking booked jobs
Lead Score vs Workiz
Lead Score was built for the independent contractor at the top of the sales funnel — not the dispatched technician taking calls from a booking center. Different workflow, different tool.
| Feature | Lead Score | Workiz |
|---|---|---|
| Lead qualification scoring | ✓ 5-factor system in 5 min | ✗ Not available at any price |
| Phone system & call tracking | ✗ Not included | ✓ Built in (Workiz strength) |
| Auto GPS mileage tracking | ✓ Built in — per lead | ✓ Technician GPS dispatch |
| PDF estimates & invoices | ✓ Built in | ✓ Built in (Workiz strength) |
| Works fully offline | ✓ 100% local storage | ✗ Requires active connection |
| No account required | ✓ Your device, your data | ✗ Account required |
| Close rate by lead source | ✓ Built in dashboard | ✗ Not available |
| Crew scheduling & dispatch | ✗ Not included | ✓ Full dispatch (Workiz strength) |
| Monthly price | ✓ $9.99/month | ✗ $65–169/month |
| Free tier | ✓ First 3 leads, no card | ✗ No free tier |
Workiz dispatches every job you book. It can't tell you which ones were worth booking.
Workiz is genuinely strong for active job management in high-volume trades like plumbing and HVAC — phone tracking, online booking, technician dispatch, payment collection. These are real workflow problems it solves well. But Workiz, like every FSM platform, operates after the qualification decision has already been made.
Workiz dispatches what you give it. Lead Score controls what you give it.
For plumbers and HVAC contractors specifically, the bad lead problem is acute: emergency calls that turn out to be warranty claims, service calls where the homeowner expects a $50 fix and your minimum visit is $150, or quote requests from rental properties where the landlord hasn't approved the spend. Lead Score identifies these patterns in 5 minutes before dispatch.
Lead Score works alongside Workiz for businesses that need both — or as a standalone pre-sale tool for solo plumbers and HVAC contractors who don't yet need the overhead of a full FSM platform.
"I use Workiz for dispatch and Lead Score to decide what gets dispatched. The two tools don't overlap at all."
HVAC contractor, Lead Score + Workiz user 2026
Score before you dispatch. Win before you arrive.
Lead Score scores every inbound lead in 5 minutes — including emergency calls, service requests, and quote inquiries. Great Fits and Possible Fits enter Workiz as dispatched jobs. Unclear Fits get one clarifying question before dispatch. Bad Fits get a professional no before a technician rolls.
For solo plumbers and HVAC contractors who don't need Workiz's team features, Lead Score covers the full pre-sale workflow: lead scoring, mileage tracking, estimates, invoices, and pipeline analytics at $9.99/month. That's a fraction of Workiz's pricing for the phase of work Workiz was never designed to handle.
Lead Score also tracks close rate by lead source — so after 20+ leads you know what percentage of your emergency calls, Google leads, and referrals actually convert. That data changes how you answer the phone, how you set minimums, and where you invest in marketing.
What your current app stack actually costs.
Most solo contractors run 4–5 separate apps. Here's the monthly total — and what Lead Score costs to replace all of them.
Or go annual at $59.99/year — less than $5/month for the full stack.
Clear pricing. No surprises.
Workiz
$65–169
plus phone system add-ons · $780–2,028/year
- ✗ No lead qualification
- ✗ No pipeline analytics
- ✗ Separate tool — one workflow
Lead Score
$9.99
$59.99/year or $99 lifetime
- ✓ 5-factor lead scoring
- ✓ Auto GPS mileage tracking
- ✓ PDF estimates and invoices
- ✓ No account — local storage
- ✓ Works fully offline
- ✓ First 3 leads free
Who should use what.
Solo plumbers and HVAC contractors who want lead qualification, mileage, and estimates without full FSM overhead — Lead Score is the right tool at $9.99/month.
Businesses already on Workiz — add Lead Score as the upstream filter. Score every lead before it enters your Workiz dispatch queue and stop rolling trucks on jobs that weren't worth the call.
What contractors ask before switching.
Stop dispatching on leads that weren't worth the call.
Score before you roll. Try Lead Score free — 3 leads, no card.
Free tier · No account required · iOS & Android · Works offline