Joist Pricing 2026: Basics, Pro, Elite and Run Compared

Joist pricing runs across four plans: Basics at $8.34/mo, Pro at $14.17/mo, Elite at $26.67/mo billed yearly, and Run at $58.33/mo billed yearly or $70/mo billed monthly. Paying month to month costs more on every plan. An AI receptionist is sold separately, there is no free plan, and a 14-day trial needs no credit card. Joist is built for the solo or micro contractor who mostly sends estimates and invoices. We read every Joist figure on its own pricing page on 10 November 2026.

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Joist Pricing at a Glance

Here are all four plans, with the price per month in each billing mode Joist lists. The cents are real: yearly billing is sold as a monthly equivalent.

Yearly or Monthly

Basics, Pro and Elite each have two prices. The yearly one is lower, and the page says annual plans include two months free. Run has both prices too. When we read the page on 10 November 2026, Basics and Run were shown as reduced prices with an older price struck through, so those figures may be temporary. Check the live page before you decide. The page does not say how many users each plan includes, so ask Joist if more than one person will log in.

What Is Not in the Price

Two things come on top of the plan:

• The AI receptionist. Joist sells it as an add-on that answers missed calls and captures new leads. It is listed at a flat monthly price billed monthly (see the table notes above), on top of whichever plan you pick.
• Payment processing. The page says standard processing fees apply based on the payment method, and it does not print the rates. Ask Joist what you will pay on a card before you rely on online payments.

The Trial

The trial lasts 14 days, needs no credit card, and gives you access to everything in Run. That means you test the top plan, then choose what to keep. Note which Run features you actually used so you do not pay for them by accident.

What Each Plan Adds

We list only what Joist’s pricing page states. We did not test any of these features, so open the full comparison table on Joist’s page for anything you depend on.

Basics

Basics is the entry plan at $8.34/mo billed yearly or $10/mo monthly. It allows up to five documents a month. The page lists online payments, turning estimates into invoices, built-in AI tools and homeowner financing.

Pro

Pro costs $14.17/mo billed yearly or $17/mo monthly. It removes the five-document cap and adds unlimited clients, your logo on documents, line items and document photos, client activity tracking and work orders.

Elite

Elite is $26.67/mo billed yearly or $32/mo monthly. On top of Pro it lists license and insurance details, change orders, business reports, sales reporting, Joist Reviews and social integrations.

Run

Run is $58.33/mo billed yearly or $70/mo billed monthly. It includes everything in Elite and adds job organization, visit scheduling and links between jobs, estimates, invoices and clients. This is the plan that moves Joist from paperwork toward job management.

Which Plan Fits Your Volume

Count the estimates and invoices you send in a normal month, together. Each one is a document.

• Five or fewer: Basics covers it, and it is the cheapest plan on the page.
• More than five, and you only need to bill: Pro. It is the first plan with unlimited documents, so it is the real entry point for a busy solo contractor.
• You deal with change orders or want to show license and insurance on documents: Elite lists both.
• You want to schedule visits as well as bill: Run, since scheduling appears only there.

If you sit near the line, run the trial first. Put a normal month of real jobs through it, count the documents, and then pick.

Joist vs a Full Field Service App

Joist does the paperwork well and charges little for it. A full field service app does more, and charges accordingly. Here is how it looks on price for a solo contractor:

• Joist Pro: $14.17/mo billed yearly, unlimited documents.
• ServiceM8 Starter: $29/mo with unlimited users and up to 50 jobs a month. Our ServiceM8 pricing guide has the full ladder.
• Jobber Core: $29/mo billed yearly for one user. See our Jobber pricing guide for the plans above it.

When Joist Is Enough

Joist is enough when the job is the document. You quote, you win the work, you do it, you invoice and you get paid. If your calendar fits in your head or in your phone, a document tool covers it and saves you the cost of features you would not open.

When It Is Not

It stops being enough when the work is the schedule. Several techs, recurring visits, dispatch and a customer who needs to know who is arriving are job-management problems. Joist’s Run plan starts to cover them. If you already know you need that, compare Run with the field service apps above before you commit, and read our free field service software guide for the no-cost options.

Joist vs Free Generators

We build free generators: the estimate template and the contractor invoice template. You fill in the form, see the document live, and download a PDF with no account or email.

Being honest about it: a free generator covers the document. It does not cover what happens after. Joist covers sending the estimate to the customer, taking payment online and keeping a history of what you sent and what was paid. If you send a few documents a month and collect by check or transfer, the generator may be all you need. If you chase payments and lose track of who owes what, a paid tool starts to earn its fee.

Joist Alternatives

If Joist is not the right fit, three routes are worth a look. ServiceM8 has a Free plan for one user and 30 jobs a month, and its paid plans include unlimited users. Jobber starts at $29/mo billed yearly and covers scheduling and teams. Our free generators cost nothing if you only need the document. Compare the limits before you switch: a document cap and a job cap measure different things.

How We Worked Out These Numbers

Every Joist price on this page comes from Joist’s public pricing page, read on 10 November 2026. The ServiceM8 and Jobber figures come from each vendor’s own pricing page, read on 9 November 2026. We do not use review sites or reseller quotes for a price. Our method explains how we check, and we reread the page at least every three months.