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PaintScout
What it is
PaintScout is a web-based sales, estimating, and customer-management platform built for painting contractors. Its Sales tools include production-rate estimates, interactive proposals, customer chat, electronic signatures, and estimate follow-ups. It can collect deposits and final payments through ACH, credit cards, payment links, and Wisetack financing. The Operations add-on adds job management, scheduling, drag-and-drop pipelines, and team task management. PaintScout lists integrations with services including CompanyCam, QuickBooks Online, Zapier, Stripe, HubSpot, Google Calendar, Jobber, Google Sheets, and Dropbox. The company says estimates can be created and sent from phones, tablets, or desktops at a job site. Sales is listed at $119 a month monthly or $99 a year annually; Operations is $99 monthly or $79 annually, with team seats at $20/user/month. A 14-day trial requires no credit card, and onboarding is included.
For and against
For
- Designed specifically for painting contractors
- Supports estimates, proposals, signatures, and follow-ups
- Collects deposits and final payments
- Works on phones, tablets, and desktops
- Includes 14-day trial without credit card
Against
- No free plan
- Operations add-on costs extra
- Some records cannot be fully deleted
- Support is listed Monday through Friday
The verdict
PaintScout combines contractor-focused sales tools with optional operations management and broad integrations. Its paid plans, add-on structure, and record-deletion limitation should be reviewed before adoption.
Who it suits
It suits painting contractors handling estimates, proposals, payments, customer communication, and scheduling. Teams wanting mobile estimating and listed accounting or workflow integrations may also benefit.
Plans and prices
Operations add-on (annual billing)
Add-on to Sales · team seats: $20/user/month
Read 3 Oct 2026 · paintscout.com
Operations add-on (monthly)
Add-on to Sales · team seats: $20/user/month
Read 3 Oct 2026 · paintscout.com
Sales (annual billing)
Core Platform · estimates, proposals, payments, follow-ups, customer communication
Read 3 Oct 2026 · paintscout.com
Sales (monthly)
Core Platform · estimates, proposals, payments, follow-ups, customer communication
Read 3 Oct 2026 · paintscout.com
On the record
- Company history
- PaintScout says co-founder Jon Bryant began developing the product after struggling with estimates while running his painting business in 2015.paintscout.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Estimates and proposals
- Sales includes production rate estimating, interactive proposals, customer chat, e-signatures, and estimate follow-ups.paintscout.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Google Calendar data
- The privacy policy says Google Calendar data accessed for calendar features is used only to support PaintScout and is not shared with third parties.paintscout.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include CompanyCam, QuickBooks Online, Zapier, Wisetack, Pipeline, Stripe, Monday, HubSpot, Airtable, Pipedrive, GoHighLevel, Workglue, Google Calendar, Jobber, Google Sheets, HeyPros, and Dropbox.paintscout.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Mobile use
- The company says PaintScout works on phones, tablets, and desktops, allowing estimates to be built and sent from a job site.paintscout.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- The privacy policy says certain records, including invoices and estimates, cannot be fully deleted when an account is closed.paintscout.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Operations
- The Operations add-on includes job management, scheduling, drag-and-drop pipelines, and team task management.paintscout.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Payments
- PaintScout supports collecting deposits and final payments and lists ACH, credit cards, payment links, and Wisetack financing in its pricing feature breakdown.paintscout.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- PaintScout is a sales and estimating platform built specifically for painting contractors, with CRM and project management features.paintscout.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy says PaintScout uses SSL encryption for data transmission and notes that no transmission method is completely secure.paintscout.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- PaintScout lists live chat and email support Monday through Friday, with free onboarding included for every account.paintscout.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Trial
- The site offers a 14-day free trial and says no credit card is required.paintscout.com · read 3 Oct 2026
