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Sera vs ServiceTrade: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 19th, 2025
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Summary
Features in HVAC
29
34
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Job Costing
30
Best performer
34
  • Customizable Forms
  • Inventory Management
  • Timesheet Management
User satisfaction
4.6
User reviews21
Ease of use
4.4
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.8
4.6
User reviews335
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.7
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Helping HVAC, plumbing and other home service contractors increase their bottom line through efficiency, automation, margin pricing, and memberships. HVAC and plumbing clients get a free pricebook.

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Seth M
VP Operations
5.0

Seth: My name's Seth. I'm with Four Star Mechanical. I am the vice president of operations and manage about 55 people, and I would give ServiceTrade a five out of five stars. Prior to ServiceTrade, we utilized a portal called Fieldy that was accessible with our program or accounting software computeries, and the reason that that did not work for us, most of all, was due to trending in capabilities of that system. The ServiceTrade, after reviewing multiple softwares, was the easiest and most accessible software that we found, compared to other like softwares, to make it just an easy process for our customers to be able to see trended data for the equipment in their buildings and make rational decisions year-over-year. ServiceTrade, in the beginning, was a very easy process. The rollout took about 60 days. That's what we had set aside to make sure that it was as seamless as possible, to have as little impact on the technicians and our customers, as well as our administrators here in the office, as it could. After we had set aside that 60 days, we did realize that we probably could have got it done in about two to three weeks. Recommendations that I would make for anyone that is considering ServiceTrade is to make sure to have multiple administrators that are educated with their available sources that they have on their website, to be able to be multi-versed across the administrator positions inside the portal.

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Sera

29/34
  • Accounting
  • Communication Management
  • Customizable Forms
  • Inventory Management
  • Timesheet Management
  • Activity Dashboard
  • API
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Calendar Management
  • Customer Database
  • Customer Portal
  • Data Import/Export
  • Dispatch Management
  • Document Storage
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Job Costing
  • Job Tracking
  • Location Tracking
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Mobile Access
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Routing
  • Scheduling
  • Service History
  • Technician Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Workflow Management
  • Work Order Management
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ServiceTrade

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Sera
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
ServiceTrade
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Sera
  • By Sera Systems
  • Located in United States
ServiceTrade
  • By ServiceTrade
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2013
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