The QuoteIQ alternative built for the next decade of shop management.

QuoteIQ is a genuinely capable, fast-growing CRM — 40,000+ users, a 4.7★ App Store and Google Play rating, and a huge feature list bundled at low price points. But it's built for 100+ generalist trades (HVAC, roofing, pressure washing, lawn care, and more), not appearance-protection work specifically: no VLT tracking, no film roll/lot inventory, no warranty PDF workflow, and window tint, PPF, ceramic coating, and vinyl wrap aren't even named among its listed industries. Shops running (or wanting to run) a tint/PPF/ceramic/detail/wrap business move to something purpose-built for those trades instead.

Not at the entry level — QuoteIQ's Essentials plan starts at $29.99/mo (1 user), well below SalesThumb's $99/mo Basic floor. QuoteIQ's tiers stay flat-rate with no per-seat fees even as you add users, which is a real strength of its pricing model. Where the comparison shifts is vertical fit: SalesThumb's Starter ($199/mo, 5 seats) and Growth ($399/mo, 10 seats) tiers bundle tint/PPF/ceramic-specific catalog tooling, film tracking, and warranty workflows that QuoteIQ doesn't have at any price. If budget is the only factor and your shop also runs unrelated trade lines, QuoteIQ's price floor is hard to beat.

In one respect, QuoteIQ's is more complete: its Job Costing feature, included on every plan starting at Beginner ($74.99/mo), tracks labor plus materials, expenses, and margin per job. SalesThumb's per-job profit report (Growth and up) is material-cost only today — it doesn't yet factor in labor. If per-job labor costing is a priority, that's a genuine point in QuoteIQ's favor worth knowing about honestly.

Customer and vehicle records export as CSV from QuoteIQ (available on every plan) and import through SalesThumb's onboarding wizard with column mapping. Your service catalog needs to be rebuilt rather than imported, since QuoteIQ's line-item structure isn't built around tint/PPF/ceramic-specific fields like VLT percentage or film roll/lot numbers.

Not quite the same thing, and QuoteIQ's is genuinely strong here: Virtual Call Team is a 24/7 AI phone receptionist that answers every inbound call, included free on every QuoteIQ tier starting at $29.99/mo. SalesThumb's AI SMS receptionist (Growth and up, $399/mo) handles after-hours text auto-replies, not phone calls — a different channel, not a direct substitute. If AI phone answering specifically is what you need today, that's a real edge for QuoteIQ.

Plan on the catalog rebuild being the long pole, since QuoteIQ's generalist line-item structure doesn't map 1:1 to tint/PPF/ceramic-specific fields. Customer and vehicle history import faster once exported as CSV. Most single-shop moves run both tools in parallel for a week or two before cutting over fully.