// An AI employee for outdoor & exterior trades
Every quote chased.
Every call answered.
Every customer remembered.
It drafts your quotes, texts back every missed call, and asks for the review while you stay on the tools. You approve, it sends, and it gets sharper with every job.
14 days. No card. Priced on the problems it solves, not the tools you buy.
Built for blue collar & trades businesses
Helping owners respond to every lead in under 60 seconds — without lifting a finger.
// Echelon Intelligence
An office that learns your business.
Every quote, text, invoice, and job feeds a private memory. The longer Echelon works for you, the more it sounds like you, and the less it needs you.
It remembers.
Karen pays same day. Patios run $6 a square foot. Spring fills up in March. Echelon keeps a working memory of every customer and how you actually price.
It catches the moment.
A quote opened twice with no reply. An invoice quiet for two weeks. A regular who never rebooked. It spots the moments you would miss from a ladder, then drafts the message in your voice.
You approve. It learns.
Nothing reaches a customer until you tap Approve. Every edit teaches it your voice, so the next draft needs less of you. It drafts, you approve, it gets sharper.
Ask Echelon
$2,150 across two invoices: Dave Miller, $1,400 (12 days), and Mike Serrano, $750 (5 days). Want me to draft the reminders?
answered from your books, just now
Built by operators, not agencies
They sell you software to operate yourself. Echelon actually does the work.
We run our own outdoor-trades office on Echelon. The AI texts back the missed call, drafts the quote, and asks for the review — you stay on the job. Same system you get, not a demo. The real thing.
Owner-built, owner-run.
Echelon is run by the same person who builds your system. You talk to the operator who set it up, not a junior account manager.
We use it ourselves.
Every automation and pipeline we ship is the same system we run our own business on. If it doesn't work for us, it doesn't ship to you.
Founding cohort, transparent terms.
We're onboarding our first wave of trades clients in 2026. Founding clients lock in pricing for life. We say so plainly — no fake testimonials.
Where the money goes.
You lose the job in the gap between the call and the callback.
The missed call.
Phone rings while you're on the machine. By the time you call back at 6pm, they booked the guy who picked up.
The in-driveway close.
You walked the job Tuesday. The homeowner can't picture it and the quote's still in your head Friday. They went with someone who showed up with a number.
The after-job follow-up.
Job done, client thrilled. No review got asked for, no invoice went out on time. The five-star and the cash both slip.
You, in two places at once.
You can't run the saw and work the phone. Every lead that lands while your hands are full is a lead you're not closing.
The cost of doing nothing
Every missed lead is money gone.
78%
of customers buy from the business that responds first
21×
higher odds of qualifying a lead you reach in 5 minutes instead of 30
10+
hours/week saved when follow-ups stop being manual
Sources: Lead Connect survey (78%) · InsideSales.com Lead Response Management Study, Dr. James Oldroyd, MIT (21×) · hours saved reflects a typical Echelon setup.
What it handles.
One employee. Every office job it takes off your plate.
Each one used to be a tool you bought and ran yourself. Now it's a job your AI employee just does.
Walk the job, send a quote in 90 seconds.
Voice or text → Echelon generates a line-itemed PDF quote. One tap converts it to an invoice when the job's done.
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Auto-text anyone who hits voicemail, within 5 seconds.
"Hey, just missed you — what can I help with?" Sent automatically. You find out when they reply.
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Every closed invoice triggers a one-tap review request.
Every customer gets the one-tap Google ask, plus a private line so problems reach you first. More reviews, fewer missed asks.
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A real contractor website, live in under an hour.
Mobile-ready, SEO-friendly, contact form sends leads direct to your inbox. Built from a 10-question intake.
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Show the finished look on-site, 30 seconds.
Address in, finished photo out. For painters, roofers, landscapers, deck builders. Stop saying "trust me" — start saying "here it is."
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How it works
Trial to live, in under an hour.
Start a free trial.
60 seconds, no card. Pick the plan that matches your trade and headcount. Cancel anytime in the dashboard.
Plug in your business.
Connect your number for Catch, your email for quotes, your Google profile for Reviews. Echelon handles the rest — you don't touch a single integration screen.
It works. You approve.
Missed calls text back on their own. Quotes and review asks get drafted and wait for your thumbs-up. You stay on the tools — the Command Center shows everything it handled and everything waiting on you.
Real-world use cases
How Echelon works on the job.
Mid-wash.
You're running the pressure washer and can't hear the phone.A homeowner calls about a driveway and house wash. Catch fires within 5 seconds — "Hey, just missed you, what can I help with?" The conversation's going before you shut the machine off. You snap a photo, Render shows the grimy-to-spotless before/after, and Quote Builder has a line-itemed PDF in their inbox by lunch.
Catch + Render + Quote Builder
Pressure Washing · Soft Wash · Window Cleaning
In the backyard.
You're walking a yard that's begging for a new deck.The homeowner can't picture it. You pull their house from Street View, Render drops in the new deck and a paver patio, and they're sold on the spot. One-tap quote, they sign, Reviews queues the request, and most happy clients leave a fresh 5-star when the build's done.
Render + Quote Builder + Reviews
Decks · Hardscape · Landscaping · Fencing
On the ladder.
You're cutting in trim and your hands are covered in paint.A web lead comes in. Catch texts within 5 seconds and opens the thread. On your break you tap their house, Render shows three exterior color options, and "trust me" becomes "here's what it'll look like." The quote goes out before you load the truck.
Catch + Render + Quote Builder
Painting · Siding · Concrete Coatings
Pricing.
Priced on the problems it solves. Not the tools you buy.
Pick the tier that matches your shop. One flat price, no per-seat fees — add a helper and the bill doesn't move.
Solo
For the one-person shop. Stops the leaks: slow quotes, missed calls, silent follow-ups.
- ✓Drafts your quotes from voice or a few words
- ✓Invoices + payment tracking, one tap
- ✓Texts back every missed call in 5 seconds
- ✓Asks every happy customer for a Google review
Crew
The full employee. It answers the phone — and shows up with a website and renders too.
- ✓Everything in Solo
- ✓AI voice answering — in beta
- ✓Done-for-you contractor website
- ✓AI before/after renders to close on-site
Enterprise
Multiple crews or locations. Built around how you already run.
- ✓Everything in Crew
- ✓Built for larger operations
- ✓Priority onboarding + support
- ✓Hands-off setup and data migration
All plans include a 14-day free trial. No credit card required. Full ladder & comparison →
Command Center and the Weekly Brief are rolling out to every plan.
The value.
Stop paying for seven different tools.
Most trades businesses duct-tape a stack to get what Echelon does in one login. Here's what that actually costs.
The old way
Seven tools, seven bills, seven logins
- Field-service CRM (Jobber/Housecall)$199/mo
- Missed-call text-back (CallRail/Twilio)$50/mo
- Answering service (Ruby/Smith.ai)$245/mo
- Review automation (Birdeye/NiceJob)$199/mo
- Website + hosting (WordPress + designer)$200/mo + $2k upfront
- Email/SMS marketing (Mailchimp)$80/mo
- AI quote-generation tool (custom build)$150/mo
Where the money's leaking. With dollar figures.
AI-powered audit of your operations, sales, marketing, and AI readiness — delivered as a PDF with specific dollar-value recommendations. A 45-min walk-through call included. Not consulting fluff.
First 10 founding-cohort audits are free.
Included with every plan
A real person sets you up — then stays on call.
Every plan comes with a free onboarding walkthrough — we show you exactly how it works — plus support you can call anytime at no extra charge. A real human, no tickets, no upsell.
Call (604) 203-8575Free onboarding · Free support · Call anytime