Questions about 850 Work, answered plainly.
850 Work is a service-member-owned, low-fee hosted workspace for small businesses that need clients, jobs, invoices, schedules, inventory, truck stock, profit visibility, feedback, and team access without per-seat pricing.
Account, plans, and access
What is the best affordable field service software for a small contractor?
850 Work is service-member-owned online small business job management software for contractors, tradespeople, family shops, solo operators, and small service businesses. It manages clients, jobs, invoices, schedules, payments, inventory, truck stock, feedback, reports, and team access in one hosted workspace.
Can a business outside Gulf Breeze or Pensacola use 850 Work?
Yes. 850 Work is rooted in Gulf Breeze, Florida and the Pensacola / 850 area, but the hosted web app can be used by any small business in the United States.
Is 850 Work software for small businesses?
Yes. 850 Work is software for small businesses that need clients, jobs, invoices, schedules, inventory, payments, profit tracking, feedback conversations, and team access without enterprise complexity.
Is 850 Work software for solo operators?
Yes. 850 Work is software for solo operators, owner-operators, one-person service businesses, contractors, mobile techs, and small crews that need a simple way to track work, invoices, money, inventory, and follow-ups.
Can I try small business job software without a card?
Yes. A customer can create a demo account without a card. Full access starts with card-backed checkout inside the app, and the first 100 signups get a free year automatically after adding a card.
What is the 850 Work monthly plan?
850 Work is currently focused on one simple $10/month business workspace with unlimited team members for one account. Product keys remain only as a manual fallback for special cases.
Is there field service software with no per-seat pricing?
Yes. 850 Work's paid workspace includes unlimited team members for one business account. Owners can add office staff, field techs, billing, HR, dispatch, managers, lead techs, and custom roles without per-seat base pricing.
Can I restrict what dispatchers, techs, billing, and HR users can see?
850 Work includes role-based access for practical small business roles such as owner, manager, office admin, dispatcher, lead tech, field tech, billing, HR, and custom roles. Access can be restricted so people only see the areas they need.
Jobs, documents, inventory, and fleet
How can a service business track commercial clients with multiple locations?
Commercial clients can have a billing address and multiple service locations, so a new job can be tied to the correct place where work was performed.
Can a contractor create estimates, invoices, and PDFs from the same workspace?
Yes. 850 Work creates customer documents with service address, client concerns, service notes, line items, totals, payment status, labor warranty language when needed, and PDF output.
How do I pull parts from inventory into an invoice without showing my cost?
Document line items can be pulled from the inventory catalog, and new items can be learned from invoices with actual cost, client cost, category, and on-hand quantity. Internal part costs stay private for gross profit.
How can an HVAC, plumbing, or electrical company track inventory across multiple trucks?
850 Work can manage multiple service trucks, truck assignments, warehouse-to-truck transfers, truck-to-truck transfers, return-to-warehouse moves, transfer logs, truck quantities, minimum stock levels, refrigerant pounds, serial numbers, printable truck inventory sheets, and running inventory checks.
Can a small business track truck plates, insurance, gas cards, and renewal dates?
Yes. Truck setup can store truck name, assigned tech, plate number, gas card last four, insurance policy number, insurance renewal date, registration renewal date, inspection or service due date, gas card expiration date, renewal notice window, and inventory check frequency.
How can a contractor track warranties by serial number?
Inventory can store warranty providers, warranty terms, warranty dates by serial number, notes, and uploaded original warranty or purchase copies. Owners can also store default labor warranty language for documents.
Email, API, desktop, profit, and data
How can a small contractor track gross profit, receipt expenses, and sales tax set-asides?
850 Work includes gross profit views, receipt expense tracking, receipt file storage, sales-tax set-aside visibility, owner salary goals, overhead budgets, daily profit pacing, and a CPA tax export with CSV summaries plus a receipt packet. It helps organize business numbers but is not tax, accounting, or legal advice.
Can I export clients, documents, inventory, and CPA tax reports from field service software?
Yes. Owners can export a full JSON backup that keeps uploaded files, or use Excel-friendly CSV import and export for clients, documents, and inventory lists. Gross Profit also includes a CPA tax export for summary, invoice, receipt, and receipt-file review.
Can customers send feedback inside 850 Work and get replies?
Yes. Customers can send feedback from inside the app, receive admin replies, answer back, and keep completed feedback conversations in history.
Does 850 Work include an outbound Email Center?
Yes. The Email Center supports SMTP setup, send-test-email, editable templates, PDF attachments, preview before send, reminder templates, payment receipts, and outbound email history.
Does the 850 Work desktop app sync with the web app?
Yes. The product direction is two usable versions: web and desktop. Desktop can keep working when internet drops, then resync with the web workspace when the connection returns.
Can my website send scheduling requests into 850 Work?
Yes. The scheduling tab includes API details for website forms. New requests can be approved, declined, archived, or turned into jobs.
Are VIN and tag records available for automotive repair?
Yes. Automotive features can be enabled at signup or later in Settings. VIN decode and tag records keep vehicle details connected to the customer and job history.
How often does 850 Work improve?
850 Work is being updated and upgraded monthly with the goal of making life easier for small-business owners, crews, office staff, and family shops.
Ready to try it?
Create a free demo first, then use checkout inside the app when the business is ready for full access.