Who publishes CrewStack
We are a small independent research desk covering business software for US trade contractors. This page tells you exactly who we are, how we work, and what you should not expect from us.
What we do
We test contractor software, record what the vendors actually charge, and publish the result — including the parts vendors prefer not to explain, like per-user overage, implementation fees, processing rates and data-export terms. Our coverage starts with roofing and expands trade by trade.
What makes us different
- We publish the price, with a date. Every table carries a check date. Vendors in this category reprice quietly and often; an undated price is a guess.
- We run the trials ourselves. Screenshots come from our own accounts, not press kits.
- We rank tools that pay us nothing. Several products in our top five have no affiliate arrangement with us, and they stay where they are.
- Every review names the bad fit. “Skip this if” is mandatory on every tool entry.
What we are not
We are not contractors, licensed tradespeople, or accountants. We have not run a crew through a storm season on any platform. Where our assessment rests on documented user reports rather than our own hands-on use — which is the case for quote-only enterprise products — the article says so in that section, in plain language.
We are also an online research desk, not a US-registered business. If that matters to you, it should: it means we cannot walk into a vendor's office, and it means we lean on paperwork — screenshots, saved pricing pages, dated notes — instead of meetings.
How we make money
Affiliate commissions and display advertising. No vendor pays for a ranking, a review or a mention, and no vendor sees an article before it is published. Full detail is on our methodology page.
Corrections
If a price on this site is wrong, we fix it — usually the same day — and we note the change rather than editing silently. Tell us here.
Editorial standards in one paragraph
Prices come from vendor pages on the date shown. Reported ranges are labelled as reported, with the source type named. Features are described from our own use or the vendor's own documentation. Scores are our editorial judgement on eight published criteria and are not a measure of market share or revenue.