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This calculator vs. ServiceTitan
Two different shapes: ServiceTitan is an account-based field service management platform for running an electrical or generator-dealer company's whole operation. This page is a free, private worksheet for one question — what should this one standby-generator install cost, given its machine, transfer switch, pad, and fuel line, before you quote it.
What each tool is for
ServiceTitan is a field service management platform, founded in 2007 by Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan, headquartered in Glendale, California. It serves HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and other trades with scheduling, dispatch, invoicing, marketing, reporting, and job costing across a whole business, with a mobile app for crews in the field. It is an account-based platform: you sign up and use it as an ongoing service across a whole company, not a one-off calculator. ServiceTitan's own pricing page is not reachable from this session to confirm today's exact plan names or dollar figures, so no price for it is invented here: only its well-documented identity and category — field service management software serving the electrical trade among others, sold as a subscription account — are stated, and no dollar amount for ServiceTitan appears on this page.
This calculator does none of what ServiceTitan does. It does not schedule technicians, dispatch crews, or invoice a customer, and it stores no customer or job record on a server. It takes one job's generator size, load coverage (whole-house or essential circuits), fuel (natural gas or propane), service amps, transfer switch type and amps, pad type, location/setback, and gas meter, with feeder length, fuel-line length, and trench footage as their own line items, plus loaded crew wage, payroll burden, permit fee, generator hardware and other materials, overhead, and target margin, and turns that into the installed price, dollars per kW, the effective hourly rate, and the walk-away price below which the job loses money — plus, if you already have a price on the table, a check of whether it clears that walk-away floor, and a single printable customer proposal for that one job. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| I run an electrical or generator-dealer company and need scheduling, dispatch, invoicing, marketing, and job costing across every crew and every job. | ServiceTitan, or a comparable field service platform — running a whole company is not something this calculator does. |
| What should I charge for this standby-generator install, given its machine, switch, pad, and fuel line? | This calculator — free, instant, private, no account. |
| How much more does a far-yard propane set with a 400 A automatic transfer switch cost than a typical 22 kW natural-gas hang beside the house? | This calculator's feeder, fuel, and setback line items, not a flat installed price. |
| Is the price I'm about to quote still above my walk-away cost for this job? | This calculator's compare-to-proposed-price check. |
| I need one shared account so my whole crew is scheduling, dispatching, and invoicing the same way. | ServiceTitan, or a comparable field service platform. |
| How does the math behind a standby-generator bid actually work? | This calculator's own pricing walkthrough. |
| Do I need to create an account or sign up to use the tool? | This calculator: no. ServiceTitan is used through a subscription account. |
Most electrical and generator-dealer shops get different value from each: ServiceTitan (or a comparable field service platform) for scheduling, dispatch, invoicing, and job costing across a whole company as an ongoing subscription, and a private calculator like this one for an instant, no-login answer to what one standby-generator install should cost from its machine, switch, pad, and fuel line before a business system is involved. This page's own figures are a pricing model, not a scheduled job, an invoice, or a signed proposal.
This tool needs no account and no sign-in: it is a static page, the arithmetic runs in your browser, and once it has loaded it keeps working with the connection off.
Common questions
Should I use this calculator or ServiceTitan?
They do different jobs, and an electrical or generator-dealer shop of any size will likely end up touching both eventually. ServiceTitan is a field service management platform, founded in 2007 by Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan and headquartered in Glendale, California, used by HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and other trades to run scheduling, dispatch, invoicing, marketing, and reporting across a business, sold as an ongoing subscription account. This calculator does one narrower thing: starting from the generator size, load coverage, fuel, service amps, transfer switch, pad, location/setback, and gas meter, with feeder length, fuel-line length, and trench as their own line items, plus loaded crew wage, payroll burden, permit fee, overhead, and target margin, it turns that into the installed price, dollars per kW, the effective hourly rate, and the walk-away price below which the job loses money, before any of it touches a business-management system. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type. A company that already schedules technicians, dispatches crews, and invoices across every job is better served by ServiceTitan or a comparable field service platform; an installer who wants an instant, private answer to what one standby-generator job should cost from its machine, switch, pad, and fuel line before opening a business system is in the right place here.
Is this page affiliated with ServiceTitan?
No. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ServiceTitan, Inc. ServiceTitan is a trademark of its owner, named here only to describe what this calculator is and is not.
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