HoodOpsvsServiceTrade

ServiceTrade is the established commercial field-service platform — broad across mechanical and fire trades, priced per user. Here's where a hood-cleaning-specific tool pulls ahead.

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The Bottom Line

ServiceTrade is a mature commercial field-service platform built for multi-trade mechanical and fire contractors, priced per user. It handles inspections and service agreements well across many trades — but it's a generalist. HoodOps is built for hood cleaning: it auto-generates the NFPA 96 certificate with the real section citation, derives the NFPA 96 cleaning frequency from cooking type, grades photos against NFPA criteria, and seals tamper-evident records through EvidLY — none of which a general commercial platform does. And HoodOps prices by customer accounts with unlimited users, not per seat.

Pricing

Per Account vs. Per Seat

HoodOps

From $99/mo

›Priced by customer accounts serviced
›Unlimited users, every plan
›No implementation fee
›Launch offer: 50% off year one

ServiceTrade

~$75/user/mo

›Priced per user (quote-based)
›Built for commercial mechanical & fire trades
›Strong service-agreement & inspection management
›Generalist, not hood-cleaning-specific

Cost at scale

A 10-user office on ServiceTrade is roughly $750/mo (as of July 2026) and climbs with every seat. HoodOps stays $99\u2013$399/mo with unlimited users — you only pay as you serve more customers.

Feature by Feature

What Each One Actually Does for Hood Cleaning

Capability	HoodOps	ServiceTrade
Auto-Generated NFPA 96 Certificate		◐
NFPA 96 Frequency Engine
Per-State NFPA 96 Edition
Insurance-ready service record
Grease Depth Logging
Digitally Signed, Tamper-Evident Records
EvidLY / Policy Lens
Unlimited Users
Commercial Multi-Trade Service Management
Mature Service-Agreement / Contract Tooling	◐

✓ built in · ◐ partial / limited · ✕ not available

Honest Take

Pick the One Built for Your Operation

Choose HoodOps if…

✓You run a kitchen exhaust cleaning company
✓You need an NFPA 96 certificate on every job
✓You're scaling crews and refuse to pay per seat
✓You want compliance intelligence, not just a calendar
✓You'd rather prove the work than just log it

Choose ServiceTrade if…

✓You're a multi-trade commercial contractor (mechanical + fire), not hood-cleaning-only
✓You manage large commercial service-agreement portfolios across trades
✓You need broad commercial inspection workflows over kitchen-exhaust depth
✓You already run ServiceTrade across other divisions
✓Per-trade breadth matters more than NFPA 96 automation

Frequently Asked Questions

No. HoodOps prices by the number of customer accounts you service, with unlimited users on every plan.

Yes — auto-generated with the NFPA 96 section citation, and sealed as tamper-evident records through EvidLY.

Yes — cleaning frequency is derived from cooking type per NFPA 96, with grease depth logged against the threshold.

ServiceTrade is a mature commercial platform for multi-trade contractors, but it’s a generalist — it doesn’t auto-generate NFPA 96 certificates or derive cleaning frequency.

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Built for Your Trade. Priced for Your Growth.

Unlimited users, priced by customer accounts, no implementation fee. HoodOps launches September 2026.

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