Switching from ServiceTrade
ServiceTrade Alternatives for Hood Cleaning Companies
ServiceTrade is the commercial incumbent — built for fire protection, mechanical and multi-trade service contractors, and plenty of hood cleaning companies run on it. It schedules and invoices the work well. What it does not do is the NFPA 96 side of the job. Here are the real alternatives, and what to check before you move.
The switching triggers
Why hood cleaning companies leave ServiceTrade
Hood cleaning runs on generic inspection forms
ServiceTrade treats a kitchen exhaust cleaning like any other commercial service visit. The form is yours to build and maintain — there is no cleaning frequency derived from cooking type, no grease depth logged against the threshold, and no NFPA 96 section cited on the record.
The certificate is still assembled after the job
Photos and notes come back from the field, and someone in the office turns them into the NFPA 96 report and certificate. The document your client, their insurer and the fire marshal actually ask for is a manual step at the end of every job.
Configuration depth built for larger trades
Asset hierarchies, deficiency workflows and quoting built for fire protection and mechanical contractors — powerful, and more than a hood cleaning crew needs to run. You carry the setup and the cost of a multi-trade platform to do one trade.
Ranked for the trade
The alternatives, ranked for hood cleaning
HoodOps
The NFPA 96 report and certificate generate from the job record, with the cleaning cadence from Table 12.4 and the section citation for the edition your jurisdiction adopted. Grease depth is logged against the threshold, access panels are recorded, and the client receives the proof in a HoodOps portal — sealed by the EvidLY add-on when you connect it. Priced by customer accounts serviced, unlimited users on every plan.
See HoodOps →ServiceTitan
The enterprise general-purpose platform, priced per technician with an implementation fee. Strong on HVAC, plumbing and electrical; no NFPA 96 layer for hood cleaning.
HoodOps vs ServiceTitan →Jobber
Polished, general-purpose field-service software for residential trades. Scheduling and invoicing are there; kitchen exhaust and NFPA 96 are not.
HoodOps vs Jobber →Housecall Pro
Built for residential home services. The NFPA 96 side a hood cleaning company lives on is not in it.
HoodOps vs Housecall Pro →The differentiator
The one thing to check before you leave ServiceTrade
Ask the next platform whether the NFPA 96 certificate is an output of the job record or a document someone builds afterwards. ServiceTrade will schedule the visit, capture the photos and raise the invoice — so will every platform on this page. The question is which one derives the cleaning frequency from the cooking type, logs grease depth against the threshold, cites the NFPA 96 section for the edition your jurisdiction adopted, and hands the certificate to the client the moment the job closes. That is the line between software that tracks the work and software that proves it.
Frequently Asked Questions
See it on your own jobs
Book a 45-minute demo and walk through the NFPA 96 job flow with the operator who built it.