Flat Rate Plus is a software program that allows you to print your own flat rate books with no annual fees. Since 1996, it is our top selling flat rate product. In fact, it may be the best selling flat rate software in America.

This flat rate software program is ready-to-go, right out of the box. It is so easy to use, you could be printing your books in about an hour.

Industries Covered
Flat Rate Plus is pre-loaded with your choice of HVAC, plumbing, or electrical repairs. It's easy to change prices, add repairs, modify labor times, and update descriptions. You're able to change almost everything.

HVAC Service & Installation and Refrigeration Service
The HVAC database is appropriate for residential and commercial repair and installation; up to about 25 tons. It includes simple and complex repairs for air conditioning, gas heating, oil heating, electric resistant heat, steam and water boiler, evaporative cooling, ventilation, refrigeration, ice machines, and water heater repairs. We also include duct cleaning, duct repair, pool heater, and water heater. A complete list of HVAC equipment and installation scenarios are included. These include condensing units, heat pumps, air handlers, and furnaces from all of the major manufacturers such as American Standard, Arcoaire, Armstrong, Bryant, Carrier, Coleman (mobile-home), Comfortmaker, Goodman, GMC, Heil, Janitrol, Lennox, Rheem, Ruud, Tempstar, Trane, and York.

Plumbing, Drain Cleaning, and Sewer
The plumbing database includes drain, gas, and water piping. We have tub, shower, urinal, kitchen, bath, and lavatory, repairs. We have also carefully constructed sewer and drain repairs and cleaning. Sump pumps, sewer pumps, well pumps and water treatment are all well covered.

Electrical Repair and Landscape
Includes diagnostics, troubleshooting, breakers, fuses, hot tub connections, circuit extensions, service panels, lighting, ballasts, cable locating, ceiling fan installation, dedicated circuits, switches & dimmers,  disconnects, exhaust fans, generators, home automation, service upgrades, load centers, time clocks, surge protection, and more. We have added a unique high voltage landscape lighting section.

Software Installation and Setup
Installation is simple and takes about ten minutes. To setup the software, you only need to answer thirteen questions. You then inactivate the repairs and installations you don't need. This process might take thirty to forty five minutes.

Printing Your Books
Interfaces seamlessly with the award winning Total office Manager software program.

You can print your books or save them to a disk and let a printing company print them for you. You are allowed to print as many books as you want; anytime you feel like it. Remember, you own this software. If you subscribe to a flat rate book service, you may end up paying a lot more money than you ever imagines.

General Flat Rate Software Features
We have been making flat rate pricing systems since about 1996. We have had a lot of years to perfect this product.

We have a background in HVAC, Plumbing, and Electrical service and installation work. We are contractors who became software people. We are not software people trying to learn the service industry and pretending to understand what it's like to be a contracting business owner (they have no idea how hard it is).

Flat Rate Plus includes an easy to use setup wizard. This wizard makes setting up the software and implementing flat rate pricing even easier and faster.

A powerful Labor Rate calculator is included. This full-featured utility is a program in itself. It was designed and written exclusively by us to make calculating your retail labor rates a breeze. This program is integrated into Flat Rate Plus and is a $200.00 value.

You may add a company logo or other image to the company information form.

An all new Spell Check feature has been added to the program. This utility includes a large dictionary complete with industry specific words.

A powerful utility called Task Edit has been added. It allows you to quickly make global changes to hundreds of tasks in seconds.

A flexible utility called Labor Edit allows you to add or reduce labor time to hundreds of tasks. Other options allow you to add an intelligent query to your search.

Our new and improved export utility includes export formats for many accounting programs. Please contact us for a complete list.

An enhanced Import Utility is included. You may export you data in most all popular formats.

Use your own part number and your own prices or use ours! We have a built in import for Hodesco, Harrison, and RE Michael. These are among the largest suppliers in the country.

The Advanced Search Utility makes it easy to locate what you're looking for.

A Find and Replace Utility allows you to quickly replace our terminology with your own.

You can add Travel fees, diagnostic fees, or other flat fees to tasks at a department level and by column. You can also avoid adding fees to tasks with no labor assignment.

Our newest software version includes hundreds of other small refinements were made to improve performance and intuitiveness.

Enhanced Report Features
You have the ability to round the flat rate repair amounts. For example: $234.87 becomes $235.00. This makes it easier on the technicians and office staff to deal with the paperwork.

Reports have the ability to include an image such as a company logo or photo of your building.

A label can be included on the footer of all Technician Reports. You have the ability to add notes (by category) to your reports.

We now offer you the ability to break out materials and labor fees in your price books (AKA: technician report).

An exciting new report was recently added called Commission Report. This Performance Based Compensation report offers you the unique opportunity to provide your coworkers with a report that clearly shows them what they may be paid for the work they complete. You have a lot of power when it comes to options on this report. You can establish a fixed fee for these items of a percentage of retail or gross profit. You can base commissions on retail price or the price you pay. This is a huge addition and one of the most popular feature requests.

A new Index/Cross Reference report was added. This report allows the reader to cross reference tasks with parts or parts with tasks. You can quickly look up a task by the part that the task uses.

Several new flat rate price book styles were added. These new styles reflect changes requested by our users.
You now have the ability to set the background color of the Preferred Savings label.

We recently added the ability to print bar codes n place of task and item numbers in all reports. You can even print a list of all tasks with associated items and have both include bar codes.

Many new report options have been included offering you even more flexibility than before.

Help and Support
We totally rewrote the Flat Rate Plus User Manual. We took into consideration dozens of suggestions from our valuable user base.

A new Quick Start Guide has been created. It's packed with tips on how to setup the software, conducts meetings, handle telephone calls, and more.

The Help system has been greatly enhanced.

We also include a collection of Video Help files. These videos show you how to add repairs, change prices, and more.

We include ninety days of free software updates and technical support. If you have a question or need help, you just give us a call.

Pricing and Updates
The professionals at Aptora have put thousands of hours of research working with contractors and distributors to ensure the most accurate prices and product listings.

We use Johnstone, Grainger, and Hodesco part numbers and prices. We have full-time employees who carefully maintain the software and update all pricing. They monitor several major part suppliers and equipment manufacturers for changes. Our software is keep current and accurate through constant and ongoing updates.

Schedule a Free Demonstration
Do you want to see a little more? Schedule a free online demonstration and let one of our sales professionals guide you step-by-step through the program and answer any questions you may have.

Schedule a Free Demonstration
Do you want to see a little more? Schedule a free online demonstration and let one of our sales professionals guide you step-by-step through the program and answer any questions you may have.

Sample Flat Rate Pricing Books
We have put together the most user-friendly application and reporting on the market today! We have assembled a collection of sample reports and screen shots from our flat rate software program; Flat Rate Plus. Please note that the prices you see may be very outdated. The prices and specifications might have changed (likely did) but we have not updated our samples (too lazy).

Electrical
View Sample Electrician Flat Rate Pricing Reports

HVAC/R
View Sample HVAC & Refrigeration Flat Rate Price Reports

Plumbing
View Sample Flat Rate Book for Plumbers

Screen Shots
Flat Rate Item Maintenance
Flat Rate Task Maintenance
Advanced Flat Rate Search
Technician Flat Rate Pricing Report Options
Six Column Flat Rate Pricing Report

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Flat Rate Plus Software System Requirements
Windows 2000/XP/Vista (Windows 98 or ME no longer supported)
Pentium 300 or better
256 MB RAM minimum (512 recommended)
300 MB Free Available Hard Drive Space
Recommend 800 x 600 Resolution at 256 Colors (or higher)
Printer (required to print books in your office)

Recommendations
High-Speed Internet Access (for updates)
Laser Printer (duplex printed would be great)

 

Please Also See
Flat Rate Plus Demonstration Video (shows you how the software works)
Download of View a PDF Flat Rate Plus Brochure (click to open or right click to "Save As")
Flat Rate Pricing Frequently Asked Questions
Flat Rate Plus Client Quotes

Related Products
Flat Rate Pricing Books on CD
Pre-Printed Flat Rate Price Books