Does Quo write my built-in quotes or run my job schedule?

No. Quo answers the phone; it does not price a job or track a build. To turn a homeowner's photo of a built-in into a draft estimate you'd add QuoteIQ, and for scheduling and invoicing on a trim crew you'd add Jobber or Housecall Pro. Confirm current features with the vendor.

Will a Quo number receive my two-factor login codes?

Often no. Virtual business numbers like Quo's frequently can't receive two-factor authentication texts, so keep your personal cell for those logins and use the Quo line for customers. Confirm with the vendor if this matters to you.

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Quo (formerly OpenPhone) for carpenters: what it does, what it costs, and who it's for

Q: How much does Quo cost for a carpentry shop?

The Starter plan is $19/mo per user paid monthly, and $15/mo per user on annual billing. Business and Scale tiers cost more per seat. Sona, the AI answering piece, handles roughly 10 answered calls a month for free; a shop that fields more than that pays a Sona credit tier ($25, $49, $99, or $199/mo) on top of the seat price. Small carrier-registration and messaging fees also apply. Check current pricing on quo.com before you sign up.

Q: What changed when OpenPhone became Quo?

Just the name. Quo is the exact same business-phone app that carpenters knew as OpenPhone: it picks up and logs your calls, texts a homeowner back, and keeps the whole thread in one place your crew can see.

In a sentence: Quo is a business phone that picks up when your hands are full, then texts the homeowner back and files the whole conversation where you and a helper can both see it. Starter runs $19/mo per user paid monthly ($15/mo on annual billing), and it earns its keep in a finish or cabinet shop that keeps losing work to calls it never got to answer.

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Is this the right tool for your shop?

Before the price and the features, sort out whether a phone tool is even your problem. Quo is a narrow fix, and it's the wrong buy if your bottleneck is somewhere else on the job.

It fits if…

You're a one-person finish shop or a two-hand trim crew, and the calls you miss on the table saw are the ones that never call twice.
You still hand out your personal cell and want a real business number your helper can answer too.
A homeowner texts about a built-in on Tuesday and by Thursday nobody can find what they said about the fireplace wall.

Look elsewhere if…

Your slow spot is turning a photo into a built-in quote — that's QuoteIQ, not a phone app.
You need a real schedule, dispatch, and invoicing for a crew — reach for Jobber or Housecall Pro instead.
You're a multi-week cabinet or remodel outfit already running calls through project software; a second phone app just adds a login.

The short version

What it is: a business phone line for the shop — calls, texts, and voicemail landing in one inbox you and a helper both work from.
The job it does: answers the homeowner you couldn't get to mid-cut, texts them back, and keeps the thread so a Tuesday walkthrough request is still there Thursday.
What it costs: $19/mo per user paid monthly, $15/mo on annual billing; Business and Scale seats cost more, and heavy AI answering adds a Sona credit tier on top.
Best fit: solo carpenters and small casing-and-crown crews whose real leak is calls nobody caught.
Who it's NOT for: shops whose problem is quoting (add QuoteIQ) or running a multi-week build (that's Jobber, Housecall Pro, or a project tool). A phone app won't fix those.

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A busy carpenter misses a call while he's on the saw. Quo's AI answers, asks what the job is, and texts him the details — name, job, and address. He calls back on his break and books it. That's the whole point: for $19/mo, the calls you can't grab mid-cut stop turning into jobs for the next guy who picked up.

Common questions

How much does Quo cost for a carpentry shop?

Starter is $19/mo per user paid monthly, or $15/mo per user on annual billing. Business and Scale seats run higher. Sona, the AI answering, takes about 10 answered calls a month for free; past that it moves to a paid credit tier ($25, $49, $99, or $199/mo), so a shop the phone rings all day will pay for one of those on top of the seat. Small carrier and messaging fees apply too. Confirm the live tiers on Quo's site before you buy.

What changed when OpenPhone became Quo?

Only the name on the door. Same app a lot of carpenters already knew as OpenPhone: it catches and logs your calls, texts the homeowner back, and holds the whole conversation in one shared spot.

Does it write my built-in quotes or run my job schedule?

No. Quo answers the phone; it doesn't price a job or track a build. To turn a homeowner's photo into a draft estimate, pair it with QuoteIQ. For scheduling and invoicing a trim crew, pair it with Jobber or Housecall Pro. Check current features with the vendor.

Will a Quo number take my two-factor login codes?

Usually not. Virtual numbers like Quo's often can't receive two-factor texts, so keep your personal cell for those logins and let the Quo line carry the customers. Worth confirming with the vendor if that matters to you.

Can a local pro set it up for me?

Yes. A local consultant can port your existing number over, write the greeting and text-back flow, and get you and a helper sharing the line. Find one by zip below.

What does it actually do for a carpentry shop?

Ask most trim carpenters where the money leaks and it's not the joinery. It's the phone. You're scribing a cabinet to an out-of-square wall or running a length of crown through the table saw, and the call from the homeowner who wants a whole run of built-ins goes to voicemail. That homeowner doesn't sit and wait. They keep dialing the next carpenter on their list, and the walkthrough you'd have booked walks off to somebody who happened to be free.

Quo puts a real business number in front of that. It answers, holds the caller with a greeting or the Sona AI, and fires a text back so the person knows a human is coming. A missed call turns into a "can you swing by Saturday" thread instead of a dead end. Every call and text stacks up in one inbox, so when a homeowner circles back three days later about the entertainment-center wall, you're not thumbing through your own texts trying to remember what they picked. It's all in one place, and your helper sees the same thing you do.

It also keeps the shop's number off your personal cell. You and one other set of hands can work the same line without cutting each other off. That's the whole job. Quo picks up the phone and keeps the thread. It won't quote a built-in and it won't run your calendar, but the one thing it does, it does cleanly.

How Quo turns a call you can't reach mid-cut into a booked walkthrough — answer, text back, log it, call back — versus a plain voicemail box, where the same call just moves on to the next carpenter.

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What does it cost?

Starter is $19/mo per user paid monthly, or $15/mo per user if you pay for the year up front. Business ($33 monthly, $23 annual) and Scale ($47 monthly, $35 annual) add seats and features. That per-seat price isn't the whole bill, though. Sona, the AI answering, covers about 10 answered calls a month free; a shop whose phone rings all day blows past that and adds a Sona credit tier — $25, $49, $99, or $199/mo — on top of the seat. Small carrier-registration and messaging fees round it out.

So price it against the people who actually need a line and how much you want the AI to answer, not the per-seat sticker price. For a solo carpenter, one Starter seat plus a light Sona tier is the honest floor. Confirm the current numbers with the vendor before you commit.

Pricing is per user, vendor-published, and changes; figures are Quo's published tiers as of 2026-06-30. Confirm on Quo / OpenPhone pricing — vendor-published, checked 2026-06-30.

The catch worth knowing

Two things trip carpenters up. First, the per-seat price reads cheaper than the real bill once you count a busy shop's Sona tier and the carrier fees, so budget for the tier you'll land on, not the ad. Second, a Quo virtual number often won't take two-factor login codes, so keep your personal cell wired to your bank and supplier logins and let the Quo line be the customer line. Neither is a dealbreaker; both are easier to plan for than to discover after you've ported your number.

A phone tool covers the calls and nothing else. For turning photos into built-in quotes, see QuoteIQ for carpenters; for scheduling and the back office, see Housecall Pro for carpenters or Jobber.

Reviewed by James Mills, Founder, The Agentic AI Index. We earn a commission if you sign up through our link — it doesn't change what we write or who we list. We refer; we don't endorse or certify vendors.

Sources: Quo / OpenPhone pricing and Quo product pages — vendor-published, checked 2026-06-30. Last reviewed: 2026-06-30.

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