The FSM tools that carry a real, community-scored verdict at this crew size — each one independently clears our evidence bar and is confirmed to serve this trade by first-hand operator evidence. Every recommendation below is the verbatim per-crew verdict from the tool's own spec file; we add no new claims here, only the layout.
Ordered by Coverage — the axis that matters most at this crew size. We never average the four axes into one rank; all four scores are shown so you can weigh the trade-offs yourself. A tool appears here even when its verdict for this crew size is a caution — the honest “where it falls short” text is shown as written.
Vendor · Codefied Inc.
Evidence essentially absent, and the adjacent 5-20 ceiling report says you'll outgrow it — not the right primary platform for 20+ pending direct evidence. (Superior_SoftWash ceiling; BasSTiD [stale].)
Vendor · Xplor Technologies
The accepted industry standard at scale ("if you're at least a $3M shop, ST is the answer"), but the trade-offs are real — expect multi-year contracts with costly, sometimes lawyer-grade exits, large customization spend, and a field app your techs will likely complain about; wrong-vertical fits like roofing should look at a true vertical CRM instead.
Every tool here cleared the evidence bar on its own. A tool with no affiliate program that scores higher still ranks higher. The order is set by Coverage alone — never a payout, never a composite average. Each verdict above is the verbatim per-crew text from the tool's spec file.
A tool only appears once it has complete, non-placeholder scores on all four axes and a real verdict for this crew size and first-hand operator evidence that it serves this trade. Tools still mid-research are held back — never padded in to fill the page. Read the full method.