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Mentioned vs FieldEdge: AI Visibility for Trade Contractors

If you’re comparing Mentioned and FieldEdge, stop. They’re not the same category of tool, and that’s exactly why you might need both.

What FieldEdge Does Well

FieldEdge is a field service management platform. It handles the operational backbone of contractor businesses: dispatch, scheduling, mobile work orders for technicians, invoicing, QuickBooks sync, GPS tracking, and flat-rate pricing tools. If your team has trucks rolling to jobs and you need visibility into who’s where and what got completed, FieldEdge solves that problem.

It also includes CRM features, email marketing, and two-way texting. For HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and similar trades, FieldEdge is purpose-built to reduce admin overhead and connect field work to office ops. That’s its strength.

Where Mentioned Is Different

Mentioned solves a completely different problem: AI visibility for lead generation.

When a homeowner has a furnace problem at 11pm, they don’t Google anymore. They open ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, or Gemini and ask "HVAC contractors near me" or "best plumber in [city]." Mentioned indexes whether your business gets recommended in those AI responses. Our dataset shows 87% of trade contractors are invisible in AI — and the contractors who show up capture deals their competitors never see.

Mentioned gives you a 90-second audit that scores your AI visibility across all four major models (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini). You get a specific score out of 100, see which AI systems mention you, and see the exact text they surface. We publish our full methodology and dataset open-source because this is new territory and contractors deserve transparency.

Most critically: Mentioned is a lead-generation play. It tells you whether you’re getting found by AI. FieldEdge tells you how to manage the leads and jobs once you have them.

Best For

Mentioned FieldEdge
You're losing leads because homeowners can't find you in ChatGPT/Perplexity You have leads but chaos scheduling and no visibility into field ops
You want to understand AI positioning before investing in AI visibility strategy You need mobile dispatch, tech routing, and job management
You want to audit competitors' AI footprint You integrate with QuickBooks and need accounting sync
You're evaluating whether AI visibility is even a gap for your business You manage multiple technicians and need unified operations
Median contractor score is 32/100 — most are invisible You track flat-rate pricing and service agreements

Use Both

Here’s the honest take: Mentioned finds the leads. FieldEdge fulfills them. A contractor using only FieldEdge is optimizing the back office of a lead-starved pipeline. A contractor using only Mentioned sees the gap but has no system to manage the inbound. The best-positioned operators use both — Mentioned to own AI visibility and capture off-hours lead volume, and FieldEdge to execute flawlessly once the lead is in the system.

Ready To Know Your AI Visibility Score?

Get a free 90-second Mentioned audit at mentionedinai.com. See your score across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. Takes 90 seconds, no credit card.

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Common questions about AI visibility for FieldEdge contractors in

How is AI visibility different from Google ranking?

Google ranks pages. AI search engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity name specific businesses in answers. A FieldEdge contractor in can rank #1 on Google and still be invisible in ChatGPT, because the signals are different (schema, citations, structured data, training-data presence).

How long does it take to improve my AI visibility score?

Most FieldEdge contractors see meaningful score lift within 30-60 days of implementing the three core fixes: Google Business Profile completion, consistent industry directory listings, and schema markup. The 47-point gap between median (32) and top performers (79) is closeable.

Does my FieldEdge business need this if I already rank on Google?

Yes. Roughly 40% of homeowner searches now start in ChatGPT or Perplexity instead of Google. Even with strong Google rankings, you can be completely invisible in AI answers, which means losing calls you don't even know about.

What's included in the free audit?

Your AI visibility score across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. Specific gap analysis against top performers in . Three highest-leverage fixes prioritized by impact. Takes 90 seconds, no card required.