Electrician software · Switzerland

Software for electricians in Switzerland, compared

Ten programs Swiss electrical contractors weigh up: industry solutions for electrical work, construction and trade software, accounting and Excel. For each one, who it fits, what the vendor names on its own website and the price it publishes — with date and source.

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As of 19 October 2026 (Schoch and Messerli: 6 October 2026) · sources at the foot of the page

Three kinds

Industry solution, trade software or accounting?

  • Industry solution for electrical work

    Knows the trade's terms: costing with Steiger, NPK or ELDAS, the Regie Rapport, measurement and the safety certificate. Built for electrical installers, often for planners and utilities too.

  • Construction and trade software

    Built for several trades — order, time tracking, Rapport, quote, invoice. What only an electrical contractor needs, it covers or not, depending on the vendor.

  • Accounting

    Keeps the accounts, VAT and payroll. It seldom replaces the other two; it is what they connect to.

What an electrical contractor should look for in software

The programs

Ten programs, in their vendors' own words

What is said here about a program comes from its vendor's website, read on the date on the card. Where a website says nothing about something, neither do we — that does not mean it is missing.

  • Schoch

    Electrical industry solution
    Fits
    Contractors who want proven, installed electrical software and add modules over time.
    According to the vendor's website
    Electrical software since 1991 for installers, electrical planners, municipal utilities and power companies. Reads Steiger, NPK, Eldas and VSAS. SchochSERVICE mobile for service Rapporte, online or offline, with signature and photos. Runs locally, on a network, on a terminal server, Citrix or Microsoft Azure; a browser-based cloud solution on request.
    Price
    Modules can be bought individually; according to Schoch, no maintenance or support fees. The website names no prices.

    As of 6 October 2026 · schoch-informatik.ch

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  • VOLTA

    Electrical industry solution
    Fits
    Contractors looking for an electrical industry solution in the browser, with NPK and VSAS, on macOS too.
    According to the vendor's website
    Cloud-based industry software from Karakun AG, Basel, for electrical installation firms of any size: costing, quotes, service Rapporte and invoices, plus VOLTA mobile for iOS and Android. Certified by CRB and EIT.swiss; supports NPK, Steiger, VSAS and ELDAS. Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux without installation.
    Price
    The website names no price; demo on request.

    As of 19 October 2026 · myvolta.ch

  • Abacus AbaBau

    Electrical industry solution
    Fits
    Larger contractors who want quoting, orders, finance and payroll in one ERP.
    According to the vendor's website
    According to Abacus, an industry solution optimised for electrical installation firms: pre-costing, order processing, invoicing, finance, HR and payroll. EIT.swiss association data, Steiger costing, ELDAS; Akonto by progress measurement; maintenance and fault orders handled on site on a mobile device. According to Abacus, in use at 1,021 construction companies.
    Price
    The page names no price; advice on request.

    As of 19 October 2026 · abacus.ch

  • Messerli

    Construction software
    Fits
    Contractors who plan as well as install and want financial and payroll accounting from the same vendor.
    According to the vendor's website
    Software for the construction industry with its own solution for electrical planners and installers. NPK from EIT.swiss, Steiger, VSAS, ELDAS and IGH; BIM2NPK takes components from the CAD model. Its own financial accounting, payroll certified by Swissdec. Installed or hosted in a data centre.
    Price
    The website names no prices.

    As of 6 October 2026 · messerli.ch

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  • SORBA

    Construction software
    Fits
    Contractors who want construction administration with NPK tenders and accounting in one system.
    According to the vendor's website
    Construction software for construction administration, for over 35 years, according to SORBA with over 2,700 customers. The industries on its website include main construction, building envelope and solar/photovoltaics. SORBA 360 Büro bundles projects, quotes, invoices and the daily Rapport; NPK processing with SIA 451 from the Basic package, employee app from Work; plus SORBA 360 Buchhaltung.
    Price
    Subscription in four packages (Start, Basic, Work, Pro) by package and users, billed yearly; price on quotation.

    As of 19 October 2026 · sorba.ch

  • Werkli

    Trade software
    Fits
    Small contractors of up to about 20 people who want to leave paper behind and start simply.
    According to the vendor's website
    Trade software for quotes, Rapporte, QR-bills, time tracking and scheduling, works offline, with the customer signing on the phone. According to Werkli, deliberately kept simple for electrical contractors, without NPK costing; frequent items sit in the bill of quantities.
    Price
    Solo CHF 50 a month (1 user), Trupp CHF 80 (1 office and 3 mobile licences), Mannschaft CHF 170 (2 office, 7 mobile), paid monthly; 20% less yearly. Werkli calls this a partner price. 30 days free.

    As of 19 October 2026 · werkli.ch

  • noovi

    Trade software
    Fits
    Contractors who mainly want to digitise their electricians' time, Rapporte and assignments.
    According to the vendor's website
    Trade software for time tracking, signed Rapporte, scheduling, quotes and QR-bills, works offline, data in Switzerland. For electricians, noovi names its own forms for measurement, inspection and acceptance records, the ELDAS catalogue by upload and quotes from imported NPK/SIA bills of quantities.
    Price
    Starter CHF 19, Pro CHF 39, Premium CHF 49 per user a month, excl. VAT. 30 days free.

    As of 19 October 2026 · noovi.ch

  • bexio

    Accounting
    Fits
    As accounting and payroll — on its own for a small contractor, or alongside electrical software.
    According to the vendor's website
    Business software for Swiss SMEs: accounting, invoices, order management, payroll and contacts in the cloud, with AI receipt reading; data in Switzerland. According to bexio, over 100,000 SMEs.
    Price
    Basic CHF 35, Advanced CHF 42, Optima CHF 69, Ultimate CHF 119 a month on the yearly plan (monthly CHF 45, 52, 79, 129), excl. VAT. 30 days free.

    As of 19 October 2026 · bexio.com

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  • Excel

    Spreadsheet
    Fits
    Contractors with few quotes a month and their own proven templates.
    Note
    Many electrical contractors price quotes and keep Rapporte in their own Excel templates. We make no statement here about Excel itself.
    When Excel is no longer enough

  • elektro.box

    Electrical industry solution
    Fits
    Contractors where the office and the site should share the same software, without a server of their own.
    What elektro.box does today
    An industry solution for electrical contractors only, in the browser and on the phone, offline too. Quotes and invoices with Steiger, ELDAS and wholesaler prices; Rapporte signed on site; safety certificate (SiNa) and measurement record; general ledger and payroll built in, or hand-over to bexio and Abacus. NPK and VSAS are in preparation.
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Choosing well

Questions to ask every vendor

  1. 01Which costing data do you work with today — Steiger, NPK, ELDAS, VSAS, your own items? And does the software read exactly those?
  2. 02Where is the Rapport written: on paper, in an app, even without signal in a basement? And does the customer sign on site?
  3. 03Where does the software run — installed on your server, hosted, or in the browser? Who does updates and backups?
  4. 04Which accounting stays? Should the new software replace it or hand over to it?
  5. 05What does it cost for the whole team, office and electricians, a month — and what do apprentices cost?
  6. 06What comes across when you switch: items, customers, open quotes? And what stays in the old program?

Frequent questions

What electrical contractors ask about software

What software do electricians in Switzerland need?
It depends on the work. If you cost quotes with Steiger, NPK or ELDAS and write Rapporte and safety certificates, an electrical industry solution is closest to the trade. For time and Rapporte across several trades, trade software is often enough; for accounts, VAT and payroll you need accounting, built in or connected.
What is the difference between trade software and an industry solution for electricians?
Trade software is built for many trades: order, time tracking, Rapport, quote, invoice. An industry solution for electricians also knows the trade's costing data and certificates — which ones exactly is listed for each program on this page.
Is bexio enough for an electrical contractor?
According to its own website, bexio is business software for accounting, invoices, orders and payroll. Many electrical contractors combine it with electrical software that costs and records the work; elektro.box hands invoices over to bexio and reads the payment status back.
What does software for electricians cost?
According to the vendors' websites: noovi from CHF 19 per user, Werkli from CHF 50 and bexio from CHF 35 a month. Schoch, VOLTA, Abacus, Messerli and SORBA name no price on the pages read; elektro.box gives its amounts in a conversation.
Where does the information on this page come from?
From the vendors' own websites, read on the dates on the cards and listed below — not from review portals. If something is no longer right, write to us and we will correct it.

Sources

What is said about the programs comes from these pages of their vendors. If something is no longer right, write to us — we will correct it.

On Excel: Microsoft's website could not be retrieved on 19 October 2026, so the card makes no statement about the product.

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