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The best GorillaDesk alternatives for contractors.

The question isn't whether GorillaDesk gets the job done. It's whether you want to keep running it next to a separate CRM, quoting tool, texting line and payments setup.

The short answer: Revcore Pro replaces that stack with one login at a flat $249 to $1,199/mo, field crew seats free, no setup fees, with an interactive in-home sales presentation built in.

7 GorillaDesk alternatives compared

The closest options to GorillaDesk, with who each one suits, what it starts at, and the tradeoff to know about.

GorillaDesk alternatives compared
ToolBest forStarts atThe tradeoff
1.Revcore ProContractors who sell jobs in the home and want the whole job, lead to final payment, in one login$249/mo with 3 full seats, free field crew seatsNewer than the long-established field-service brands, and it does not measure roofs from aerial imagery
2.JobberOwner operators and small crews doing recurring or quick-turn service work$49/moTwo-way texting, optional quote line items, and job costing start on Grow, not the lower plans
3.Housecall ProService-call heavy HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and cleaning businesses$59/moThe sales proposal tool, service plans, Zapier, and open API are included only on MAX
4.WorkizDispatch-heavy service businesses running many short service callsQuote requiredNo published prices; every plan requires a quote
5.Service FusionCrews that want unlimited users on one company price$245/moNo built-in in-home sales presentation
6.ServiceM8Solo operators and small crews that run their field work on iPhones and iPads$0/moFull-featured field app is iOS only; Android gets the lighter ServiceM8 Lite
7.FieldEdgeHVAC, plumbing and electrical service companiesQuote requiredNo published prices and no free trial

1.Revcore Pro

Revcore Pro runs lead capture, the CRM, estimates with good, better, best options, interactive in-home presentations, scheduling and dispatch, job tracking, the homeowner portal, invoicing, and card and ACH payments in one login. Two-way texting is included on every plan, full seats are bundled into three flat plans from $249 to $1,199 a month, field crew seats are unlimited and free on every plan, and there is a 14-day free trial of Scale with no credit card.

Starts at
$249/mo with 3 full seats, free field crew seats
Watch for
Newer than the long-established field-service brands, and it does not measure roofs from aerial imagery

2.Jobber

Jobber is field service software for home service businesses, covering requests, quotes, scheduling, invoicing and online payments in a web and mobile app. It sells four plans (Core, Connect, Grow, Plus) priced by team size, from $29/mo billed annually or $49/mo month to month for one user on Core. Two-way texting, optional quote line items and job costing start on Grow, which lists at $199/mo for one user.

Starts at
$49/mo
Watch for
Two-way texting, optional quote line items, and job costing start on Grow, not the lower plans

Revcore Pro vs JobberJobber pricing

3.Housecall Pro

Housecall Pro is field service software for home service trades such as HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and cleaning, with scheduling, estimates, invoicing, payments, online booking, and review tools. It has three plans: Basic at $59/mo billed annually ($79 month to month) for 1 user, Essentials at $149/mo annually for 5 users, and MAX at $299/mo annually for 8 users plus $35/mo per extra user. Two-way texting is available on all plans, and consumer financing through Wisetack is offered on every plan.

Starts at
$59/mo
Watch for
The sales proposal tool, service plans, Zapier, and open API are included only on MAX

Revcore Pro vs Housecall ProHousecall Pro pricing

4.Workiz

Workiz is field service software built around scheduling, dispatch, and an integrated phone system, popular with trades like garage door, locksmith, appliance repair, junk removal, and HVAC. It sells three plans (Standard, Pro, and Ultimate), and all three now show Request pricing instead of a published price. Two-way texting sits inside the Genius Phone add-on, which the pricing page lists as sold separately.

Starts at
Quote required
Watch for
No published prices; every plan requires a quote

Revcore Pro vs WorkizWorkiz pricing

5.Service Fusion

Service Fusion is field service management software for HVAC, plumbing, electrical and dozens of other home-service trades, sold as one company price with unlimited users. Plans are Starter, Plus and Pro at $245, $382 and $627 a month billed monthly, or $208, $325 and $533 a month billed annually, with no contract required. Features like GPS fleet tracking are sold as add-ons.

Starts at
$245/mo
Watch for
No built-in in-home sales presentation

Revcore Pro vs Service FusionService Fusion pricing

6.ServiceM8

ServiceM8 is job management software for small trade and service businesses, built around a full-featured iPhone and iPad app with a web dashboard and a Mac and PC desktop app. It prices by new jobs per month, not by user: Free ($0, 1 user, 30 jobs), Starter ($29/mo, 50 jobs), Growing ($79/mo, 150 jobs), Premium ($149/mo, 500 jobs), and Premium Plus ($349/mo, 1,500+ jobs), with unlimited users on every paid plan. Two-way SMS and quote options are on every plan.

Starts at
$0/mo
Watch for
Full-featured field app is iOS only; Android gets the lighter ServiceM8 Lite

Revcore Pro vs ServiceM8ServiceM8 pricing

7.FieldEdge

FieldEdge is field service management software for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, locksmith and appliance repair companies, owned by Xplor Technologies. It sells three plans (Select, Premier and Elite) that include 2, 4 or 6 mobile app licenses, and prices are only given after a demo. It is strongest for service and maintenance-agreement work with QuickBooks sync.

Starts at
Quote required
Watch for
No published prices and no free trial

Revcore Pro vs FieldEdgeFieldEdge pricing

What Revcore adds at the kitchen table.

An interactive presentation and a Good, Better, Best estimate the homeowner signs on the spot, with the deposit collected before you leave. Both come with the Pro and Scale plans, in the same login as the rest of the job.

Present the job, not a PDFSales presentations
Options they sign on the spotEstimates

Why contractors switch from GorillaDesk

  • Texting is a separate $5/mo SMS subscription plus prepaid credits for outgoing texts
  • Estimate packages and the sales pipeline are on Growth, the top plan
  • Customer portal, online booking, e-signatures, and QuickBooks Online sync start on Pro
  • Cost rises with every route added, and Basic routing is limited to 25 stops

Where GorillaDesk still makes sense

  • Low starting price of $49/mo for one route
  • Unlimited admin users and mobile devices; only routed users need a paid seat
  • Route planning, drive time, and scheduling tools built for recurring service
  • Month to month with no contract, no setup fee, and a seasonal account freeze
  • Free data migration and unlimited training

GorillaDesk is a good fit for: Pest control, lawn care, and pool service companies running recurring routes; Owner operators who want a low starting price and unlimited admin users; Teams that bill on subscriptions through Stripe or Square.

See the full feature-by-feature comparison

What GorillaDesk and its alternatives cost for your crew

Estimated monthly cost from each vendor's published pricing, before taxes, payment processing, and promotions.

Estimated monthly cost by crew size
Crew sizeRevcore ProGorillaDeskJobberHousecall Pro
3-person crew$249/moStarter plan$199/mo plus $5/mo SMS and text credits$299/mo ($229/mo billed annually)$189/mo ($149/mo billed annually)
7-person crew$599/moPro plan$399/mo plus $5/mo SMS and text credits$399/mo ($299/mo billed annually)$329/mo ($299/mo billed annually)
15-person crew$1,199/moScale plan$799/mo plus $5/mo SMS and text credits$499/mo ($399/mo billed annually)$574/mo ($544/mo billed annually)

Revcore Pro: the plan sized to the team (Starter for 3, Pro for 7, Scale for 15), billed monthly. Field crew seats are free on every plan, so no extra seats are needed. Annual billing is lower.

GorillaDesk: Pro plan billed monthly, the lowest tier with the customer portal, online booking, and QuickBooks Online sync, assuming each crew member runs their own route. Crews that ride together only pay for crew leads' routes, so the cost can be lower. Yearly billing is $2,189, $4,389, or $8,789 a year. Text credits start at $50 for 1,000 texts. Excludes Stripe or Square processing fees.

Jobber: Grow plan, the lowest Jobber tier with two-way texting, at list price without the time-limited promotion. Jobber prices by team size band: a 3-person crew uses the 5-user band, 7 uses the 10-user band, and 15 uses the 15-user band, so no extra $29 user fees apply. Month-to-month price shown first, annual prepaid in brackets. Excludes add-ons and card processing.

Housecall Pro: Monthly billing shown first, annual in brackets, at list price without introductory offers. 3 people fit Essentials (5 users included). 7 people use MAX (8 users included) because Essentials extra-user pricing is not published. 15 people use MAX plus 7 extra users at $35/mo each. Excludes add-ons and card processing.

Switching from GorillaDesk to Revcore

GorillaDesk lets you export customers from the Customers tab (Action, then Export), and its reports can be exported to Excel or CSV.

  1. 1In GorillaDesk, export your customer list and your invoice, estimate, and payment reports to CSV.
  2. 2Start a Revcore 14-day trial of the Scale plan, no credit card required.
  3. 3Send the exports to the Revcore onboarding team; importing customers, jobs, estimates, and invoices is included at no extra cost.
  4. 4Rebuild your services and estimate packages as Revcore catalogs and Good / Better / Best estimate templates.
  5. 5Set up recurring service agreements, two-way texting, and payments in Revcore.
  6. 6Finish open jobs in GorillaDesk, then cancel your monthly plan or let a yearly plan run out.

Replace the whole stack, not just GorillaDesk.

Leaving GorillaDesk is a good moment to count the other tools you pay for. Here is what a typical contractor stack costs next to Revcore in one login.

Monthly and setup cost of a typical contractor software stack compared with Revcore Pro
ToolWhat it doesOne-time setupApprox. monthly
Leap CRM (Team, 5 users)CRM, production & invoicing$0$694
Ingage (5-user minimum + platform fee)In-home sales presentation~$5,000$450
CompanyCam (Crew)Job photos & docs$0$149
Dedicated texting (A2P)Two-way SMS$0$99
4 logins, 4 billsTo get fully set up~$5,000$1,392/mo
Revcore ProPro plan, billed annuallyEverything above, one login, texting included$0, free migration$499/mo

That is about $15,716 saved in the first year, roughly $10,716 a year after that, plus the ~$5,000 in setup fees you never pay.

Published and sales-quoted 2026 pricing for a ~5-user shop. Accounting isn't counted: most shops keep QuickBooks either way. Leap CRM Team is $298/mo including the first user plus $99/mo per added user, on a one-year contract. Ingage starts at $90/user/mo with a 5-user minimum, plus an annual platform fee; its setup figure is a third-party estimate and runs into the thousands before your first presentation. CompanyCam Crew is $149/mo. Competitor prices as of September 2026, published pricing. Revcore Pro is one flat price with 7 full seats and unlimited free field crew seats, no add-ons, no setup fee, with onboarding and free migration included.

Switching from GorillaDesk, common questions

Is Revcore Pro a good GorillaDesk alternative?

If you want fewer tools, yes. Revcore Pro covers the whole job in one login, lead, estimate, present, schedule, invoice, and get paid, with an interactive in-home sales presentation built in. GorillaDesk remains a good fit for pest control, lawn care, and pool service companies running recurring routes.

How hard is it to switch from GorillaDesk to Revcore Pro?

Start a free 14-day trial of Scale, import your contacts and price book, and our team helps you migrate at no extra cost. There is no implementation fee, and the goal is to have your crew running in days, not months.

Is Revcore Pro cheaper than GorillaDesk?

Not on sticker price. For a 7 person crew, GorillaDesk runs about $399/mo plus $5/mo SMS and text credits on its published pricing. Revcore Pro is one flat price per plan, and field crew seats are free on every plan, so no extra seats are needed: Pro is $599/mo for a 7 person crew. Teams pick Revcore when it replaces separate tools for presentations, texting and payments, so compare the whole stack, not one line.

Will I lose features by leaving GorillaDesk?

You gain the selling and all-in-one pieces GorillaDesk makes you buy elsewhere. Where GorillaDesk keeps an edge: Low starting price of $49/mo for one route; Unlimited admin users and mobile devices; only routed users need a paid seat; Route planning, drive time, and scheduling tools built for recurring service; Month to month with no contract, no setup fee, and a seasonal account freeze; Free data migration and unlimited training. The full side-by-side breakdown is on our Revcore Pro vs GorillaDesk comparison.

Public pricing as of 2026. Competitor pricing moves and is often promo or sales-gated; sales-gated figures are third-party estimates. Confirm current pricing on the vendor page. Competitor names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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