The best Markate alternatives for contractors.

The question isn't whether Markate 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.

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7 Markate alternatives compared

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

Markate alternatives compared
Tool	Best for	Starts at	The tradeoff
1.Revcore Pro	Contractors 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 seats	Newer than the long-established field-service brands, and it does not measure roofs from aerial imagery
2.Jobber	Owner operators and small crews doing recurring or quick-turn service work	$49/mo	Two-way texting, optional quote line items, and job costing start on Grow, not the lower plans
3.Housecall Pro	Service-call heavy HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and cleaning businesses	$59/mo	The sales proposal tool, service plans, Zapier, and open API are included only on MAX
4.Workiz	Dispatch-heavy service businesses running many short service calls	Quote required	No published prices; every plan requires a quote
5.Service Fusion	Crews that want unlimited users on one company price	$245/mo	No built-in in-home sales presentation
6.ServiceM8	Solo operators and small crews that run their field work on iPhones and iPads	$0/mo	Full-featured field app is iOS only; Android gets the lighter ServiceM8 Lite
7.FieldEdge	HVAC, plumbing and electrical service companies	Quote required	No 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 Jobber Jobber 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 Pro Housecall 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 Workiz Workiz 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 Fusion Service 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 ServiceM8 ServiceM8 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 FieldEdge FieldEdge 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 Markate

Online booking, a website lead form, a branded customer portal, proposal templates, Zapier, and review requests are each $10/mo add-ons
A business number for two-way texting is a $10/mo add-on, and SMS drip campaigns cost 10 cents a text
API and developer access is a $50/mo add-on
Card and ACH payments run through Square or PayPal, so processing is set by those providers
Live support is listed for weekdays, 9am to 5pm MST

Where Markate still makes sense

Very low entry price: $39.95/mo billed yearly, and $5/mo per employee
Free data migration and a 14-day trial with no credit card
Estimates with option and package layouts, change orders, and automated follow-ups included
Built-in marketing extras such as SMS and email blasts, postcards, and ringless voicemail, priced per use
Wisetack consumer financing and QuickBooks Online sync

Markate is a good fit for: Owner operators and small crews that want a low monthly price; Recurring residential services like cleaning, pressure washing, window cleaning, and lawn care; Businesses that want built-in marketing extras such as SMS blasts, postcards, and ringless voicemail.

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What Markate 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 size	Revcore Pro	Markate	Jobber	Housecall Pro
3-person crew	$249/moStarter plan	$69.95/mo ($59.95/mo billed yearly)	$299/mo ($229/mo billed annually)	$189/mo ($149/mo billed annually)
7-person crew	$599/moPro plan	$89.95/mo ($79.95/mo billed yearly)	$399/mo ($299/mo billed annually)	$329/mo ($299/mo billed annually)
15-person crew	$1,199/moScale plan	$129.95/mo ($119.95/mo billed yearly)	$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.

Markate: Base plan plus $5/mo for each employee, assuming the owner is covered by the base plan (so 2, 6, and 14 employees), plus the $10/mo business phone number add-on Markate lists for two-way texting. Month-to-month price shown first, yearly in brackets. Excludes other add-ons, per-text marketing charges, and payment processing.

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 Markate to Revcore

Markate lets you download your data in CSV or PDF format, and customer exports include linked contact information. Markate's pricing page asks you to download your data before canceling.

1In Markate, export your customers, estimates, work orders, and invoices to CSV.
2Start a Revcore 14-day trial of the Scale plan, no credit card required.
3Send the exports to the Revcore onboarding team; importing customers, jobs, estimates, and invoices is included at no extra cost.
4Rebuild your services as Revcore catalogs and Good / Better / Best estimate templates.
5Set up two-way texting, the homeowner portal, and payments in Revcore, which replaces the Markate phone number and portal add-ons.
6Finish open jobs in Markate, then cancel at the end of your billing term.

Replace the whole stack, not just Markate.

Leaving Markate 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
Tool	What it does	One-time setup	Approx. 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 bills	To get fully set up	~$5,000	$1,392/mo
Revcore ProPro plan, billed annually	Everything 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.

Other Markate alternatives worth a look

Revcore Pro isn't the only option. These are the closest alternatives in the same category, with a plain take on when each one fits.

Switching from Markate, common questions

Is Revcore Pro a good Markate 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. Markate remains a good fit for owner operators and small crews that want a low monthly price.

How hard is it to switch from Markate 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 Markate?

Not on sticker price. For a 7 person crew, Markate runs about $89.95/mo 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 Markate?

You gain the selling and all-in-one pieces Markate makes you buy elsewhere. Where Markate keeps an edge: Very low entry price: $39.95/mo billed yearly, and $5/mo per employee; Free data migration and a 14-day trial with no credit card; Estimates with option and package layouts, change orders, and automated follow-ups included; Built-in marketing extras such as SMS and email blasts, postcards, and ringless voicemail, priced per use; Wisetack consumer financing and QuickBooks Online sync. The full side-by-side breakdown is on our Revcore Pro vs Markate 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.

Sources and method

Competitor facts come from each vendor’s public pages, checked on the date shown. Pricing changes often and is sometimes sales-quoted, so confirm on the vendor’s site before you buy. Revcore facts come from our pricing page. Product names are trademarks of their owners.

Markate, checked September 29, 2026