Jobber vs Housecall Pro: pricing, features and which fits your crew

Jobber and Housecall Pro show up on almost every home-service shortlist, and for good reason. Both are mature, with polished mobile apps covering requests, quotes, scheduling, invoicing and payments. The differences show up in three places: which plan you must buy to get the features you use, how the bill moves as you add people, and how each handles selling a bigger job.

Every fact here comes from each company's own pricing and feature pages, checked on September 24, 2026. Prices change, so confirm on Jobber's pricing page and Housecall Pro's pricing page before you sign. We make Revcore, a third option, and cover it only in its own marked section near the end.

Jobber vs Housecall Pro at a glance

Pricing, plan by plan

Jobber sells four plans and steps each up by team size band. Housecall Pro sells three plans with a fixed number of users in each. That is why the cheapest plan alone can mislead you.

A few details matter more than the headline numbers:

• Jobber's texting gate. If your office texts customers back and forth, your real Jobber starting point is Grow, not Core or Connect.
• Housecall Pro's MAX gate. The sales proposal tool, recurring service plans, Zapier and the open API are included only on MAX, and MAX is booked through a sales demo rather than self-serve checkout.
• Add-ons. Jobber's Pipeline, Marketing Suite and AI Receptionist are add-ons below Plus. Housecall Pro sells CSR AI, Pipeline, Voice, Websites and Payroll separately, and the proposal tool separately below MAX. Neither lists those add-on prices on its pricing page.
• Promotions. Jobber advertised up to 40% off for new customers subscribing before September 30, 2026, and Housecall Pro showed introductory first-month and first-3-month prices. Ask what you pay after the promotion ends.

What a 7-person crew actually pays

Take an owner, an office manager, an estimator and four field techs or crew leads. Everyone needs a login and the office needs two-way texting. We priced the lowest plan on each side with texting, at list price.

At 7 people with annual billing, the two are the same price. Month to month, Housecall Pro is $70 a month cheaper. The picture changes as you grow. Housecall Pro MAX adds $35 per user past 8, so 15 people cost $574/mo month to month ($544 billed annually). Jobber Grow's 15-user band lists at $499/mo ($399 billed annually). Between 11 and 15 people, ask Jobber whether the next band or $29/mo extra users works out cheaper for your exact headcount.

Card fees can outweigh the subscription. In an illustrative example, a roofing or HVAC replacement business running $150,000 a month through cards would see a 0.31 point rate difference add up to about $5,580 a year, so push large jobs to ACH and get your exact card rate in writing, since Housecall Pro publishes only a starting rate.

Who Jobber fits best

Jobber is a strong choice for owner operators and small crews doing recurring or quick-turn service work: lawn and landscape maintenance, cleaning, window washing, pest control, handyman work and small repair shops. Specific reasons it earns its spot:

• The lowest solo entry price in this comparison, with request forms, online booking and a client hub on every plan, including Core.
• Broad connections. QuickBooks Online, Xero, Zapier and Gusto from Connect, plus an App Marketplace on every plan.
• Flexible billing. Month to month with no commitment is available on every plan, if you are willing to pay the higher monthly price.
• Field-friendly app. Clean iOS and Android apps, with a Spanish option for team members.

Where it is weaker: texting, optional quote line items and job costing start at Grow, there is no interactive in-home presentation, and data import is listed only on Plus.

Who Housecall Pro fits best

Housecall Pro is a strong choice for service-call heavy HVAC, plumbing, electrical and cleaning businesses, especially teams of 2 to 8 that live on inbound calls and online booking. Specific reasons it earns its spot:

• Two-way texting on every plan, once you complete text messaging registration, per Housecall Pro's help center.
• Consumer financing through Wisetack on every plan, which matters for an HVAC tech quoting a system on a service call.
• Customer-facing tools: online booking, a branded customer portal and review management.
• Recurring service plans on MAX, which suits HVAC and plumbing maintenance memberships.
• Lower cost for a 5-person team, and no long-term contract on any plan.

Where it is weaker: the sales proposal tool, service plans, Zapier and the open API are included only on MAX, MAX goes through a demo, and each user past 8 adds $35 a month. Several growth tools are add-ons without public prices.

How to choose between them in two weeks

Both offer a 14-day free trial with no credit card, on Jobber Grow and Housecall Pro MAX features. Run real work through them, not clicks.

1. 1

   Write down who needs a login

   Count everyone who will clock in, see jobs or take photos. Price both tools at that headcount and at your headcount 18 months out.

2. 2

   Pick the plan you would actually buy

   List your must-haves (texting, routing, QuickBooks, service plans, quote options) and find the lowest plan on each side with all of them. That, not the trial tier, is your real price.

3. 3

   Run three real jobs through each

   Take a small service call, a mid-size repair and your most common larger job from request to paid invoice. Note every step where someone retyped something.

4. 4

   Put the app in a tech's hands

   Have your least patient field tech run a day's jobs on the phone app. If they will not use it, nothing else on the feature list matters.

5. 5

   Get the full quote in writing

   Ask for the price after any promotion, add-on prices you might need, your card processing rate and the contract terms. Compare yearly totals, not the monthly headline.

A third option for contractors who sell in the home

Jobber and Housecall Pro are built first around running service work. That fits less well when your revenue comes from higher-ticket jobs sold at the kitchen table: roof replacements, full HVAC systems, siding and windows, bathroom remodels, panel upgrades. There, the sales visit is where the money is made.

Consider Revcore if most of these are true for you:

• You present at the table. Revcore has an interactive in-home sales presentation on an iPad, built into the job, on its Pro and Scale plans. The homeowner signs and pays the deposit before you leave.
• You quote three options on most jobs. Revcore estimates hold good, better, best options built from your own catalogs, on Pro and Scale.
• You want texting and seats in one flat price. Two-way texting is included on every Revcore plan, and Pro is $599/mo with 7 full seats included. Extra full seats are $49/mo, and field crew seats are free on every plan.
• You want sales and operations in one place. Lead capture, CRM and pipeline, scheduling and dispatch on a crew board, a job map, GPS clock-in, job photos, a homeowner portal, invoicing, card and ACH payments with instant payouts for 1.5% and QuickBooks Online sync all live in the same system.

Be clear on the tradeoffs. For the 7-person crew above, Revcore Pro at $599/mo costs more than either Jobber Grow or Housecall Pro MAX at list price, even though its field crew seats are free, so it only makes sense if the presentation and three-option estimates earn their keep in closed jobs. Jobber has a larger app marketplace today; if that matters more than how you sell, stay with the tool that fits. On financing, Housecall Pro has the edge today: it offers it through Wisetack, while Revcore's homeowner financing is coming soon and will be included on every plan.

Frequently asked questions

Further reading: the full Revcore vs Jobber comparison and Revcore vs Housecall Pro comparison, per-seat vs flat pricing, and how to switch software without downtime.