Quick answer: Jobber and Housecall Pro are the same kind of tool: scheduling, quotes, invoices and payments in one app for home service contractors. As of October 2026, Jobber’s cheapest plan costs less for one person (Core, $29 a month on annual billing, vs $59 for Housecall Pro Basic), but Core has no quote follow-up. Jobber Connect, the first plan with automated quote follow-ups and route optimization, is $99 for one user. Housecall Pro’s plans come with a fixed number of users (1 on Basic, 5 on Essentials, 8 on Max). Housecall Pro puts job costing on its cheapest plan and charges less for cards taken in person (2.59%). At 5 users both land on $149 a month. Bank payments are 1% on both. Both have a 14-day free trial with no credit card.
I build EstimationPro, which some contractors look at next to both of these, so I’m not neutral. That’s why every Jobber and Housecall Pro fact on this page comes from their own pricing pages and help centers, checked on October 23, 2026, and linked under Sources. If what you really need is estimates that get built fast and followed up on their own, you can Try EstimationPro on one real job ($9, 30-day money-back guarantee). If you need a full field service platform, here’s how these two stack up.
Jobber vs Housecall Pro at a glance
Plan names don’t line up one to one, so this table goes feature by feature and names the cheapest plan that has it.
| Jobber | Housecall Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan (annual / month to month) | Core, $29 / $49, 1 user | Basic, $59 / $79, 1 user |
| How users are counted | 1 user on solo plans, bundles of 5, 10 or 15, or add users at $29/mo each | Basic 1, Essentials 5, Max 8, then $35/mo per extra user on Max |
| Quotes or estimates and invoices | Core and up | Basic and up |
| Automated follow-up on quotes | Connect and up | Pipeline add-on (no published price) |
| Options on a quote | Optional line items, Grow and up | Sales proposals (good-better-best), included on Max, $40/mo on Basic and Essentials |
| Job costing | Grow and up | Basic and up |
| QuickBooks Online sync | Connect and up | Essentials and up |
| Route optimization | Connect and up (per Jobber’s help center) | Max (Essentials has routes to group and sequence jobs) |
| Online card fee | 2.9% + 30¢ | 2.99% on an online invoice |
| In-person card fee | 2.7% + 30¢ (Tap to Pay) | 2.59% (reader, or Tap to Pay at $5 per active device per month) |
| Bank (ACH) fee | 1% | 1% |
| Free trial | 14 days of Grow, no card | 14 days of Max, no card |
| Contract | Month to month, 1-year commitment, or annual prepaid | No long-term contract |
Jobber’s crew scheduling sits on Plus, its top plan. Housecall Pro lists scheduling and dispatch on Basic.
What each one costs at your crew size
The cheapest plan on each side is built for one person, so price both at your real headcount. Here’s the cheapest published way to cover each crew size on annual billing, according to each company’s pricing page. For Jobber I show Connect (the first plan with quote follow-ups) and Grow (the first with optional line items and job costing).
| Crew size | Jobber Connect | Jobber Grow | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $99 | $149 | Basic $59 |
| 3 | $149 (5-user bundle) | $207 ($149 + 2 added users at $29) | Essentials $149 |
| 5 | $149 (5-user bundle) | $229 (5-user bundle) | Essentials $149 |
| 8 | $229 (10-user bundle) | $299 (10-user bundle) | Max $299 |
| 10 | $229 (10-user bundle) | $299 (10-user bundle) | Max $369 ($299 + 2 x $35) |
A few things jump out:
- Solo, Housecall Pro Basic is $40 a month less than Jobber Connect. But Basic has no QuickBooks Online sync, and estimate follow-up is an add-on. Jobber Core at $29 is cheaper still, but it doesn’t follow up on quotes either.
- At 3 to 5 people, Jobber Connect and Housecall Pro Essentials are both $149. Same money, different features. More on that below.
- At 8 to 10 people, Jobber Connect is the cheapest. Housecall Pro’s pricing page only lists an extra-user price on Max, so a crew over 5 is looking at Max unless Housecall Pro quotes Essentials differently. Ask before you sign up.
These combinations come straight from published prices, but added users on a solo plan (like the $207 Grow figure) aren’t shown as their own plan card, so confirm with Jobber how they’ll bill your exact headcount. Month to month costs more on both. Jobber’s 5-user Connect bundle is $199 with no commitment, and Housecall Pro Essentials is $189.
What $149 a month buys on each
For a 3-to-5 person crew, this is the real decision: Jobber Connect for 5 users or Housecall Pro Essentials. Both are $149 a month billed annually.
Jobber Connect includes everything in Core (online booking, quotes, invoices with online payments, a website, reporting) plus automated client reminders, automatic payment collection, checklists, automated quote and invoice follow-ups, QuickBooks Online sync, and time and expense tracking. Jobber’s help center adds route optimization on Connect and up.
Housecall Pro Essentials includes everything in Basic (online booking, scheduling and dispatch, estimates and invoicing, payments and consumer financing, a price book, job costing, review management) plus routes, flat-rate pricing, checklist automations, photo reports with annotations, employee GPS tracking, commissions and QuickBooks Online sync.
So at the same price:
- Jobber Connect has quote follow-up and route optimization built in. Job costing waits for Grow.
- Housecall Pro Essentials has job costing, GPS tracking, flat-rate pricing and commissions. Estimate follow-up is the Pipeline add-on, and route optimization waits for Max.
If you run service calls with techs in trucks, Essentials gives you more field tools for the money. If you send a lot of quotes and lose track of them, Connect does the chasing without another line on the bill.
How quote follow-up actually works on each
I’m a remodeler, and this is the feature I’d look at first. A lot of jobs are won on the second or third follow-up, not the first estimate. Most contractors send a bid and never chase it, and the reason is simple: you get busy on a job site and forget. Software that does the chasing for you earns its keep.
Jobber: Jobber’s help center says you can set up two automatic follow-ups for quotes still awaiting a response. You pick how many days after the quote each one goes out, up to 90 days. They go out the same way the quote did (email or text), and a client only gets them if follow-ups are turned on in that client’s settings. Available on Connect and higher.
Housecall Pro: Its estimates generator page says it can “automatically send polite follow-up reminders to customers who haven’t responded to an open estimate.” The help center runs those estimate follow-ups through Pipeline, which sends the follow-up by email or text depending on how the estimate went out. The pricing page lists Pipeline as an add-on, with no price shown, and none of the three plan cards includes it. Get that price in writing on the demo.
If follow-up is the main reason you’re buying, do the math with it included. Jobber Connect for a solo contractor is $99 a month. Housecall Pro Basic is $59 plus whatever Pipeline costs you. If you want the timing and wording that works, I wrote up how to follow up on a quote.
Payment fees: the bigger number on big invoices
On remodel-size invoices, processing fees often cost more than the subscription. Here’s one $8,000 payment on each, according to Jobber’s pricing page and Housecall Pro’s help center fee table (dated July 20, 2026):
| How the client pays | Jobber | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Card, entered online by the client | 2.9% + 30¢ = $232.30 | 2.99% = $239.20 |
| Card, in person on your phone | 2.7% + 30¢ = $216.30 | 2.59% = $207.20 |
| Card keyed in by staff or on file | Not listed separately | 3.49% = $279.20 |
| Amex or a business card | Not listed separately | 3.49% = $279.20 |
| ACH / bank transfer | 1% = $80.00 | 1% = $80.00 |
| Instant payout | Extra 1% = $80.00 | Extra 1% = $80.00 |
Jobber’s pricing page lists one online card rate. Housecall Pro charges by how the card is taken, and an Amex or business card is 3.49% no matter how it’s paid. Housecall Pro’s Tap to Pay also carries $5 per active device per month. Jobber’s Tap to Pay help article says it needs no extra hardware and is on all plans in the US and Canada. Housecall Pro does offer free mobile check deposit, which Jobber’s pricing page doesn’t list.
Here’s a year for a 5-person crew, using published prices and assumptions you should swap for your own:
- Annual billing, Jobber Connect 5-user bundle vs Housecall Pro Essentials
- $400,000 collected through the software: $200,000 by card on online invoices (40 payments of $5,000) and $200,000 by ACH
- No add-ons
| Line | Jobber Connect | Housecall Pro Essentials |
|---|---|---|
| Plan, annual | $149 x 12 = $1,788 | $149 x 12 = $1,788 |
| Card fees | $200,000 x 2.9% + 40 x $0.30 = $5,812 | $200,000 x 2.99% = $5,980 |
| ACH fees | $200,000 x 1% = $2,000 | $200,000 x 1% = $2,000 |
| Total | $9,600 | $9,768 |
The $168 gap is all card fees. If $50,000 of that card volume came in on Amex or business cards, Housecall Pro’s total goes up another $250 ($50,000 x 0.5%). And remember the Housecall Pro column has no estimate follow-up in it, since that’s Pipeline.
Every dollar in that table is overhead. Run your real software and fee total through the contractor overhead calculator, then check that your markup still covers it with the contractor markup calculator. On big jobs, I’d put the payment method in the estimate terms so it’s settled before the first invoice goes out. If you’re thinking about a card surcharge, check your state’s rules and your processor’s terms first.
Contracts, trials and sign-up offers
Contracts. Jobber gives you three ways to pay: month to month (cancel anytime, ends at the end of the billing period), monthly with a 12-month minimum, or annual prepaid. Its FAQ says the annual payment is non-refundable if you cancel early. Housecall Pro’s FAQ says it doesn’t require long-term contracts. Its pricing page doesn’t say whether an annual payment is refunded if you cancel partway through, so ask.
Trials. Both are 14 days with no credit card. Jobber’s trial runs on Grow and Housecall Pro’s runs on Max, so write down which features you actually used before you buy a cheaper plan.
Sign-up offers. When I checked, Jobber showed “Save up to 40%” for new customers who subscribe before October 30, 2026 (Connect for one user on annual billing, for example, at $70 a month for 12 months, then $99). Housecall Pro showed $26 for the first month on Basic and Essentials, and $99 a month for 3 months on Max tied to booking a demo. Budget on the regular price. That’s what you’ll pay once the offer ends.
I wouldn’t prepay a year of any software until I’d run a month of real jobs through it.
Read both companies’ comparison pages with care
Both companies publish their own Jobber vs Housecall Pro page. They’re worth reading for what each one is proud of, but check every claim against the other company’s own site.
- Jobber’s page (marked last updated October 2026) says Housecall Pro’s route optimization “requires third-party integration.” Housecall Pro’s pricing page lists route optimization on Max.
- Housecall Pro’s page (no last-updated date shown) marks Jobber with an X for built-in pipeline management. Jobber’s pricing page sells Pipeline as a $49 a month add-on and includes it on Plus.
Each one picks the comparison that suits it. Build your shortlist from the pricing pages, not the comparison pages.
Which one fits which contractor
Going by what each plan includes:
Jobber fits if:
- You’re solo or a small crew and want automated quote follow-up without an add-on (Connect, $99 solo or $149 for 5 users).
- You have more than 5 people. The 10-user Connect bundle is $229, less than Housecall Pro Max.
- You run route work and want route optimization below the top plan.
- You want to offer optional upgrades on a quote (Grow and up).
Housecall Pro fits if:
- You want job costing on the cheapest plan (Basic, $59).
- Most card payments happen in person, where its rate is 2.59% (Amex and business cards are 3.49% however they’re taken).
- You want employee GPS tracking, flat-rate pricing and commissions at the 5-user price (Essentials).
- You sell good-better-best proposals and recurring service plans (both included on Max; sales proposals are $40 a month on the lower plans).
- You’d use its add-ons for phone, payroll or campaigns anyway.
Look past both if you mostly bid larger projects and your real bottleneck is writing the estimate and chasing it. Most of what their upper plans add (routes, GPS, checklists, crew scheduling) is for running service work, not for writing and chasing bids.
Where EstimationPro fits, and where it doesn’t
My problem was never dispatching trucks. It was estimates that took hours, then getting busy on a job site and forgetting to chase them.
EstimationPro does that part. You give it photos, a voice walkthrough, typed notes or measurements, and it builds a priced, line-item estimate with labor and materials adjusted for your region, including Good-Better-Best tiers. You review every line, then send it as a branded PDF or a link the client can view and approve. When you send it from EstimationPro, the client gets a reminder at 24 hours if they haven’t opened it, another 48 hours after they open it if they haven’t responded, and a final one at 7 days. Contractors save 2+ hours per estimate.
Starter is $79 a month (10 estimates) and Pro is $149 a month (25 estimates, plus e-signatures, invoices, deposits and milestone payment schedules). It is not a dispatch, crew-routing or field-service platform, and it doesn’t order materials. If you need those, Jobber or Housecall Pro is the better pick. Each one is compared with EstimationPro in EstimationPro vs Jobber and EstimationPro vs Housecall Pro.
FAQ
Is Jobber cheaper than Housecall Pro? For one person on the cheapest plan, yes: Jobber Core is $29 a month on annual billing and Housecall Pro Basic is $59. At 5 users they tie at $149 (Jobber Connect bundle vs Housecall Pro Essentials). At 10 users Jobber Connect is $229 and Housecall Pro Max is $369.
Which one follows up on estimates automatically? Jobber includes two automatic quote follow-ups on Connect and higher, timed in days you choose. Housecall Pro runs estimate follow-ups through Pipeline, an add-on with no price on its pricing page.
Do both sync with QuickBooks Online? Yes, on different plans. Jobber lists QuickBooks Online sync on Connect and up. Housecall Pro lists it on Essentials and up.
How should I cover software and card fees in my prices? Treat them as overhead. Add up the plan, add-ons and processing fees for the year, spread them across your expected jobs with the contractor overhead calculator, and check what you actually keep with the profit margin calculator.
Before you pick one
Price both at your real crew size, add the add-ons you’d actually need, and run your real invoice sizes through each fee table. Then pick the cheapest setup that still does the part of the job that makes you money. For me, that’s the follow-up on the bids I already send.
If that’s your bottleneck too, EstimationPro builds the estimate from your photos and notes, follows up automatically on every estimate you send from it, and Pro handles the invoice and payment schedule once the client says yes. Try EstimationPro on one real job ($9, 30-day money-back guarantee). Full plan-by-plan breakdowns are in Jobber pricing and Housecall Pro pricing.
Sources
Jobber and Housecall Pro prices, fees and features were checked on October 23, 2026. Prices change; confirm on each company’s site before you buy.
- Jobber pricing page (plan cards by team size and billing option, added users, add-ons, card and ACH fees, trial, FAQ and the sign-up offer): getjobber.com/pricing
- Jobber Help Center, Automations (quote and invoice follow-ups): help.getjobber.com
- Jobber Help Center, Route Optimization: help.getjobber.com
- Jobber Help Center, Tap to Pay: help.getjobber.com
- Jobber, Jobber vs Housecall Pro comparison page: getjobber.com/comparison/jobber-vs-housecall-pro
- Housecall Pro pricing page (plan cards, users included, sign-up offers, add-on list, FAQ): housecallpro.com/pricing
- Housecall Pro Help Center, Payment Processing Options (fee table, dated July 20, 2026): help.housecallpro.com
- Housecall Pro Help Center, Pipeline FAQs (estimate follow-up automations): help.housecallpro.com
- Housecall Pro estimates generator page (estimate follow-up reminders): housecallpro.com/tools/estimates-generator
- Housecall Pro estimating software page (sales proposals $40/month on Basic and Essentials, included on Max): housecallpro.com/features/estimating-software
- Housecall Pro Pipeline feature page: housecallpro.com/features/pipeline
- Housecall Pro, Housecall Pro vs Jobber comparison page: housecallpro.com/housecall-pro-vs-jobber
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