Housecall Pro pricing

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The short answer

A solo operator pays $708 a year. A five-person business pays $1,788. Seven people pays $3,588 — on the Max plan, because Essentials with two extra seats costs $4,188.

Three things shape the bill:

• Extra users on Essentials are $100 a month each. That is more per person than the base plan costs per included user.
• Max becomes cheaper than Essentials at seven users, and stays cheaper from there.
• Route optimisation is on Max only, five times the entry price.

Plans in 2026

14-day free trial, no credit card required. No setup or onboarding fee is stated on the pricing page.

What each tier adds

QuickBooks sync sitting on Essentials matters more than it looks. If your bookkeeper needs the sync, Basic at $708 is not an option and your real entry price is $1,788 — two and a half times the advertised one.

The sixth user costs $1,200 a year

This is the threshold that catches people, and it is arithmetic rather than opinion.

Adding one person to a five-person Essentials account costs $100 a month — $1,200 a year. That single seat costs more than the entire Basic plan, and more per head than any of the five seats already included.

At seven users the pricing inverts. Essentials plus two extras is $349 a month; Max, which includes eight users and adds route optimisation, is $299. You would be paying $600 a year more for less software.

If you are at five or six people and hiring, price Max before you add the seat.

The annual discount shrinks as you climb

Most software widens the annual discount at the top to lock in larger accounts. Housecall Pro narrows it. On Max the annual commitment buys you a 9% saving — $360 a year — in exchange for twelve months of inflexibility.

For a seasonal business on Max, monthly billing is worth considering. Nine percent is a small premium to pay for the ability to stop paying in January, and it is a very different calculation from Jobber, where the annual saving in year one is 47%.

The number that dwarfs all of this: card processing

Housecall Pro advertises card processing “as low as 2.59%,” which is genuinely competitive — Jobber charges a flat 2.9% + 30¢. But the range runs to 3.49% for Amex and commercial cards, and which rate you actually pay depends on your customer mix rather than your plan.

On a business turning over $600,000 with 60% collected by card, the spread between 2.59% and 3.49% is about $3,240 a year. That is more than the entire Max subscription, decided by nothing you control on the pricing page.

And bank payment at 1% is the lever worth pulling: moving half your card volume there saves roughly $3,400 a year, which is more than any plan decision on this page. See our HVAC software guide for the full processing analysis.

Housecall Pro against Jobber on price

The two converge more than their headline rates suggest. Jobber is clearly cheaper in year one because its annual rate is introductory; by year two the prices match almost exactly, and the difference comes down to seats included and where routing sits.

Housecall Pro puts GPS tracking on Essentials; Jobber puts it on Grow. If you want to see where your vans are without buying the top tier, that is the one place Housecall Pro is structurally cheaper. See our Jobber pricing breakdown for the full grid.

How to pay less for Housecall Pro

1. Count to seven before adding a seat. At seven users Max is $600 a year cheaper than Essentials plus extras, and it includes route optimisation.
2. Check whether you need QuickBooks sync before pricing Basic. If you do, your entry price is $1,788, not $708.
3. Consider monthly billing on Max. The annual saving there is only 9%, which is a low price for the freedom to pause in the off-season.
4. Steer large invoices to bank payment. At 1% against up to 3.49%, one commercial job can save more than a month of subscription.
5. Ask which card types land at 3.49%. If you invoice businesses rather than homeowners, the advertised 2.59% is not your rate.
6. Do not buy Max for routing alone if you run one crew. Routing pays on drive time between many stops; with one truck it usually does not.

FAQ

How much does Housecall Pro cost in 2026?

$59 a month for Basic, $149 for Essentials and $299 for Max on annual billing, or $79, $189 and $329 monthly. Annually that is $708, $1,788 and $3,588. Extra users are $100 a month on Essentials and $75 on Max.

Does Housecall Pro have a free plan?

No. There is a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.

How much is an extra user?

$100 a month on Essentials and $75 a month on Max. The Essentials rate is the one to watch: one extra seat is $1,200 a year, more than the whole Basic plan.

When should I move from Essentials to Max?

At seven users. Essentials plus two extras is $349 a month against $299 for Max, so Max is $600 a year cheaper and adds route optimisation and the sales proposal tool.

Which plan has route optimisation?

Max only. Employee GPS tracking and QuickBooks Online sync start one tier lower, on Essentials.

What are Housecall Pro’s payment processing fees?

Card processing runs from 2.59% to 3.49%, with Amex and commercial cards at the top of the range, and bank payments are 1%. On a $600,000 business the spread between the bottom and top card rate is around $3,240 a year.

Is Housecall Pro cheaper than Jobber?

Not in year one — Jobber’s annual rate is introductory and materially lower. From Jobber’s year two the two match almost exactly at five and at eight-to-ten people, and Jobber includes more users in the top band. Housecall Pro is cheaper if you need GPS tracking without buying the top tier.

Is there an onboarding fee?

None is stated on the pricing page. Confirm it in writing before signing, as onboarding fees in this category are common and frequently unpublished.

Should I pay monthly or annually?

Annual saves 25% on Basic and 21% on Essentials, which is worth committing for. On Max it saves only 9%, so a seasonal business should price monthly billing seriously there.