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Housecall Pro Alternative: Jobtable vs Housecall Pro
Last updated 1 September 2026. All Housecall Pro prices taken from housecallpro.com/pricing on that date and listed in USD.
Jobtable is a construction alternative to Housecall Pro that costs $59/month for 3 users, with each extra user at $10/month. Housecall Pro starts at $79/month for one user, and its Essentials plan for a crew is $189/month with five users included. Past those five, Housecall Pro charges $100/month per additional user. Housecall Pro also offers live calendar booking and GPS tracking.
Why contractors look for Housecall Pro alternatives
Housecall Pro is a well-built product with a large customer base, so people rarely leave because it stopped working. The reason that comes up most is the cost of the sixth employee. The second is fit: Housecall Pro is shaped around home service visits, and contractors running staged projects end up working around it. Housecall Pro's main competitors, including Jobber, ServiceTitan, FieldPulse and Jobtable, handle both of those differently.
How much does Housecall Pro cost for a crew?
The number on Housecall Pro's pricing page is $59/month, which is real but applies to one user on annual billing. The part worth knowing before you commit is what happens at the edge of a plan. Essentials includes five users, and their pricing page lists each user after that at $100 per month. Hiring one more person costs more than a full Jobtable subscription.
| Crew size | Jobtable, monthly | Jobtable, annual | Housecall Pro, cheapest plan (monthly) | Housecall Pro (annual) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 user | $59 | $50 | $79 (Basic) | $59 |
| 3 users | $59 | $50 | $189 (Essentials, 5-user tier) | $149 |
| 5 users | $79 | $67 | $189 (Essentials) | $149 |
| 6 users | $89 | $75 | $289 (Essentials plus one user at $100) | $249 |
| 10 users | $129 | $108 | $479 (Max plus two users at $75) | $449 |
Housecall Pro publishes its additional-user fees as flat monthly figures without a separate annual rate, so the same $100 and $75 have been applied to both columns. At a single user the two products are close on price, and on annual billing Jobtable is slightly cheaper at $50 against $59. Housecall Pro Basic gives you customer-facing online booking that Jobtable does not have, and our plan bills for three seats whether you use them or not. If you work alone and want customers booking themselves, that trade is worth taking.
The gap opens at the second employee and widens sharply at the sixth. A six-person electrical company pays $89/month on Jobtable and $289/month on Housecall Pro month to month. Over a year that is $1,068 against $3,468.
Jobtable vs Housecall Pro: feature comparison
| Jobtable | Housecall Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $59/month, or $600/year ($50/month). 3 users included. | $79/month monthly or $59/month annual, 1 user |
| Additional users | $10/month each, or $100/year each on annual billing, added one at a time | $100/month each past the 5 in Essentials, $75/month each past the 8 in Max |
| Plans to choose from | One plan, all features included | Basic, Essentials and Max |
| Free trial | 14 days, no credit card | 14 days, no credit card |
| Job costing | Included | Not listed on Housecall Pro's pricing page |
| Two-way SMS | $19/month add-on, 500 messages | Not itemised in the published plan features |
| QuickBooks Online sync | Included | Essentials plan and above ($189/month monthly) |
| Timesheets | Included | Employee GPS tracking from Essentials; time tracking not itemised separately |
| Progress billing | Included | Not listed on Housecall Pro's pricing page |
| Change orders | Included | Not listed on Housecall Pro's pricing page |
| Daily logs | Included | Not listed on Housecall Pro's pricing page |
| Recurring jobs and invoices | Included, with pause, resume and per-line-item scheduling | Not itemised in the published plan features |
| Online booking and requests | Custom online request forms that land in your unscheduled column. Customers do not pick a slot off your live calendar. | Included from Basic. Customers pick a time from your live calendar via Google or your website. |
| Third-party integrations | Direct integrations including QuickBooks Online, Stripe and Gmail. See the full list. | QuickBooks Online sync from Essentials; card processing built in from 2.59% |
| Paid add-ons | SMS at $19/month, with a dedicated local number and 500 messages included. Jobtable Sites, an SEO website, at $199/month. AI credits as a one-time top-up from $12. | Sales proposal tool bundled into Max at a stated $40/month value; payroll, CSR AI and pipeline sold alongside the plans |
| Built for | Construction and trades running multi-stage jobs | Home service businesses running scheduled visits |
Where Housecall Pro is the better choice
Housecall Pro has a much larger customer base than we do and publishes several things we do not offer. If any of the following describe you, it is the stronger fit and you should not switch on price alone.
Stay with Housecall Pro if
- You work alone. On annual billing Basic costs the same as Jobtable and includes live calendar booking, and our three seats would sit unused.
- You need customers picking their own time slot off your live calendar. Jobtable takes requests through online forms, but you still assign the time.
- You want to see where your techs are during the day. Employee GPS tracking is included from Essentials and Jobtable has nothing equivalent.
- Route sequencing, a flat-rate price book, or paying staff on commission are part of how you operate. All three are published Housecall Pro features.
- You want payment processing, payroll and marketing from the same vendor as your job software.
- You want a long public track record before committing. Housecall Pro has been around since 2013 with thousands of published reviews.
Switch to Jobtable if
- You are at five users and the sixth costs $100 a month to add.
- You want job costing and progress billing without moving up a plan tier to get them.
- You bill in draws, issue change orders, and keep daily logs on jobs that run for weeks.
- You run maintenance contracts or repeat work and want recurring jobs you can pause for the season, skip a date on, or bill line by line.
- Your team stopped using the last software because it had too many screens.
- You want QuickBooks sync without it being a reason to upgrade a plan.
Who built it
Jobtable did not start life as a software product. It started as an internal tool inside a plumbing company that two of our co-founders still run today. They built it because what they were paying for did not match how the work actually happened, and they ran the business on it while it grew from two people to more than thirty. It only became something we sold after other contractors asked to use it.
That is why the feature list looks the way it does. Progress draws, change orders, job costing and daily logs are in the product because the people building it were dealing with those things on live jobs that same week. When a customer calls support about how a holdback should be billed, they are talking to a company that has invoiced one.
Switching from Housecall Pro to Jobtable
Most contractors researching Housecall Pro alternatives stall on this question, so here is the specific answer. We handle the migration for you and we do not charge for it. Your clients, quotes, jobs and invoices come across, including the line items inside them. You pull the exports out of Housecall Pro, send them over, and we load everything into your account and hand it back for you to check before you cancel anything on their side.
If you have photos or documents attached to past jobs, raise that at the start so we can sort out what moves and what is better left sitting in your Housecall Pro archive. One thing worth planning for separately: if you take card payments through Housecall Pro, you will need a Stripe account connected in Jobtable before you cut over, so run both in parallel for a couple of weeks of new work rather than switching on a Monday morning. Setup takes most contractors under an hour.
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Frequently asked questions
Who are Housecall Pro's main competitors?
The products contractors most often weigh against Housecall Pro are Jobber, ServiceTitan, Workiz, FieldPulse, Service Fusion and Jobtable. Jobber and Workiz sit closest on features and audience. ServiceTitan targets larger operations. Jobtable is aimed at construction and trades rather than home service, and is the least expensive of the group once you have a crew, at $59/month for 3 users.
How much does Housecall Pro cost for a small crew?
Housecall Pro's Basic plan is $79/month billed monthly, or $59/month billed annually, and covers one user. Any crew needs Essentials, which is $189/month monthly or $149/month annually and includes 5 users. Past those five, Housecall Pro's pricing page lists additional users at $100/month each. The Max plan is $329/month monthly or $299/month annually with 8 users included and additional users at $75/month. Figures checked 1 September 2026.
What is the cheapest alternative to Housecall Pro for contractors?
Jobtable is $59/month and includes 3 users, with additional users at $10/month. A six-person crew pays $89/month on Jobtable against $289/month on Housecall Pro's cheapest month-to-month option for that team size. At one user the two are close, and Housecall Pro Basic on annual billing matches Jobtable's price.
Does Housecall Pro charge per user?
Yes, once you pass the seats included in your plan. Housecall Pro's pricing page lists $100/month for each user beyond the five included in Essentials, and $75/month for each user beyond the eight included in Max. Jobtable charges $10/month for each user beyond the three included in its single plan.
Is Jobtable a direct replacement for Housecall Pro?
For quoting, scheduling, invoicing, job costing, recurring jobs and timesheets, yes. Jobtable takes work requests online through custom forms, which land unscheduled for you to slot in, but the customer does not pick a time off your live calendar the way Housecall Pro allows from its Basic plan. Housecall Pro also includes employee GPS tracking from Essentials, which Jobtable has no equivalent for.
Can I move my data from Housecall Pro to Jobtable?
Yes, and Jobtable does the migration for you at no charge. Clients, quotes, jobs and invoices are imported, including the line items inside them. You pull the exports out of Housecall Pro, send them over, and Jobtable loads everything into your account for you to check before you cancel anything. If you have photos or documents attached to past jobs, raise it at the start so it can be handled as part of the move.
Why is Jobtable cheaper than Housecall Pro?
Jobtable sells one plan with everything in it instead of three tiers, and charges $10 for an extra seat rather than $100. Features that sit behind Housecall Pro's Essentials plan, including QuickBooks Online sync, are part of the standard Jobtable subscription. Jobtable also does not bundle the marketing, payroll and AI receptionist products Housecall Pro sells alongside its plans.
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Get Started FreeSources. Housecall Pro plan names, prices, included user counts and additional-user fees were read from housecallpro.com/pricing on 1 September 2026, from the published Basic, Essentials and Max plan cards. Jobtable pricing is from our pricing page.
Rows marked "not listed" or "not itemised" mean the feature does not appear in Housecall Pro's published plan descriptions. Housecall Pro may offer it in some form. Prices change, so check both pricing pages before you decide.