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Jobber vs Housecall Pro: a crew of 5 pays $3,588 or $3,948 a year. There’s a third option.

Jobber is cheaper for one person and comes in more sizes. Housecall Pro fits more people on each plan, but keeps maintenance plans for MAX ($329 a month). Both charge per person past the plan’s size and sell AI call answering as an extra. ohelloo Work is $79 a month for the whole team.

Do the math for your crewSee the third option

By Omar, founder, ohelloo. We make ohelloo Work, the third option, so we’re not neutral. Every Jobber and Housecall Pro fact comes from their own pages, linked at the bottom.

Jobber
5 people, Grow
Grow, 5 users$299
6th person+$29
Each month$299+
A year$3,588+
Housecall Pro
5 people, MAX
MAX, 8 users$329
9th person+$35
Each month$329+
A year$3,948+
Work
Whole team
Everything$79
Each person$0
Each month$79
A year$948

Prices side by side

What each one costs, and how they count people

JobberHousecall ProWork
Cheapest planCore: $49 a month, or $29 paid yearly, for 1 personBasic: $79 a month, or $59 paid yearly, for 1 person$79 a month for the whole team
How people are countedPlans for 1, 5, 10 or 15 people, then $29 a month eachBasic 1, Essentials 5, MAX 8, then $35 a month each on MAXYour whole team, one price
Paying yearlyAbout 20 to 40% less if you pay a year up frontAbout 10 to 25% less if you pay a year up frontMonth to month only
AI call answering$29 a month for 30 conversations, then 79¢ each (no limit on Plus)Add-on, no price shownIncluded: 100 calls a month

Every plan and price: Jobber pricing and Housecall Pro pricing.

Feature by feature

What each one makes you upgrade for

The same tools side by side, with the plan you need for each.

What you getJobberHousecall ProWork
In ohelloo Work today
Your whole team on one priceHire someone, pay nothing more$29 a month per personon every plan8 people, then $35 eachon MAXIncludedWhole team, $79
Good, better, best quotesJobber calls them “optional line items”Grow planfrom $199/mo for 1 personPartlya limited versionIncludedThey pick one, sign and pay the deposit online
Maintenance plans with member discounts“Comfort Club, $15 a month, 15% off repairs”Repeat jobs onlyno member discounts foundMAX plan$329/mo, “Recurring Service Plans”IncludedVisits come up to schedule, the discount comes off by itself
Google review requestsAsked once, when the job is doneReviews add-onextra each monthIncludedon every planIncludedSent by itself when the job is done
Equipment on each customerFurnace, AC, water heater, with its ageNot foundon Jobber’s plan listPartlya limited versionIncludedFlags units due for replacement: your next big job
Online booking that makes the jobNo copying it acrossIncludedon every planIncludedon every planIncludedWith photos of the problem and prices up front
An AI receptionist for missed callsAnswers, books the visit, texts you the urgent ones$29 a month add-on30 calls, then 79¢ each; no limit only on PlusPaid add-onCSR AI, no price publishedIncluded100 calls a month
Reporting a bug or asking for a featureAnd seeing it fixed or builtThrough supportideas go to its product teamA public ideas boardpost an idea and voteA button on every screenStraight to Omar. Quick to fix and add, and founders vote on what’s next
A websiteWith your booking and reviews on itIncluded, you build ita do-it-yourself builder on every planBuilt for you, paid add-on1, 5 or 15 pages, no price publishedBuilt for you, in Get bookedYours after 12 months. Already have one? We move it and your domain over free
Moving your customers overFrom Jobber, Housecall Pro or a spreadsheetTop planhands-on setup help only on PlusTop plandedicated setup help only on MAXWe do it for youFree
Tap to Pay on your phoneIncluded2.7% + 30¢ a tap$5 a month per person using itplus 2.59% a paymentIncluded2.7% + 15¢ a tap, no monthly fee
QuickBooks syncConnect planfrom $139/mo for 1 personEssentials plan$189/moIncludedIn the same $79
Texting back and forth with customersGrow planfrom $199/mo for 1 personNot on its plan listIncludedWith phone alerts
Profit per job and timesheetsGrow planfor profit per jobIncludedjob costing on every planIncludedClock in and out, profit on every job

“Not found” or “Not on its plan list” means we didn’t find it on that company’s pricing page on October 13, 2026; it may exist elsewhere.

Your crew, your numbers

What would your crew pay on each?

Jobber Grow is the first Jobber plan with good, better, best quotes and two-way texting. Housecall Pro MAX is its only plan with maintenance plans. Add-ons not included.

How many people on the team?
How do you pay them?
You keep, every year
$2,640

compared with the cheaper of Jobber Grow and Housecall Pro MAX for a crew of 5, month to month.

JobberGrow, the first plan with good, better, best quotes
$3,588a year
Housecall ProMAX, the only plan with maintenance plans
$3,948a year
WorkWhole team
$948a year
Work foundersAfter 3 free months
$588a year

On every payment

Card fees

JobberHousecall ProWork
Card paid online (from an invoice or quote)2.9% + 30¢2.99%2.9% + 30¢
Card saved on file, or typed in by your teamNot listed separately3.49%2.9% + 30¢
Tap to Pay on your phone2.7% + 30¢2.59%, plus $5 a month for each person using it2.7% + 15¢, no monthly fee
Bank payment (ACH)1%1%1%
Instant payout+1%+1%+1.5% (at least 50¢), Stripe’s own price
If you refund a customerIts fees come back to youNot stated on its fee pageEvery fee comes back to you, Stripe’s included

Housecall Pro charges 3.49% on American Express and business cards however they’re paid. ohelloo Work charges the same as Jobber’s published rates, never more, and the money goes straight into your own Stripe account.

Honestly

Which one should you pick?

Jobber, if

  • You work alone and want the lowest price, paid yearly
  • You want to set it all up yourself
  • You want AI call answering with no limit (only on Plus, from $399 a month)

Housecall Pro, if

  • You want job costing and financing on every plan
  • You’ll pay for MAX to get maintenance plans
  • You have up to 8 people and want them on one plan

Work, if

  • You have a crew and are tired of paying per person
  • You sell maintenance plans or look after equipment
  • You want someone to move you over and set it up
  • You want one price, month to month, with no add-on menu

Stay where you are, if

  • You work alone and already pay yearly at a price you’re happy with
  • It’s all set up and your crew knows it
  • You don’t send quotes, sell plans or text customers

What owners say

Why owners leave the big apps

Jobber

Says key features, like Google review requests, are kept behind the expensive plans, on top of about $180 a month.

★★★★★ Carter Maloff · October 1, 2026✓ Checked · read the review on Trustpilotohelloo Work: Review requests included for everyone
Jobber

Tried to sign up month to month and kept being pushed toward a yearly commitment, with no clear way to pick monthly.

★★★★★ A new customer · March 23, 2026✓ Checked · read the review on Trustpilotohelloo Work: Month to month is the only way we sell it
Housecall Pro

After two years on MAX, noticed their bill had gone from $351 to $681 a month, and says there was no notice. Housecall Pro replied publicly.

★★★★★ Precise Air & Heating · September 15, 2026✓ Checked · read the review on Trustpilotohelloo Work: Founders’ $49 is locked in for as long as they stay
Housecall Pro

Lists $189 a month, then add-ons on top: $89 for payroll, $50 for Pipeline and $40 for service plans.

★★★★★ Stephanie T · September 28, 2026✓ Checked · read the review on Trustpilotohelloo Work: No add-on menu

Public reviews from owners, checked on October 13, 2026, in our own words. Click through to read exactly what they wrote and any reply.

WorkThe third option

The jobs app, one price for the whole team

Schedule, quotes, invoices, card payments, maintenance plans and an AI receptionist for your whole crew at $79 a month, month to month. No charge per person and no add-on menu.

Running the jobs

  • A schedule for the whole teamWith a warning when someone’s double-booked.
  • “On my way” textsAnd a customer page that says how many minutes away you are.
  • Good, better, best quotesYour customers approve and pay a deposit online.
  • Maintenance plans and equipmentMember discounts, and replacement-due flags.
  • An AI receptionistAnswers the calls you miss, books the visit and texts you the urgent ones. 100 calls a month.

Money, books and texts

  • Tap to Pay on your phoneTake a card with no reader. 2.7% + 15¢, no monthly fee.
  • QuickBooks syncInvoices and payments copied in as they happen.
  • A texting inbox, with phone alertsText customers back and forth from your ohelloo number.
  • Profit per job and timesheetsClock in and out, and see what each job made.
We move you over from either one:download your customer list and send it to us. We bring in every customer with their notes, then set up your price list, team and plans with you on one call.
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On the real app

What a day on ohelloo Work looks like

The real ohelloo Work, with our example business. Tap a point that says Watch it to see it happen.

Simple enough for the crew

Everyone’s day on one screen. Big buttons for the crew.

See who’s where, what’s done and what still needs a time. Techs see only their own jobs: “On my way” texts the customer, and once a job is done, Work texts the customer for a Google review by itself.

The schedule: Marco’s and Priya’s jobs side by side
A tech’s job: On the way, with Start ready
$79 a month, whole teamNo charge per person.
A review asked forTexted by itself after the job, once per customer.

Getting paid

Invoice by text. Paid by card on the spot.

One tap makes the invoice when the job is done. Your customer pays from their phone, and the money goes straight into your own Stripe account.

4× fasteris how much sooner pros who take payment online get paid (Jobber’s 2026 owner survey).

The Money screen: paid, sent, draft and overdue invoices
The customer’s invoice, with a Pay $166.13 online button
Card 2.9% + 30¢The same as Jobber’s rate, never more.
Bank 1%, no capFor the big jobs.
Refunds return every feeStripe’s part too. We pay it.

Your numbers

What came in, what’s owed, and who earned it.

This month, last month or the whole year, with money in and jobs done for each person on the team.

Numbers: money in, owed, jobs done, quotes won and money by person
Quotes wonHow many, and how much.
By personJobs and money for each tech.
Booked onlineJobs from your booking page.

Questions

Is Jobber or Housecall Pro cheaper?

For one person, Jobber: Core is $49 a month ($29 paid yearly) against Housecall Pro Basic at $79 ($59). For a crew of 5, Housecall Pro Essentials ($189) costs less than Jobber Grow ($299), but they put different things on those plans. Prices from their own pages, October 13, 2026.

Which charges less on card payments?

About the same online: Jobber 2.9% + 30¢, Housecall Pro 2.99%. Housecall Pro charges more for cards saved on file or typed in (3.49%) and $5 a month for each person using Tap to Pay. Both charge 1% on bank payments.

Which one has maintenance plans?

Housecall Pro, on MAX ($329 a month). We didn’t find them on Jobber’s plan list. ohelloo Work includes them, with member discounts, for $99 a month.

Can I switch from either one to ohelloo Work?

Yes, and we do the moving: you download your customer list, we bring it in and set up your price list, team and plans with you on one call.

How much does Jobber cost a month?

From $29 a month paid yearly, or $49 month to month, for one person on Core, up to $529 paid yearly or $699 month to month for 15 people on Plus (Jobber’s pricing page, October 13, 2026).

How much does Housecall Pro cost a month?

Basic is $79 a month with no commitment or $59 paid yearly for 1 person, Essentials $189 or $149 for up to 5, and MAX $329 or $299 for up to 8 (Housecall Pro’s pricing page, October 13, 2026).

Sources

Checked October 13, 2026. Prices and fees change often, so check each company’s own page before you buy. Spot something out of date? Email omar@ohelloo.com and we’ll fix it.

  1. Jobber pricing page, checked October 13, 2026
  2. Jobber help: Receptionist powered by Jobber AI
  3. Housecall Pro pricing page, checked October 13, 2026
  4. Housecall Pro help: Getting started with Tap to Pay on Mobile
  5. Jobber help: refunding Jobber Payments
  6. Housecall Pro help: payment processing options
  7. Stripe pricing (standard US rates)
  8. Jobber Community: feature requests go through its official feedback channels
  9. Housecall Pro help: product roadmap and public feedback
  10. Jobber website builder
  11. Housecall Pro websites
  12. Owner review of Jobber on Trustpilot by Carter Maloff, October 1, 2026
  13. Owner review of Jobber on Trustpilot by A new customer, March 23, 2026
  14. Owner review of Housecall Pro on Trustpilot by Precise Air & Heating, September 15, 2026
  15. Owner review of Housecall Pro on Trustpilot by Stephanie T, September 28, 2026

More comparisons

Jobber pricingEvery plan, every add-on and what a crew pays.Housecall Pro pricingEvery plan, every add-on and what a crew pays.ohelloo Work foundersLimited spots: free for 3 months, then $49.Savings checkAdd up what your apps cost and what you’d save.

Common questions: What is a good cheaper alternative to Jobber for a small trades business · What is the best Housecall Pro alternative for a small crew · What field service software should a small business use.

The price

Free to start. The whole crew from $79 a month.

The same three plans for every business. Every paid plan has the whole app for your whole crew, with no charge per person, month to month and the first 14 days free.

Get found

Sell and get paid, with your own ohelloo page and the app.

$0/mo

Start free

Set it up yourself in minutes

Top features for trades

  • Everything to sell and get paid
  • Your own booking pageA page on ohelloo.com, made for you, where customers book or order and pay. Share the link anywhere.
  • Customer texts coming soonOn the free plan, texts like “we’re on the way” and appointment reminders come from ohelloo’s number once the phone companies approve it for every kind of business. Bakers’ order texts go today. Paid plans text from your own number now.
  • A free monthly Google checkupEach month we check how your Google profile and website look and tell you what to fix.
  • Schedule jobs and send quotesSend quotes customers approve online, and invoices they pay with a link.
  • Get paid by card or bankCustomers pay by card online, by bank transfer, or by tapping their card on your phone.
  • Job photos and checklistsTake photos and tick off a checklist on each job, right from your phone.
  • For you and one helperThe free plan covers you plus one more person on the app.

5% + 25¢ per online sale. Your customer can cover it. Payment fees

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Most popular

Get booked

The whole app for your whole team, and found on Google.

$79/mo

Try free for 14 days

We set it all up and move your data over

Top features for trades

  • Everything in Get found
  • Your own website, yourname.comA one-page website at your own web address, with your hours, services, a call button and a Book or Order button.
  • AI answers up to 100 missed callsWhen you can’t pick up, an AI voice answers and puts urgent calls through to you. It books the visit for trades, the class for gyms, and the appointment for salons and groomers, with a text to confirm (once your services have their lengths and your team their hours). For bakeries, food and shops it takes the order for your team to confirm.
  • Your Google profile set up for youThe box that shows when people search for you on Google or Maps: hours, photos, reviews and phone number. We claim it and fill it in.
  • Your whole crew, one priceEveryone on your team uses the app. Paid plans never charge per person.
  • Weather alerts, urgent jobs firstA heads-up before freezes and storms, urgent jobs moved to the front, and the equipment at each home tracked.
  • Sell yearly maintenance plansCustomers sign up for a yearly tune-up plan, pay monthly, and get reminded when it’s time.
  • Track hours, send to payrollYour team clocks in and out on their phone, and we make the file your payroll company (like Gusto) needs.

No ohelloo fee on card payments. Payment fees

See all features

Get regulars

We build booking into your site, answer every call and bring customers back.

$299/mo

Try free for 14 days

We set it all up and move your data over

Top features for trades

  • Everything in Get booked
  • Full website, a page per serviceA website with several pages at your own address, where customers book or order right on the site.
  • AI answers every call you missAI answers every call you can’t pick up, any time of day or night, using your plan’s AI credits.
  • Your Google profile kept freshEach month we add new photos and two short updates (a special, a tip, what’s new) to your Google profile. You approve each one.
  • We ask for and answer reviewsWe write a reply to every review, good or bad, and post it once you approve.
  • We follow up on your quotesTexts that follow up on quotes, remind customers about visits, or nudge regulars to order again. We set them up for you.
  • We bring back past customersWe write and send personal messages to customers who haven’t been back in a while.
  • 1 add-on, like more town pagesPick from add-ons like more town pages, delivery apps or social posts, included in your plan.

No ohelloo fee on card payments. Payment fees

See all features

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