Say you run a five-tech shop and you're comparing Jobber and Housecall Pro. At five techs, Housecall Pro's Essentials plan covers you for $149 a month billed annually. Grow to eight techs and you need the Max plan at $299 a month. Add two more past that and it's $369, because both vendors price by how many people are on the account, not by a flat number for the whole shop.
What matters is how the bill moves as you add techs. This guide lays out Housecall Pro's published numbers at those team sizes, and where Jobber's pricing stands so you can check it yourself.
For what this category of software should do day to day, see the guide to field service software for small shops.
How Housecall Pro prices
Housecall Pro publishes three plans, each with a fixed number of users included.
| Plan | Users included | Monthly billing | Annual billing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | 1 | $79/mo | $59/mo |
| Essentials | 5 | $189/mo | $149/mo |
| Max | 8, then $35/mo per extra user | $329/mo | $299/mo |
Housecall Pro's site states there's no long-term contract required and offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card. Only the Max plan has a published per-user overage cost; Basic and Essentials don't publish a rate for adding a user past the plan's included count.
How Jobber prices
Jobber also prices by user count, spread across more than one named plan track rather than one flat number per tier. Its current tier names, user breakpoints, and dollar amounts are on its own pricing page at getjobber.com/pricing/; check that page directly rather than trusting a secondhand number, since prices change. Three things to check there, or on Housecall Pro's page: whether the monthly rate drops with an annual prepay, whether the cheapest plan caps out at one user, and whether the entry tier includes every feature your shop needs or holds some back for a higher tier. Those details move your real monthly cost more than the sticker number does.
Cost at a few common team sizes
Housecall Pro's numbers below are confirmed from its own pricing page. Add Jobber's current rate for the same team size once you've checked its page.
| Team size | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|
| 2 techs | $149/mo (Essentials, 5 users, billed annually) |
| 5 techs | $149/mo (Essentials, 5 users, billed annually) |
| 8 techs | $299/mo (Max, 8 users, billed annually) |
| 10 techs | $299/mo + $70/mo (2 extra users at $35/mo each) = $369/mo |
At two techs, Housecall Pro's cheapest plan that covers you is Essentials, since Basic only includes one user. Past eight techs, the Max plan's $35-a-month per-user overage is the number to weigh against whatever Jobber's page quotes for the same headcount.
What neither vendor's pricing page settles
Housecall Pro doesn't publish a dollar figure for its add-ons: a CSR AI tool, payroll, and accounting are listed without a published rate. Jobber's add-on pricing, and whether either vendor charges a setup fee, aren't covered here either; ask both directly, and get the answer in writing before you sign anything. A vendor's own pricing page tells you the plan cost, but the add-ons are where a quote can drift well past the number you first compared.
Which one fits your shop
Both vendors solve the same core problem: scheduling, dispatch, invoicing, and a mobile app, priced by how many people use the account. Housecall Pro's three fixed tiers are simple to compare against a headcount, and the numbers above come straight from its own page, not a review site's estimate. Jobber uses a similar per-user structure across more plan tracks, according to its own site, which takes more reading to match to your team size, so confirm that structure and its current rates there rather than here.
Either way, run the math for your own crew before you commit. A per-user vendor that looks cheap at your current headcount can cost noticeably more once you hire the tech you're already planning to hire, so price it out two or three techs ahead, not just where you stand today.
SpanCrew takes a different approach to the same question: a flat $99 a month for the whole crew, with no per-tech pricing and no setup fee, currently in early access. That's a fixed answer to the per-user question either vendor above has to work through by team size.