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Jobber vs Housecall Pro: what a 5- and 10-person crew pays

Jobber costs $199 a month for 5 users and $299 for 10. Housecall Pro is $299 and $799 on Essentials. Crew prices and the features that differ, Nov 2026.

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Jobber vs Housecall Pro.

Short answer: For a crew of five or ten, Jobber costs less in our November 2026 study. Five users pay $199 a month on Jobber’s Connect plan against $299 on Housecall Pro’s Essentials plan, and ten users pay $299 against $799. Housecall Pro is the one to look at if you want to see your technicians’ locations from their phones without fitting tracking hardware.

Prices from our field service software cost study, November 2026 and each vendor’s own pages, with the date each was read. We compare on one method: the monthly cost for 5 and then 10 users, billed monthly. We read the vendors’ pages; we did not test either product, so there is no overall winner here. Page updated 10 November 2026.

The verdict, by crew

  • Five people: Jobber is $199 a month on Connect with 5 users. Housecall Pro is $299 a month on Essentials, as its Teams view prices it.
  • Ten people: Jobber is $299 a month on its 10-user Connect bundle. Housecall Pro is $799 a month on Essentials.
  • One person: compare the starting prices instead. Jobber advertises $49 a month and Housecall Pro $79.

Sticker price against crew price

Both tools advertise a low starting price. A crew pays more.

Table 1 What a crew pays a month, read 7 November 2026
JobberHousecall Pro
Advertised price
$49 a month
$79 a month
5 users a month
$199 (Connect, 5 users)
$299 (Essentials, Teams view)
10 users a month
$299 (Connect, 10 users)
$799 (Essentials, Teams view)
Prices read
7 Nov 2026
7 Nov 2026

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Across the whole study, 24 of 30 priced tools cost more for five users than their advertised price. The median crew cost was $231 a month for 5 users and $339 for 10, so Jobber sits below the median at both sizes and Housecall Pro above it.

Housecall Pro’s pricing page shows its plans in more than one view. On the Teams view, Essentials includes 5 users and Max includes 8, with a monthly price for each user past those. Ask Housecall Pro which plan applies to your crew before you sign.

Where they differ

Both schedule jobs on a shared calendar, give technicians an iOS and Android app, send quotes and invoices, and take card payments. These are the points where our checks found a difference.

Table 2 Where Jobber and Housecall Pro differ
JobberHousecall Pro
Where the trucks are
GPS points at clock-in, clock-out and visit completion; a live map needs FleetSharp devices
Employee GPS tracking from technicians’ phones on Essentials, no hardware
Card processing
2.9% + 30¢ online, 2.7% + 30¢ Tap to Pay, 1% bank transfer
As low as 2.59% across plans
Fast payouts
Instant payout to a debit card in about 30 minutes, for 1%
Instapay in minutes; fee not published
Pest and lawn records
Chemical and pesticide logging with applicator licence numbers
No chemical log found
Cancelling
Month-to-month, cancel any time from the billing page
Monthly with no contract, but cancelling goes through email, the billing tab or support
Free trial
14 days
14 days, no card needed

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Which one to pick

  • You want the lower bill for a crew: Jobber, at $199 for five and $299 for ten.
  • You run pest control or lawn care: Jobber logs chemicals and applicator licence numbers; we found no chemical log for Housecall Pro.
  • You want to see the trucks without fitting hardware: Housecall Pro tracks technicians’ phones on Essentials. Jobber’s live map needs FleetSharp devices.
  • You want to cancel without contacting anyone: Jobber cancels from the billing page. Housecall Pro sends you to email, the billing tab or support.

Comparing more than these two? See Jobber alternatives.

Questions

Is Housecall Pro cheaper than Jobber? Not for a crew, in our November 2026 study: $299 a month for 5 users and $799 for 10 on Housecall Pro’s Essentials plan, against $199 and $299 on Jobber’s Connect plan.

How much does Jobber cost for a team? $199 a month for 5 users and $299 for 10 on Connect, billed monthly.

Which one takes card payments for less? Housecall Pro publishes rates as low as 2.59%. Jobber Payments charges 2.9% + 30¢ online and 2.7% + 30¢ for Tap to Pay, and lets you connect Square, Stripe, Authorize.net or PayPal instead.

Sources and method

Crew prices come from our November 2026 field service software cost study (CSV): the cheapest published plan that schedules jobs, dispatches them to a mobile app, sends quotes and invoices, takes card payments and syncs invoices to QuickBooks Online, priced for a month at 5 and 10 users with any extra-user charges. Feature notes come from our Jobber and Housecall Pro listings, read from each vendor’s own pages. The vendors’ pricing pages: Jobber pricing and Housecall Pro pricing. How we check listings: methodology.

On this page
  1. The verdict, by crew
  2. Sticker price against crew price
  3. Where they differ
  4. Which one to pick
  5. Questions
  6. Sources and method

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