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If you are down to Jobber and Housecall Pro, the monthly price on each pricing page is the smallest number you will pay. The seat rules decide which tier you land on, the billing mode decides whether you can walk away, and the card processor takes more each year than the subscription does.
Below are both vendors' published terms as read on October 4, 2026, then the arithmetic for a 1-, 3- and 8-person shop. Swap in your own numbers; the method matters more than ours.
The two plans side by side (as of October 4, 2026)
All prices are per month in U.S. dollars, before sales tax, from Jobber's pricing page and Housecall Pro's pricing page.
| Jobber | Housecall Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | Core: $29 annual, $39 with a 1-year commitment, $49 no commitment | Basic: $59 annual, $79 monthly |
| Higher plans (annual price) | Connect from $99, Grow from $149, Plus from $399 (through sales) | Essentials $149 ($189 monthly); Max $299 ($329 monthly) |
| Users | Core is 1 user only. Connect and Grow come in 1-, 5-, 10- and 15-user tiers; extra users $29 each; 16+ through sales | Basic 1, Essentials 5, Max 8 included; extra Max users $35 each; no extra-user price shown for Basic or Essentials |
| Billing modes | No commitment; 1-year commitment billed monthly; annual prepaid and non-refundable | Monthly or annual; says no long-term contract is required |
| Card rates | 2.9% + 30¢ online; 2.7% + 30¢ Tap to Pay | 2.59% in person; 2.99% online; 3.49% keyed, card on file, Amex or business cards |
| Tap to Pay device fee | none listed | $5 per active device per month |
| ACH | 1% | 1% |
| Instant payout | +1% | +1%; payments under $75 add $0.75 |
| Wisetack financing, cost to you | fixed 3.9% | starting at 3.9% |
| Job costing | Grow and Plus | All plans |
| QuickBooks sync | Connect and up (QuickBooks Online, Xero) | Essentials and up |
| Flat-rate pricing | not listed on the pricing page | Essentials and up; price book on all plans |
| GPS tracking | Connect and up | Essentials and up (phone GPS) |
| Free trial | 14 days on Grow, no card | 14 days on Max, no card |
Housecall Pro's rates come from its payment processing article (updated July 20, 2026) and its Instapay FAQ. Jobber repeats its Tap to Pay rate in a help article and states the 3.9% financing cost in its Wisetack article (updated October 1, 2026).
Our assumptions
These are round example numbers, not benchmarks.
- Users: everyone who needs a login is a user; Jobber counts anyone in the office or field who views or manages the schedule. The 1-person shop is an owner-operator; the 3-person shop has 2 field techs and 1 office login; the 8-person shop has 6 techs and 2 office logins.
- Card volume: $150,000 a year per field tech, at an average payment of $400.
- Mix: 60% of card dollars tapped at the job on each tech's phone, 40% paid online from the emailed invoice. No keyed cards and no Amex or business cards in the base case.
- Left out: promotions, sales tax, add-ons, ACH, instant payouts and financing.
- Plan pairs: 1 person, Jobber Core vs Housecall Pro Basic (neither syncs to QuickBooks); 3 people, Jobber Connect and Grow vs Essentials; 8 people, Jobber Grow vs Max.
Subscription cost per year
Monthly price × 12, using the cheapest published way to cover the head count.
| Shop | Plan | Annual billing | Jobber 1-year commitment | Month to month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person | Jobber Core | $348.00 | $468.00 | $588.00 |
| 1 person | Housecall Pro Basic | $708.00 | — | $948.00 |
| 3 people | Jobber Connect | $1,788.00 (5-user tier) | $2,028.00 (5-user tier) | $2,364.00 (1 user + 2 at $29) |
| 3 people | Jobber Grow (1 user + 2 at $29) | $2,484.00 | $2,724.00 | $3,084.00 |
| 3 people | Housecall Pro Essentials | $1,788.00 | — | $2,268.00 |
| 8 people | Jobber Grow | $3,588.00 (10-user tier) | $4,152.00 (5-user tier + 3 at $29) | $4,632.00 (5-user tier + 3 at $29) |
| 8 people | Housecall Pro Max | $3,588.00 | — | $3,948.00 |
Jobber's seat ladder has a quirk. For 3 people on Grow, the 1-user tier plus two $29 users costs $207 a month on annual billing, $22 less than the 5-user tier. Jobber's page prints "Add users for $29/mo each" on every tier card, next to the annual and 1-year prices, so the table charges $29 a month per added user in every billing mode; the page does not say whether added users on a prepaid annual plan are billed monthly or up front. Housecall Pro publishes no extra-user price for Basic, so a 3-person shop lands on Essentials.
Card fees and the yearly total
Per field tech, at $150,000 of card payments:
| Jobber | Housecall Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| In person: $90,000 (225 payments of $400) | 225 × $11.10 = $2,497.50 | $90,000 × 2.59% = $2,331.00 |
| Online: $60,000 (150 payments of $400) | 150 × $11.90 = $1,785.00 | $60,000 × 2.99% = $1,794.00 |
| Tap to Pay device fee | none listed | $5 × 12 = $60.00 |
| Per field tech | $4,282.50 | $4,185.00 |
Jobber's $11.10 is 2.7% of $400 plus 30¢; $11.90 is 2.9% of $400 plus 30¢. Scaled up, the 3-person shop (2 techs) pays $8,565.00 with Jobber and $8,370.00 with Housecall Pro; the 8-person shop (6 techs) pays $25,695.00 and $25,110.00.
Three things move this result more than the plan price:
- Amex and business cards. Housecall Pro charges 3.49% on them by any method. Jobber's pricing page lists only its online and Tap to Pay rates, with no Amex or business-card line, and its help center says rates vary by payment method and shows your current rates inside the account, so ask before you sign. If 20% of your card dollars are Amex or business cards and Jobber charges them its standard rates, Housecall Pro's cost rises $222.00 per tech, to $4,407.00, which is $124.50 above Jobber. The crossover is about 8.8%.
- Keyed cards. Cards the office types in cost 3.49% at Housecall Pro; Jobber publishes no separate keyed rate, so get that number in writing too.
- Small tickets. Jobber's 30¢ weighs more on small payments. At a $150 average, Jobber's per-tech cost rises to $4,470.00; Housecall Pro's percentage rates do not change.
Total for the year
Subscription plus card fees, base case.
| Shop | Plan | Annual billing | Month to month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person | Jobber Core | $4,630.50 | $4,870.50 |
| 1 person | Housecall Pro Basic | $4,893.00 | $5,133.00 |
| 3 people | Jobber Connect | $10,353.00 | $10,929.00 |
| 3 people | Jobber Grow | $11,049.00 | $11,649.00 |
| 3 people | Housecall Pro Essentials | $10,158.00 | $10,638.00 |
| 8 people | Jobber Grow | $29,283.00 | $30,327.00 |
| 8 people | Housecall Pro Max | $28,698.00 | $29,058.00 |
The subscription is 7.5% to 26.5% of these totals, and the gap between the vendors ($195.00 to $1,269.00 a year) is about what a shift in card mix can move. Get your own split before you let price decide.
Where the vendors' own pages disagree
- Jobber's discount banner. The pricing page says annual billing saves up to 25%. Core at $29 annual is 40.8% below the $49 no-commitment price, and Connect's 1-user annual price is 28.8% below its no-commitment price.
- Housecall Pro and QuickBooks. The Essentials plan card says QuickBooks Online sync; the same page's embedded plan data and its plan quiz say QuickBooks online and desktop. Ask which one you get.
- Housecall Pro's pricing by trade. The page asks your industry and team size. On October 4, 2026 its plan quiz answered a plumbing shop of every size, and HVAC and electrical shops, with the same $59, $149 and $299 annual prices and $35 per extra Max user. The page code also holds a per-seat price view (Individual and Teams) that it switches on for HVAC, plumbing and electrical visitors, but that day its price fields held only placeholders. Jobber's comparison page (updated September 18, 2026) claims Housecall Pro's Max team pricing runs up to $649 a month and extra users $35 to $100 depending on industry. That is a competitor's claim; Housecall Pro's own page and quiz show only the $35 Max price and no extra-user price for Essentials, so get the price for your trade and head count in writing.
- No long-term contract, but no refunds. Housecall Pro's pricing FAQ says it does not require long-term contracts, which holds for monthly billing, but its terms (modified July 1, 2026) say subscriptions renew automatically and fees are not prorated or refunded. An annual plan is a 12-month prepayment, as it is on Jobber.
Who each fits
Jobber fits a solo owner who wants the lowest entry price and can live without QuickBooks sync on Core. Its 1-year commitment is a middle price Housecall Pro does not offer. Job costing starts at Grow, and no flat-rate price book appears on its pricing page, so a flat-rate shop would build that elsewhere (see how to build a flat-rate price book).
Housecall Pro fits a shop that wants job costing and a price book on the entry plan, flat-rate pricing and QuickBooks from Essentials, and 8 users on Max. Its 2.59% in-person rate is the lowest card rate in this comparison, but commercial customers paying with business cards land at 3.49%.
Both offer a 14-day trial with no card; load a week of real jobs, not sample data.
Next step
Pull last year's card deposits and split them four ways: tapped at the job, paid online, keyed by the office, and Amex or business cards. Redo the card table with your split, then put the yearly subscription into overhead in the labor rate calculator to see what it adds per billable hour. For surcharging rules and how card fees hit margin, see credit card fees for contractors.
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