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Jobber vs Housecall Pro vs EstimateKit in three numbers before the details.
Jobber vs Housecall Pro vs EstimateKit—it's the three-way comparison most small shops eventually make. All three are popular, well-reviewed, and affordable compared to enterprise platforms like ServiceTitan. But they're built for fundamentally different purposes, and choosing wrong costs you time and money.
Quick Pricing Comparison (billed monthly, checked October 2026)
The Core Differences
EstimateKit ($49/mo) is one flat price for the whole crew, with a priced price book to start from for HVAC, plumbing or electrical. Good/Better/Best pricing tiers are built in, not a workaround. Your price book imports straight from supplier sheets, markups by category show your profit on every line item, and up to 25 team members are included—no per-user fees. Each customer has an equipment record (model, serial, install date and age, data-plate photo) that techs see on every job.
Jobber ($49-699/mo) is the best general-purpose field service platform. It works for landscapers, cleaners, plumbers, and HVAC contractors. Strong scheduling and dispatching, solid CRM, good invoicing. But quoting is generic: the starter services come with no prices, and options on a quote need the Grow plan.
Housecall Pro ($79-1,149/mo) is the easiest to learn and has the best mobile app. Online booking is a standout feature. But a team pays for it: Essentials is $299 a month with five users and $100 for each one after that, and the priced flat-rate book is a paid add-on.
Who Should Choose Each
Choose EstimateKit if you run a small home service shop and need professional estimates, customer management, and job scheduling in one platform. Best for: residential installers and service crews of 1 to 25 people who want one flat price.
Choose Jobber if you want two-way texting, a website and route optimization in the same tool, and the team-size pricing works for you. Best for: companies that need GPS tracking and route optimization right now.
Choose Housecall Pro if ease of use is your #1 priority and your work is mostly service calls with simple pricing. Best for: service-focused contractors, tech-shy teams, businesses that want online customer booking.
The Bottom Line
For a small crew that wins work on quotes, EstimateKit offers the most for the lowest price. For texting, routing and a website in one place, Jobber's breadth is hard to beat. For financing and field payments, Housecall Pro wins. Only EstimateKit is one flat price for the whole crew, with a priced price book to start from.
Everything on one EstimateKit plan. No tiers, no add-ons.
Jobber vs Housecall Pro vs EstimateKit features. Side by side.
Jobber and Housecall Pro pros and cons. What's good, what isn't.
Why shops switch. Every one of these is on the $49 plan.
Every quote carries good, better and best options from your own price book. Send it by email or text it from your phone; they choose, sign on their phone, and you get a notification.
$49 a month covers up to 25 people, with owner, office and technician roles. Hiring your next tech doesn't change the bill.
Approval creates the job with the chosen option, a deposit invoice if you take one, and the final invoice when the job is done. Payments and balances stay on the same record.
Maintenance plans lay out the visits for the year, remind the customer when a tune-up is due and before renewal. Equipment records keep model, serial, age and a photo of the data plate.
Techs build and edit quotes with no signal; it syncs when they're back in the truck. Nothing gets overwritten without asking.
Send your supplier price sheet during the trial and we'll load your price book and build the first real quote with you. Free, on the same $49 plan.
EstimateKit takes a home service shop from the quote the customer signs to the invoice they pay, with maintenance plans and equipment records, for $49 a month for up to 25 people.
Where EstimateKit comes up short. Better you hear it from us.
Quotes and invoices can be texted from your own phone in one tap, and reminders go by email. We don't run two-way texting or automated text messages.
It runs in the browser on any phone, installs to the home screen, and works with no signal. The store apps are built and in review.
There's a dispatch board with a map and a crew calendar with a tech on every job. Live truck tracking, route optimization and call tracking aren't built.
Customers pay by card from the invoice link, and you can keep a card on file. Tap-to-pay on a phone and financing offers on a quote aren't built.
Customers, invoices and payments copy into QuickBooks Online. QuickBooks Desktop and changes made in QuickBooks aren't synced back, and US automatic sales tax is coming soon.
Past 25 people on one account, this isn't the tool for you.
Jobber vs EstimateKit cost: a year of each. Same crew, same work.
PRICES CHECKED 2026-09-21
Billed monthly for one user: Core $49, Connect $139 and Grow $199. Teams are sold by size: with five users Connect is $199, Grow $299 and Plus $499; with ten, $299, $399 and $599; and each user past the plan is $29 a month. Checked on getjobber.com/pricing 2026-10-12. EstimateKit is $49 a month for up to 25 people.
For one person billed annually, yes: Jobber Core is $29 a month. From the second person it turns: a three-person crew on Jobber Connect is $197 a month billed monthly, and on EstimateKit it's $49.
Billed monthly, Basic is $79 for one user, Essentials is $299 with five users and $100 a month for each extra user, Max is $649 with eight users and $75 for each extra, and Max+ is $1,149 with fifteen (housecallpro.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08). EstimateKit is $49 a month for up to 25 people.
Membership plans start on Essentials, which is $299 a month billed monthly with five users (checked 2026-10-08). EstimateKit includes maintenance plans, with visit and renewal reminder emails and automatic billing, on its one $49 plan.