The two most popular mid-market options. Both charge monthly forever.
$69/mo
Businesses who value clean UX and Client Hub portal
$99/mo
Businesses who want built-in marketing features
$279 once
Businesses who want to stop paying monthly
Jobber ($69/mo) and Housecall Pro ($99/mo) are both established tools with real user bases, and for most people the honest answer is that either will do the job — the difference shows up in fit, not quality. Over three years the running totals are roughly $2,782 for Jobber and $3,992 for Housecall Pro, because subscription pricing compounds. Read the section below on which one suits your work; the cost table further down shows where the bill actually differs.
| Feature | Jobber | Housecall Pro | Nexa |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $39–$249/mo (typically $69) | $49–$199/mo (typically $99) | $279 once, forever |
| Online booking | All tiers | MAX tier | Included |
| Route optimization | Connect tier only | Not built-in | Map view (external routing) |
| Marketing features | Basic | Postcards, email campaigns | None (use Mailchimp if needed) |
If you are choosing between these two, this is the part that matters. Both are established products and neither is a mistake — the question is which fits how you actually work. We have left ourselves out of this section entirely.
Headline prices rarely survive contact with a real invoice. These are the parts of the bill that move: where the ladder starts and ends, what an extra seat adds, and what comes off the top of money you take through the tool. A dash means we do not have that figure recorded — not that the fee is zero.
| Jobber | Housecall Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| How it is priced | Monthly subscription | Monthly subscription |
| Entry price | $39/mo | $49/mo |
| Top published tier | $249/mo | $199/mo |
| Plan people typically land on | $69/mo | $99/mo |
| Per extra user | $0 (user limits per tier) | $0 (user limits per tier) |
| Payment processing | 2.9%+$0.30 | 2.9%+$0.30 |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Three-year total | $2,484 | $3,564 |
| Five-year total, with increases | $5,310 | $7,620 |
Both of these are real products that a lot of businesses run on happily. If a comparison page only tells you what is wrong with the tools it is comparing, it is selling you something. Here is the honest case for each.
Jobber is the more affordable of the two at $69/mo, though you may meet its limits as you grow. Housecall Pro costs more at $99/mo but brings a broader feature set. Recurring pricing compounds, so the multi-year figure is the one that decides it.
There is a third shape to consider, and we should say plainly that it is ours: Nexa is a one-time purchase at $279 covering scheduling, invoicing, CRM, time tracking and job management. It suits people who want to stop paying monthly and can do without staffed support and a large integration ecosystem. If those matter to you, one of the two tools above is the better answer, and we would rather you bought the right thing.
Jobber and Housecall Pro are both good tools. But in 5 years, you'll have paid $6,000-10,000 to rent software. Nexa costs $279 to own.
For reference, since we are one of the three options named on this page: Nexa is $279 once, with no monthly fee and no per-seat charge. Whether that beats a subscription depends entirely on how long you would keep paying one.
This section is deliberately one-sided: it collects what operators complain about, which is only useful once you have read what each tool does well above. These are opinions from our own research notes — 132 assessments across 3 business categories — not audited findings or review-site ratings. We show the trade beside each one because most of these are conditional: a complaint about progress billing is decisive for an iron worker and irrelevant to a hair stylist. Where a complaint cites a price, it is the price that operator was quoted at the time.
$69/month for field service software. Bounce houses aren't plumbing — you need booking management, not dispatching.
$69/month and it can't track parts inventory on the truck. That's the one feature an appliance tech actually needs.
No RMR or central-station commission tracking.
Built for plumbers and electricians. The scheduling works but there's no way to track product usage, and it's $69/month minimum.
No EPA notification tracking. No chain-of-custody on samples. Built for HVAC, not regulated abatement.
$69/month for a consultation-to-install workflow. Jobber is built for repeat service calls, not custom product orders.
No fabric replacement reminder at year 5. That's recurring revenue Jobber can't see.
Price went from $49 to $129 in two years. Features I need — parts tracking, warranty management — still aren't included.
Built for service. Alarm install + monthly monitoring don't fit one workflow.
Too expensive for mobile detailing margins. At $79+/month you need to detail an extra car just to pay for the software.
Doesn't handle clearance-test wait time as billable. Doesn't handle hazardous-waste manifest tracking.
Keeps raising prices. I started at $49/month — now they want $129 for features I was already paying for.
Built for plumbing-style service. AV install + calibration doesn't fit.
Assessments are recorded per trade, so the same tool reads differently depending on the work — a complaint about progress billing matters to an iron worker and not to a hair stylist. 9 trades are represented above; we add more as we record them.
Comparing "$X per month forever" against "$279 once" is not a fair fight unless we say what the monthly fee is buying. It buys real things:
Where we think the trade goes the other way: those benefits are priced as rent, they compound every year you keep paying, and you stop having them the month you stop. Which side of that is worth more depends on your business, not on our opinion — run the numbers below on your own tool list rather than taking ours.
30-day money-back guarantee. Replaces both subscriptions.
Pricing verified March 2026.