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Housecall Pro

Housecall Pro is built for small home-service companies that want scheduling, invoicing, payments and customer communication in a phone-first app that can be live in days.

Editorial score by industry

Overall score out of 100 and rank in each industry where we rate this system

Field ServiceRanked #3
86

Category scores in Field Service

Where this system earns and loses points in its strongest industry

Dispatch & scheduling
88
Work orders & invoicing
83
Parts & inventory
89
Mobile & payments
83
Cost & contract
81

Best for

Owner-operators and small crews in plumbing, HVAC, cleaning and electrical.

Walk away if

Companies with real parts inventory or multi-location operations.

Pricing

$59–79 / mo

Basic, 1 user; Essentials ~$149–189; MAX ~$299–329. Checked September 2026.

After the trial or intro: Basic renews at ~$79/mo; Essentials ~$189; MAX ~$329 monthly.

Published monthly plans by tier, with integrated payment processing. Verify current plan limits and rates.

Type

Field service software for small crews

What Housecall Pro is

Housecall Pro is designed so a plumber can download it, set up services and take a payment the same afternoon. Scheduling, dispatch, estimates, invoicing, payments and customer messaging are all phone-first and require little training.

It is deliberately shallow on inventory and multi-location management, which is fine for the crews it targets and a ceiling for companies that grow past them.

What it does

  • 1Drag-and-drop scheduling and dispatch
  • 2Estimates, invoices and online payments
  • 3Automated customer notifications and review requests
  • 4Online booking widget for your website
  • 5Basic job costing and reporting
  • 6QuickBooks integration

Who it fits

  • 1A two-truck plumbing company
  • 2A solo electrician
  • 3A residential cleaning business
Reputation

What customers say.

Public review scores are a signal, not a verdict: profiles mix merchants with end customers, and unhappy buyers write more often than happy ones. We read them for patterns.

2.4 / 5

★★☆☆☆ · 626 Trustpilot reviews · September 2026

Low score driven by billing, cancellation and sales-call complaints. Product itself is generally liked by small crews.

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Who uses it

Home services: plumbing, HVAC, cleaning, electrical, handyman

Hardware

Phone-first; card readers for in-person payment

Integrations & payments

QuickBooks, Zapier on higher tiers, consumer booking app

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Customer service

What happens after you sign.

How the vendor supports customers, how onboarding works, and what buyers report when something goes wrong.

Customer service scorecard

Editorial scores out of 100 · overall support score 77

ResponsivenessSpeed and quality of first answers
78
OnboardingMigration, setup and training
82
Self-helpDocumentation, community and in-app help
84
EscalationReaching someone who can fix billing, account or contract problems
70

What buyers report

Support is generally described as friendly and quick for simple questions. Criticism centers on the difficulty of reaching a person for payment or account issues on lower tiers, and on features moving between plans.

77/100

Overall customer service score · ranked #10 of 23 systems

Support channels

Chat and email support with phone access on higher plans; an active knowledge base and community. Verify hours for your plan.

Onboarding

Self-serve with optional guided setup. Most businesses are live within days.

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Customer service rankings

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The assessment

Strengths, weaknesses, risks.

What our analysis found and the questions we would ask before signing.

Strengths

  • 1Fast to launch and easy for technicians
  • 2Good customer notifications and online booking
  • 3Clear published pricing

Weaknesses

  • 1Inventory is light
  • 2Reporting is basic at lower tiers
  • 3Growing companies tend to outgrow it

Buying risks to check

  • 1Which features move to higher tiers
  • 2Processing rates versus alternatives
  • 3Limits on users per plan

What to test in the demo

  • 1Schedule, complete and collect payment on a job from a phone
  • 2Send an estimate and have the customer approve it
  • 3Check how parts are tracked, if at all

Comparisons

No head-to-head yet for this system.

Scores are Point of Sale Rankings editorial judgments. Product capabilities, pricing and terms change; verify final details with the vendor.

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