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Best Housecall Pro Alternatives in 2026

Housecall Pro is field service software with booking, dispatching, quotes and invoices. Basic is $79 a month billed monthly, or $59 billed yearly, for 1 user, and Essentials $189 for up to 5. If that is a lot for a small crew, or you want a job tracker in your own words, here are three alternatives.

By the Fabricate teamWe make Fabricate5 min readPrices checked
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Key takeaways

  • Housecall Pro Basic is $79 a month billed monthly, or $59 billed yearly, for 1 user; Essentials is $189 for up to 5.
  • Jobber Core is $49 a month for 1 user, with extra users at $29 a month.
  • ServiceM8 is free for 1 user and 30 jobs a month, and its paid plans have unlimited users.
  • Fabricate builds a job tracker with service requests, work orders and a job list for each person; invoices, route planning and text messages are not built in. Building and previewing are free; publishing is on Pro and Max.

Why Are Businesses Looking for Housecall Pro Alternatives?

  • From $79 a Month for 1 User

    Basic is $79 a month billed monthly, or $59 billed yearly, for 1 user. Essentials, for up to 5 users, is $189.

  • Free for One Person

    ServiceM8 is free for 1 user and 30 jobs a month.

    Fits: ServiceM8

  • A Lower Start for One User

    Jobber Core is $49 a month for 1 user, billed monthly with no commitment.

    Fits: Jobber

  • Only What Your Crew Uses

    Requests, work orders and a job list in your own words, with no price for each person on the crew who signs in.

    Fits: Fabricate

Compare at a glance

Fabricate beside Housecall Pro, feature by feature.

  • Builds From a Description
    Fabricate
    Yes
    Housecall Pro
    No, ready-made software
  • Users
    Fabricate
    Not counted as seats on a published app
    Housecall Pro
    1 on Basic, 5 on Essentials, 8 on Max
  • Free Plan
    Fabricate
    Build and preview
    Housecall Pro
    None; a 14-day free trial
  • Service Requests and Work Orders
    Fabricate
    Yes
    Housecall Pro
    Yes
  • Invoices and Payments
    Fabricate
    Card payments on Pro and Max; invoices not sent
    Housecall Pro
    Yes
  • Paid Plans From
    Fabricate
    $25 a month
    Housecall Pro
    $79 a month
Number 1

Fabricate

We make this

Best for: A job tracker for a small crew

Builds a job tracking app from your description: customers send a service request without an account, you turn each request into a work order with a date and the person assigned, and each person on your team signs in with an invite code to see their jobs for the day in a phone's browser. Route planning, live locations, sending invoices and text messages are not built in. Building and previewing are free; publishing is on Pro and Max.

Checks before you publish

Fabricate's security check on an app: one problem to fix and two quality warnings, each with a Fix in chat button
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What it does well

  • Service requests without an account
  • Each person sees their own jobs
  • No price per person who signs in
Paid plans from
$25 a month
350 credits a month on Pro
Free plan
60 credits
A month, to build and preview
A live app
Pro and Max
Publishing is on paid plans

See the plans

How to Move from Housecall Pro to Fabricate

  1. 1

    Export your customers

    Save your customer list from Housecall Pro as a CSV file, or copy it into a spreadsheet and save it as CSV.

  2. 2

    Describe your jobs and your team

    The jobs you take, the stages a job goes through, who does them and what you record on each visit.

  3. 3

    Ask for an import page

    Ask for a page, behind your own sign-in, that adds the rows of your CSV file to the app's own database.

  4. 4

    Run a test job

    Send a request, turn it into a job and finish it as a team member in the preview.

  5. 5

    Put it online

    On Pro, one press of Publish gives it its own address to share, after the same browser check.

Chat

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Your app

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The other Housecall Pro alternatives

What each one does well, and the kind of project it suits best.

  1. Number 2

    Jobber

    Best for: Home service businesses that want it ready-made

    Software for home service businesses, priced by plan and user. Core is $49 a month for 1 user, Connect $139 and Grow $199, with extra users at $29 a month each, after a 14-day free trial.

    • Made for home service businesses
    • No commitment on monthly billing
    • A 14-day free trial

    Where Jobber beats Fabricate

    If you want field service software that is ready the day you sign up, with plans to grow into as your crew grows, Jobber is built for that.

    From $49 a monthJobber alternatives

    Source: getjobber.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked

  2. Number 3

    ServiceM8

    Best for: Solo trades and small crews

    Job management for trades, priced by jobs a month with unlimited users on paid plans. Free covers 1 user and 30 jobs a month; Starter is $29 a month for 50 jobs and Growing $79 for 150, after a 14-day free trial.

    • Free for one person, 30 jobs a month
    • Unlimited users on paid plans
    • Quotes and invoices

    Where ServiceM8 beats Fabricate

    If you work alone, ServiceM8 is free for up to 30 jobs a month, with quotes and invoices, and paid plans do not charge per user.

    From $29 a month

    Source: servicem8.com/us/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked

Housecall Pro and its alternatives: plans by user, or by job

Housecall Pro gives trades online booking, scheduling and dispatching, quotes, invoices and payments on every plan, and QuickBooks from Essentials. Basic is $79 a month billed monthly for 1 user, Essentials $189 for up to 5 and Max $329 for up to 8.

Jobber is priced by plan and user too, from $49 a month for 1 user, with extra users at $29 a month. ServiceM8 is priced by jobs: free for 1 user and 30 jobs a month, Starter $29 for 50 jobs, with unlimited users on paid plans.

A business that wants dispatching, invoices and accounting ready on day one is the one this software is built for. A crew that mainly needs requests turned into jobs and a list for each person needs less.

A job tracking app built with Fabricate starts from your description of the jobs you take and your team. Customers send a request without an account, you turn it into a work order, and each person signs in to see their jobs for the day. Route planning, live locations, sending invoices or text messages to customers, and connecting to accounting software are not built in. The app keeps each job with the customer's details and the price, so an invoice is quick to send from the accounting software you use.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Housecall Pro cost?
Basic is $79 a month billed monthly, or $59 billed yearly, for 1 user. Essentials is $189 a month billed monthly, or $149 yearly, for up to 5 users, and Max $329, or $299 yearly, for up to 8. There is a 14-day free trial.
What is the best Housecall Pro alternative?
For one person, ServiceM8, free for up to 30 jobs a month. For a lower start for one user, Jobber, at $49 a month. For a job tracker shaped around your own work, with no price for each person who signs in, Fabricate, which we make. Building and previewing are free; publishing is on Pro and Max.
Can I build my own job tracking app?
Yes. Describe the jobs you take, your team and what you record on each visit, and Fabricate builds the job tracking app and shows it working in a preview. To change something, you ask in the chat. There is no code to write or read.
Can an app built with Fabricate send invoices or take payment?
It does not send invoices or text messages to your customers, and it does not connect to accounting software. On Pro and Max, the app can take card payments through Stripe Checkout, paid into your own Stripe account, which you connect under More > Payments. Fabricate takes no share of what you are paid; Stripe charges its own card fees.
Does it plan routes or track where my team is?
No. The app does not work out routes or show live locations. It can list each person's jobs for the day in the order you set, with each address, so the day's plan is in one place.

Sources

The pages this guide quotes, each with the day it was read.

  1. housecallpro.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked
  2. getjobber.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked
  3. servicem8.com/us/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked
  4. fabricate.build/pricing, from our live plans

About this guide

Written by the Fabricate team. Fabricate is our product, so it is first on this page and marked "We make this". Where a reason to switch fits another tool better, the reason says which.

Each tool's card lists the pages we read about it and the day we read them. We compared the tools from their own pricing pages and documentation, not by signing up for them. Spotted something out of date? Write to info@fabricate.build.

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