Jobber vs Housecall Pro for a 1–5 person business

By the Full Collar team · Updated October 29, 2026 · 6 min read

The short answer

For one user, Jobber Core ($49/month) is cheaper than Housecall Pro Basic ($79/month). For five users billed monthly, Housecall Pro Essentials ($189/month) costs less than Jobber Connect ($199) or Grow ($299). Housecall Pro leans toward HVAC, plumbing and electrical; Jobber is broader, with a big following in lawn care and cleaning. If both feel expensive for a small crew, Full Collar (our product) is $20/month for one user or $75 for up to five, with every feature on every plan.

Jobber and Housecall Pro are the two names every small home service business hears first. Both handle quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payments well. The real differences for a 1–5 person business are how the plans are split and which trades each is built around. (We make Full Collar, a third option — it’s covered at the end, and the comparison above it doesn’t depend on it.)

Price: 1 user and 5 users

	Jobber	Housecall Pro
1 user, billed monthly	$49 Core · $139 Connect · $199 Grow	$79 Basic
5 users, billed monthly	$199 Connect · $299 Grow	$189 Essentials
Contract	Month to month	Month to month
Setup fee	None	None

List prices for monthly billing from each company’s pricing page, checked October 2026. Annual billing is cheaper on both.

Solo: Jobber Core is the cheaper way in. Two to five people: Housecall Pro Essentials comes in under both Jobber multi-user plans.

Which features are on which plan

Feature	Jobber	Housecall Pro
Google review requests	Paid add-on	Included
QuickBooks Online sync	Varies by plan	Essentials and up
Job costing / profit	Higher plans	Essentials and up
Online quote approval & payments	Yes	Yes
Every feature on every plan	No	No

From each company’s public plan pages, October 2026. Plans change — check the current feature list before you buy.

Which trades each fits

Housecall Pro is strongest with residential HVAC, plumbing and electrical — service calls and flat-rate price books — plus marketing tools and a consumer booking network. Jobber is broader and especially common in lawn care, landscaping, cleaning and general contracting, with a large community and lots of integrations.

Neither has trade-specific pricing for outdoor work like per-inch stump grinding, per-tree removals, truck-load junk removal or dumpster rentals — you build those from line items.

Which should you pick?

Solo, basics only: Jobber Core.
2–5 people in HVAC, plumbing or electrical: Housecall Pro Essentials.
You want the biggest ecosystem and integrations: Jobber Connect or Grow.
You want review requests without an add-on: Housecall Pro.

A third option if both feel expensive

Full Collar is our product, so weigh this accordingly. It’s built for crews of 1 to 15 and doesn’t split features into tiers: $20/month for one user, $75/month for up to five, with review requests, QuickBooks Online sync, job profit, deposits and change orders on every plan. It has fewer integrations and no marketing suite, but includes trade pricing tools for stump grinding, tree work, junk removal, dumpsters and excavation. Compare it directly: vs Jobber · vs Housecall Pro.

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Questions

Is Jobber or Housecall Pro better for a small business?

For a solo operator, Jobber Core is cheaper ($49 vs $79/month). For two to five people, Housecall Pro Essentials ($189/month) costs less than Jobber Connect ($199) or Grow ($299) and includes review requests. HVAC and plumbing shops tend to prefer Housecall Pro; lawn care and cleaning businesses often pick Jobber.

Does Jobber include review requests?

Review requests are a paid add-on in Jobber; Housecall Pro includes them (per their pricing pages, October 2026).

Which syncs with QuickBooks?

Both do. In Housecall Pro it starts at the Essentials plan; in Jobber it depends on the plan. Full Collar includes QuickBooks Online sync on every plan.