Jobber vs ServiceTitan vs Housecall Pro: which fits your crew?
Short answer: Jobber or Housecall Pro for most small crews, since both publish their prices and you can be running in days. ServiceTitan is built for big multi-truck operations, it's quote-based, and it's a lot of software for a five-person shop.
Full honesty: I haven't built for a plumber or an HVAC company. I have worked with a moving company, which lives on the same scheduling and crews-out-the-door problems, so this is what I'd look at. Hope this helps.
Founder, Handled. Greenville, SC. Updated October 2026, 8 min read.
The short version
Pick by crew size and by how much software your team will actually use.
| Category | Jobber | ServiceTitan | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Solo operators and small crews | Large multi-truck operations | Small to mid-size crews |
| Price | $49 to $699 a month (monthly billing), less billed yearly | Quote-based, not published | $79 to $329 a month (monthly billing), less billed yearly |
| Users included | Priced by team size, up to 15 users, extra users $29 each | Set in your quote | 1, 5 or 8 by plan, extra users $35 each on Max |
| Ease of use | Easy to pick up | Powerful, takes real training | Easy to pick up |
| My pick | Most small crews | Big fleets that will use the reporting | Small crews who like its app better |
Prices checked October 2026. Jobber and Housecall Pro both run trial promos that make the first month or two look cheaper, so read the regular price before you sign anything.
Jobber: simple, and priced in the open
Scheduling, quotes, invoices and a client portal, without a lot of extra cockpit.
Jobber does the daily stuff well: book the job, send the quote, do the work, send the invoice. Customers get a portal where they can approve quotes and pay without calling you. It stays out of your way, which is why small crews like it.
Here's what it costs, month to month with no commitment. Each one is cheaper if you pay yearly.
Core, $49 a month ($29 billed yearly): 1 user.
Connect, $139 a month ($99 billed yearly): 1 user.
Grow, $199 a month ($149 billed yearly): 1 user, or $299 for 5.
Plus, $499 a month ($399 billed yearly): 5 users, or $699 for 15.
Connect, Grow and Plus also come in 5, 10 and 15 user versions at higher prices. Extra users are $29 a month each on any plan. Jobber also offers a middle option, monthly billing with a one-year commitment, priced between the two.
- Easy to learn. Your crew can be using it the same week.
- Quote to invoice is smooth. Send the quote from the truck, turn it into a job, invoice when it's done.
- Clear pricing. You can see exactly what you'll pay before you talk to anyone.
- Users add up. The starting prices cover one user (five on Plus). A crew of three on Connect means paying for extra seats or moving up to the five-user price.
- Lighter reporting. Fine for most small crews, thin if you want to manage by dashboards.
- Not built for big fleets. Routing a lot of trucks a day is where it starts to feel small.
ServiceTitan: a lot of power, a lot of software
Built for big trade operations that want to track everything.
ServiceTitan is the heavyweight. Dispatch boards, pricebooks, call tracking, technician scorecards, memberships, deep reporting. If you run a lot of trucks and you'll actually look at those numbers every week, that's the reason to pick it.
Pricing is quote-based. ServiceTitan doesn't publish prices, so I'm not going to guess at a number here. If you're talking to them, ask for the full quote in writing: the monthly price, onboarding or implementation fees, how long the contract runs, and what happens to the price when you add techs.
- Dispatching for a fleet. If you're juggling a lot of techs a day, this is what it's built for.
- Pricebooks. Your techs can present good, better and best options on site.
- Reporting. The deepest of the three, by a lot.
- You can't price it yourself. Everything goes through a sales conversation.
- Training is real. Your office and your techs both have to learn it, and that time is part of the cost.
- Buying for a crew you don't have yet. A three-truck shop signing up to "grow into" ServiceTitan ends up paying for reporting nobody runs.
Housecall Pro: Jobber's closest rival
Same size of business, slightly different feel.
Housecall Pro covers the same ground as Jobber: scheduling, dispatch, estimates, invoices and online booking. Honestly, for a lot of crews these two are close enough that the right answer is whichever app your techs like using after a free trial.
Monthly prices below, cheaper if you pay yearly.
Basic, $79 a month ($59 billed yearly): 1 user.
Essentials, $189 a month ($149 billed yearly): 5 users.
Max, $329 a month ($299 billed yearly): 8 users, plus $35 a month for each extra user.
- More users sooner. Five users on Essentials is $189 a month, a little under Jobber's cheapest five-user price ($199 on Connect), billed monthly.
- Easy for techs. A crew can run their day from their phones.
- Published pricing. Same as Jobber, no sales call needed to know the number.
- Intro promos. The trial pricing is much lower than the regular price. Budget for the regular one.
- Lighter reporting than ServiceTitan. Plenty for most small crews, not for a big fleet.
- The jump to Max. Past five people, you're on the top plan.
Which one should you pick?
Three steps, and most crews stop after the first one.
If you're on one of these already, make sure it really can't do what you want before you switch. Check the plan one step up from yours, too, since that's often where the feature you think is missing actually lives.
If you're still running jobs off a spreadsheet or a group text, that's the most common workaround I see, and any of these three is a real step up.
- Jobber if you're solo or a small crew and quoting and invoicing are the main job.
- Housecall Pro if you've got a handful of people and want more users on the mid plan.
- ServiceTitan if you run a big fleet and will actually use the reporting. Get the quote in writing.
Sometimes the field service app is fine and the gap is around it, like an inventory system or a booking flow that doesn't connect to anything. That's when building the missing piece beats buying a bigger platform.
The test I'd use: if the workaround eats more of your week than the gap would take to build, build the gap and keep the app.
If you do switch
Doable. Not zero effort. Here's what moves easily and what doesn't.
- Customers. Names, addresses and contact info come out as a spreadsheet.
- Job history. Usually exportable, though how much detail comes along varies.
- Automations and reminders. They don't export. Rebuilding is a good excuse to simplify.
- Quote and invoice templates. The words move, the templates get rebuilt.
- Habits. Your crew has to learn a new app. Count that time.
Run both side by side for the first week, and move your open jobs and unpaid invoices first, since those are what customers notice if they slip.
Questions people ask me
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Is Jobber good for a one-person operation?
Yes, it's a good fit. Jobber's Core plan is $49 a month with no commitment, or $29 a month billed yearly, for one user. It covers scheduling, quotes and invoices, which is most of what a solo operator needs. You don't need ServiceTitan at that size.
How much does ServiceTitan cost?
ServiceTitan doesn't publish prices. It's quote-based, so you get a number from their sales team. Ask for the full quote in writing, including onboarding, contract length and any per-tech fees, before you compare it to anything.
Can I switch from Housecall Pro to Jobber, or the other way?
Yes. Customer lists and job history can come out as spreadsheets and go into the other tool. Automations, templates and settings don't transfer, so those get rebuilt. Run both side by side for the first week so nothing falls through the cracks.
How many users do I get on each plan?
On Jobber, plans are priced by team size: Core is 1 user, Connect and Grow start at 1 user, Plus starts at 5, and each steps up to 15 users, with extra users at $29 a month each. On Housecall Pro, Basic includes 1 user, Essentials includes 5 and Max includes 8, with extra users at $35 a month each on Max. Price out the seats for the whole crew, not just the office, before you compare plans.
Do I need field service software or can I just use a CRM?
If you send people out to job sites, field service software does the scheduling, dispatching and invoicing a general CRM doesn't. If most of your work is follow-ups and a pipeline, a CRM or even the tool you already have might be enough. Start with what you already pay for and see what it really can't do.
When you don't need me
Plenty of crews are better off without a call. Skip it if this is you.
Your crew already uses your tool every day. If jobs get booked, done and paid without a fight, stay put.
You're a small crew picking for the first time. Start free trials of Jobber and Housecall Pro, put a real week of jobs through each, and keep the one your techs complain about less.
You haven't learned the one you have. Give it a month of real use and read the help docs before you blame the tool.
What changed
- October 12, 2026: Jobber now prices Connect, Grow and Plus by team size, so Grow starts at 1 user and Plus at 5 (15 users on Plus is $699). Users-per-plan and price range updated from its pricing page.
- October 2026: rewritten top to bottom. Jobber and Housecall Pro prices and users per plan updated from their pricing pages (both had changed). ServiceTitan's old estimated price range removed, since it isn't published. Removed the unsourced "8 hours a week recovered" and savings figures, the made-up Jobber Lite plan, and the trade-by-trade picks.
- March 2026: first published.
Sources
Every price and outside fact on this page comes from the sources below, checked October 12, 2026. Prices change often, so check before you buy.
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