How much is Housecall Pro per month?

As of July 2026, Housecall Pro's public pricing page lists Basic at $79/mo (1 user), Essentials at $189/mo, and MAX at $329/mo, with extra users at $35 per user per month. Advertised prices in this industry are often annual-prepay rates shown monthly, so check the month-to-month price on their site before deciding.

Does Housecall Pro have hidden fees?

The costs are publicly listed, but several are easy to miss: features like quote and proposal tools sit above the Basic tier per their public pricing page as of July 2026, add-on modules are priced on top of tiers, extra users are $35/mo each, and card processing takes a percentage of every payment. Add up your specific configuration at month-to-month rates before committing.

What does Housecall Pro cost for a one-person business?

The entry Basic tier is listed at $79/mo as of July 2026, but quote and proposal tools are listed above Basic, so a solo operator who sends quotes is realistically looking at Essentials at $189/mo — about $2,268 a year — before add-ons and card processing. Check their public pricing page for current feature placement.

Does Housecall Pro charge per user?

Plans include a set number of users, and extra users are listed at $35 per user per month as of July 2026, per their public pricing page. For a solo operator this may not matter at first, but it becomes a real line item the day a helper or office person needs a login.

Is there a flat-price alternative to Housecall Pro for solo operators?

Deskhand is being built for solo US tradespeople at a flat $49/mo with quotes, scheduling, invoicing, customer texting, and two-way QuickBooks sync all included — no tiers, no add-ons, no per-user fees. It is in early access and not yet launched; founding members lock in the $49 price for life.

Pricing · updated July 2026

Housecall Pro Pricing Explained: The Real Monthly Cost (2026)

Housecall Pro is one of the two big names in field service software, alongside Jobber. If you run a one-truck operation and you're pricing it out, the useful number is not the entry-tier price. It is the price of the tier that actually has the features you need. This page lays out the public pricing, works one honest example, and lists the questions to ask before signing with anyone.

All numbers below are as of July 2026, per Housecall Pro's public pricing page. Prices and feature grids change. Check their site for current numbers.

Housecall Pro's public tiers, July 2026

Plan	Listed price	Users included
Basic	$79/mo	1
Essentials	$189/mo	Small team
MAX	$329/mo	Larger team

Extra users are listed at $35 per user per month. The part that matters most for a solo operator is not the prices themselves. It is where the features sit. Per their public pricing page as of July 2026, quote and sales proposal tools and a number of advanced features sit above the Basic tier. Custom reporting and some support options are listed on MAX. So the question is never "what does the cheapest plan cost." It is "what does the cheapest plan that does my job cost."

Costs people often miss

None of these are hidden. They are on the public page or in the signup flow. They are just easy to skip past when you're busy:

Feature gating. If the tool you need — say, the quote builder — sits on a higher tier, the higher tier is your real price.
Add-ons. Optional modules priced on top of the tier. Get the full list and prices in writing for your configuration.
Per-user fees. $35/mo per extra user adds up the day your helper needs a login.
Card processing. Every platform in this category takes a percentage of card payments. On real revenue, this line is usually bigger than the subscription. Compare rates.
Annual-prepay display pricing. Across the software industry, the price shown by default is often the annual-prepay rate expressed monthly. The true month-to-month rate can be higher. Flip the billing toggle and read both numbers before you do any math.

Worked example: a solo HVAC tech

Say you're a one-person HVAC operation. You want four things: send quotes, run your schedule, invoice, and text customers. Here is the arithmetic using publicly listed prices as of July 2026. Feature placement comes from their public pricing page; verify current placement on their site.

Step	What you need	Where it sits	Running total
1	Scheduling, invoicing, basics	Basic, $79/mo	$79/mo
2	Quote and proposal tools	Listed above Basic — Essentials, $189/mo	$189/mo
3	Any add-on modules you check during signup	Priced per add-on	$189/mo + add-ons
4	Card processing on your revenue	Percentage per transaction	Depends on volume

So the honest baseline for this solo tech is $189 a month — $2,268 a year — because the quote tools he needs sit above the $79 entry tier, per the public pricing page as of July 2026. That is before add-ons and before processing fees. The $79 headline is real, but it buys the plan without the quoting tools this particular operator came for.

For scale: one small window-installation business described in a public Reddit thread reported paying for Essentials plus several add-on modules and a separate photo app, totaling roughly $457 a month across tools. That is one operator's self-reported stack, not a typical bill. But it shows how a $79 entry point and a real-world monthly total can end up far apart once a working business checks every box it needs.

Questions to ask before you commit to any field service software

Same list we'd give for any vendor, including ourselves once we launch:

What is the real monthly price? Month-to-month billing, with every feature you need included, at current rates.
What happens when I add a user? Know the per-user fee before your first hire, not after.
Which features are add-ons? Ask for the complete add-on list with prices, in writing.
How do I cancel? What is the exact path — in-app, email, phone? What is the notice period, and when does billing stop?
Can I export my data? Customers, quotes, invoices, job history, in a usable format. Confirm before you move in.

Where Deskhand fits

We build Deskhand, so weigh this section accordingly. Deskhand is field service software for solo US tradespeople: quotes, scheduling, invoicing, customer texting, and two-way QuickBooks Online sync, at $49 a month flat. Everything included. No feature gates, no add-ons, no per-user fees. Payments go through your own Stripe account, so your money never sits with us.

The honest caveat: we have not launched yet. Deskhand is in early access, and we are collecting founding members who lock in $49 for life. If that sounds like what you were looking for when you started pricing this category, join the early access list. To compare the incumbents' numbers side by side, see Jobber pricing or Jobber vs Housecall Pro.