CrewhandCrewhand vs Housecall Pro
Housecall Pro is a field service app for home service pros, known for scheduling and dispatch, estimates, invoicing, payments, a price book and marketing tools. Here's an honest side-by-side, so you can pick what fits your company.
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Crewhand and Housecall Pro compared
What each one publishes about itself, checked October 17, 2026.
| Crewhand | Housecall Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Starter $49/mo, Team $129/mo, Pro $229/mo; Enterprise by quote. Yearly billing is two months free. | Basic $79/mo (1 user), Essentials $189/mo (5 users), Max $329/mo (8 users), billed monthly. Lower when billed yearly. |
| How users are priced | No per-user fee: 2 users on Starter, up to 5 on Team, up to 15 on Pro. | Users included per plan; extra users $35/mo each on Max. |
| Example: 5-person crew | Team: $129/mo billed monthly, or $107.50/mo billed yearly. | Essentials (5 users): $189/mo billed monthly, or $149/mo billed yearly. |
| Quotes and estimates | Yes, every plan: online acceptance and signature, good/better/best options, estimators for your trade. | Yes. |
| Scheduling and dispatch | Yes: calendar on every plan; dispatch board and repeating jobs on Team and Pro. | Yes, including dispatch; route optimization on Max. |
| Invoices and online payments | Yes, every plan: pay-online links, cards on file, automatic reminders. | Yes, on all plans. |
| Online card payment fees | Stripe's standard fee plus 1% to Crewhand. No fee on cash or checks. | Card processing "as low as 2.59%"; bank payments 1%. |
| Payroll | Built in on Pro, run from approved timesheets (payroll provider fees billed at its standard rates). | Offered as a paid add-on (price not published on the pricing page). |
| Bookkeeping | Built in on Pro: chart of accounts, bank feed, reconciliation, sales tax, year end. | Offered as a paid add-on (price not published on the pricing page). |
| Job photos and photo reports | Job photos on every plan; PDF photo reports and client galleries on Team and Pro. | Yes; photo reports on Essentials and up. |
| Free trial | 14 days, everything included, no credit card. | 14 days. |
Housecall Pro details from Housecall Pro's own pricing page, checked October 17, 2026; regular prices, not introductory offers. Prices change, so check theirs before you decide. Crewhand prices from our pricing page. Housecall Pro is a trademark of its owner; Crewhand is not affiliated with it.
What Housecall Pro is known for
- Scheduling and dispatch
- Estimates, invoices and payments
- Price book and job costing
- Recurring service plans
- Review and marketing tools
Choose Housecall Pro if
You want consumer financing, a large marketing toolkit, or an established price book for HVAC, plumbing or electrical, and the per-plan price works for your team size.
What Crewhand does differently
- Every user on your plan is included: no per-user fees up to 15 people.
- Payroll and full bookkeeping built in on Pro, run from the same jobs and timesheets.
- Set up for your trade on day one: services, packages, estimators, site-visit questions and photo lists.
- Job photos on every plan; photo reports, client galleries and a Bid Calculator on Team and Pro.
- Customer pages, texts and invoices in Spanish when your customer prefers it.
Choose Crewhand if
You want payroll and bookkeeping included in the plan instead of as add-ons, and a price that stays flat as you grow from two people to fifteen.
Crewhand vs Housecall Pro: common questions
Is Crewhand cheaper than Housecall Pro?
For a 5-person crew, Crewhand Team is $129/mo against Housecall Pro Essentials' $189/mo on monthly billing, and $107.50/mo against $149/mo on yearly billing.
When is Housecall Pro the better choice?
You want consumer financing, a large marketing toolkit, or an established price book for HVAC, plumbing or electrical, and the per-plan price works for your team size.
When is Crewhand the better choice?
You want payroll and bookkeeping included in the plan instead of as add-ons, and a price that stays flat as you grow from two people to fifteen.
Can I move from Housecall Pro to Crewhand?
Yes. Export your customer list from Housecall Pro as a CSV file and drop it into Crewhand under Settings, Import, Switching from Jobber or Housecall Pro. Names, emails, phones, addresses, notes and tags come across, and you see what will happen before anything is saved. Or start fresh with your trade's services already loaded. Crewhand Enterprise includes help moving your data over, and anyone can email support@gocrewhand.app for help.
Is there a free trial?
Yes: 14 days of everything in Crewhand, with no credit card needed.
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