How much does Housecall Pro cost?

Housecall Pro Basic is $59/month for 1 user, Essentials is $99/month for up to 5, Max+ is $199-$300+/month. Annual cost: $708-3,600+. Zedule is $100/year flat — but only covers the booking layer.

Can I run trades on Zedule?

For solo or 2-3 person trades businesses where dispatch is still done by hand and invoicing happens in QuickBooks or Stripe Invoices, yes. For crews of 5+ where geographic routing and on-site workflow matter, Housecall Pro is the right primary platform.

Does Housecall Pro handle customer-facing online booking?

Yes — they have a customer booking page. It's functional but generic. Zedule's branded booking page (custom hex, full embed) is better for businesses where the booking page is part of the brand.

What if I want both — Zedule for booking, Housecall Pro for ops?

Some trades businesses do this. The friction is dual customer entry: a customer who books on Zedule needs to be re-entered in Housecall Pro for the dispatch + invoice flow. Manual but workable for small operations.

Does Zedule integrate with QuickBooks?

Not in V1. The pattern that works: handle invoicing manually in QuickBooks or Stripe Invoices after each booking. V2 may have webhooks that connect to QuickBooks via Zapier or similar.

COMPARISON · ZEDULE vs HOUSECALL PRO

Zedule vs Housecall Pro | Honest comparison

Housecall Pro is the standard for trades businesses doing field service — plumbing, electrical, HVAC, handyman work. They handle dispatch, routing, on-site invoicing, payment, photos, scheduling, and customer database in one platform. Zedule is just the booking layer. For trades businesses where dispatch is the bottleneck, Housecall Pro is right. For businesses where customer-facing booking is the bottleneck, Zedule fits at a fraction of the cost.

Updated May 5, 2026

Housecall Pro is the dominant trades-vertical platform. They’ve built specifically for plumbers, electricians, handyman services, HVAC, pest control, and similar field-service businesses. The product handles everything operationally between “customer calls” and “customer pays” — dispatch, routing, on-site invoicing, payment, photo documentation, follow-up.

Zedule does the front of that workflow well: customer-facing booking with a branded page. We don’t try to do the rest.

Side-by-side

	Zedule	Housecall Pro
Pricing	$100/yr	$59-300+/mo ($708-3,600+/yr)
Customer-facing booking page	Custom hex, embeddable	Functional, less customisable
Dispatch + routing	No	Yes (best in trades)
On-site invoicing	No	Yes
Payment collection (in-field)	No	Yes
Photo / job documentation	No	Yes
Customer database / CRM	Yes (booking-focused)	Yes (deeper)
QuickBooks integration	No (V2 webhooks)	Yes
Recurring service contracts	No (V2)	Yes
Branded customer experience	Custom hex	Limited
BYO email/SMS	Yes	No
Setup time	~30 min	2-3 days

Where Housecall Pro wins

Dispatch + routing. Geographic routing across techs, crew scheduling, real-time tracking. Critical for crews of 5+.
On-site invoicing and payment. Generate the invoice on the iPad while standing at the customer’s house, take payment before leaving.
Photo documentation. Before/after photos saved to the job for warranty + liability.
Recurring service contracts. HVAC seasonal tune-ups, pest control quarterly visits — handled natively.
QuickBooks integration. Books-grade integration for the trades that need it.
Industry-specific. Built for plumbers, by people who’ve watched plumbers work. Product decisions reflect the real field-service workflow.

Where Zedule wins

Pricing for non-dispatch use cases. $100/year vs $708-3,600+/year. If dispatch isn’t your bottleneck, the Housecall Pro premium is overhead.
Branded booking page. Custom hex, embed on your existing site so customers stay in your brand.
BYO messaging. Customer emails from your domain.
Per-tenant data isolation. Cloudflare D1 per business.
Faster setup. 30 minutes vs 2-3 days.
Predictable pricing. No tier upgrades, no per-staff fees.

Which one to pick

Pick Housecall Pro if:

You have a crew of 5+ technicians where dispatch matters.
Geographic routing across a metro area is part of your operations.
On-site invoicing and payment is core to your workflow.
Recurring service contracts (HVAC, pest control) are a meaningful revenue line.
You’re already on QuickBooks and want tight integration.

Pick Zedule if:

You’re a solo tradesman or 2-3 person crew where dispatch is still done by hand.
The booking page is the bottleneck — customers don’t book because there’s no good way to.
You handle invoicing in QuickBooks or Stripe Invoices on a per-job basis.
Per-staff and per-month fees compound out of your budget.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Housecall Pro cost?: Housecall Pro Basic is $59/month for 1 user, Essentials is $99/month for up to 5, Max+ is $199-$300+/month. Annual cost: $708-3,600+. Zedule is $100/year flat — but only covers the booking layer.
Can I run trades on Zedule?: For solo or 2-3 person trades businesses where dispatch is still done by hand and invoicing happens in QuickBooks or Stripe Invoices, yes. For crews of 5+ where geographic routing and on-site workflow matter, Housecall Pro is the right primary platform.
Does Housecall Pro handle customer-facing online booking?: Yes — they have a customer booking page. It's functional but generic. Zedule's branded booking page (custom hex, full embed) is better for businesses where the booking page is part of the brand.
What if I want both — Zedule for booking, Housecall Pro for ops?: Some trades businesses do this. The friction is dual customer entry: a customer who books on Zedule needs to be re-entered in Housecall Pro for the dispatch + invoice flow. Manual but workable for small operations.
Does Zedule integrate with QuickBooks?: Not in V1. The pattern that works: handle invoicing manually in QuickBooks or Stripe Invoices after each booking. V2 may have webhooks that connect to QuickBooks via Zapier or similar.

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