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Housecall Pro vs Tradify

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Housecall Pro

Field Service

Software to run your home service business

From
$59/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Tradify logo

Tradify

Field Service

Job management for one to twenty person trade businesses

From
$47/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Housecall Pro card processing fees start at 2.59%; Tradify pricing is flat per user with no volume tiering, so a twenty person firm pays twenty times the headline rate and the economics get worse, not better, as you grow into the top of its stated market.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Housecall Pro and Tradify actually diverge.

Attributes where Housecall Pro and Tradify differ
AttributeHousecall ProTradify
Starting price$59/month$47/month
Pricing modelsubscriptionPer user per month
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Field Service).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Housecall Pro

Nothing recorded that Tradify does not also cover.

Only in Tradify

  • Quoting
  • Scheduling
  • Job tracking
  • Timesheets
  • Invoicing
  • Purchase orders
  • SmartTools
  • Accounting sync

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Housecall Pro

  • Answering every customer call and chat day or night for schedulingnot Tradify
  • Routing and reordering technician jobs by actual drive timenot Tradify
  • Accepting card payments in the field without card readersnot Tradify
  • Including profit margins in flat-rate service pricing automaticallynot Tradify
  • Collecting and sharing customer reviews for local search visibilitynot Tradify

Tradify

  • A three person electrical contractor on Xero wants quotes, timesheets and invoices in one app and refuses to sit through a demo or pay a setup fee.not Housecall Pro
  • A plumbing firm needs technicians recording labour hours against jobs from a phone so the invoice reflects what was actually spent rather than what the office guessed.not Housecall Pro
  • A UK trade business wants published pricing in pounds it can budget against, instead of the quote-only approach ServiceTitan and FieldEdge take.not Housecall Pro
  • A builder wants to send professionally branded quotes fast enough to be first to respond, where the win rate depends on turnaround more than on document sophistication.not Housecall Pro

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Housecall Pro

  • Card processing fees start at 2.59%
  • Additional users in Essentials cost $100 per month; in MAX plan $75 per month
  • Bank payment fee of 1% charged

Tradify

  • Pricing is flat per user with no volume tiering, so a twenty person firm pays twenty times the headline rate and the economics get worse, not better, as you grow into the top of its stated market.
  • The advertised per-user price excludes SMS, which is charged per message, the Instant Website add-on at roughly ten pounds a month, and Stripe card processing fees, so a Pro seat sending two hundred texts a month can cost close to double the sticker price.
  • There is no free tier and no permanently free single-user plan, so a sole trader testing the water is paying from the end of the trial.
  • Inventory and stock control are minimal: it can bundle kits and raise purchase orders but will not track stock levels on vans or in a store, which rules it out for firms carrying real parts inventory.
  • It has no service agreement, recurring maintenance contract or flat-rate pricebook functionality, so HVAC and other maintenance-contract businesses outgrow it quickly and end up moving to FieldEdge or ServiceTitan.

Pricing, plan by plan

Housecall Pro

$59/month
  • Basic$59/month
    • 1 user included
    • Online booking
    • Invoices and payments
  • Essentials$149/month
    • 5 users included; additional $100 per month each
    • All Basic features
    • Routes
  • MAX$299/month
    • 8 users included; additional $75 per month each
    • Everything in Essentials
    • Sales proposal tool

Tradify

$47/month
  • Lite$47/month
    • Jobs, notes and job tracking
    • Scheduling with Google Calendar sync
    • Quoting and invoicing
  • Pro$51/month
    • Everything in Lite
    • Custom branding on documents
    • Automatic appointment, quote and payment reminders
  • Plus$61/month
    • Everything in Pro
    • SmartRead for bills and SmartWrite AI tools
    • Purchase orders, job tasks and kit bundles
  • Custom$undefined/month
    • Negotiated for larger teams
    • Contact sales

Which should you pick?

Choose Housecall Pro if

Nothing in the data separates Housecall Pro from Tradify on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Housecall Pro review

Choose Tradify if

  • You need quoting.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want scheduling.
Tradify review

Questions people ask

Is Housecall Pro or Tradify better?
Neither clearly leads. Housecall Pro starts at $59/month and Tradify at $47/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Housecall Pro or Tradify?
Housecall Pro starts at $59/month and Tradify at $47/month.
Does Housecall Pro or Tradify run on more platforms?
Housecall Pro runs on Web. Tradify runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is Housecall Pro best used for?
Housecall Pro is most often used for answering every customer call and chat day or night for scheduling, routing and reordering technician jobs by actual drive time, accepting card payments in the field without card readers, including profit margins in flat-rate service pricing automatically. Of those, answering every customer call and chat day or night for scheduling and routing and reordering technician jobs by actual drive time are not what Tradify is typically brought in for.
What can Housecall Pro do that Tradify cannot?
Tradify covers Quoting, Scheduling, Job tracking, Timesheets.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Housecall Pro: What are Housecall Pro's transaction fees?

Housecall Pro charges card processing fees starting at 2.59%, a 1% fee for bank payments, and no fee for check deposits via mobile app.

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Tradify: How much does Tradify actually cost per month?

Around 47 US dollars per user per month on Lite, 51 on Pro and 61 on Plus, or roughly 34, 37 and 44 pounds in the UK. Multiply by every user, then add SMS and any add-ons.

Housecall Pro: Is there a free trial for Housecall Pro?

Yes, Housecall Pro offers 14 days of full access to all features with no credit card required.

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Tradify: Does Tradify replace my accounting software?

No. It syncs invoices and contacts to Xero, QuickBooks Online or MYOB, and you still need one of them.

Housecall Pro: Does Housecall Pro require long-term contracts?

No, Housecall Pro does not require long-term contracts and monthly plans can be cancelled anytime.

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Tradify: Is there a setup or implementation fee?

No. Unlike the enterprise field service platforms there is no onboarding charge, and most firms configure it themselves.

Tradify: How big a team can it handle?

It is designed for roughly one to twenty users. Beyond that the flat per-user pricing and the lack of dispatch optimisation and service agreements start to hurt.

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