Workiz vs Housecall Pro: Costs on General and Trade Pricing, Extra Users and Phone Add-ons

Workiz vs Housecall Pro turns on trade and headcount: Housecall Pro charges HVAC, plumbing and electrical firms separate trade prices, and Workiz states prices only for five-user packages.

On Housecall Pro’s general price list: Housecall Pro costs less at 3 users: $1,788 a year, billed annually (published price), against $3,300 a year, billed annually (published price; publication note) for Workiz. On the trade price list it shows HVAC, plumbing and electrical businesses: Workiz costs less at 3 users: $3,300 a year, billed annually (published price; publication note), against $3,588 a year, billing term not stated (published price) for Housecall Pro. Housecall Pro does not say whether those trade prices are billed monthly or yearly, so ask before you set them against Workiz’s annual figure.

Workiz shows “Request pricing” on every plan of its pricing page; its Standard and Pro figures come from a file it publishes for AI tools and are marked with a publication note wherever they appear. We built this comparison from public documentation and prices checked on November 10, 2026, without using either product.

Housecall Pro and Workiz side by side

Which vendor sits on the left is set by our methodology, which sorts vendors by the yearly cost for a team of ten; it does not rank the products. Housecall Pro’s starting price has two lines because it keeps two price lists, one general and one for HVAC, plumbing and electrical businesses. Workiz’s payment processing row gives no rates: its Workiz Pay page lists cards, wallets, bank transfers and financing, but no rate.

Plans on each billing term

Where their features differ

From each vendor's own plan pages, checked on November 10, 2026. 'Not listed' means the vendor's pages don't mention it on that plan, not that the product can't do it. We have not used these products.

Housecall Pro and Workiz: the features where they differ, the lowest plan that includes each

Feature	Housecall Pro	Workiz
Route optimization	✓ On Max 3 32	Not listed (Feature page does not say which plans) 49 42
GPS tracking	✓ From Essentials; add-on on Basic 32 25 8	✓ All plans 49
Multi-option estimates	✓ On Max; add-on on Basic and Essentials (general plans) 23 32	✓ On Ultimate 49 43
Service agreements and memberships	✓ On Max; add-on on Basic and Essentials (general plans) 32 8 31	✓ On Ultimate 49
Flat-rate pricebook	✓ From Essentials 32	✓ On Ultimate 49
Equipment tracking	Not listed (general plans) 32 28	✓ On Ultimate 49
Inventory	Not listed 32	✓ On Ultimate 49
QuickBooks Online sync	✓ From Essentials 12 32	✓ All plans 49
QuickBooks Desktop sync	Not listed (Feature page does not say which plans) 32 24	Not listed (Integration page does not say which plans) 49 47
Customer portal	Not listed 32	✓ All plans 49
Two-way texting	✓ All plans 21	Add-on 49
Email and text marketing	✓ All plans 17	Add-on 49
Timesheets	Not listed 32	Not listed (Mobile app page does not say which plans) 49 39
Job costing	✓ All plans (general plans) 32	Not listed 49
Open API	✓ On Max 19 32	✓ On Ultimate 49
Cleaning checklists	✓ From Essentials 32 22	✓ On Ultimate 49 36
Recurring cleans	Not listed (Feature page names no plan) 32 27 11	Not listed (Recurring jobs listed; frequency options not described) 49 38
Team pay	✓ From Essentials 32 14	✓ From Pro 49 37
Instant-price booking form	Not listed (Feature page names no plan) 32 20 16	Not listed (Self-booking into open slots; no instant price) 49 40
Route-based scheduling	✓ From Essentials 32 1	Not listed (Route optimizing only; no route days) 49 42
Seasonal programs	✓ On Max; add-on on Basic and Essentials (general plans) 32 8 9 13	✓ On Ultimate 49 44

• Both Housecall Pro and Workiz include these on every plan: scheduling and dispatch; online booking; estimates and quotes; invoicing; online card payments. 32 23 49 48
• Both Housecall Pro and Workiz sell phone system or call tracking as an add-on. 15 32 49
• Neither Housecall Pro's nor Workiz's plan pages list these: chemical application logs; property measuring. 32 29 2 49 35

Each cell names the lowest plan, in the vendor's own order, whose page lists the feature ("From"), or the plans that list it ("On") when only the vendor's last plan does or a higher plan does not. The cells come from each vendor's own plan pages. "(general plans)" means one of the vendor's trade-specific plans lists that feature differently.

Housecall Pro’s general plans carry a monthly and an annual price, and its trade packages sit in the last column because their pages state no billing term. Workiz’s Standard and Pro have an annual figure only. The trade packages also use their own user counts: on the HVAC page, Essentials and Max each show a one-user price, a larger bundle and a per-user charge beyond the bundle.

What a team of three, ten or thirty pays

How each cost is worked out: 12 times the monthly price of the cheapest plan that allows that many users (a small team is 2 technicians and 1 office user, a mid-size team 8 and 2, a large team 25 and 5), on that plan's cheapest published billing term. That plan may not include every feature you need. One-off fees are listed separately and are not included.

Yearly cost at three team sizes

Vendor	3 users Small team: 2 technicians, 1 office	10 users Mid-size team: 8 technicians, 2 office	30 users Large team: 25 technicians, 5 office
Housecall Pro, general pricing	$1,788 a year Published Essentials, billed annually	$4,428 a year Published Max, billed annually	$12,828 a year Published Max, billed annually
Housecall Pro, HVAC, plumbing and electrical pricing	$3,588 a year Published Essentials, billing term not stated	$9,588 a year Published Essentials or Max (same cost), billing term not stated	$27,588 a year Published Max, billing term not stated
Workiz	$3,300 a year Published Publication note Standard, billed annually	Not published	Not published

Plus one-off fees, not published: Housecall Pro, general pricing, Housecall Pro, HVAC, plumbing and electrical pricing and Workiz.

For HVAC, plumbing and electrical businesses, Housecall Pro’s trade pricing gives different figures. A team of three pays $3,588 a year on Essentials, billing term not stated (published price). A team of ten pays $9,588 a year on Essentials or Max (same cost), billing term not stated (published price). A team of thirty pays $27,588 a year on Max, billing term not stated (published price).

Each figure is twelve times the monthly price of the cheapest plan that allows that many users, on its cheapest published billing term. Where a vendor gives no price for a team, the cell stays Not published; our page on how we label and estimate prices sets out what an estimate would need.

The differences that change the decision

Which price list applies to you

This decides which Housecall Pro prices you should set against Workiz. Housecall Pro’s general pricing page and its HVAC, plumbing and electrical pages show different prices under the same plan names, and its HVAC package overview describes the trade packages as their own bundle. Workiz has pages for the same three trades, such as its HVAC page, but its published figures carry no trade split. A three-person HVAC shop should ask Housecall Pro which list it will be billed on, and on what term, before comparing it with Workiz.

Growing past five users

Housecall Pro’s general Essentials plan stops at five users, and only Max can add logins, according to its billing help article. Max, $299 a month for 8 users, billed annually (published price), sells each extra user at a stated monthly charge with no published cap, so its cost can be worked out for any team. That is why Housecall Pro has a figure at ten and thirty users.

Workiz’s Standard and Pro figures are each for five users, and nothing Workiz publishes prices a sixth. Its terms treat the user count as part of the package in your sales order, and they refer to buying more users as a package upgrade. The pricing page aims Pro at a mid-size team and Ultimate at larger multi-location teams and franchises, yet Ultimate has no price and Pro’s covers five users. A Workiz buyer expecting to hire should get the price of each added user written into the order.

Growth can also mean a second branch. Workiz’s pricing page puts multi-location management on Pro and Ultimate, and franchise management on Ultimate alone. A business opening a second location is therefore looking at Pro at least, whose published figure still covers five users, and a franchise network at Ultimate, which is priced only on request.

Phones and AI answering

The phone add-ons differ in what you can see before you buy. Housecall Pro’s Voice FAQ gives starting prices plus usage charges: call tracking from from $45 a month, plus usage, billing term not stated (published price), and a VoIP line with call tracking from from $65 a month, plus usage, billing term not stated (published price). Workiz publishes no price for Genius Phone on its pricing page or its phone system page.

For AI answering, neither publishes a price. Workiz’s Genius Answering is sold separately on every plan, and Housecall Pro’s CSR AI has no published price either, according to its AI Team help article. A phone-heavy business should get both quoted and ask how each is metered.

Service plans and maintenance work

Workiz includes service agreements and memberships on Ultimate; on its general plans, Housecall Pro includes them on Max (an add-on on Basic and Essentials). Housecall Pro’s HVAC, plumbing and electrical packages include membership plans from Essentials, according to its HVAC and plumbing pages and its electrical package overview. For a business that sells maintenance memberships, that matters for budgeting: the Housecall Pro plans that include them have published prices, while Workiz’s Ultimate shows only “Request pricing” on its own. Workiz includes a flat-rate pricebook on Ultimate; Housecall Pro includes it from Essentials.

Leaving, and what happens to the price

Housecall Pro sells month to month or annually in advance with no long-term contract, according to its pricing page; under its Terms of Service, plans renew automatically and fees are not refunded except as the terms state. To cancel, those Terms say to email Housecall Pro, and its billing help article says a cancellation is not processed until the billing team has spoken with the account owner by phone; the same article says fees are refunded only where a money-back guarantee was offered at sign-up. Workiz’s terms work on a fixed term: notice to cancel takes effect when the term ends, the fees for that term stay due, and the term renews on its own unless you give notice in time. Workiz’s terms also allow a capped yearly increase on the order anniversary; Housecall Pro’s Terms let it change prices on notice. The contract terms row above has the full wording for each.

What to get in writing before you sign

Each vendor leaves a few things to the sales conversation. These are the points its published pages leave open, worth having in the order or an email before you pay.

At Workiz, the billing cycle, because it decides whether you can move down a plan. Workiz’s general FAQ says plans are billed annually at purchase, but its terms allow a monthly or an annual cycle, whichever the sales order sets. The cycle matters more than it looks. Under those terms a standard package can be downgraded only on a monthly cycle, a package negotiated with sales cannot be downgraded at all, and Workiz may turn down a request to upgrade. A negotiated package can therefore fix your plan for the whole term, so ask which kind of package you are signing, and have the price of each added user written into it.

At Housecall Pro, the price list, the unpriced add-ons and the guarantee. Ask which list your account will be billed on, and on what term. Housecall Pro’s information page for AI tools also mentions a Mechanical Package with different pricing for HVAC, plumbing and electrical contractors; ask whether that is the list you would be billed on. Its billing help article lists Pipeline, and Service Plans on Basic and Essentials, as add-ons, and no price for either is published, so get a figure for any you need. The same article ties refunds to a money-back guarantee offered at sign-up: ask whether yours includes one. And if you might drop to a smaller plan, the pricing page says a downgrade takes effect only when the current monthly or annual period ends, so a business that pays yearly stays on the larger plan, already paid for, until the year is out.

Taking card payments in the field

Housecall Pro publishes its card, bank and instant payout rates, set out in the payment processing row above, and sells Tap to Pay on Mobile at $5 per user a month, billing term not stated (published price; sources disagree), according to its Tap to Pay help article. Workiz Pay covers online payments, deposits, financing and tap to pay, according to Workiz’s pricing page, but that page says card readers are sold separately and gives no price for them or for processing. The AI-tools file goes further and calls Workiz Pay an add-on, which the pricing page does not, so confirm in writing whether payments are part of your Workiz plan.

Who should pick which

Neither is the better choice for everyone. Four things separate them for a home service business: your trade, your headcount and hiring plans, how your work comes in, and how firmly you want to commit.

Trade. An HVAC, plumbing or electrical business should compare Workiz with Housecall Pro’s trade prices, not its general ones, since those are the prices Housecall Pro shows that business. The trade-price comparison at the top of this page is the one that applies. Other trades, such as cleaning or lawn care, are priced on Housecall Pro’s general list.

Headcount and hiring. From two to five users, Workiz’s Standard figure is still its five-user package, so set it against Housecall Pro’s price for your exact headcount on the price list that applies to you. A team that expects to pass five users has a published route on Housecall Pro, through its per-user charges, and needs a quote from Workiz. Our HVAC software price comparison costs both vendors alongside others that publish prices for larger teams.

How work comes in. Workiz’s phone system page and its industries page, which features repair trades such as garage door, locksmith and appliance repair alongside HVAC and plumbing, describe a business that runs on inbound calls. Such a business should price Genius Phone before signing, since it is sold separately. Housecall Pro’s phone line has a published starting price.

Commitment. A business that wants to be able to stop after any month can do so on Housecall Pro’s monthly billing, though canceling takes an email under its Terms and a phone call with its billing team before it is processed. Workiz fits a business ready to sign for a term, provided the term, the notice period and any yearly increase are agreed in the sales order. Both offer a free trial. Housecall Pro: 14-day free trial with full access to Max plan features and no credit card needed to start. A trial with no payment method closes on its own after 14 days. 32 8 Workiz: 7-day free trial with no credit card required, started by signing up on the Workiz website. 49 50

For full price lists, see Housecall Pro pricing and Workiz pricing. Each is also set against Jobber, which publishes prices for teams of up to 15: Housecall Pro vs Jobber and Jobber vs Workiz.