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Housecall Pro vs 4Home Pros
Housecall Pro vs 4Home Pros comes down to the kind of work you do. Housecall Pro is a full suite with booking, card payments and financing. 4Home Pros is a Housecall Pro alternative for recurring routes, at one flat price for the whole crew.
The short answer
Who should pick which
Pick Housecall Pro if you need…
- Online booking, on every plan[1]
- Built-in card and bank payments, plus consumer financing and a price book[1]
- QuickBooks Online sync (Essentials and MAX)[1]
- AI that answers calls and books jobs (a paid add-on)[2]
- Route optimization by real drive time and live traffic (MAX)[1]
- A large review base: 4.6 from 31,081 ratings[3]
Pick 4Home Pros if…
- Most of your work repeats: weekly, bi-weekly, monthly
- You have a crew and want one price: Pro is $34.99/mo for everyone
- You want Done to bill the visit by itself
- Your crew should never see prices, balances or payments
- Customers already pay you by Venmo, Zelle, Cash App or Apple Pay
- You want a free plan with no time limit (50 job sites)
Crew cost
What a crew pays on Housecall Pro vs 4Home Pros
Housecall Pro sells plans by team size: Basic covers 1 user, Essentials 5 and MAX 8, with $35 a month for each extra user on MAX[1]. 4Home Pros Pro is one price for any team. Try your own numbers in the cost calculator.
| Team | Housecall Pro, cheapest plan | Housecall Pro, stops put in order | 4Home Pros |
|---|---|---|---|
| Just you | Basic: $79/mo monthly · $59/mo yearly | MAX: $329/mo monthly · $299/mo yearly | Free (up to 50 job sites), or Pro $34.99/mo · $22.92/mo yearly |
| 4 people | Essentials: $189/mo monthly · $149/mo yearly | MAX: $329/mo monthly · $299/mo yearly | Pro $34.99/mo · $22.92/mo yearly |
| 8 people | MAX: $329/mo monthly · $299/mo yearly | MAX: $329/mo monthly · $299/mo yearly | Pro $34.99/mo · $22.92/mo yearly |
With monthly billing, a 4-person crew keeps $1,848 a year on 4Home Pros against Housecall Pro Essentials. If the app must put stops in order, that becomes $3,528 a year against MAX.
"Stops put in order" means Housecall Pro MAX, the plan with route optimization[1]. It reorders jobs by real drive time and live traffic. We put stops in GPS order (nearest next, or one direction) on every plan, which is simpler. Taxes and payment fees are not included.
Side by side · checked October 20, 2026
Housecall Pro vs 4Home Pros, feature by feature
| Housecall Pro | 4Home Pros | |
|---|---|---|
| Price, one person | Basic $79/mo monthly, $59/mo yearly[1] | Free, or Pro $34.99/mo |
| People included | Basic 1, Essentials 5, MAX 8; extra users $35/mo on MAX[1] | You + 1 on Free; unlimited on Pro |
| Free plan | No: 14-day trial, no card[1] | 50 job sites, no time limit (with ads) |
| Recurring work | Recurring Service Plans on MAX[1] | Weekly to yearly, plus one-time jobs, every plan |
| Finishing a visit | — | Billed automatically on Done |
| Putting stops in order | "Routes" on Essentials; route optimization by drive time and live traffic on MAX[1] | GPS order, drag to adjust; free |
| Crew location | Employee GPS tracking on Essentials and MAX[1] | Free: each crew day for 7 days. Pro: live pins, Follow, full history |
| Crew never see money | — | Built in for every crew member |
| Online booking | All plans[1] | No |
| Card and bank payments | Cards from 2.59%, bank payments 1%[1] | No card processing. Your own Venmo, Zelle, Cash App or Apple Pay; no cut |
| Price book, consumer financing | All plans[1] | No |
| QuickBooks Online | Essentials and MAX[1] | No |
| AI | AI Team on all plans; 24/7 AI call answering is a paid add-on[2] | Spanish voice notes filed in English; AI customer import (Pro) |
| ChatGPT / Claude connector | Not listed on its AI Team page[2] | Logs visits, records payments; free up to 15 customers |
| App Store rating | 4.6 from 31,081 ratings[3] | 5.0 from 8 ratings |
A dash means we didn't check that feature for Housecall Pro.
What Housecall Pro does that we don't
- Online booking, so customers can book themselves[1]
- Built-in card and bank payments, and consumer financing[1]
- A price book, review management and a sales proposal tool (MAX)[1]
- QuickBooks Online sync, and open API access on MAX[1]
- AI call answering[2] and drive-time route optimization[1]
- A large review base[3], plus a dedicated onboarding specialist on MAX[1]
What 4Home Pros does differently
- Tap Done and the charge lands on the customer's balance, per visit or once a month.
- Every skip and cancellation asks why, so you see which customers you lost and the reason.
- Crew record voice notes in Spanish; entries are filed in English with the audio kept.
- Run the business by chat in Claude, ChatGPT and other AI apps. How it works.
- Pool water balance (LSI) and doses, free. See pool service software.
Switching from Housecall Pro
- Get your customer list into a CSV file, or keep it as a PDF or a photo.
- Import the CSV in 4Home Pros. On Pro, the AI import reads a PDF or photo. You review each customer before it is saved.
- Add each property's schedule and price, like weekly on Tuesdays at $45 a visit.
- Run one week of your route side by side, then decide.
Comparing more tools? See 4Home Pros vs Jobber and our list of Jobber alternatives.
FAQ
Questions
Is 4Home Pros cheaper than Housecall Pro?
For a crew, yes. Four people cost $189 a month on Housecall Pro Essentials, or $329 on MAX if you need route optimization (monthly billing). 4Home Pros Pro is $34.99 a month for any team size. A solo operator pays $79 on Basic, or $0 on our free plan up to 50 job sites.
Does 4Home Pros optimize routes like Housecall Pro MAX?
No. Housecall Pro MAX reorders jobs by real drive time and live traffic. We put stops in GPS order (nearest stop next, or one direction with no doubling back), and you drag to adjust.
Can my customers pay by card?
Not through built-in card processing. Your invoice and pay page show your own Venmo, Zelle, Cash App or Apple Pay. The money goes straight to you, and we take no cut. If card payments and financing are a must, Housecall Pro fits better.
Does Housecall Pro have a free plan?
No. It has a 14-day free trial with no card. 4Home Pros has a free plan with no time limit for up to 50 job sites.
Can I move my customers from Housecall Pro?
Yes. Import a CSV of your customers, or on Pro hand the AI import a PDF or photo of the list. You review each customer before it is saved.
Do both have AI?
Yes, of different kinds. Housecall Pro has an AI Team, with paid AI call answering. 4Home Pros has Spanish-to-English voice notes, AI customer import and a connector for Claude and ChatGPT. See the AI connector page.
Run one week of your route on it, free.
Free for your first 50 job sites. No card. Same account on iPhone, Android and the web.