Housecall Pro vs Zuper (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Housecall Pro if

• Fits if you run an HVAC, plumbing or cleaning crew and want bookings, jobs and payments in one app
• Works for teams that win work through Thumbtack or Google Local Services

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you need route optimization or service plans, which only come with Max at $299 a month
• Skip it if you want AI call answering or payroll priced up front, as both are add-ons with no price shown
• Not for you if you want Zapier or the API on a small plan, since both are Max only
• Tight if you're a crew of 2 to 5, as Basic holds 1 user and Essentials at $149 is the floor
• Watch out: card processing starts at 2.59% and bank payments carry a 1% fee

Pick Zuper if

• Fits if you run a roofing or exteriors crew and want the field app and office side together
• Works for teams that don't mind a demo call to get a quote

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a price before any sales call, because none is published
• Skip it if you're outside roofing and exteriors, as the industry pages lean heavily that way
• Not for you if you want to try it free: no trial or free plan is listed
• Watch out: payments run through Zuper Pay or Stripe, and Zuper Pay is its own module

Housecall Pro

• Basic includes 1 user, Essentials 5 and Max 8; the pricing page prices extra users only on Max, at $35 a month each.
• Route optimization, recurring service plans, Zapier and the open API are only on Max, the plan sold through a demo.
• Card processing starts at 2.59% a transaction and bank payments carry a 1% fee.
• AI call answering, payroll, bookkeeping, websites and vehicle GPS are add-ons with no price on the pricing page.

Zuper

• No pricing is published on the site: the old pricing page returns a not-found error and every call to action is a demo request.
• The site's industry pages lean heavily toward roofing and exteriors; check that your trade's workflows are covered in a demo.
• Payments run through Zuper Pay or Stripe; Zuper Pay is a separate module on the site.
• The site lists iPhone and Android apps and no separate desktop app; the office side runs in a browser.

Housecall Pro

Scheduling and dispatch

Assign technicians to jobs on a shared schedule. Essentials adds routes and phone-based employee GPS tracking; Max reorders a day's jobs by live drive time.

Estimates, invoices and payments

Send estimates by text or email, invoice from the field, take cards and bank payments, deposit checks in the app and offer customers financing.

Online booking and reviews

Customers can book and pay online from Google or the business's own website, and review tools ask for reviews after the job and help share them.

Price book and job costing

A price book keeps service prices current and job costing tracks what each job costs. Essentials adds flat-rate pricing with margins and commission rates.

Crew mobile app

The iOS and Android app works in English and Spanish, with offline viewing, and from Essentials adds job checklists and annotated photo reports.

Service plans and add-ons

Max adds recurring maintenance agreements and visual sales proposals. AI call answering, payroll, bookkeeping, websites and vehicle GPS are sold separately.

Zuper

Scheduling and dispatch

A drag-and-drop dispatch board with a Dispatch Assistant that suggests the best-fit crew by skill and drive time.

Intelligent Quoting

Builds good, better and best quotes from what the technician captured on site, with signing and a deposit taken on the same visit.

Mobile app with offline mode

Checklists, forms, photos and notes work without a signal and sync when the connection returns. Crews can take payment from the phone.

Job costing

Tracks hours and parts against the quote on each job so the office can see projected margin while work is under way.

AI agents

The site lists a CSR Agent, Field Agent, Weather Agent, Sales Coach Agent and others, plus an Agent Studio for building your own.

Work orders, assets and inventory

Work order management, asset tracking, inventory, procurement and subcontractor work orders sit in the same system.

Housecall Pro

• Basic$59

  per month for 1 user, billed annually ($79 billed monthly)

  Online booking, scheduling and dispatch, estimates, invoicing and payments, a price book, job costing and review management.

• Essentials$149

  per month for up to 5 users, billed annually ($189 billed monthly)

  Adds routes, flat-rate pricing, checklists, photo reports, employee GPS tracking, commissions and QuickBooks Online sync.

• Max$299

  per month for up to 8 users, billed annually ($329 billed monthly)

  Adds route optimization, recurring service plans, the sales proposal tool, the open API and a dedicated onboarding specialist. Extra users $35/mo each.

Zuper

Pricing could not be confirmed. See zuper.co.

Housecall Pro

• Annual discount

  Save $20 to $40 a month with annual billing

  Annual billing lowers Basic from $79 to $59 a month, Essentials from $189 to $149 and Max from $329 to $299.

Zuper

No public discounts listed.