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These are the two biggest names in home-service software, and most comparisons judge them across every trade at once. This one asks a narrower question: which fits a cleaning business — where the work is recurring, the margins are tight, and per-user pricing compounds fastest.
How they differ
Both are horizontal platforms priced by plan and by user. The differences are in emphasis, not kind.
Jobber leans into the office: quoting polish, automated reminders, automatic payments, and — on Plus — pipeline, a marketing suite, and an AI receptionist. Housecall Pro leans consumer-facing: financing options, a price book, job costing, and route optimization on higher plans.
Jobber Connect includes five users at $199 list or $149 at annual billing, then $29 per month per user. Housecall Pro starts at $59 per month for one user and charges $35 per month for each user beyond the plan. For a cleaning company, headcount growth is the bill.
Neither product is maid-native. Both handle recurring jobs competently, but the constructs a cleaning company lives in — the recurring week, home access details, per-clean proof — are configurations here, not the center of the product.
A five-person cleaning operation prices out at $1,788 to $2,388 per year on Jobber Connect and $1,788 per year on Housecall Pro Essentials at annual billing — before add-ons, extra users, or payment processing.
The math
Five people — an owner, an office hand, and three cleaners — is where these platforms' team plans naturally price. Here is the math at advertised rates.
| Plan | Monthly | Per year | What the price leaves out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jobber Core | from ~$24 at annual billing | ~$288+ | Built for one user — not a team plan. |
| Jobber Connect (5 users) | $199 list · $149 at annual billing | $1,788–$2,388 | Automated reminders, automatic payments, checklists, QuickBooks sync; $29/month per extra user. |
| Jobber Plus (5 users) | $499 list · $399 at annual billing | $4,788–$5,988 | Adds pipeline, marketing suite, AI receptionist, premium support. |
| Housecall Pro Basic | $59 at annual billing | $708 | Single user only. |
| Housecall Pro Essentials | $149 at annual billing | $1,788 | Monthly billing runs higher; $35/month per user beyond the plan. |
| Housecall Pro MAX | $299 at annual billing | $3,588+ | Advanced reporting and API-level extras; $35/month per extra user. |
| Cleanr — the third option | $39, or $24.92 effective on yearly billing | $299 flat | Cleaning-only software; whole crew included. Card processing applies only when customers pay invoices online. |
At the team plans a real cleaning company needs, the two land within rounding error of each other — roughly $1,800 a year at annual billing. Price will not make this decision; the feature accents and how each handles your growth will.
Feature by feature
Drawn from each product's published plan pages, read through a cleaning-business lens.
| Capability | Jobber | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Industry focus | Dozens of home-service trades | Dozens of home-service trades |
| Plan structure | Four plans, ~$24–$699/month; users included by plan, then $29/month each | Basic $59 (single user), Essentials $149, MAX $299 at annual billing, plus $35 per extra user |
| Team-plan cost at 5 users | Connect: $1,788–$2,388/year | Essentials: $1,788/year at annual billing |
| Office automation | Automated reminders, automatic payments, checklists, QuickBooks sync from Connect | Plan-dependent; price book and job costing on higher plans |
| Growth tooling | Pipeline, marketing suite, AI receptionist on Plus | Consumer financing, route optimization, open API on higher plans |
| Cleaning-native design | General field-service constructs configured for cleaning | General field-service constructs configured for cleaning |
| Free trial | 14 days | Confirm current trial terms with Housecall Pro |
The honest comparison
Your bottleneck is the office: quotes going out slowly, invoices chased by hand, reminders forgotten. Jobber's Connect automations and quoting polish are the draw, and its Plus tier is a genuine growth suite if you will use pipeline and marketing tools.
You want consumer-facing muscle — financing for bigger tickets, a price book that keeps estimates consistent, job costing and route optimization as you scale — and its plan structure fits your headcount better than Jobber's.
The third option
If reading two platform price sheets for one cleaning company feels backwards, that instinct is worth trusting. Cleanr covers the cleaning-shaped core of what both platforms do, for one flat price that ignores headcount entirely.
$299 per year or $39 per month, with the same Cleanr feature set on both plans and the whole crew included. Card processing applies only when customers pay invoices online; cash and check cost nothing extra.
Recurring scheduling, staff dispatch, time on site, before-and-after photos, home access notes, quotes, and invoices — the workflow a cleaning company runs every day, with nothing gated behind a higher tier.
Both plans start with a 7-day free trial. Rebuild one representative week of cleans, dispatch a cleaner, send a test invoice, and see whether it fits before you commit either way.
Keep comparing
Read the full Jobber comparison and Housecall Pro comparison, browse the cleaning software alternatives hub, or see how ZenMaid compares with Jobber and with Housecall Pro.
FAQ
At team size the prices converge near $1,800 per year at annual billing, so the decision is about accents: Jobber leans office automation — quoting, reminders, automatic payments, QuickBooks sync from Connect — while Housecall Pro leans consumer-facing tools like financing, a price book, job costing, and route optimization on higher plans. Choose by which set your business will actually use.
Jobber Connect includes five users and runs $1,788 to $2,388 per year depending on billing term, plus $29 per month per additional user. Housecall Pro Essentials totals $1,788 per year at its advertised annual-billing rate, plus $35 per month per user beyond the plan. Prices checked August 2026.
Both support recurring jobs, scheduling, and invoicing well, but each is built for dozens of home-service trades. Maid-native details — the recurring week as the primary view, home access records, per-clean proof — are configurations in these platforms rather than their center of gravity.
Cleanr is cleaning-only software at $299 per year or $39 per month, with the same Cleanr feature set on both plans and the whole crew included at any headcount. It covers recurring scheduling, staff dispatch, time on site, photos, quotes, invoices, and online payment links after connecting Cleanr Pay through Stripe, with a 7-day free trial.
Jobber pricing was verified against its official pricing page on August 9, 2026; list and annual-billing prices vary by team size and term. Housecall Pro pricing reflects its official pricing page at annual billing, checked August 2026. Plans, limits, and fees change; confirm current details with each vendor before deciding. Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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