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Tech Ops vs Housecall Pro

Both put scheduling, dispatch, estimates and invoices on the phone. Housecall Pro is aimed at home-service pros. Here's how they line up, as straight as I can make it.

01 Housecall Pro pricing

What Housecall Pro lists

Prices as listed on their site on November 2, 2026.

Basic
$59 a month billed annually, or $79 month to month. 1 user included.
Essentials
$149 a month billed annually, or $189 month to month. 5 users included.
MAX
$299 a month billed annually, or $329 month to month. 8 users included, $35 a month for each additional user.
Trial
14 days, no credit card.

Their page also shows short-term promotional prices; those aren't listed here. Plans and prices change, so check Housecall Pro’s pricing page for today’s.

02 Price

$25 a seat. Clients free.

Mix normal seats and AI seats in one company. Sales tax is added where it applies.

Seat
$25 a month per person, or $250 a year. Every seat gets everything, no tiers.
AI seat
$40 a month per person, or $400 a year. All-in: it replaces the $25 seat and adds Millie and the AI tools.
Clients
Free. Your customers get the client portal at no charge, however many you invite.
Trial
30 days free for your whole team. No card to start it.

03 Where Housecall Pro is stronger

Credit where it’s due

Housecall Pro is built for home-service pros and it shows: online booking, review management, consumer financing and payments are on every plan, and route optimization, recurring service plans and a sales proposal tool are on the top plan.

It has a big user base and add-ons for calls and marketing campaigns. Online payments and a QuickBooks Online sync are on their plans today; in Tech Ops both are still coming.

04 Where Tech Ops is different

What you get with Tech Ops

One flat price per person
$25 a seat a month, or $40 with the AI tools. No tiers: every seat gets every feature, whether you have 2 techs or 40.
Clients are free
Your customers log in to the client portal at no charge. They put in their own service calls, approve quotes and sign off work.
Inventory per truck and shelf
Every van, shelf and warehouse is its own stock location. Techs move parts onto the job, ask another truck for a part, and every move is logged.
Sites, assets and walkthroughs
Equipment at each site with its service history and QR labels, PM schedules, floor plans and a walk-through view of the site.
Three languages
English, Spanish and French. Each person picks their own.
Built by a field tech
I'm a tech, and I build and run it myself. Bug reports from inside the app come straight to me.
Trial
30 days for your whole team, no card.

A couple of things Tech Ops doesn't do yet: customers paying invoices online by card, and a live QuickBooks Online sync. Both are coming. Today the invoice list exports to a spreadsheet for your accountant.

05 Which one fits

Who each one is for

If you're a residential shop that wants booking, reviews and financing built in, Housecall Pro is worth a look. If you're a small trade shop that lives on sites, equipment and parts on the trucks, and you want one price per person with clients free, that's what I built Tech Ops for.

Housecall Pro is a trademark of its owner, used here only to compare. Tech Ops isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Housecall Pro.

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