Laycor vs Housecall Pro
Home services software with plans by team size and a large add-on catalog. Here is how it lines up with Laycor for a service business, as of 9 November 2026.
Laycor
$49/mo Starter
$99/mo Professional
Whole team, unlimited users. 14-day trial, no card. Month to month.
Housecall Pro
Published plans run from roughly $59/month for one user on annual billing to several hundred a month for larger teams, with extra users and some features (such as recurring service plans) priced on top.
Checked 9 Nov 2026 · their pricing page
Best for: Residential HVAC, plumbing and electrical companies that want many add-ons and a big community.
| Laycor | Housecall Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Published price | ✓$20/mo Basic (forms + CRM), $49/mo Starter, $99/mo Professional, whole team | ◐From about $59/mo (1 user, annual) |
| Users included | ✓Unlimited users on every plan | ◐Seat-limited plans; extra users cost more |
| Free trial | ✓14 days, no card | ✓14-day trial |
| Online booking | ✓Booking page and widget with live availability and deposits | ✓ |
| Scheduling & dispatch | ✓Calendar, dispatch board, day sheets, recurring visits | ✓ |
| Technician app | ✓Phone-browser app, nothing to install | ✓App store app |
| Estimates | ✓Good / Better / Best options, approved on the customer’s phone | ✓Good/Better/Best on some plans |
| Invoicing & card payments | ✓Auto-invoice on job done, Stripe card payments, tax by jurisdiction | ✓HCP Payments |
| CRM & pipeline | ✓Contacts, pipeline, leads board, tasks, campaigns, inbox | ✓ |
| Lead marketplace inbox | ✓Angi, Thumbtack, Google LSA, Yelp and Facebook leads parsed into contacts | ◐Integrations; check which marketplaces |
| Review requests | ✓Rate-then-route funnel, QR cards | ✓ |
| Memberships / service plans | ✓Plans with included visits, billed through Stripe | ◐Recurring service plans, sometimes an add-on |
| Job costing | ✓Time, materials, payouts, margin per job | ◐On higher tiers |
| Business website | ✓Generated site with a page per service and town | ◐Website builder add-on |
| Container / asset tracking | ✓Asset tracking for containers, trucks and equipment | — |
| Contracts & e-sign | ✓Templates, signing link, PDF with audit trail | ◐ |
| QuickBooks | ✓Two-way sync with QuickBooks Online, plus CSV export | ✓ |
| API & webhooks | ✓REST API for jobs, invoices, estimates and bookings, outgoing webhooks, SSO on Professional | ◐On higher tiers |
| Export your data | ✓CSV export of everything, any time | ✓ |
✓ included · ◐ partly or on some plans · ? quote only · — not offered. Competitor rows reflect their public materials on the date shown; plans change, so confirm with the vendor before deciding.
Why people move to Laycor
- Everything on the list above is included at $49 or $99 for the whole team, not sold as add-ons by seat.
- Rental and hauling trades get containers, routes and weight-based billing out of the box.
- Texting from a shared number with no Twilio setup.
- Your Housecall Pro customer, job and invoice exports import as they are.
When Housecall Pro is the better fit
- Your team is settled on its mobile app and consumer-financing options.
- You use add-ons Laycor does not have, such as consumer financing or call tracking.
Switching from Housecall Pro
Export your customers, jobs and invoices to CSV, then import them under Contacts → Import, Calendar → Import CSV and Invoices → Import CSV. Customers are matched by email, phone or name. Most teams move in an afternoon, and your Housecall Pro account keeps running until you cancel it.