Housecall Pro vs FieldPulse: pricing, trials and which to pick
Housecall Pro shows prices after a quiz about your trade and team size: its pricing page lists $79/mo for one user on Basic and $299/mo for five users on Essentials, with a 14-day free trial. FieldPulse publishes no prices. It sells seats for a contract term by custom quote, and offers a demo, not a trial. Pick Housecall Pro to try before you buy, FieldPulse for a seat-by-seat quote.
Claver makes this page, and Claver is one of the options. Competitor prices come from each company's own pricing page, checked September 27, 2026.
Which is cheaper, Housecall Pro or FieldPulse?
There's no way to tell from the pricing pages alone. FieldPulse is quote only, with no public pricing, and sells seats upfront for a contract term. Housecall Pro lists its prices after a short quiz, so compare a written FieldPulse quote against the figures below.
| Question | Housecall Pro | FieldPulse |
|---|---|---|
| Plans | Basic, Essentials, Max | No named plans. Seats plus optional add-ons. |
| How pricing works | Shown after a quiz about your trade and team size | Seat-based. Each seat's rate depends on what it needs access to. |
| One user | $79/mo Basic, $229/mo Essentials, $349/mo Max | Quote only, no public pricing. |
| Team plans | $299/mo Essentials with 5 users, $649/mo Max with 8 users | Quote only, no public pricing. |
| Extra users | $100/mo each on Essentials, $75/mo each on Max | More seats, rate not published. |
| Free trial | 14 days on Max, no credit card | None. It offers a demo built around your trade and team. |
| Contract | No long-term contracts | Seats bought upfront for a contract term, length not stated. |
| Add-ons | CSR AI answering, payroll and accounting, sold separately | Phone system, AI answering, payments, financing and fleet tracking, quoted separately. |
Last verified September 27, 2026 from Housecall Pro's public pricing page (after its quiz, as an HVAC business) and FieldPulse's public pricing page, which lists no prices. We confirmed Housecall Pro's figures for HVAC only.
Which plan is each feature on?
Housecall Pro puts features on named plans: scheduling, estimates and a price book on Basic, job costing and QuickBooks sync on Essentials, route optimization on Max. FieldPulse has no named plans. It quotes a core platform plus optional products such as its phone system, AI answering and fleet tracking.
| Feature | Housecall Pro | FieldPulse |
|---|---|---|
| Users | 1 on each solo plan, 5 on Essentials and 8 on Max team plans | The seats you buy, each priced by access. |
| Price book | Every plan, from Basic | Pricebook, listed among its optional products. |
| Phone and AI call answering | CSR AI, sold as an add-on | Engage phone system and Operator AI, premium add-ons. |
| Card payments | On every plan, at rates as low as 2.59% | FieldPulse Payments, a premium add-on. |
From Housecall Pro's plan feature lists and FieldPulse's pricing page, checked September 27, 2026. We only list features that both pricing pages describe.
Where is Housecall Pro better than FieldPulse?
Housecall Pro is better if you want to see the price and try the software before you talk to sales. Its prices, extra-user fees and a 14-day free trial are on its pricing page, and it says it has no long-term contracts.
- Published prices. One-user and team prices, and the fee for each extra user, are shown after the quiz.
- A free trial. 14 days on Max with no credit card. FieldPulse says plainly that it doesn't offer one.
- No long-term contracts. FieldPulse sells seats upfront for a contract term.
- Card payments on every plan. Housecall Pro lists card processing at rates as low as 2.59% on every plan. FieldPulse sells payments as an add-on.
Where is FieldPulse better than Housecall Pro?
FieldPulse is better if you want a quote shaped around your team rather than a fixed plan. It prices each seat by what that person needs access to, and says every seat, rate and add-on is laid out before you sign.
- Seats priced by access. Each seat's rate depends on what it needs, so seats with different jobs don't have to cost the same.
- Everything quoted up front. FieldPulse says there are no hidden fees and no features that quietly need an upgrade after onboarding.
- A demo built for you. The demo is set up around your trade, team size and workflows.
- Add-ons for bigger shops. Engage adds a phone system with shared and tracking numbers and auto-logged calls. Operator AI answers calls 24/7, captures leads and books jobs. Fleet tracking and ClearPath, a workflow design tool, are also offered.
Should I choose Housecall Pro or FieldPulse?
Choose Housecall Pro if you want published prices, a free trial and no long-term contract. Choose FieldPulse if you'd rather have a demo and a custom seat-based quote, and you're comfortable buying seats upfront for a contract term.
Pick Housecall Pro if
You want to budget without a sales call, test it for 14 days, and grow from one user to a team of five or eight on published plans.
Pick FieldPulse if
Your team mixes office and field roles, you want each seat priced for what it does, and you want its phone, AI answering or fleet tracking add-ons quoted in one conversation.
Look at a third option if
You want published prices with users included. Claver is covered below. Also looking at Workiz? See Housecall Pro vs Workiz and Workiz vs FieldPulse.
Is there an option with published prices and users included?
Claver is one. Claver is field service software for small home-service businesses: scheduling, quotes, invoicing, payments and customer texting, with users included in one flat monthly price. Starter is $19/mo for 2 users, Crew is $39/mo for 8 and Business is $79/mo for 20.
- Where it fits. Card payments, online booking and a customer portal are on Starter. Job costing, GPS tracking, QuickBooks Online sync and two-way texting are on Crew. A phone system and AI receptionist are on Business.
- Where it's weaker. Native iOS and Android apps are coming soon, so today it runs as an installable web app. Tap to Pay is coming soon. It's a newer product with a smaller integration list than Jobber or Housecall Pro. There's no free plan. The phone system and AI receptionist are Business only, and the AI receptionist takes booking requests for you to confirm rather than booking on its own.
$1 for 14 days, then $19/mo. Crew and Business are billed at full price from day one.
Best fit for: Claver is built for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and garage door shops. Already running on Housecall Pro? Here's how to move your data over.
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