For most plumbing shops, Claver is the best value (flat plans from $19/mo), Jobber is the easiest to learn, Housecall Pro leans hardest into consumer marketing, Workiz fits call-heavy shops, ServiceTitan is the pick for large contractors, and GorillaDesk suits plumbers running recurring service plans. The right one depends on how you book and run jobs, not the longest feature list.
Six platforms commonly used by plumbing businesses, from solo operators to large commercial contractors, compared by entry price and what each does best.
| Tool | Entry price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Claver | $19/mo (flat) | Best value all-rounder |
| Jobber | $29/mo (Core, billed annually) | Ease of use & a polished mobile app |
| Housecall Pro | See their site | Consumer-facing marketing tools |
| Workiz | See their site | Call-heavy shops (built-in phone) |
| ServiceTitan | Quote only | Large residential/commercial contractors |
| GorillaDesk | See their site | Recurring service plans & route work |
Only Claver and Jobber list a confirmed entry price here. For Housecall Pro, Workiz, and GorillaDesk, pricing changes often, so confirm the current number on each vendor's site before you buy. ServiceTitan is quoted per company.
Plumbing runs on a tight loop: a call or a form comes in, you quote it, you schedule it, the tech does the work, you invoice, and you get paid. The best plumbing software is the one that shortens that loop for how your shop actually books jobs — by phone, by online booking, or by service contract. Below is who each tool fits, with honest pros and trade-offs.
Weighing price against what's included, Claver is the value leader for small plumbing teams. Starter is $19/mo (2 users), Crew is $39/mo (5 users), and Business is $59/mo (20 users), month-to-month with no per-seat fees. Starter already covers what a solo plumber or a small crew needs to run the full loop: unlimited jobs and customers, quotes, invoices, Stripe card and ACH payments, deposits, a customer portal, and an online booking widget with live pricing.
What pushes it past "just cheap" is what the paid tiers fold in. Crew ($39/mo) adds two-way SMS, missed-call text-back, dispatch with GPS and route optimization, an AI assistant, Good/Better/Best proposals (handy for a water-heater or repipe quote), and a payroll calculator. Business ($59/mo) adds a built-in phone system, a 24/7 AI receptionist, job costing with margin alerts, and inventory — tools the bigger names often sell separately or reserve for top plans.
See the plumbing software overview for how the workflow maps to a plumbing shop, or read Claver vs Jobber if Jobber is your other finalist.
Jobber has a long track record and a reputation for a clean, approachable interface and a well-polished mobile app. If your priority is getting a non-technical crew productive quickly with minimal training, it's a reasonable default. Pricing starts at $29/mo (Core, billed annually) per Jobber's pricing page and rises with higher tiers and add-ons.
Housecall Pro is widely used in home-service trades and leans hard into consumer-facing marketing — email and postcard campaigns, review generation, and a homeowner app. If you spend real money keeping past customers coming back and filling the calendar, those tools are a genuine strength.
If your plumbing business lives on inbound calls — emergency leaks, after-hours dispatch, drain clogs — Workiz is built around a phone-first workflow with call tracking, a built-in dialer, and ad-source attribution so you can see which campaigns drive the phone to ring. For a shop where every booked job started as a call, that loop is the whole game.
ServiceTitan is an enterprise-grade platform aimed at larger residential and commercial plumbing contractors, with deep reporting, call-center features, capacity planning, and integrations to match. For a company running multiple trucks across crews with a real back office, it's a serious, capable system.
GorillaDesk started in pest control and has grown into a field-service tool used across trades, including plumbing shops that sell recurring service. Its strengths are repeat scheduling, route building, and automated reminders, which fit plumbers who run maintenance plans, water-treatment service, or scheduled drain cleaning rather than purely one-off repair calls.
You'll sometimes see BookingKoala or Sweep&Go in field-service roundups. Both are excellent at what they do, but they're built around residential cleaning and recurring self-booking, not plumbing's quote-diagnose-repair workflow. We've left them out here so this stays an honest plumbing list — if you run a mixed home-service business, they may still be worth a look.
The features that actually move the needle for a plumbing shop, and where Claver lands on each.
Claver starts at $19/mo flat — unlimited jobs, quotes, invoices, payments, and online booking. Move up to Crew ($39/mo) when you need texting, AI, dispatch, and GPS, or Business ($59/mo) for the built-in phone and AI receptionist.