Three tools that run a trade business. Here is where each one fits.
Jobber and Housecall Pro are the two names most shops compare first, and both are good field service tools. TradeGOAT is the third option, built by elevator contractors to run any trade. It starts from the proposal you already send, charges one price for the company instead of one per person, and shows you whether a job is making money while it's still running.
A company name and an email is the whole signup. No credit card to start.
Evans Elevator Company runs on it every day. A second elevator company runs its service work on it.
you like building quotes in their templates, you want a client hub where customers approve quotes and pay, and you want a big list of add-ons and marketing tools. Expect the bill to grow as you add people.
most of your work is homeowners, and online booking, review requests and customer financing are what bring the work in. Plans are sold by how many people are on them.
you want to keep sending your own proposal, pay one flat price for the company, see bid against actual while the job runs, and run the office, the field and QuickBooks from one tool.
Still deciding? Run one real proposal through the 14-day Pro trial and see for yourself.
This is the biggest difference between the three. Jobber and Housecall Pro sell plans by how many people are on them, so the bill moves when you hire. TradeGOAT sells one price for the company, with room for a set number of people.
| Plan | People included | Per month | QuickBooks sync | Job costing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobber | ||||
| Core | 1 | $49 | No | No |
| Connect | 1 / 5 / 10 / 15 | $139 / $199 / $299 / $399 | Yes | No |
| Grow | 1 / 5 / 10 / 15 | $199 / $299 / $399 / $499 | Yes | Yes |
| Each added person: $29/mo | ||||
| Housecall Pro | ||||
| Basic | 1 | $79 | No | Yes |
| Essentials | 5 | $189 | Yes | Yes |
| Max | 8 | $329 | Yes | Yes |
| Each added person on Max: $35/mo | ||||
| TradeGOAT | ||||
| Starter | up to 2 | $149 | Yes | Yes |
| Growth | up to 10 | $249 | Yes | Yes |
| Pro | up to 25 | $599 | Yes | Yes |
Month-to-month prices as listed on getjobber.com/pricing and housecallpro.com/pricing on November 5, 2026. Both also sell lower prices if you commit to a year or pay annually; TradeGOAT is month-to-month only. Prices change, so check their pages before you buy. TradeGOAT prices are before sales tax.
Jobber's lowest price is for one person, and it doesn't sync with QuickBooks or track what a job costs you. To get both on Jobber you're on Grow. Housecall Pro's QuickBooks sync starts on Essentials. TradeGOAT Starter is $149 a month for up to two people — the owner and someone in the office, or a second truck — with QuickBooks and job costing included.
Hiring inside your tier never changes a TradeGOAT bill. Two things do, and we'll name both: growing past your tier's people count moves you up a tier, and the Secretary — the assistant inside TradeGOAT — is $149 a month for each person who wants their own. Pro includes one, the owner's. See every detail on the pricing page.
Jobber and Housecall Pro both have good quote builders. You build the quote in their format, with their layout.
TradeGOAT starts from the Word or PDF proposal you already send. Upload it, and your finished proposals go out in your format with your logo. The customer signs online. After it's signed, changes become change orders and the original price stays exactly as signed. More on that in Bring your own paperwork.
Jobber has job costing on Grow. Housecall Pro has it on every plan. TradeGOAT gives every plan a live job scorecard: what you bid against what it's actually costing, by cost bucket, while the job is still running. A slipping margin shows up while you can still steer it back. Here's why that matters.
All three connect to QuickBooks Online: Jobber from Connect up, Housecall Pro from Essentials up, TradeGOAT on every plan. In TradeGOAT, invoices go to QuickBooks, payments come back, and the books' real billing history shows on every job. You can also bring your customers straight in from QuickBooks. How it works: QuickBooks for contractors.
All three give your techs a phone app. In TradeGOAT the tech writes the ticket on the phone — photos, parts, hours — and the customer signs on the glass. The finished PDF emails itself to the customer and the office, and the office can send the bill from that finished ticket. Every ticket stays tied to that piece of equipment for good, so two years later what was done to unit 3 is a page, not a phone call.
Growth adds the maintenance program: service clocks on every unit under contract and a watch for missed visits. Pro adds dispatch and the crew map. Your 14 free days are Pro, so you get all of it from day one.
Homeowner marketing. Online booking, review requests, email and postcard campaigns and customer financing are big parts of both, and if those are what bring your work in, weigh them. TradeGOAT is built around the work and the money once the call comes in: the proposal, the job, the ticket, the bill and the books.
You don't rebuild anything to try TradeGOAT. Bring the Word proposals, the spreadsheets, the customer list and the photos. Your 14 days are Pro with white-glove setup — we load your documents, customers and equipment with you. More in Switching software without starting over.
Jobber and Housecall Pro are established field service tools with quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payments, priced by plan and by how many people are on it. TradeGOAT is all-in-one software for service contractors that starts from the Word or PDF proposal you already send and runs pricing, signatures, field tickets, maintenance, dispatch, invoicing and QuickBooks in one tool, for one flat price per company: Starter $149 for up to 2 people, Growth $249 for up to 10, Pro $599 for up to 25.
Yes, if you want to keep sending your own proposal, see bid against actual while a job runs, and stop paying more every time you add a person. Jobber's lowest plan is one person without QuickBooks sync or job costing; TradeGOAT Starter is $149 for two people with both included.
Yes, if your work runs on proposals, equipment and service agreements more than homeowner booking. If online booking, review requests and customer financing are what bring your work in, Housecall Pro is strong there.
Not inside your tier. Starter covers up to 2 people, Growth up to 10, Pro up to 25. The price moves if you grow past your tier, or if someone wants their own Secretary seat at $149 a month. Pro includes the owner's.
Sign up with a company name and an email. You get 14 days of Pro free — every feature, up to 25 people, no credit card. The trial never turns into a charge on its own; we email you before it ends so you can pick a plan.
No. It was built by elevator contractors to run any trade — HVAC, plumbing, electrical, garage doors and other service work. The elevator companies running on it today are the proof it holds up to real work every day.
Every feature, up to 25 users, and we load your documents, customers and equipment with you. A company name and an email is the whole signup — no credit card. Want to look first? Drive the demo.
Rather ask a question first? Email Travis at hello@thetradegoat.com. He reads every one himself.