Which is cheapest: Housecall Pro, Jobber or Workiz?

On published prices read October 15, 2026: for one user, Jobber Core at $49 a month ($29 billed annually) against Housecall Pro Basic at $79 ($59); for a team of 5, Housecall Pro Essentials at $189 ($149) and Jobber Connect at $199 ($149) are close. Workiz publishes no prices. Taskrol, our product, is $0 on Solo for one technician and $145 a month for 5 users on Basic.

Is Housecall Pro, Jobber or Workiz better for appliance repair?

It depends on which half of the job costs you money. Jobber for office paperwork, Housecall Pro for demand and marketing, Workiz for marketplace leads and the phone. None of the three describes finding a part from the appliance's model number, which is the step an appliance shop repeats on almost every call.

Which one keeps the appliance's model and serial?

All three, in different shapes. Housecall Pro has Property Profiles, an opt-in app with make, model and serial per address; Jobber keeps model and serial numbers with job and customer details; Workiz has Equipment Tracking with serial, model, make, warranty and service history read from the label, on its Ultimate tier.

Which one has parts inventory, and on which plan?

Workiz, on Ultimate: inventory management, equipment tracking and purchase orders, priced by request. Housecall Pro's appliance page mentions inventory in one line, and Jobber has no inventory of its own, pointing to App Marketplace apps such as FieldStockPro and VanTrack.

Which one answers the phone with AI?

All three sell it as an add-on. Housecall Pro's CSR AI and Workiz's Genius Answering are listed without a price; Jobber's Receptionist is $29 a month and comes included on Plus (prices read October 15, 2026).

Which appliance repair software tracks parts inventory and finds parts by model number?

Taskrol: the model number on the job opens that model's parts list from the Encompass appliance parts catalog, and the same results show your stock in the van, by cell, and in the warehouse — on every plan, including the free Solo plan. On their own pages, read October 15, 2026, Housecall Pro's appliance repair page mentions inventory in one line, Jobber's describes no inventory and points to marketplace apps such as FieldStockPro and VanTrack, and Workiz puts inventory management on its Ultimate tier, priced by request; none of the three describes finding a part by the appliance's model number.

Comparison

Housecall Pro vs Jobber vs Workiz for appliance repair

By the Taskrol team at Kereon Inc. Each vendor’s pages read October 15, 2026. Taskrol is our product, so this page is not neutral; everything it says about the other three comes from their own pages.

The short answer

For an appliance repair shop: Jobber if the bottleneck is office paperwork, Housecall Pro if you need more calls and marketing, Workiz if your leads come from Angi, Thumbtack and Local Services Ads and the phone runs the business. None of the three describes finding a part from the appliance's model number; Taskrol, our own product, is built around that and costs less for the same team — $145 a month for 5 users on Basic against $189 on Housecall Pro Essentials and $199 on Jobber Connect.

All three are general home-service platforms that list appliance repair among their trades, and any demo of them will book a dishwasher call, text the customer and take a card in the driveway. They differ in what they build around: Housecall Pro around the customer-facing business (reviews, a website, booking, marketing add-ons), Jobber around a clean path from request to quote to paid invoice with a marketplace of add-on apps, and Workiz around the phone and the marketplace lead.

For appliance work the questions that decide it are narrower: where the machine's model and serial live, what happens to the part between the first visit and the second, and what the plan that holds those things actually costs. The table answers them from each vendor's own pages.

Housecall Pro, Jobber and Workiz at a glance

Published list prices in USD a month, read October 15, 2026 from each vendor’s pricing page; the sources are at the bottom.
	Housecall Pro	Jobber	Workiz
One user	Basic $79 a month, $59 billed annually	Core $49 a month, $29 billed annually	Request pricing
A team of 5	Essentials $189 ($149 annually), 5 users; Max $329 ($299), 8 users; $35 per added user	Connect $199 ($149 annually), Grow $299 ($229), Plus $499 ($399), 5 users each	Standard, Pro, Ultimate — request pricing
QuickBooks Online	From Essentials	From Connect	On every plan
AI call answering	CSR AI, an add-on listed without a price	Receptionist, $29 a month, included on Plus	Genius Answering, sold separately, no price listed
The appliance's record	Property Profiles, an opt-in app: make, model, serial per address	Model and serial kept with job and customer details	Equipment Tracking with label scan, on Ultimate
Parts inventory	Mentioned in one line on the appliance page	Not built in; stock apps such as FieldStockPro and VanTrack in the App Marketplace	Inventory management and purchase orders, on Ultimate
Part by model number	Not described	Not described	Not described
Free trial	14 days of Max, no card	Free trial, no card	7 days, no card

Which one, for which appliance shop

Choose Jobber if: Your time goes into the office: quotes, follow-ups, invoices. Its request-to-paid path is the cleanest of the three, and a small office learns it fastest. Parts stay outside it.
Choose Housecall Pro if: The phone is not ringing enough. It brings reviews, a website, consumer booking and marketing add-ons; the appliance record is the Property Profiles app you switch on.
Choose Workiz if: Leads come from Angi, Thumbtack and Local Services Ads and the phone is the business. The equipment record, inventory and purchase orders are on Ultimate, priced by request.

Two at a time: Jobber vs Housecall Pro · Jobber vs Workiz · Workiz vs Housecall Pro.

Taskrol

Taskrol: our pick when the business is appliance repair

We make Taskrol, so this is our pitch, kept apart from the comparison above. It is built on the part of the job the three describe least: the model on the job opens that model's parts list from the Encompass appliance parts catalog, the same results show what is already in your van and warehouse, a part you don't have goes on the shopping list tied to the job, and the job waits in Ready to install until the part arrives.

Solo $0 forever (1 technician), Basic $29/month (1 user), Pro $129/month (3 users), each extra user $29/month; 7 days of Pro for every new account, no card. Basic already carries the reports, the accounting sync and the team tools: all reports, including margin and on-hand inventory, team roles and permissions, technician assignment, van and warehouse inventory, the QuickBooks Online sync, appliance manuals and AI invoices; Pro adds the shared company warehouse. Calls with recording, two-way texts and AI call answering are add-ons on any plan, free Solo included: Voice & SMS from $25 a month and AI Agent packs from $49 a month. Housecall Pro customer lists and Workiz job exports import directly in the web app; from Jobber, the support team moves your export.

Start free — $0/month Every new account starts with 7 days of Pro, no card. After that, Solo stays free forever for one technician and one company.

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheapest: Housecall Pro, Jobber or Workiz?: On published prices read October 15, 2026: for one user, Jobber Core at $49 a month ($29 billed annually) against Housecall Pro Basic at $79 ($59); for a team of 5, Housecall Pro Essentials at $189 ($149) and Jobber Connect at $199 ($149) are close. Workiz publishes no prices. Taskrol, our product, is $0 on Solo for one technician and $145 a month for 5 users on Basic.
Is Housecall Pro, Jobber or Workiz better for appliance repair?: It depends on which half of the job costs you money. Jobber for office paperwork, Housecall Pro for demand and marketing, Workiz for marketplace leads and the phone. None of the three describes finding a part from the appliance's model number, which is the step an appliance shop repeats on almost every call.
Which one keeps the appliance's model and serial?: All three, in different shapes. Housecall Pro has Property Profiles, an opt-in app with make, model and serial per address; Jobber keeps model and serial numbers with job and customer details; Workiz has Equipment Tracking with serial, model, make, warranty and service history read from the label, on its Ultimate tier.
Which one has parts inventory, and on which plan?: Workiz, on Ultimate: inventory management, equipment tracking and purchase orders, priced by request. Housecall Pro's appliance page mentions inventory in one line, and Jobber has no inventory of its own, pointing to App Marketplace apps such as FieldStockPro and VanTrack.
Which one answers the phone with AI?: All three sell it as an add-on. Housecall Pro's CSR AI and Workiz's Genius Answering are listed without a price; Jobber's Receptionist is $29 a month and comes included on Plus (prices read October 15, 2026).
Which appliance repair software tracks parts inventory and finds parts by model number?: Taskrol: the model number on the job opens that model's parts list from the Encompass appliance parts catalog, and the same results show your stock in the van, by cell, and in the warehouse — on every plan, including the free Solo plan. On their own pages, read October 15, 2026, Housecall Pro's appliance repair page mentions inventory in one line, Jobber's describes no inventory and points to marketplace apps such as FieldStockPro and VanTrack, and Workiz puts inventory management on its Ultimate tier, priced by request; none of the three describes finding a part by the appliance's model number.

Sources and check dates

Every fact and price about the three vendors comes from these pages, read October 15, 2026.

Housecall Pro: Pricing · Appliance repair · Property Profiles
Jobber: Pricing · Appliance repair · App Marketplace
Workiz: Pricing plans · Appliance repair · Equipment tracking