What does field service software actually cost?
Sticker prices are not comparable. Jobber starts at $29/month — but job costing needs Grow at $149, and routing, expenses and QuickBooks need Connect at $99. Housecall Pro starts at $59, with route optimization reserved for Max at $299. ValLedger puts every feature on every plan at $59/month for up to 5 users. Choose what you need below and compare the real totals.
These are the features competitors put on higher tiers.
ValLedger
Lowest$59/mo
Starter plan
Every feature is on every plan, so nothing above changes this price.
Jobber
$229/mo
Grow plan
Job costing requires the Grow plan
Housecall Pro
$299/mo
Max plan
Route optimization is a Max-tier feature
For this setup ValLedger is up to $240/month less — about $2880 a year.
Competitor pricing verified against each vendor's own pricing page on July 27, 2026, using annual-billing list rates and always the cheapest plan that includes your selections. Promotional pricing is excluded.
Why the advertised price is rarely the price
Field service platforms advertise an entry tier and put the features most businesses actually need on higher ones. The published starting price is accurate; it just describes a plan that stops being enough the moment you want to know whether a job made money.
Jobber is the cheapest way into the category at $29/month for one user. Expense tracking, route optimization, GPS and QuickBooks sync all begin at Connect ($99/month), and job costing begins at Grow ($149/month). Every seat past a plan's included count is a further $29/month, so a five-person crew adds up quickly.
Housecall Pro starts at $59/month for a single user. Job costing, GPS tracking and QuickBooks sync require Essentials ($149/month), and route optimization is reserved for Max ($299/month). Subcontractor 1099s are handled only through their paid Payroll add-on.
ValLedger prices on seats alone. Starter is $59/month for one to five users and includes job costing, expenses, route optimization, GPS clock-in, 1099 subcontractor tracking, the client portal and QuickBooks export. Growth is $139/month for six to fifteen users, and Business is $249/month for unlimited users. There is no feature tier to climb, so the number you see is the number you pay.
All competitor pricing verified against each vendor's own pricing page and help centre on July 27, 2026, using annual-billing list rates. Promotional pricing is excluded because it expires. See the full four-way comparison, or the detailed Jobber and Housecall Pro breakdowns.