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Housecall Pro alternatives under $80 a month for lawn care
Housecall Pro’s own Basic plan is already published under $80 a month ($59 billed annually, $79 on the other published rate). Official alternatives that also come in under $80, before add-ons and extra users, include Jobber Core, Kickserv Start, GorillaDesk Basic, and ServiceM8’s Free, Starter, and Growing plans. Recurring-service tools are not evenly distributed across those cheaper tiers. We have not used these products to run a lawn-care route.
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Who this is for. A US lawn-care shop that has looked at Housecall Pro and wants official, dated prices for plans that stay under $80 a month — including Housecall Pro Basic itself — without a made-up crew size, route count, or revenue claim.
What “under $80 a month” includes, and what it does not
The figures below are official plan prices retrieved November 13, 2026. They do not include payment-processing fees, extra-user fees (except where a vendor printed them), add-ons, or taxes. A plan can be under $80 and still lack a feature you need for recurring mowing routes. Where a vendor puts a lawn-care-relevant tool only on a plan above $80, we say so from the official feature list.
Official Housecall Pro prices
Housecall Pro’s official pricing page lists Basic, Essentials, and Max, a 14-day free trial with no credit card required (the FAQ says the trial is full access to Max-plan features for 14 days), and no long-term contract. The page displayed these rates clearly in the text we captured:
| Plan | Published rates | Under $80? |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $59/mo billed annually; $79/mo also displayed (the page showed a $20/mo savings next to the $59 annual figure) | Yes, both published rates |
| Essentials | $149/mo and $189/mo (the page showed a $40/mo savings next to $149) | No |
| Max | $299/mo and $329/mo (the page showed a $30/mo savings next to $299); 8 users included, $35/mo per additional user | No |
The same page also showed limited-time promotional rates (for example, $26/mo for one month on some plan cards). Confirm the current offer at checkout. We are using the $59 / $79 Basic pair and the Essentials and Max pairs above as the published regular rates we could read.
Official Basic features include online booking, invoices and payments, scheduling and dispatching, quotes, and review management, plus tools the page says are in every plan (live phone and chat support, a free iOS and Android app, and card processing rates “as low as 2.59%”). A FAQ says bank payments carry a 1% fee. Routes are listed on Essentials, not on the Basic list we captured. Recurring Service Plans and route optimization are listed on Max, which is above $80. User counts for Basic and Essentials were not clearly printed as plan limits, so we are not inventing a Basic seat limit.
Official alternatives under $80 a month
| Product and plan | Official price | Notes from the official page |
|---|---|---|
| Housecall Pro Basic | $59/mo billed annually, or $79/mo | Online booking, invoicing, scheduling, quotes, reviews; recurring service plans officially listed on Max, not Basic |
| Jobber Core | $29/mo billed annually, $39/mo on a one-year commitment billed monthly, or $49/mo with no commitment; 1 user included, additional users $29/mo each | 14-day trial. Two users on annual Core are $58/mo by arithmetic ($29 + $29), still under $80; no-commitment two users are $78/mo ($49 + $29). Connect starts at $99/mo billed annually, over the cap. |
| Kickserv Start | $60/mo for 5 users; save 20% with an annual subscription (20% off $60 is $48/mo by arithmetic, not printed on the card) | Contact form, automated reminders, reports, time and expense tracking, QuickBooks Online. Run is $119/mo, over the cap. |
| GorillaDesk Basic | $49/mo per route, paid monthly; unlimited users on every plan; 14-day free trial, no credit card, no contracts | Invoices, estimates, work orders, mapping, basic routing limited to 25 stops, Square and Stripe, automations. Pro is $99/mo and Growth is $149/mo, both over the cap. Confirm add-a-route rates before you assume two routes stay under $80. |
| ServiceM8 Free, Starter, and Growing | Free: $0/mo, 1 user, 30 jobs per month. Starter: $29/mo, unlimited users, 50 jobs. Growing: $79/mo, unlimited users, 150 jobs. 14-day trial, no credit card required to start. | Official pricing lists recurring jobs on the Free plan, plus quoting, invoicing, and iOS and Android apps. Premium at $149/mo and Premium Plus at $349/mo are over the cap. |
How the official facts line up for lawn care
- If the goal is simply to stay under $80 a month, Housecall Pro Basic already qualifies at the official $59 annual and $79 rates. The alternatives matter when you need a different pricing shape (per user, per route, or per job volume) or a feature that Basic does not officially list.
- Recurring work is the feature to check in writing. Housecall Pro lists Recurring Service Plans on Max, which is well above $80. ServiceM8 lists recurring jobs even on its Free plan, with a 30-job monthly cap that a busy mowing season could hit. Ask Jobber, Kickserv, and GorillaDesk which recurring-visit tools sit on Core, Start, and Basic before you buy.
- A one-person shop can stay under $80 on Jobber Core at $29–$49, Kickserv Start at $60 for five users, GorillaDesk Basic at $49 for one route, or ServiceM8 Starter or Growing at $29 or $79. A two-person shop can still fit under $80 on Jobber Core plus one $29 user, and on Kickserv Start or GorillaDesk Basic, which include extra users in the published price. ServiceM8 Starter and Growing cap jobs rather than seats.
- GorillaDesk is priced per route. Basic routing is limited to 25 stops on the official Basic list; richer routing is on Pro at $99, which misses this article’s cap.
Use each vendor’s trial with a real recurring lawn-care calendar. Housecall Pro, ServiceM8, Jobber, and GorillaDesk each publish a 14-day trial; confirm Kickserv’s trial on its site. This page does not predict collection rates.
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All figures were read from these official pages on November 13, 2026 (America/Chicago). If a vendor has changed a price since then, the vendor’s page controls.
- Housecall Pro pricing — Basic $59/mo billed annually and $79/mo; Essentials $149/$189; Max $299/$329 with 8 users included and $35/mo per additional user; 14-day trial; Recurring Service Plans listed on Max; routes listed on Essentials; card rates as low as 2.59%; bank payments 1%. Retrieved November 13, 2026.
- Jobber pricing — Core $49 / $39 / $29 per month depending on commitment; additional users $29/mo; 14-day trial; Connect starts at $99/mo billed annually. Retrieved November 13, 2026.
- Kickserv pricing — Start $60/mo for 5 users, Run $119, Scale $199; 20% annual-subscription language; Start feature list. Retrieved November 13, 2026.
- GorillaDesk pricing — Basic $49/mo per route, Pro $99/mo, Growth $149/mo; unlimited users; 14-day trial; Basic routing limited to 25 stops. Retrieved November 13, 2026.
- ServiceM8 pricing and ServiceM8 USA pricing — Free $0 (1 user, 30 jobs), Starter $29, Growing $79, Premium $149, Premium Plus $349; recurring jobs listed on Free; 14-day trial. Retrieved November 13, 2026.