How we make this list: we compare pricing pages, product documentation and public user reviews. Ratings come from G2, Capterra or Trustpilot, with the date we checked them.
Key takeaways
- Jobber and Housecall Pro are the small shop standards: published pricing from $29 to $49 a month for one user, online booking, quoting, dispatch, and card payments in one app.
- Service Fusion flips the pricing model: from $208 to $245 a month with unlimited users, so a growing crew stops paying per seat.
- ServiceTitan is the enterprise platform for multi crew and multi trade shops, priced by quote at an estimated $245 to $500 per technician per month plus implementation.
- ServiceM8 is the budget outlier, with a free tier and paid plans from $29 a month priced by job volume rather than seats.
- Count the whole bill: implementation, phone and marketing add ons, and per user growth move the real price far from the headline.
Quick comparison
| Tool | Best for | Starting price | Free plan |
|---|
 ServiceTitan | Large and multi trade shops | See website | No |
 Jobber | Solo plumbers and small teams | $29 per month | No |
 Housecall Pro | Residential shops that market hard | $59 per month | No |
 Service Fusion | Flat price, unlimited users | $208 per month | No |
 FieldEdge | Flat rate pricebook shops | See website | No |
 Workiz | Plumbing and appliance crews | $187 per month | No |
 ServiceM8 | The smallest budgets | Free | Yes |
 FieldPulse | Growing residential teams | $99 per user per month | No |
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The best plumbing service software
Starting priceSee website
Free planNo
ServiceTitan is what plumbing companies graduate to and what they complain about at conferences, often in the same conversation. It runs the full operation of a large shop: call centre booking with call recordings, a dispatch board that handles dozens of technicians, memberships and service agreements, pricebook management, and marketing spend tracked to booked jobs. Cleri's October 2026 comparison estimates an eight person shop at roughly $1,470 to $3,000 plus per month before implementation.
That is real money, and the contract deserves the same scrutiny as the demo: term length, renewal notice, per technician minimums, and what implementation includes. For a multi branch or multi trade operation, shops routinely judge the reporting alone worth it.
What we like- The deepest platform here: call booking, dispatch, pricebook, marketing, and reporting built for scale
- Central pricebooks and templates keep dozens of techs quoting consistently
- Strong fit for shops adding HVAC or electrical alongside plumbing
- A large ecosystem of integrations and add on products
Watch out for- Priced by quote, third party estimates run $245 to $500 per technician per month
- Implementation is a separate, serious cost, estimated from $1,000 to far higher
- Contract terms and renewal clauses need close reading
- Overpowered and overpriced for a three truck shop
#2Jobber
Best for: Solo plumbers and small teams4.6/5 on
G2 (530 reviews, checked Oct 2026)
Visit getjobber.com
Starting price$29 per month
Free planNo
Jobber is the small shop favourite because it respects how a two to ten person plumbing business actually runs. A request comes in, a quote goes out with good, better, best options, the job lands on the schedule, the tech completes it on the app, and the invoice and payment close the loop, with automated reminders and review requests filling the gaps. Its pricing is public: Core at $49 a month monthly billing or $29 on annual, with Connect and Grow tiers above for teams.
The limits appear with complexity. Jobber's estimating is fast and clean but lighter than dedicated flat rate systems, and per user pricing means the bill grows with every hire, reaching $386 a month for an eight person shop on Grow in Cleri's worked example. For the vast middle of residential plumbing, though, Jobber's balance of price, polish, and speed is the one to beat.
What we like- Published pricing: Core from $49 a month, or $29 billed annually, for one user
- Clean workflow from request to quote to job to invoice that techs actually use
- Online booking, automated reminders, and follow ups built in
- Quotes show cost, markup, and estimated margin on desktop
Watch out for- Per user pricing climbs with the team, Grow for one user is $149 to $199 by billing term
- Fewer deep calculation and assembly tools than estimating specialists
- Some features differ between desktop and mobile
- Advanced marketing and phone tools cost extra
#3Housecall Pro
Best for: Residential shops that market hard4.3/5 on
G2 (205 reviews, checked Oct 2026)
Visit housecallpro.com
Starting price$59 per month
Free planNo
Housecall Pro sells momentum to residential shops: booking that customers complete themselves, automatic review requests after every job, email and postcard marketing, and a consumer grade app experience that makes a five truck company look established. Its published pricing starts at $79 a month for Basic, $59 on annual billing, and the worked eight person example on MAX comes to $329 a month in Cleri's comparison.
Read the tier table like a plumber reads a quote. Flat rate pricing, the way most residential shops charge, needs Essentials at $189 and up, and the extras, phone system, AI receptionist, marketing automations, are sold separately and capped by plan. Housecall Pro is excellent at filling the schedule; make sure the tier you price is the tier that includes the tools doing the filling.
What we like- Published tiers: Basic $79 a month, or $59 billed annually, Essentials $189, MAX $329
- Strong consumer facing tools: online booking, review requests, and marketing features
- Flat rate pricebook available on Essentials and up
- Fast setup aimed at owner operators
Watch out for- The features a plumbing shop wants most sit on higher tiers
- Industry based pricebook upcharges noted by reviewers
- Add ons, AI answering, marketing tools, stack onto the base price
- Mobile cost entry is more limited than desktop
Starting price$208 per month
Free planNo
Service Fusion's pitch is arithmetic: one flat price, unlimited users. Starter runs $245 a month, $208 on annual billing, and the whole crew, office, techs, part timers, costs the same as one seat. Cleri's worked example prices an eight person shop at $382 on Plus, level with Jobber's per user total at that size, and past fifteen users the flat model pulls away from the field.
The trade is finish. Service Fusion covers the operational core, scheduling, dispatch, estimates, invoices, payments, inventory basics, without the consumer marketing shine of Housecall Pro or Jobber's design polish. For a growing shop watching per seat costs compound, that is the right trade. For a solo plumber it is the most expensive way to buy features a $29 plan covers.
What we like- Flat pricing with unlimited users: Starter $245 a month, or $208 billed annually
- Plus at $382 and Pro at $627 add depth without per seat maths
- Full dispatch, invoicing, and customer management core
- At 15 plus users the flat price undercuts every per user rival here
Watch out for- No free trial culture, demos lead the sale
- The interface is workmanlike next to Jobber's polish
- Fewer consumer marketing extras than Housecall Pro
- Flat price is poor value for a two person shop
#5FieldEdge
Best for: Flat rate pricebook shops4.0/5 on
G2 (87 reviews, checked Oct 2026)
Visit fieldedge.com
Starting priceSee website
Free planNo
FieldEdge is the veteran flat rate shop's system. Its centre of gravity is the pricebook: a maintained database of repairs with parts and labour built in, so a tech prices a water heater swap or a repipe consistently, and the office sees margin without retyping anything. Shops that run flat rate as a discipline, rather than as a feature, have kept FieldEdge for years for exactly this reason.
Its commercial terms fit that profile: quote based pricing that comparisons report around $100 to $125 per user per month with a setup fee, and tiers that include two, four, or six mobile licences. The interface will not win design awards against Jobber, and it is not trying to. Evaluate FieldEdge on the pricebook and the accounting flow, the two places it has outlasted prettier rivals.
What we like- Built around flat rate pricing with a maintained repair database
- Long history in plumbing and HVAC, formerly known as dESCO
- Tight field to office workflow and strong QuickBooks tradition
- Plans bundle set numbers of mobile licences, 2, 4, and 6 by tier
Watch out for- Pricing by quote, reported at $100 to $125 per user per month plus $500 to $2,000 setup
- The experience is more traditional than the newer apps
- Licence counts by tier can pinch growing teams
- Setup and data conversion take real time
#6Workiz
Best for: Plumbing and appliance crews4.5/5 on
G2 (247 reviews, checked Oct 2026)
Visit workiz.com
Starting price$187 per month
Free planNo
Workiz targets the communication heavy end of field service: calls, texts, dispatch, and job management in one system, with its phone platform woven through the workflow so every customer conversation attaches to the job. Its own published comparison puts entry at $187 a month on annual billing with three users included, and it offers a short no card trial, which is more transparency than several rivals manage.
Plumbing shops pick Workiz when the phones are the bottleneck, missed calls, untracked promises, dispatch by group text. Its trade depth is a step below ServiceTitan's, and final pricing can be package dependent, so get the full configuration quoted. For appliance and plumbing crews that live on inbound calls, it is a serious candidate priced in the middle of this list.
What we like- Built for service trades with strong communication tooling, including its own phone system
- Published comparison pricing from $187 a month on annual billing for three users
- Job costing and inventory touches alongside dispatch
- Seven day free trial with no credit card by its own comparison
Watch out for- Main plan pricing is quote led in some regions and listings, confirm in writing
- Phone and communication add ons raise the total
- Less plumbing specific depth than ServiceTitan or FieldEdge
- Per package pricing makes comparison shopping slower
Starting priceFree
Free planYes
ServiceM8 prices by the job, not the person, and starts free. A solo plumber can run bookings, job cards, quoting, invoicing, and card payments from a phone at no cost until volume justifies the $29 tier, and paid plans keep the unlimited staff rule while raising job allowances up to the $349 top tier. For a one or two van operation, nothing else on this list comes close on cost.
The ceiling is depth, and it arrives honestly: ServiceM8 is a job management tool, not an operations platform, so flat rate pricebooks, memberships, and marketing automation are thin or absent. Australian founded and popular with small trades worldwide, it is the right first system for a new plumbing business and a planned stepping stone rather than a destination for a growing one.
What we like- A genuinely free tier for a solo operator's first jobs
- Paid plans from $29 to $349 a month priced by job volume, with unlimited staff on paid plans
- Fast mobile job management designed for the field first
- Simple enough to run a one van business from a phone
Watch out for- Job volume caps mean busy months can push you up a tier
- Depth thins fast: pricebook, marketing, and reporting are basic
- Less US plumbing specific content than the American rivals
- Growing shops tend to graduate off it within a few years
#8FieldPulse
Best for: Growing residential teams4.7/5 on
G2 (375 reviews, checked Oct 2026)
Visit fieldpulse.com
Starting price$99 per user per month
Free planNo
FieldPulse aims at the shop that has outgrown ServiceM8 and is not ready for ServiceTitan: proper estimating with margin targets visible while the quote is built, service agreements, and, distinctively, van and stock inventory inside the base product rather than as an enterprise module. Plumbing reviewers observed its rate at about $99 per user per month in October 2026 checks.
Its extras follow the category pattern, the sales suite and other modules price separately, so the quote to compare is the configured one. The interface asks more of techs than Jobber's does, and in exchange gives the office more: cost detail, quote versions, and stock that matches the trucks. For a residential team professionalising its quoting and inventory together, FieldPulse is the value pick of the upper half.
What we like- Estimating with mobile costs, markup, and target margin built in
- Native inventory in the base subscription, unusual at this size
- Bundles and material lists suit repeatable plumbing jobs
- Priced per user at a reported $99 a month, predictable for planning
Watch out for- Modules such as the sales suite cost extra on top
- The interface is denser than Jobber's
- Less brand recognition than the category leaders
- Inventory depth still trails ServiceTitan's warehouse controls
How we chose
We covered the platforms plumbing shops actually buy across the size range, using October 2026 pricing research from FieldServicePro's field service pricing comparison, Cleri's ServiceTitan alternatives analysis with worked shop costs, Workiz's alternatives comparison, ToolsInTheWild's plumbing estimating review, and ITQlick's ServiceTitan pricing page, which labels vendor published and third party estimated figures as such. Where a vendor publishes no price, the entry says See website and gives the reported range as an estimate. We excluded generic project tools, accounting software, and CRM platforms with no field service core.
What to look for in plumbing service software
Price the crew you will have in eighteen months, not the crew you have. Per user pricing at $29 looks trivial until it is eight users on a higher tier with add ons, which is how a $49 plan becomes a $386 month. Then read the add on list before the feature list: phone systems, AI answering, review and marketing tools, and extra automations are separately priced at most vendors here, and they are usually the features in the demo.
For plumbing specifically, test three workflows in the trial. The emergency call: can dispatch see the nearest tech with the right parts history. The flat rate quote: can a tech build a good, better, best price at the house without calling the office. The equipment record: does the water heater's age, model, and warranty survive in the customer file for the next visit. Software that handles those three well fits a plumbing business; software that demos well on generic jobs may not. Finally, plan the exit before you need it: customer lists, equipment history, pricebook, and open invoices must export cleanly, because switching costs in this category are measured in data, not dollars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does plumbing service software cost?
Published pricing starts at free with ServiceM8, then $29 to $49 a month for one user at Jobber, $59 to $79 at Housecall Pro, and $208 to $245 flat with unlimited users at Service Fusion. Mid range per user tools run about $99 and up. ServiceTitan is quote only, with third party estimates of $245 to $500 per technician per month plus implementation. A typical eight person shop lands between roughly $240 and $950 a month depending on platform, before add ons, by the October 2026 worked examples cited here.
Do I need flat rate pricing in the software?
Most residential plumbing shops charge flat rate, a fixed price per repair from a pricebook, because customers approve a number rather than an hourly meter. If that is your model, the pricebook is the product: FieldEdge builds around a maintained repair database, ServiceTitan manages pricebooks centrally, and Housecall Pro offers flat rate on its Essentials tier and up. Time and materials shops can use simpler tools. Decide your pricing model first; it eliminates half this list.
Can a small plumbing shop justify ServiceTitan?
Almost never at three to five trucks. Its per technician estimates and implementation costs are built for shops where reporting and call centre features pay for themselves across dozens of jobs a day. The same money buys years of Jobber, Housecall Pro, or Service Fusion at small scale, with money left for a truck. Revisit ServiceTitan when you run multiple crews or trades and feel the smaller systems' reporting limits weekly, not before.
What data should I move when switching systems?
Customers and locations, equipment history with models and install dates, service agreements and memberships, your pricebook, open estimates, and unpaid invoices. Cleri's switching guide makes the order explicit: export early, decide which system sends invoices to QuickBooks during the overlap to avoid double syncing, run both systems for about two weeks, and cancel last. Equipment history is the item plumbing techs miss most in the field when a migration skips it.
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