Housecall Pro is feature-rich, but the good stuff lives in the higher tiers. Here's where FieldGate gives you more in the base plan.
Strength: Recurring jobs, e-sign, inventory, AI — all in the base plan. No tier-shopping to find features.
Trade-off: No built-in customer financing (yet). Smaller marketing-automation feature set.
Strength: Strong dispatching, customer financing built in, marketing automations, big partner network.
Trade-off: Recurring jobs and inventory are gated to higher tiers. Aggressive upsell motion. Higher per-user cost as you grow past the included seats.
What's included in each platform's starting plan.
| Feature | FieldGate | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPS time tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drag-and-drop scheduling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recurring jobs | ✓ | higher tier |
| Photos & checklists on jobs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Estimates & proposals | ✓ | ✓ |
| E-signature on docs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Online booking page | ✓ | ✓ |
| Online payments (Stripe) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built-in team chat | ✓ | × |
| Inventory tracking | ✓ | higher tier |
| Payroll-ready hour reports | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI assistant (built in) | ✓MAX | limited |
| Built-in phone system | × | × |
| QuickBooks / Xero sync | on roadmap | ✓ |
| Mobile app | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free trial (no card) | ✓14 days | ✓ |
| Starting price | $49/seat/mo | $79/mo1 user |
The most common reasons we hear in demos.
If you cut grass, clean pools, or do quarterly maintenance, you NEED recurring jobs. Housecall Pro puts that behind a paywall. FieldGate ships it in the base plan.
Materials cost is a real margin lever. Housecall Pro's inventory module is on the higher tiers. FieldGate's full inventory + materials usage tracking is included.
Lots of FieldGate users tell us they switched because every feature they tried led to a 'upgrade to unlock' prompt. Our base plan is meant to actually run a business, not be a teaser.
They have some AI-flavored marketing features. FieldGate's MAX is a real conversational assistant that knows your team, your jobs, and your numbers.
You want recurring jobs, inventory, and AI in the base plan without tier-shopping, and you'd rather pay $49/seat than $189+/mo for the features you actually use.
You run a high-volume residential trade (HVAC, plumbing, electrical), you want consumer financing built in, and you have budget for the higher tiers where the strong features live.
Free 14 days. No card required. The product tells you more than any comparison page.