Sesklo vs Housecall Pro
Sesklo vs Housecall Pro
Housecall Pro is a capable field service app, popular with residential home-services businesses. Sesklo does the same core work — quoting, scheduling, invoicing, payments — and adds what Housecall Pro leaves out: AI in the plan, and a marketplace that brings you the customers — at one flat price instead of a base plan plus per-user fees and add-ons.
| Sesklo | Housecall Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Brings you customers | Yes — a built-in marketplace of homeowner projects | No — you bring your own leads |
| Quoting, scheduling & invoicing | Yes | Yes |
| Job costing | Included in Pro ($99.99/mo) — labor, costs, and auto-tracked mileage against revenue | Basic cost tracking, added in 2026* |
| Extra seats | Team plan adds seats at $15/user | $35/user per month on Max; not published for Basic or Essentials* |
| Pricing model | Three simple monthly plans. That's it. | Three plans + per-user fees + paid add-ons* |
| Starting price | $49.99/mo (Basic) — the whole plan, included | $59/mo (Basic, annual, 1 user); Essentials $149, Max $299/mo* |
| AI features | AI report insights + voice assistant in Basic; AI receptionist in Pro | AI call answering (CSR AI) is listed as an add-on* |
*Housecall Pro pricing from housecallpro.com/pricing, as of October 2026: Basic $59/mo (1 user), Essentials $149/mo (5 users), Max $299/mo (8 users) on annual billing; monthly is higher. Max lists extra users at $35/user per month; no extra-user price is published for Basic or Essentials. Add-ons are listed separately (CSR AI call answering, Pipeline, Voice, vehicle GPS, among others). Housecall Pro added a job-costing feature to its plans in 2026. Tiers and prices change — check their site for current numbers.
Which should you choose?
Housecall Pro does scheduling, dispatch, and payments well, and residential contractors like its simplicity. Sesklo does those same things and more: its job costing goes deeper — labor, costs, and auto-tracked mileage against revenue, not just cost entry — it includes AI in your plan instead of as a paid add-on, and it brings you the customers — all at one flat price with nothing billed on the side. If you want the full picture of a job’s profit, and the jobs themselves, that’s Sesklo.