ServiceTitan Alternatives: 5 Systems Trade Businesses Move To

The ServiceTitan alternatives that come up most for trade businesses are Housecall Pro, Jobber, ServiceM8, FieldPulse and Workiz. Which one fits depends on how many technicians you run, whether you've got someone full-time in the office, and how you want to be charged: per technician, per user or per job.

I set these systems up and connect them to accounting, phones and forms, and I work in ServiceTitan accounts too, so none of this is written from the outside. I'm a ServiceM8 Certified Partner, and ServiceM8 is one of the five below, so read that section knowing it. Most of the pages you'll find on this search are written by a software company that lists its own product first.

Everything below was read from each vendor's own pricing page on 2026-10-09, in US dollars. Prices change, so check the pages before you sign.

Who ServiceTitan fits

ServiceTitan sells three packages: Starter, Essentials and The Works. Its pricing page says pricing is per technician and shows no prices. Each package has a Request Pricing button.

• Starter lists dispatching, scheduling, call booking, invoicing and a pricebook.
• Essentials adds mobile estimates and payroll management.
• The Works adds advanced reporting, commission tracking and customizable memberships.

The demo form asks how many techs you have and whether you have at least one full-time office employee. That tells you the company it's built around: several technicians, and someone in the office booking calls and running the dispatch board all day.

So ServiceTitan fits when you have the office to run call booking, dispatch and reporting every day, and when you want memberships, commissions and payroll inside the job software.

Why owners look for a ServiceTitan alternative

There are three usual reasons.

• The price isn't on the page. It's per technician and quoted after a demo, so you can't budget before a sales call.
• The owner is still the dispatcher. A lot of what's in the packages needs someone at a desk to run it. If that's you between jobs, it sits unused.
• You want to try it with real jobs first. A trial with your own jobs shows you what a Tuesday looks like in it.

All three are questions of fit, and the five below answer them differently.

The 5 ServiceTitan alternatives

Housecall Pro

Housecall Pro sells three plans, priced by users.

• Basic, 1 user: $59 a month billed annually, $79 monthly.
• Essentials, 5 users: $149 a month billed annually, $189 monthly. QuickBooks Online sync is listed here.
• Max, 8 users: $299 a month billed annually, $329 monthly, with extra users at $35 a month each. Recurring Service Plans, route optimization, a sales proposal tool and open API access are listed here.

The trial is 14 days on Max with no card. It fits a company of one to ten people that wants the price on the page and maintenance agreements in the same system.

Jobber

Jobber's plans start at $29 a month and are sold in bundles of users. Extra users are $29 a month each.

• Connect: $149 a month for 5 users, $229 for 10 and $299 for 15, billed annually. QuickBooks Online sync starts on this plan.
• Grow adds job costing, two-way SMS and custom workflow automations.
• Plus adds an AI receptionist, a lead pipeline and a marketing suite.

The trial is 14 days on Grow with no card. It fits a company that wants a fixed bill at 5, 10 or 15 people. I've put both of these side by side in Jobber vs Housecall Pro.

ServiceM8

ServiceM8 charges on job volume, with unlimited users on every paid plan.

• Free: 1 user, 30 jobs a month.
• Starter: $29 a month, 50 jobs.
• Growing: $79 a month, 150 jobs.
• Premium: $149 a month, 500 jobs.
• Premium Plus: $349 a month, 1,500 jobs or more.

It lists integrations with Xero, QuickBooks Online and MYOB, and apps for iPhone and Android. It fits a growing crew that doesn't want the bill to move every time someone's hired. I'm a partner, so weigh that. There's more in what ServiceM8 costs and in ServiceM8 vs Jobber.

FieldPulse

FieldPulse prices by seat and doesn't publish a number. Its pricing page says you get a custom quote in one conversation. It lists a phone system, an AI call-answering product, a pricebook, payments, fleet tracking and custom forms as optional extras on top of the core platform.

So it has the same first step as ServiceTitan, a call before a price. It fits a company that wants more than the entry-level tools and is happy to buy by quote.

Workiz

Workiz sells three plans, Standard, Pro and Ultimate, and each one says Request pricing.

• Standard lists scheduling, invoices, estimates, online payments, a QuickBooks integration and a built-in phone system with two-way texting.
• Pro adds performance pay, custom reports and its AI lead and scheduling tools.
• Ultimate adds service plans, flat rate pricing, inventory, sales proposals and an open API.

It lists a 7-day free trial. It fits a company where the phone is the front door and you want calls, texts and jobs in one place.

ServiceTitan alternatives side by side

Price on the page: Housecall Pro, Jobber and ServiceM8 publish prices. ServiceTitan, FieldPulse and Workiz quote.

How you're charged: ServiceTitan per technician. FieldPulse per seat. Housecall Pro and Jobber by users included in the plan. ServiceM8 by jobs a month.

Trial without a card: Housecall Pro and Jobber for 14 days. ServiceM8 lists a 14-day trial and a free plan. Workiz lists 7 days.

Maintenance agreements: ServiceTitan lists customizable memberships on The Works. Housecall Pro lists Recurring Service Plans on Max. Workiz lists service plans on Ultimate.

QuickBooks Online: Housecall Pro from Essentials, Jobber from Connect, ServiceM8 and Workiz as listed integrations.

One thing stands out. On three of these, agreements sit on the top plan. If agreements are the only reason you'd buy the top plan, a separate agreements tool beside a cheaper plan is another way to do it. I built one, Service Plan Pro, so weigh that the same way as the ServiceM8 section.

ServiceTitan vs Jobber

Jobber shows you the bill before you talk to anyone: $149 a month for five users on Connect, billed annually, with QuickBooks Online sync included. ServiceTitan quotes per technician after a demo.

The feature lists point at different companies. Jobber's plans are built around quotes, reminders, follow-ups and getting paid. ServiceTitan's packages list call booking and a pricebook on Starter, payroll management from Essentials, and commission tracking, advanced reporting and memberships on The Works.

Choose Jobber when you want the price on the page and a 14-day trial with your own jobs. Choose ServiceTitan when call booking, commissions, payroll and memberships all need to live in one system and you've got the office to run them.

ServiceTitan vs Housecall Pro

These two overlap more. Both list maintenance agreements on the top plan, and both put a pricebook in the entry one.

Housecall Pro starts at one user for $59 a month and reaches eight users with service plans and API access at $299, billed annually. ServiceTitan starts with a demo and a per-technician quote.

Choose Housecall Pro when you're under ten people and want to start this month on a published price. Choose ServiceTitan when you're past that, your office books and dispatches all day, and you want payroll and commissions in the same system.

ServiceTitan alternatives for a small business: how to choose

Start with the office. Count the hours a week someone sits at a desk booking calls and moving the schedule. If that's a full-time person, the bigger systems earn their place. If it's you at 7pm, pick the one you can run from your phone.

Then price your next hire. On a per-technician or per-user plan, work out what the bill does when you add two people. On a per-job plan, work out what it does in your busiest month.

Then list what the job software has to hand off to: accounting, the phone, your forms, your agreements. The cost that shows up six months in is the work that gets typed twice between two systems, and your job app is not a CRM either.

Last, take three real jobs, the awkward ones, and run each from the first call to the paid invoice in a trial. Whichever one your office and your techs open without being asked is the right one.

What switching from ServiceTitan involves

Read your agreement before anything else: the term, the notice period, and how you get your data out. Get the export before you give notice.

Five things have to come across: customers and their sites, the price book, open jobs and estimates, memberships or agreements with their renewal dates, and enough job history to answer a warranty call.

Run both systems side by side for one billing cycle. Book new work in the new one, finish open jobs in the old one, and move agreements at their renewal date so nobody's billed twice.

I've written up what moving job software takes in more detail.

Common questions

How much does ServiceTitan cost a month?

ServiceTitan doesn't publish prices. On 2026-10-09 its pricing page said pricing is per technician and listed three packages, Starter, Essentials and The Works, each with a Request Pricing button. To get a number you book a demo and get a quote for your technician count. Ask for it in writing, with any setup fees and the contract term on the same page.

Who are ServiceTitan's biggest competitors?

For residential trade businesses with a handful of technicians, the names that come up most are Housecall Pro, Jobber, ServiceM8, FieldPulse and Workiz. FieldEdge, Service Fusion and ServiceTrade show up in the same searches, more often for larger or commercial companies.

Is Housecall Pro better than ServiceTitan?

It's better for a different size of company. Housecall Pro publishes its prices, starts at one user, and puts Recurring Service Plans and open API access on its Max plan at $299 a month billed annually with eight users. ServiceTitan prices per technician by quote and lists payroll management, commission tracking and advanced reporting in its packages. If nobody in your office would run those every day, Housecall Pro is the closer fit.

Is there a free ServiceTitan alternative?

ServiceM8 lists a free plan for one user and 30 jobs a month. Jobber and Housecall Pro both run a 14-day trial with no card, and Workiz lists a 7-day trial. A one-user plan won't run a crew, so treat the free plan as a way to test with real jobs before you pay.

Is ServiceTitan worth it for a small business?

It depends on your office more than your truck count. ServiceTitan's packages are built around call booking, dispatch, payroll, commissions and reporting, and its demo form asks whether you have at least one full-time office employee. If you do, and you'd use those every day, get the quote. If the owner is still the dispatcher, price the five alternatives first.