PROTRA vs Housecall Pro

The everyday tools you know, scheduling, dispatch, estimates, invoices and payments, with more people included, inventory built in and Spanish for your whole crew. For less a month.

What you’d pay each month

Yearly billing, per month, by how many people log in.

Team size	Housecall Pro	PROTRA	You save
1–2 people	$59 Basic (1 user)	$39 Starter (2 users)	$240/yr
5 people	$149 Essentials	$119 Pro (6 users)	$360/yr
8 people	$299 MAX	$169 Pro + 2 extra users	$1,560/yr
15 people	$544 MAX + 7 extra users	$229 Elite	$3,780/yr

PROTRA pays monthly too: $49, $149 or $279. Housecall Pro month to month is $79, $189 or $329.

Side by side

Only what we could check on Housecall Pro’s own website.

	Housecall Pro	PROTRA
People included on the middle plan	5 on Essentials	6 on Pro
Extra people	$35/mo each on MAX	$25/mo each, on any plan
HVAC, plumbing and electrical shops	Separate trade packages: Essentials $299/mo and MAX $649/mo for teams, with extra users at $100 and $75	Same price for every trade. Elite includes every trade; Starter and Pro add a trade for $19/mo
Good / better / best options the customer signs	Visual sales proposals are $40/mo extra on Basic and Essentials, included on MAX	Included on Pro and Elite
QuickBooks sync	Essentials and up	Pro and Elite
Free trial	14 days	14 days, no credit card

Housecall Pro prices and plans from housecallpro.com/pricing and its HVAC software page, as published July 2026 and checked November 2026. They may change, so check their site too.

Also built into PROTRA

The parts that make a shop run, not just book jobs.

Parts that order themselvesAn approved estimate puts its parts on the order list. Trucks get restock lists, suppliers get a link.

Barcode truck stockTechs scan what they use and what they carry, with low-stock alerts.

English and SpanishOffice, techs and customers each pick their language, texts included.

Works with no signalThe tech app saves everything offline and syncs when it’s back.

More than one tradeHVAC with refrigeration, plumbing with water heaters, mechanical with controls, in one account.

Ask PROTRAAsk “who owes us money?” or “what did we sell this week?” and get the answer from your own numbers.

Where Housecall Pro is ahead

Worth knowing before you switch.

Housecall Pro has been around longer and has a bigger company and more outside apps connected to it. If your shop depends on a specific connection, email support@protra-us.com before you switch and we’ll tell you straight whether PROTRA covers it.

Switching takes an afternoon

Your customers, history and prices come with you.

Download your spreadsheets from Housecall ProCustomers, jobs, invoices, estimates and your price book each have an Export option. Pick CSV.
Drop them into PROTRAOpen Switch to PROTRA in the menu and drop the files in. PROTRA reads Housecall Pro’s columns, shows you what it found before anything is saved, and merges duplicates.
Invite your techs and goEach tech gets an email, signs in on the phone app, and sees their jobs. On Pro and Elite, we help with the move.