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A cheaper alternative to Housecall Pro, at every crew size

Here are our numbers: $0 for the first person, $39 a month for each one after, every feature on. Put your current bill next to that and see which way it goes.

$0 for one person$39 each afterNo contract

No credit card. No contract.

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Pillar's week view with one lane per technician, showing a full crew's appointments side by side

Housecall Pro gets a business moving quickly. Pillar does the same thing without a level to move up to later.

Do the math for your crew

The first person is free and every other one is $39 a month. That is the whole formula.

What Pillar costs per month at common crew sizes, next to a blank column for what you pay now
People on the accountPillarWhat you pay now
1 person$0/mowrite it in
2 people$39/mowrite it in
3 people$78/mowrite it in
5 people$156/mowrite it in
10 people$351/mowrite it in

Customers and subcontractors get free portal logins and never appear in this table. There is no level to move up to as the crew grows, because every feature is already on.

Your costs, line by line

One column is verified against what we charge. The other is yours to fill in, because Housecall Pro's prices are theirs to publish.

Swipe across for the write-in column.

Pillar's verified pricing next to a blank column to fill in with what you currently pay for Housecall Pro
Line itemPillarHousecall Prowrite in yours
Price to start$0. One person, forever, no card.What you pay this month
Each additional person$39 a month for their login. Yours stays free.What the next person costs you
Features behind a higher planNone. Every feature is on for every account.What you would pay to add the ones you want
Texting and callingPrepaid credit at the carrier rates plus a markup. Every rate is printed on the pricing page.What numbers and messages add to your bill
Limits while you are one person100 jobs, 100 estimates, and 100 invoices a month. The cap lifts on the second seat.Your limits today
Customers you can holdUnlimited, on every account.Your contact limit
File storageAt least 25 GB, plus 25 GB for every paid person.Your storage allowance
ContractNone. Month to month, cancel anytime.Your renewal date and notice period
Setup fee$0. Importing your data is free too.What it cost you to start
Getting your data outEverything exports to a spreadsheet, from every account.Check before you need it

Payments taken through Pillar carry Stripe’s standard processing fees on your own Stripe account, plus 1% to Pillar. Cash and checks cost nothing.

We do not print other companies’ numbers, because they change without notice. Every number in our column is verified against what we charge.

Get these four off your own bill

  • What is my bill at the crew size I have today?
  • What does it become when I hire the next person?
  • Which features would move me up a level?
  • What comes out of a card payment before it reaches my bank?

All four answers are on the bill in your inbox. Ours are in the table above and the note under it, already filled in.

What moves over from Housecall Pro

Export from Housecall Pro, upload the file, and the Housecall Pro preset maps the fields for you. Everything else comes in from a CSV or Excel export on the same screen.

The Housecall Pro preset brings these over

  • Customers with addresses and contact details
  • Job history
  • Estimates and invoices
  • Equipment records
  • Service agreements

Everything else comes in from a spreadsheet

  • Your price book

Anything you keep in a CSV or Excel file uploads the same way, on the same screen, 100,000 rows a file.

Your price list uploads as its own spreadsheet, on the same import screen. Imported service agreements pick up their visit schedule at no extra cost.

Also imports from ServiceTitan, Jobber, FieldEdge, ServiceM8, Workiz, Square, or any CSV or Excel spreadsheet.

What moves

Customers, jobs, and invoices come across with their history. The rest uploads as a spreadsheet.

If it goes wrong

One click rolls the whole import back. Start over clean.

What it costs

Nothing. Importing is free, up to 100,000 rows a file.

Getting back out

Everything exports to a spreadsheet, anytime, from every account.

Before you switch from Housecall Pro

Is Pillar cheaper than Housecall Pro?

We do not print other companies’ prices, because they change without notice. Pillar is $0 for one person and $39 a month for each additional login, so put your own bill next to that.

Is Pillar actually free?

For one person, yes, with no card and no expiry date. It holds 100 jobs, 100 estimates, and 100 invoices a month until a second person has a login, and customers are unlimited throughout.

What does a three-person crew cost?

$78 a month. The first person is free and the other two are $39 each, with every feature switched on for all three.

Can I move my Housecall Pro data to Pillar?

Yes. The preset maps customers, jobs, estimates, invoices, equipment records, and service agreements. Your price list uploads as a spreadsheet, and importing is free either way.

Is there a contract or a cancellation fee?

No contract and no cancellation fee. Seats are month to month, and your data exports to a spreadsheet anytime.

More pricing questions? Read the pricing FAQ → Or ask us something else.

Put it next to this month’s bill.

Start free, add your crew when it pays for itself, and cancel any seat the month you stop needing it.

Start free

No card. No contract. No sales call.