Rillo vs Housecall Pro
Housecall Pro runs the schedule. Rillo remembers the customer.
Housecall Pro books the crew. Rillo remembers the customer.
- From $49 a seat
- 30 days free
- No card
Housecall Pro at a glance
- Starts at Basic $59 a month, one user, billed yearly
- Free to try 14 days, no card
- AI AI team listed; CSR AI price not shown
From Housecall Pro's own pages, checked on 3 October 2026.
Side by side
What each one does, row by row.
| Rillo | Housecall Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $49 a seat a month, or $39 billed yearly. Enterprise is built for your company. | Basic is $59 a month for one user billed yearly ($79 monthly). Essentials is $149 ($189) for five users. MAX is $299 ($329) for eight users. |
| Free to try | 30 days free, no card | 14 days free, no card |
| AI | Included in every seat. Talk after a call, review what Rillo drafted, tap to send. No AI credits. | Its pricing page lists AI team members with every plan, and CSR AI, which answers calls and chats, among its paid extras with no price shown |
| Built for | Nine industries, each with its own presets, from realtors and mortgage to fleets and service trades | Home-service pros: electrical, cleaning, landscaping, pest control and more, by its own list |
Where Housecall Pro is better
- Card payments in the app: Tap to Pay on a phone, and processing rates as low as 2.59%
- Consumer financing for your customers, and payroll and accounting as add-ons
- A phone system and vehicle GPS with dashcams, with live phone and chat support on every plan
- Offline viewing in the app, and a community of 30,000-plus home-service pros
Where Rillo is better
- Built for the selling side: follow-ups, quotes, coaching debriefs (in beta) and a book of people
- One price per seat with the full product in every seat, not a bundle of included users
- AI drafting is part of the seat, and Rillo asks before it sends what it writes for you
- Nine industries with their own presets, from realtors and mortgage to service trades
Questions people ask
Is Rillo a Housecall Pro alternative?
For a team that mostly needs to sell and follow up, yes. If your day is booking, dispatching and taking card payments, Housecall Pro is built for that.
How was this priced?
From Housecall Pro's own pricing and information pages, checked on 3 October 2026. Its plans bundle included users, so the per-seat comparison is approximate.
Prices and features checked on 3 October 2026, from Housecall Pro's own pages: Housecall Pro pricing: plans, trial and included features; Housecall Pro plan prices, monthly and annual, and users included; Housecall Pro AI Team: which AI is included, and CSR AI as an add-on; Housecall Pro: Tap to Pay on a phone. Prices change; if this looks stale, tell us. Every claim about Housecall Pro is from what it publishes, and nothing here says what it cannot do.
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