Plumbing jobs have a shape that general field service apps do not always handle well. A water heater call can end as a $500 repair or a $2,500 replacement, emergency calls are billed at time and a half or more, and the shops that grow tend to sell maintenance plans and financing on the spot. The best plumbing software is the one that makes those four moments easy for a tech standing in a basement with a tablet.
This page is for plumbing companies with 1 to 10 plumbers and one location. If you also run HVAC, electrical or other trades, our broader list of the best field service software for small business compares eight tools across trades.
How we built this list: researched from vendor pages, not hands-on tested. We read each vendor’s pricing page and plumbing page on November 3, 2026, plus the pricing checks behind our earlier comparisons. We have not run these tools on a live plumbing business for this article, so there are no scores. Our testing method explains how hands-on reviews work.
Six plumbing software options at a glance
Three of the six publish prices you can check today: Housecall Pro, Jobber and Service Fusion. ServiceTitan, FieldEdge and FieldPulse all price by quote, so you will not know the cost until a sales call.
| Software | Best for | Price from (published) | Users | Free trial | One limit to know |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housecall Pro | 2 to 5 plumbers who want flat-rate pricing and good-better-best options | $59/mo billed yearly, $79 monthly (Basic) | 1 / 5 / 8 by plan | 14 days, no card | Flat-rate pricing, GPS and QuickBooks sync start on Essentials ($149 yearly) |
| Jobber | Owner-operators and small crews that bill through QuickBooks Online | $29/mo billed yearly, $49 monthly (Core, 1 user) | Priced by user count | 14 days on Grow, no card | Core is 1 user; QuickBooks sync starts on Connect |
| Service Fusion | Shops adding plumbers who are tired of per-user fees | $208/mo billed yearly, $245 monthly (Starter) | Unlimited on every plan | Demo only | Photo uploads and GPS are paid add-ons on lower plans |
| ServiceTitan | Plumbing shops heading past 10 techs with a full-time office | Not published | Priced per technician | Not listed | Memberships sit in the top tier; Pricebook Pro is a Pro add-on |
| FieldEdge | Service-agreement-heavy shops that want Proposal Pro option quoting | Not published | By quote | “Does not offer a free trial” | Annual contract terms |
| FieldPulse | Shops that need QuickBooks Desktop and recurring maintenance contracts | Not published | Seat-based quote | Demo only | Pricebook is sold as an optional premium product |
Prices checked November 3, 2026, USD, before sales tax and card processing fees.
Four plumbing jobs that decide which software you need
Swap “plumbing” for “pest control” and most software lists still read the same. These are the parts that do not.
1. Water heaters and repair-or-replace calls
The gap between fixing and replacing is wide. PM Magazine’s smart pricing benchmarks for Georgia, published July 2026, put the average water heater repair at $516 and a replacement at $2,493. A tech who can show both options, plus a better unit, on one screen sells more replacements without the hard sell. Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan and FieldEdge all name “good, better, best” options on their plumbing pages; Jobber does the same thing with optional line items on a quote, and uses a water heater upgrade as its example.
2. Emergency and after-hours pricing
HomeAdvisor’s plumber cost guide says most plumbers charge “time-and-a-half to triple” their hourly rate depending on when the call comes in; some charge 1.5 times for evenings, double for weekends and triple for holidays. Your price book needs those multipliers built in, or techs will guess at 11 p.m. Housecall Pro says you can “pull flat-rate pricing from your price book”, and FieldEdge names flat-rate tools on its plumbing page.
3. Financing on big tickets
Repipes, sewer lines and water heater replacements are where customers ask about payments. Jobber offers financing through its Wisetack integration, and Housecall Pro and ServiceTitan both name built-in financing. ServiceTitan’s own blog claims financing can lift plumbing revenue by more than 17%; that is a vendor figure with no method shown, but it explains why every big platform pushes the feature.
4. Maintenance agreements
Annual drain cleanings, water heater flushes and backflow tests turn one-off customers into a calendar. Housecall Pro lets techs “sell recurring service agreements right on the estimate or job”, but recurring service plans sit on its MAX plan. FieldEdge, ServiceTitan and FieldPulse all lead with maintenance agreements; on ServiceTitan, customizable memberships are listed in The Works tier.
Housecall Pro: best for small crews that want flat rate today
Best for: 2 to 5 plumbers who want a price book, flat-rate pricing and option quoting without a sales call.
Price: Basic $59/mo billed yearly or $79 monthly for 1 user, Essentials $149 or $189 for 5 users, MAX $299 or $329 for 8 users, with extra MAX users at $35 a month. First-month promotions were running when we checked. The trial gives 14 days of MAX features with no credit card.
The plumbing page lists good-better-best options on installs and change-outs, a digital price book, instant financing, QuickBooks Online sync, live-map GPS and annotated photo reports, including sewer camera inspections. If you are weighing it against Jobber, our Housecall Pro vs Jobber comparison goes plan by plan, and Housecall Pro pricing breaks down what each tier adds.
Limit: a one-plumber shop on Basic gets no flat-rate pricing, GPS or QuickBooks sync, and recurring service plans need MAX. Budget for Essentials as the real starting point.
Jobber: best for owner-operators who live in QuickBooks
Best for: solo plumbers and small crews who want clean quotes, online booking and invoices that sync to QuickBooks Online.
Price: Jobber prices by plan and user count. Core is $49 a month with no commitment or $29 billed yearly, for 1 user. Connect for 5 users is $199 with no commitment or $149 billed yearly; Grow for 5 users is $299 or $229. Extra users are $29 a month. The 14-day trial runs on Grow with no credit card. Our Jobber pricing guide covers every user tier and add-on.
The plumbing page names optional line items on quotes, before-and-after photos, financing through Wisetack, QuickBooks Online sync and maintenance reminders.
Limit: the plumbing page does not mention a price book or flat-rate pricing, and Core leaves out QuickBooks sync. Marketing tools and the AI receptionist are paid add-ons.
Service Fusion: best when you keep adding plumbers
Best for: shops of 5 or more people where per-user pricing on other tools keeps going up as you hire.
Price: Starter $245/mo or $208 billed yearly, Plus $382 or $325, Pro $627 or $533. Every plan includes unlimited users, there is no contract, and yearly billing saves 15%. There is no free trial, only a demo.
The plumbing page names flexible estimate options, QuickBooks sync, real-time GPS fleet tracking and job photos, and links to flat-rate and homeowner financing pages.
Limit: the entry price is high for a two-person shop, and job photo uploads and GPS fleet tracking are add-ons on Starter. GPS stays an add-on even on Pro.
ServiceTitan, FieldEdge and FieldPulse: the quote-only group
These three do not publish prices. You will need a demo and a written quote, and you should ask for the total per technician per year, the contract length and every add-on in writing.
- ServiceTitan is best for plumbing shops planning to pass 10 techs, with a dispatcher and a full-time office. Its plumbing page names good-better-best templates, maintenance agreements, integrated financing, GPS truck tracking and QuickBooks Online or Desktop. Limit: pricing is per technician and not public, Pricebook Pro is a Pro add-on, and memberships sit in the top tier.
- FieldEdge is best for shops built around service agreements that want option quoting through Proposal Pro and flat-rate tools. Limit: FieldEdge says it “does not offer a free trial”, plans run on annual terms, and its FAQ says “pricing can vary!”
- FieldPulse is best for shops that still run QuickBooks Desktop and want recurring maintenance contracts with auto-scheduled visits. Limit: pricing is seat-based and quote-only, and the pricebook is an optional premium product. Our FieldPulse vs Housecall Pro comparison sets it against a published-price tool.
What three plumbers and an office manager pay in a year
For a 4-person shop (3 plumbers plus 1 in the office), here is the first-year list price on the tools that publish one, billed yearly where that is offered.
| Software and plan | Per month (billed yearly) | Year 1 total | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housecall Pro Essentials (5 users) | $149 | $1,788 | Flat rate, GPS, QuickBooks sync, photo reports |
| Jobber Connect (5 users) | $149 | $1,788 | QuickBooks sync, automated follow-ups |
| Jobber Grow (5 users) | $229 | $2,748 | Adds job costing and two-way texting |
| Service Fusion Starter (unlimited users) | $208 | $2,496 | Photos and GPS cost extra |
| ServiceTitan, FieldEdge, FieldPulse | By quote | By quote | Ask for per-tech annual cost in writing |
Our calculation from vendor pricing pages, November 3, 2026, before card processing fees and add-ons. Paying monthly instead raises the Housecall Pro figure to $2,268 and Jobber Connect to $2,388.
Feature check against the plumbing pages
We marked a feature only when the vendor names it on its plumbing page or pricing page. “Not named” means we did not find it there, not that the product lacks it; ask in the demo.
A plumbing shop rarely runs on field service software alone. If your QuickBooks file already has doubled-up customers after connecting Jobber, our fix for Jobber and QuickBooks duplicate clients walks through the cleanup. For the trade as a whole, the BLS counts 510,600 plumber, pipefitter and steamfitter jobs in 2025, 65% of them at plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, with 7% growth projected to 2035; hiring is not getting easier, which is one more reason to pick software your next plumber can learn in a day.
More guides are in our field service software section.
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Checked November 3, 2026: Housecall Pro pricing, Housecall Pro plumbing, Jobber pricing, Jobber plumbing, Service Fusion pricing, Service Fusion plumbing, ServiceTitan pricing, ServiceTitan plumbing, FieldEdge pricing, FieldEdge plumbing, FieldPulse pricing, FieldPulse plumbing, BLS Occupational Outlook: plumbers, HomeAdvisor plumber cost guide, PM Magazine pricing benchmarks and ServiceTitan plumbing statistics.
