A Housecall Pro alternative with no renewal date.
Online booking, the dispatch board, reminders that stop no-shows, invoices that go out the same day — all of it priced per technician, forever, by whichever vendor you choose next. We build it once around your service area, your callback rules and your pricing, and you keep the code.
We've already turned a $30,000-a-year subscription into software a client owns outright. That one was a dialer; for home services the mechanics are the same.
Your shortlist is missing an option
Another home services platform.
Cheaper this year on the plan you sign, priced per tech by next year, and still governed by someone else's roadmap.
The version your business owns.
Renting is a good deal early, when the software costs far less than the problem it solves. The reason you're reading this page is that the ratio has quietly flipped.
Different tool, same $30,000-a-year problem
The client we did this for was renting a sales platform at $30,000 a year and working around it daily. We rebuilt the parts they actually used as software they own, shipped in weeks, with no licence attached to headcount.
A home services business has the same anatomy in a different order: a job, a customer, a technician, a calendar, and money that needs collecting before the van leaves the driveway. None of that requires renting a platform once it's been built for you.
See the software we built to be owned
Ownership
Two ways to own it
Both end the same way — with software that belongs to you instead of a login you keep paying for.
Own it outright
One flat build fee. When it ships, the repositories, the accounts, and the documentation are handed to you. Run it on your own infrastructure, hand it to your own developer, change anything you want.
Own it, we run it
The same build and the same handoff, plus optional hosting, fixes, and updates so nobody on your team has to babysit it. Cancel any month you like and keep the software.
Either way, you own the code. The care plan is a convenience, never a leash.
Before you switch platforms again
How do our customers and job history come across?
Exported from your current platform and imported into yours, including recurring jobs and service history. We check a sample against live records first, because a migration you can't verify isn't finished.
Can customers still book online from our website?
Yes, and it lives on your domain instead of a vendor's booking subdomain — which is better for your search rankings and stops the booking flow looking like a different company.
What about taking payment in the field?
Card payment is built into the job screen through a processor account in your name, so the rates you negotiate are the rates you pay. No platform sits between you and the money.
Do we keep Housecall Pro running during the build?
Yes. It stays live the whole time, then runs in parallel with the new app while your team gets comfortable. You cancel at the end, once, rather than gambling on a hard cutover.
What if we want changes six months later?
You own it, so change is a conversation about scope rather than a feature request that gets triaged and closed. The optional care plan covers ongoing work and cancels any time.
Also paying for Jobber, ServiceTitan or Buildertrend?
Most businesses are renting more than one. The argument is the same every time — and so is the fix.
Jobber alternative
Quoting, scheduling, invoicing — built around how your crews actually run a day, and owned.
Own it insteadServiceTitan alternative
You're paying for an enterprise platform and using a slice of it. We build the slice, and you own it.
Own it insteadBuildertrend alternative
Selections, change orders, draw schedules and a client portal — built the way your firm builds.
Own it insteadSee what your own booking and dispatch app would cost.
A few questions, a genuine price range in about a minute, and no form standing in front of the number.
If it's easier to talk it through, take a free 25-minute fit call. Leave the credit card at home — it's a fit check, not a pitch.