Housecall Pro is built for every trade. MrQuote is built for yours.
General-trade tools have to stay generic. MrQuote's quoting, takeoffs, and templates are built around how gutter and roofing jobs actually get scoped and sold.
No setup fees
$0
to get started — month-to-month, cancel anytime.
MrQuote vs. Housecall Pro
| Feature | MrQuote | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & commitment | ||
| Setup fees | None | None published; paid onboarding for complex setups |
| Contract term | Month-to-month | Month-to-month available |
| Pricing model | $49.99/mo, published up front | Tiered (Basic/Essentials/MAX) from $59/mo, published |
| Takeoffs & quoting | ||
| On-property CAD / takeoff drawing | Yes | No CAD tool — photo markup and manually-typed measurements only |
| Quote auto-populates from the takeoff | Yes | No |
| Native e-sign | Included, no add-on | Included |
| Customer experience | ||
| Customer-facing portal | Yes | Yes |
| Native chat — customers & crew | Both, built in | Both included; live GPS crew-location map is gated to higher tiers |
| Field operations | ||
| Routes, dispatch & mapping | Included | Basic scheduling included; live GPS tracking is a higher-tier feature |
| Payments — your own Stripe account | Yes | Must use their own Stripe-powered processor for in-app card payments |
| Offline mode | Full — keep working with zero signal | View-only caching — editing and syncing require a connection |
| Platforms & integrations | ||
| Mobile + desktop apps | iOS, Android, installable desktop | iOS, Android, browser-based desktop |
| Google Workspace integration | Yes | Google Calendar only — no Gmail or Drive |
| Microsoft 365 integration | Yes | Third-party (Zapier) only |
| Focus | ||
| Built for gutters & roofing specifically | Yes | General trades — 50+ verticals, no roofing/gutter specialization |
| Typical shop size | 1–20 person crews | Typically 1–20 employees, $250K–$2M revenue |
No setup fees. No annual contract.
MrQuote is $49.99/mo for one seat, $59.99/mo for two, +$25/mo per seat after that — cancel anytime. There's no implementation project, no multi-year commitment, and no sales team gatekeeping the price.
Switching your data
Moving off Housecall Pro? We partner with InsurCore.io on that.
We don't have a live sync with Housecall Pro today, so bringing your data over is a real project, not a push-button export. We work with our data partner, InsurCore.io, and price it on a sliding scale based on how much you're moving — a 1–5 person shop is a very different lift than a 50-person operation, and larger or messier datasets sometimes take more than one pass to fully reconcile. Talk to us about your setup before you commit to switching, so you know what to expect.
How migration actually worksLearning curve
Most crews are quoting on day one
There's no certification course and no multi-week rollout. Most owners are fully set up inside a week; most techs are building quotes on their first job.
Support
Talk to the person who built it — not a ticket queue
We don't have the review base the big platforms have built up over a decade, so we make up for it with direct access: book time with the founder, not a support tier.
See it, not just read about it
Questions
Why switch from a general FSM tool to something trade-specific?
A generic tool has to serve plumbers, electricians, and HVAC crews equally — so it can't optimize for how a gutter or roof takeoff actually gets scoped. MrQuote's CAD and quote templates are built around that one workflow.