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Best electrical contractor software (2026): which plan unlocks job costing and progress billing
Pricing checked October 5, 2026
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Quick answer
- You want job costing at the lowest published price: Housecall Pro. Job costing is on Basic ($59/mo billed annually, 1 user) and Essentials ($149/mo, 5 users).
- You bill bigger jobs in stages and want a published price: Jobber. Progress invoicing is on every plan, and Grow adds job costing ($229/mo billed annually for 5 users).
- You want progress billing, job costing and unlimited users: Service Fusion (quote-only). Job costing is on Plus, and progress billing and recurring invoicing are on Pro.
- Jobs often run across several days: Workiz (quote-only). Multi-day jobs are listed on Ultimate.
- Commercial projects with budgets and subcontractors: ServiceTrade (quote-only). Premium lists project management and budgets, plus subcontract work management.
- You schedule by crew, not by individual electrician: Jobber. Crew scheduling is on Plus, $399/mo billed annually for 5 users.
- Ease of use, field app, support: No pick. Usability: not yet tested.
Pick by situation
| # | Your situation | Pick | Why (published pages, Oct 5, 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Job costing at the lowest published price | Housecall Pro | Job costing on Basic ($59, 1 user) and Essentials ($149, 5 users), annual billing |
| 2 | Staged billing on bigger jobs, published price | Jobber | Progress invoicing on all plans (features table). Job costing from Grow: $229/mo annual, 5 users |
| 3 | Progress billing + job costing + unlimited users | Service Fusion (quote-only) | Job costing on Plus, progress billing on Pro. FAQ: unlimited users on every plan |
| 4 | Jobs that run across several days | Workiz (quote-only) | Multi-day jobs on Ultimate only |
| 5 | Commercial projects with budgets and subcontractors | ServiceTrade (quote-only) | Premium: project management and budgets, subcontract work management |
| 6 | Crew-based scheduling | Jobber | Crew scheduling on Plus: $399/mo annual, 5 users |
| 7 | Ease of use, field app, support | No pick | Usability: not yet tested. |
- Housecall Pro
- Jobber
- Service Fusion
- Workiz
- ServiceTrade
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Job-costing and progress-billing gating matrix
The lowest plan on each vendor's pricing page (October 5, 2026) that lists each capability. For Jobber, we also used the "Compare all Jobber features" table on the same page. "Not named" means it isn't listed there. It doesn't mean the product lacks it.
| Capability | Jobber | Housecall Pro | Service Fusion | Workiz | ServiceTrade | FieldEdge | ServiceTitan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job costing | Grow | Basic | Plus | Not named | Not named (project budgets: Premium) | Not named | Not named |
| Progress billing / invoicing | Core (all plans) | Not named | Pro | Not named | Not named | Not named | Not named |
| Multi-day jobs | Not named | Not named | Not named | Ultimate | Not named | Not named | Not named |
| Multi-option quotes | Grow (optional line items) | MAX (sales proposal tool) | Starter (estimate options) | Ultimate (sales proposals) | Premium (advanced quoting) | Premier | Essentials (Mobile Estimates) |
| Crew scheduling | Plus | Not named | Not named | Not named | Enterprise (tech capacity planner) | Not named | Not named |
| Inventory / purchase orders | Not named | Not named | Plus (inventory) | Ultimate (both) | Enterprise (parts & inventory) | All tiers (purchases); Elite (warehouse inventory) | Not named |
| eSign / custom documents | Not named | Not named | Pro | Ultimate (custom documents) | Not named | Not named | Not named |
| Cheapest published plan with job costing + progress billing | Grow, $229/mo (5 users, annual) | — | Quote-only | — | — | — | — |
What the matrix shows:
- Jobber is the only vendor with a published price for a plan that lists both job costing and progress invoicing: Grow, at $149/mo for 1 user or $229/mo for 5 users (annual).
- Housecall Pro lists job costing on its cheapest plan, but progress invoicing isn't named on its plan cards.
- Service Fusion has both, split across two tiers: job costing on Plus, progress billing on Pro. It's quote-only, with unlimited users.
- Workiz holds multi-day jobs, inventory, purchase orders and custom documents for Ultimate.
Published pricing for these vendors (October 5, 2026)
| Vendor | Plans and prices | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Jobber | Core $29 (1 user) · Connect $99–$299 and Grow $149–$399 (1/5/10/15 users) · Plus $399–$529 (5/10/15 users); per month, billed annually; +$29/user | getjobber.com/pricing |
| Housecall Pro | Basic $59 · Essentials $149 · MAX $299/mo annual (1 / 5 / 8 users); MAX +$35/user | housecallpro.com/pricing |
| Service Fusion | Starter / Plus / Pro: "Get Demo and Pricing" (no prices shown); unlimited users | servicefusion.com/pricing |
| Workiz | Standard / Pro / Ultimate: Request pricing | workiz.com/pricing-plans |
| ServiceTrade | Select / Premium / Enterprise: Request pricing (mainly per technician) | servicetrade.com/pricing |
| FieldEdge | Select / Premier / Elite: Request Pricing | fieldedge.com/pricing |
| ServiceTitan | Starter / Essentials / The Works: pricing not publicly listed (page shows "Request Pricing"; "per-technician pricing") | servicetitan.com/pricing |
Our analysis
- For electrical contractors, the useful split is service work versus project work. For service calls, job costing at a low price matters, and Housecall Pro Basic or Essentials lists it. For staged project billing, you need progress invoicing too, and only Jobber publishes a price for a plan with both.
- Commercial project shops should get quotes. ServiceTrade (project budgets, subcontractors) and Service Fusion (progress billing, unlimited users) list the right features, but neither publishes prices.
- Service Fusion doesn't show prices to visitors, so we list it as quote-only. FieldEdge isn't picked here, because its pricing page doesn't list job costing or progress billing.
How we tested and picked
This page is based on published pricing and documentation. We haven't done hands-on testing of any electrical contractor software listed here yet. Picks follow published prices and plan gating only. Vendors we earn nothing from (ServiceTrade, FieldEdge) are judged the same way as affiliate partners. Quote-only vendors are labeled. Full method: /disclosure#how-we-rank.
Evidence
Dated captures of each vendor's pricing page, October 5, 2026: getjobber_com_pricing__2026-10-05.png, housecallpro_com_pricing__2026-10-05.png (prices read from page source), servicefusion_com_pricing_2026-10-05.png, workiz_com_pricing-plans__2026-10-05.png, servicetrade_com_pricing__2026-10-05.png, fieldedge_com_pricing__2026-10-05.png, servicetitan_packages_2026-10-05.png.
Pricing page captures
Pricing checked
- Housecall Pro: published list prices, checked on October 5, 2026. Source — Additional-user price ($35/mo) is published on MAX only. Basic/Essentials extra seats are unpublished. Recurring Service Plans are MAX-only.
- Jobber: published list prices, checked on October 5, 2026. Source
- Service Fusion: Quote only, checked on October 5, 2026. Source — Get Demo and Pricing; no prices shown
- Workiz: Quote only, checked on October 5, 2026. Source — Quote-only — Workiz shows Request pricing on Standard, Pro, and Ultimate. Per-user rates are unpublished.
- ServiceTrade: Quote only, checked on October 5, 2026. Source — Quote-only — ServiceTrade publishes Select / Premium / Enterprise suites priced mainly by technician count (office users free). No list prices.
- ServiceTitan: Pricing not publicly listed, checked on October 5, 2026. Source — Pricing not publicly listed. Request Pricing on Starter, Essentials, and The Works.
- FieldEdge: Quote only, checked on October 5, 2026. Source — Quote-only — FieldEdge publishes no list prices (Request Pricing on Select/Premier/Elite).