Housecall Pro serves cleaning companies, plumbers, HVAC techs, and dozens of other trades. SprayBossPro is built specifically for lawn care and pest control — with the sq ft waiting list, chemical compliance logs, lasso route selector, and recurring treatment tracking that HCP doesn't have at any price.
Housecall Pro structures pricing around user count. The moment you need more than one user, your price jumps. SprayBossPro doesn't have user tiers — your whole team is included at from $59/month.
HCP Essentials is $149/month and covers up to 5 users. SprayBossPro is from $59/month with unlimited clients. But the bigger gap isn't price — it's features. HCP doesn't have a sq ft waiting list, a lasso circle route selector, or dedicated chemical compliance logs. These aren't premium add-ons in SprayBossPro — they're in the base price.
Housecall Pro is a capable general home service platform. But when your business runs on recurring spray routes with square footage tracking, chemical application logs, and dense geographic scheduling, "general home service" isn't what you need. SprayBossPro was built around the specific operational model of lawn care and pest control — and it shows in every feature.
Before scheduling, SprayBossPro shows you exactly how much sq ft is waiting per service type. Know your Lawn Care 4, Mosquito, and Insect Control backlog. Build routes around what's due. HCP doesn't have this model at any tier.
Draw a circle on your map, instantly see every property inside with a service due. Stops, sq ft, service type — all shown before you schedule. HCP has basic job scheduling. Not the same as a geographic lasso built for spray route density.
Log product, mix rate, area, weather, and tech license automatically on every application. Pull compliance reports on demand. HCP has job notes — not a dedicated pesticide compliance system built for applicator licensing requirements.
HCP Basic is 1 user. HCP Essentials caps at 5 users for $149. SprayBossPro covers your entire team at $59 — no user caps, no tier jumps, no per-seat math as you hire. Add your 10th employee at no extra cost.
SprayBossPro is built around recurring service programs — waiting lists, treatment cycles, package renewals, due-date flags. HCP handles recurring jobs for general trades. The spray-specific workflow is different, and HCP wasn't built for it.
Full inbound/outbound SMS conversation history per contact, organized by customer. Automated appointment alerts, estimate follow-ups, payment reminders — all built in. Included at $59, not locked behind a premium tier.
The features that matter for spray businesses — not general home service.
| Feature | SprayBossPro | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Built Specifically for Lawn Care & Pest Control | ✓ | ✗ |
| Sq Ft Waiting List by Service Type | ✓ | ✗ |
| Lasso Circle Map Route Selector | ✓ | ✗ |
| Chemical Compliance Logs & Reports | ✓ | ✗ |
| Recurring Treatment Waiting List | ✓ | ✗ |
| Package Plans & Renewal Tracking | ✓ | Limited |
| Chemical Product Catalog & Mix Recipes | ✓ | ✗ |
| Two-Way SMS Inbox Included | ✓ | Essentials+ |
| Estimates & Online Acceptance | ✓ | ✓ |
| Card-on-File Payments | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mobile App for Technicians | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automated Review Requests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited Clients, Every Plan | ✓ | ✗ Capped by tier |
| Price for a 5-Person Team | from $59/month | $149/month (Essentials) |
Housecall Pro does many things well for general home service companies. SprayBossPro does fewer things — but all of them are the exact things a spray business needs, built deeper and better than any general platform.
SprayBossPro tracks everything in square feet — waiting lists, route totals, property breakdowns, billing. Lawn care and pest control pricing is sq ft based. Your software should be too. HCP tracks job duration and billing, not sq ft.
Spray businesses run recurring treatment schedules across hundreds of properties. That's a different operating model than one-off plumbing calls or cleaning visits. SprayBossPro was built around the spray model from day one.
Pesticide applicators are subject to state compliance requirements. Chemical application logs, product records, license tracking — these need to be built into the software. HCP has job notes. SprayBossPro has compliance logs.
SprayBossPro is from $59/month with unlimited clients, unlimited routes, chemical logs, lasso, sq ft waiting list, and SMS. HCP Essentials is $149 with a 5-user cap and none of those spray-specific features. Less money. More spray.
from $59/month. Unlimited clients. Every spray-specific feature included.
Every plan is the same software. The bigger plans lift the limits and turn on the automation — you are never paying for seats you do not have.
Start $59 per month Just getting going | MOST POPULAR Pro $89 per month Small shop, fully equipped | Crew $199 per month Crews and trucks | |
|---|---|---|---|
Users Office logins - the people who schedule, invoice and see the money | 2 | 3 | Unlimited∞ |
Employees Crew-app seats - they run the route and complete jobs, they never see the money. Unlimited on every plan. | Unlimited∞ | Unlimited∞ | Unlimited∞ |
Trucks | 1 | 2 | Unlimited∞ |
Clients & properties | Unlimited∞ | Unlimited∞ | Unlimited∞ |
Texts included (sent + received, US & Canada) 500 extra texts for $15 on any plan. Sent and received both count. A text is 160 characters; a longer one counts as two. | 500 / month500 | 1,000 / month1,000 | 2,000 / month2,000 |
Smart Lasso map selections | Unlimited∞ | Unlimited∞ | Unlimited∞ |
Auto-routing 250 extra auto-routes for $5 on any plan, added automatically when you need them. | 50 / month50 | 100 / month100 | 1,000 / month1,000 |
Scheduling, waiting list & job board | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Package plans & recurring services | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Estimates, templates & follow-ups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Card on file & customer payments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Client app Your customer signs in by text — sees their schedule, invoices, pays, and sets their own alert preferences | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Crew app Route the day, start and complete jobs, before/after photos, area treated, plus write and email estimates, send invoices and collect payment on the spot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Schedule alerts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Estimate alerts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Receive customer replies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Web lead forms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
AI answering service Add-on: a human-sounding AI receptionist that knows your customers & CRM. 49¢ a minute, no monthly fee. | 49¢/min | 49¢/min | 49¢/min |
Free website + domain Or use your own domain. Built for Google SEO, with forms that go straight into SprayBossPro. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Card processing rate Already getting a better rate from another processor? We’ll meet or beat it. | 2.85% + 20¢ | 2.85% + 20¢ | 2.85% + 20¢ |
Zapier & Make integrations Send new leads, jobs, invoices and payments to thousands of apps like Google Sheets, Mailchimp and Slack, or bring leads in. Instant webhooks and an API key. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Facebook & Instagram Messages, comments and lead forms in one inbox, plus posting. Launching soon | Soon | Soon | Soon |
Google Business reviews & posts Read and reply to Google reviews and post updates from the software. Launching soon | Soon | Soon | Soon |
TikTok posting Post videos and photos to TikTok right from the software, along with Facebook, Instagram and Google. Launching soon | Soon | Soon | Soon |
Tech reviews & tips Customers rate the tech after each job and can tip. Tips tracked per employee, minus processing. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Crew splits & bonus goals Tip and gross splits per truck, a bigger share for drivers, and bonuses techs track in the crew app. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Payroll: Gusto, QuickBooks, ADP, Paychex Hours, overtime, tips and bonuses ready for Gusto, QuickBooks, ADP or Paychex, manually or on a schedule. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Meet your tech Customers see who is coming: photo, rating, reviews and an about-me. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Fast Setup Trucks, crew, products, services, pricing and packages in about 10 minutes. Upload what you have. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Sales tax & reporting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
QuickBooks export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Import your existing customers Including Real Green and Service Autopilot exports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Chemical tracking & compliance reports Pesticide application records that satisfy a state request | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Employee time clock & hours | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
"On the way" text Your crew sends it from the truck when the customer is next up | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Reply back to customers | — | ✓ | ✓ |
All other automated alerts Arrived, completed, follow-up, review request and the rest | — | ✓ | ✓ |
Automated invoice sending | — | ✓ | ✓ |
Automatic card charging | — | ✓ | ✓ |
14-day free trial on every plan · no card to start · cancel anytime · move up or down whenever you like.
Need more? 500 extra texts for $15 on any plan · counted sent and received, 160 characters per text.
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