Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, and Verizon Connect Work are good products run by serious companies, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. This page is the comparison we wish we had found when we were shopping: one grid of what matters to a working crew, and a straight word below it about where each of them shines. Read it, argue with it, and pick whatever actually fits your crew.
From $49/mo flat · Web office + Android field app, iOS coming · cancel anytime
A check means the platform offers it on its standard plans. Varies means it depends on the plan, an add-on, or an integration, so you would need to ask them. We filled in the other columns from public information and tried to be as fair to them as we are to ourselves.
| Feature | Helix Field | Jobber | Housecall Pro | ServiceTitan | Verizon Connect Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat plans with seats included | Yes$49 / $99 / $179 per month | Variespriced per plan tier | Variespriced per plan tier | Variesquote-based | Variesquote-based |
| Every feature on every plan | Yesplans differ by seats and storage | Nofeatures gated by tier | Nofeatures gated by tier | Variespackaged by quote | Variespackaged by quote |
| Built-in payroll estimates, all 50 states, W-2 and 1099 | Yes | Varies / add-on | Varies / add-on | Varies / add-on | Varies / add-on |
| Custom job checkpoints / clock steps per job | Yes | Varies | Varies | Varies | Varies |
| GPS-verified clock-in (geofenced time tracking) | Yesoptional per-company fence, allows for GPS error | Varies | Varies | Varies | Varies |
| Live office activity feed of field work | Yesaccepts, starts, photos, payments as they happen | Varies | Varies | Varies | Varies |
| Technician mobile app | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scheduling + dispatch board | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Live technician map | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Estimates and invoicing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Online card payments | Yestransparent 1% platform fee | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Month-to-month, cancel anytime | Yes | Varies | Varies | Noannual contracts | Nocontract terms |
Free-trial availability shown for the others reflects how those products are generally offered. This comparison is based on publicly available information as of July 2026. Features and pricing change, and these companies ship updates all the time. If we got something wrong about another product, email us and we will correct it.
Nobody builds a company this size by accident. If your business matches what these platforms are best at, you should probably buy them, and we would rather you find that out here than three months in.
Jobber has been serving home service companies for over a decade, and the polish shows. The integration marketplace is deep, the consumer request side can bring work in the door, and if your operation already runs on QuickBooks plus a dozen connected tools, Jobber speaks that language today.
Housecall Pro is strong on the customer-facing side: online booking, review management, and marketing tools that help a home service company get found. It also has a big, active community of owners trading real advice. If marketing is your bottleneck, that stack is worth a serious look.
ServiceTitan is the heavyweight, built for large residential and commercial operations with call centers, price books, and reporting that goes as deep as you want to dig. It is more platform than most small crews need, but if you are running dozens of trucks and a phone room, its depth is real.
Verizon Connect comes from the fleet side, and nothing else in this grid matches it on telematics: GPS hardware, dashcams, driver behavior, and vehicle diagnostics. If your biggest daily question is where the trucks are and how they are being driven, that heritage counts for a lot.
Start with the bill. Helix Field is a flat monthly price with seats included: $49, $99, or $179 depending on crew size, with extra technician seats at $22 a month. There is no per-user math to redo every time you hire, and no quote to wait on. You can read the whole price list on the pricing section without talking to anyone, which we consider a feature.
Payroll estimates are built in, not bolted on. Hours your techs clock in the field roll into payroll-ready numbers for W-2 and 1099 workers in all 50 states, on every plan, at no extra charge. Most platforms get you there through an integration, which works fine but usually means another subscription and another login.
Checkpoints are the thing our customers talk about most. The office defines the steps for a job, and the technician clocks through them on the phone: test the water, photograph the panel, torque the fittings, whatever your trade demands. Every visit runs the same list whether it is your best tech or the kid you hired last Tuesday.
And it is built by people who run crews. Helix Field comes out of Oklahoma, and its first customers are outdoor service companies whose owners tell us exactly what is broken, usually before lunch. That is also why the honest column above shows a few ✗ marks. We do not have a consumer marketplace, we do not do dashcams, and our integration list is short because the product is young. We would rather grow into those than pretend we have them now.
If you want to see how Helix Field fits a specific trade, we keep pages for landscapers, pool service, pond maintenance, HVAC, and plumbing. Or start at the home page for the full walkthrough.
For some companies, yes. Jobber is a mature product with a deep integration marketplace and a consumer request side, and plenty of crews are happy on it. Helix Field is the better fit if you want flat monthly pricing with seats included, payroll estimates built in, and custom checkpoints your technicians clock through on every job. If your business leans hard on third-party integrations or client-facing booking, Jobber may serve you better today.
We kept the pricing flat and simple instead. You pick a plan and pay for the month, and every feature is included from day one. If it is not a fit, you cancel from your account and that is the end of it. A month of Solo is $49, there is no sales call, and nobody chases you with retention offers on the way out.
Honestly, probably not. Verizon Connect Work grew out of the fleet world and pairs job management with GPS hardware, dashcams, and vehicle diagnostics. Helix Field gives you a live technician map during the workday, but it does not plug into your trucks. If engine data and dashcams are the main thing you are buying, start with a fleet-first product.
Helix Field charges a flat monthly rate with seats included: Solo is $49 for 3 users, Crew is $99 for 6, and Team is $179 for 10, with extra technician seats at $22 per month. Most platforms in this comparison price per user or quote you a custom number, so the fair test is your total monthly bill at your crew size. Online card payments through Helix carry a 1% platform fee to BAW, with Stripe's processing fee separate.
If Helix Field looks like the fit, pick a plan and you are running today. If you are still torn between two columns, email us and we will give you a straight answer, even if it points you elsewhere.