No second-user cliff. No add-on paywalls.
HouseCall Pro charges $90/mo extra the moment you hire tech #2. SmartFront is built for HVAC — maintenance plans, AC/furnace triage, service agreements — with no per-user cliff and no paywalled features. Free to start.
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The $59 Basic plan is for one user. Add your second tech and you jump to $149. Add Pipeline for CRM, Campaigns for follow-ups, Voice for AI phone answering -- and you're paying $300-$450/mo for a tool that still treats HVAC like a generic dispatch ticket. SmartFront starts free. AI is $29/mo. Maintenance plans and recurring revenue are built in.
Select your hvac size to see how much you're actually leaving on the table.
HouseCall Pro Costs
Up to 5 users -- $90/mo cliff from Basic for user #2
$1,788 per year
SmartFront Costs
Always free
Keep your hard-earned money
HouseCall Pro charges 2.59% for card processing. SmartFront uses Stripe rates with no markup. The savings above reflect subscription costs only.
Pricing sourced from housecallpro.com/pricing (verified May 2026).
We don't believe in charging you for tools you need just to exist. Your client list, your calendar, and your booking page are basic infrastructure. You shouldn't pay rent for the keys to your own shop.
We make money when you scale. Our premium AI Business Agents handle the things that actually steal your time: filling late cancellations, following up with first-timers, and automating your inventory.
Native calendar that never overlaps and respects your breaks automatically.
Zero SmartFront branding on your client interface. It’s your brand, not a marketplace.
Full history, notes, and preferences for every client. Data you can export any time.
Automated reminders cut no-shows by 40%. When someone cancels, your AI booking agent fills the slot from your waitlist.
The difference between a landlord and a partner.
Second-user pricing
Cost when you hire tech #2
HVAC maintenance engine
Service agreement recurring revenue
AI front desk
24/7 inbound triage
Monthly cost (2-tech crew, realistic)
All-in pricing
Pipeline CRM
Lead and opportunity tracking
Branded storefront
Customer-facing booking
CRM deduplication
Clean customer records
Price stability
Renewal pricing
HouseCall Pro sells you features. SmartFront connects them.
No forms. No settings pages. Talk to the AI and it sets everything up — your hours, services, staff, and booking link.
HouseCall Pro -> Settings -> Export. Download your client list and job history as CSV. Takes 5 minutes.
Fill in your business details -- name, number of techs, current HCP plan, what services you run. Our team sets everything up.
Your HVAC storefront is live at your-company.hvac.smartfront.ai or your own domain. Your AI front desk starts triaging calls and bookings immediately.
Keep HCP running while your team transitions. Most HVAC businesses are fully switched within a week -- customers on the new page, maintenance plans in the system, HCP wound down.
Send us your export and we'll do the migration for you in 48 hours — members, memberships, class packs, historical attendance. Free for every new gym customer.
Not the right fit yet if:
You're running a large multi-trade fleet (15+ techs) deeply embedded in HC Pro's advanced dispatch routing and invoicing. SmartFront is built for independent and small-to-mid HVAC operators. Enterprise dispatch features are on the roadmap.
The pricing
More than the plan price. HCP Basic is $59/mo for 1 user. Essentials is $149/mo. MAX starts at $299/mo. The moment you add a second tech you jump $90/mo. Add Pipeline ($39/mo), Campaigns ($49/mo), Voice ($69/mo) and you're at $300-$450/mo before 2.59% card processing. SmartFront starts free. AI automation is $29/mo.
On HCP Basic you pay $59/mo for 1 user. Add your second tech and you're forced to Essentials at $149/mo -- a $90/mo jump with no in-between tier. That's $1,080/yr penalty just for growing your team. SmartFront has no per-user cliff.
HC Pro has increased plan pricing multiple times since 2020. Features that were included get moved behind add-ons (Pipeline, Campaigns, Voice), and base plan prices have risen. SmartFront locks your price at signup -- no mid-term changes.
The switch
Yes. Export your data as CSV from HCP Settings. Our onboarding captures your business details and walks you through the import. No HCP API needed -- your client history comes with you.
No. Keep HCP running while you try SmartFront. Switch fully when your team and customers are ready. No forced cutover, no deadline.
Setup takes under 30 minutes. Most HVAC businesses have their first booking within a day. Full migration -- customers on the new page, maintenance plans in the system, HCP wound down -- typically takes one week.
HVAC features
Yes. Maintenance plan setup, recurring seasonal reminders, and renewal automation are built in -- not a $49/mo Campaigns add-on. This is HVAC's primary recurring-revenue lever and SmartFront treats it as a core feature.
Yes. SmartFront's AI front desk triages AC service, furnace repair, boiler maintenance, heat pump installation, and maintenance agreement renewals correctly. HCP Voice is generic field service AI -- it treats every call like a dispatch ticket without understanding service type differences.
SmartFront is the AI-native operating system for service businesses. AI agents run your operations -- booking, payments, follow-ups, and retention -- automatically. Positioned HVAC-forward with maintenance plan automation, service agreement recurring revenue, and AI that understands the difference between an AC tune-up and an emergency furnace call.
Keep HouseCall Pro running while you try. Switch fully when you're ready.