Ascora: #1 Housecall Pro Alternative for Mid-Sized Trades
Contractors are outgrowing Housecall Pro for Ascora. Here’s why.
Everything residential service needs, plus the multi-stage projects, equipment and crews Housecall Pro can’t handle — without the one-van ceiling. See it in two minutes.
Trusted by trade businesses across HVAC, plumbing, electrical & construction since 2009
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Every Ascora capability that runs your business, from first lead to final invoice. Follow the line, tap any stop, and see exactly what it does.
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Capture leads from your website, Facebook and phone calls - and track every opportunity from first contact through to a quote sent and a job booked.
Build accurate quotes using item libraries and price books, then send them with branded templates that get approved on the spot.
Track every job from booking to completion - assigned teams, checklists, photos, attachments, materials and live status, all on one record.
Track stock levels, reorder items and manage purchase orders across multiple warehouses, vans and job sites - every movement linked back to the job that used it.
Raise invoices in the office or on site, accept payment on the spot, and let automated reminders chase the rest. Cash flow, sorted.
Customers, invoices, payments and supplier bills stay aligned with Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks - automatically, in both directions.
Live dashboards for jobs, team performance, materials and money - so you can make decisions on today's numbers, not last month's.
The Ascora mobile app puts quotes, jobs, schedules, timesheets and payments in the field worker's hand - on iOS and Android, with full offline access.
Plan, assign and track multi-phase projects on one connected timeline - with Gantt scheduling, per-phase cost tracking, and built-in RFI and variation logging.
A visual scheduler the whole team understands at a glance - perfect for one-off jobs, projects with phases, and recurring service work.
Track every piece of equipment, schedule maintenance automatically, and pull a full service history with one tap - perfect for HVAC, fire, electrical and any service trade.
Build SWMS, JSAs, safety checklists, inspections and job reports as digital forms - complete with photos, signatures, dropdowns and comments. Filed straight against the job or quote.
Log time with geo-fencing or manual entry from the field, and feed hours straight into job costing and payroll - no paperwork, no end-of-week guessing.
Drop a PDF or CSV into Ascora and the AI captures the supplier, items, costs and taxes - no more manual data entry, no more typos.
Invoice each phase by percentage complete, handle variations cleanly, track every claim live, and push it all to your accounting system.
Push approved timesheets and leave straight to your payroll platform - Xero, MYOB or Deputy - for fast, accurate pay runs every time.
Customers, invoices, payments and supplier bills stay aligned with Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks - automatically, in both directions.
Why they switch
Six reasons contractors outgrow Housecall Pro.
Real project management
Sections, phases, progress claims and retentions — the things you need the moment a job stops being a single visit.
Equipment & assets, not just service calls
Service schedules, maintenance reminders and inventory tracking — built for contractors who own real plant and stock.
Variations & progressive invoicing
Bill the way commercial work actually flows — claim by stage, raise variations and track retentions without a spreadsheet on the side.
Supplier bill automation
Auto-import bills from your supplier inbox and let the AI Bill Scanner do the data entry — instead of a clerk re-typing dockets.
Accounting that fits your country
Native two-way integrations with QuickBooks, Xero and MYOB — not US-only QuickBooks like residential-focused tools.
Built to grow with you
Crews, multi-site jobs, project costing and reporting — Ascora scales from 5 vans to 50 without making you replatform.
In their words
Trade businesses who made the move and grew.
tradesmen, with no extra admin headcount
“What you pay for it, you save your money 10-fold. Ascora has been the engine behind our growth.”
“Brilliant for all facets of our business — from the easy-to-use app to high-level reporting that maximises efficiency and profitability.”
“All of a sudden, we are not losing money on our jobs. I’d tried every software on the market — I wanted a full package that could do it all.”
“Saves time on invoicing — we invoice direct from Ascora which talks to MYOB, and supplier invoices pull straight in.”
“We finally have visibility to critical information in just a few clicks, compared to the hours we spent on manual reports.”
The proof
Side by side with Housecall Pro.
Everything a growing trade business compares before switching.
| Feature | Ascora Essentialsfrom $45/user |
Most popular Ascora Elitefrom $59/user |
Housecall Profrom $79/user |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per full user per month | from $45 | from $59 | from $79 |
| Free trial | |||
| Paid assisted onboarding | Optional | Optional | Extra cost |
| Native iOS and Android app | |||
| Dispatch scheduling & route optimisation | |||
| Quote & invoice reminder automations | |||
| Auto-email import for supplier bills | |||
| Large project management with sections | |||
| Progressive invoices, variations & retentions | |||
| Equipment maintenance | |||
| Inventory tracking | |||
| Two-way QuickBooks, Xero & MYOB | QuickBooks only |
Comparison data last reviewed June 2026 and reflects publicly available information; verify current Housecall Pro pricing and features independently.
Everything, out of the box
One platform — office to field, enquiry to payment.
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Customers, jobs, history and all — migrated for you, with most teams live in two to three weeks. No data left behind, no downtime drama.
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