Updated 2026-09-19. No ranked winner.
CrewNest is a wash-native CRM with Free Forever at $0 and Pro at $29.99 a month. Housecall Pro is a horizontal FSM with a pressure-washing industry page and Basic at $59/$79. Those units are not interchangeable, so this page does not name a winner. Figures are from vendor pages checked 2026-09-19. We have not tested either app.
Published 2026-09-19. Last checked 2026-09-19.
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Two products
This is a pressure-wash-only CRM with a capped $0 floor and a flat Pro team price versus a horizontal home-service FSM with a dedicated pressure-washing page and Basic / Essentials / MAX stickers. A PW URL is not a wash-native spec sheet. The products do not sell the same units.
See the CrewNest and Housecall Pro profiles for documented functions, still without a field test. This page is a two-product comparison only.
Wash-native versus Jobber stays on CrewNest vs Jobber. Wash-native versus QuoteIQ stays on CrewNest vs QuoteIQ. Wash-native versus Opervo stays on CrewNest vs Opervo. Wash-native versus Workiz stays on CrewNest vs Workiz. Wash-native versus MakeWash stays on MakeWash vs CrewNest. Horizontal FSM versus Jobber stays on Housecall Pro vs Jobber. Named-plan versus Housecall Pro stays on QuoteIQ vs Housecall Pro. Wash-native versus Housecall Pro stays on Opervo vs Housecall Pro. Request-pricing versus Housecall Pro stays on Workiz vs Housecall Pro. Launch $0 versus Housecall Pro stays on MakeWash vs Housecall Pro. Soft-wash chemistry notes stay on the soft wash guide and the small-team soft-wash CRM guide. $0 language stays on the free software guide.
We did not copy CrewNest competitor dollar columns for Jobber or Housecall Pro. Those floors live on our own pages.
The same CrewNest CRM page also prints a franchise / per-territory claim of $29/month per active territory. That is marketing on the CRM page. It is not the solo Free or Pro floor on the pricing page.
How you pay
CrewNest sells Free Forever plus Pro. Free caps estimates, satellite measurements, SMS, and users. Pro is a flat team price. Housecall Pro sells named plans with a fixed included-user count and a published MAX extra-user add-on. You cannot subtract one published dollar from the other and get a breakeven.
On 2026-09-19, CrewNest /pricing showed Free Forever $0 (1 user; 3 estimates/mo; 10 satellite; 50 SMS/mo) and Pro $29.99/month or $290/year, while Housecall Pro /pricing showed Basic $59/$79, Essentials $149/$189 (5 users), and MAX $299/$329 (8 users) with MAX extra $35/mo.
| Plan | Users | Monthly | Yearly (as published) | Caps / extras |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Forever | 1 | $0 | n/a | Up to 3 estimates/mo; up to 10 satellite measurements; 50 SMS/mo; customer management; scheduling; basic invoicing; offline PWA; service-specific tools |
| Pro | Unlimited team members; no per-user fee | $29.99 | $290/year | Unlimited estimates and satellite; booking portal; unlimited SMS (US/CA); email estimates/invoices; route optimization; advanced analytics |
Live Pro is $29.99/month, not the older $29 seed. Yearly stays $290/year. Older seed copy that said Pro includes 3 seats, then +$5 per extra user, is stale against this fetch. Live Pro is unlimited team members at the same $29.99 / $290 floor.
| Plan | Users included | Extra users | Annual (per mo) | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | 1 | n/a | $59 | $79 |
| Essentials | 5 | GAP (not printed on this fetch) | $149 | $189 |
| MAX | 8 | $35/mo each | $299 | $329 |
The 1-user floor is Basic at $59/month billed annually or $79/month monthly. MAX extra users print *$35/mo per additional user on the live card. Essentials on-card overage beyond 5 users was not printed tonight. That overage is a GAP. Do not reuse stale $100 Essentials or $75 MAX extra-user figures from older fetches. Pricing-page promo badges (Save $53 / $163 / $690 and similar temporary stickers) are marketing, not sticky floors. Prefer $59/$79 · $149/$189 · $299/$329.
CrewNest processing percent is a GAP. The fetched pricing and CRM pages name Stripe and say processing fees apply. They do not print a card / ACH / instant % rate card. Stripe % is a GAP.
Worked examples (published units only)
These rows use only published subscription units. They are arithmetic framing, not a field test and not a winner.
A. CrewNest Free $0 versus Housecall Pro Basic $59/$79. CrewNest Free is $0 for 1 user, with 3 estimates/month, 10 satellite measurements, and 50 SMS/month. Housecall Pro Basic is $59/month billed annually or $79/month monthly for 1 user. A capped $0 floor is not the same stack as a one-user Basic card.
B. CrewNest Pro $29.99 versus Housecall Pro Basic $59/$79. CrewNest Pro is $29.99/month or $290/year with unlimited team members and no per-user fee. Housecall Pro Basic is $59/$79 for 1 user. A monthly gap is not a like-for-like ops stack: seat rules, satellite, route, QBO, and chem claims differ. Do not invent a $29.99 versus Basic breakeven.
C. CrewNest Pro unlimited seats versus Housecall Pro Essentials $149/$189. CrewNest Pro stays $29.99 / $290 with unlimited members. Housecall Pro Essentials is $149/$189 for 5 included users. Routes, GPS, and the listed QBO row sit on Essentials. Do not invent a six-user Essentials total. Do not invent an Essentials versus $29.99 breakeven.
D. Housecall Pro MAX $299/$329 plus $35 versus CrewNest Pro unlimited seats. MAX is $299/$329 for 8 included users, then $35/month per additional user. CrewNest Pro still prints one team sticker. Do not invent a nine-user CrewNest total. Do not invent a MAX-plus-one versus $29.99 breakeven.
Feature comparison
Satellite takeoff, chemistry, routing, books, payments, seats, and trial friction sit on different published units. Do not treat a row on one card as a row on the other.
Payments
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QuickBooks Online
Direction, objects, unpaid invoices, and Desktop stay on the QuickBooks guide. This page locks the published gates.
Trials and $0 language
Those offers are not interchangeable. A card-required Pro trial plus a capped Free Forever floor is not a no-card 14-day MAX preview.
Who each fits
These are fit notes against published units and documented claims. They are not awards. Who each fits depends on wash-native Free/Pro plus satellite and Soft Wash Chef versus published sticker floors and plan-gated wash-day tooling.
This page does not rank a winner. Quote CrewNest at the published $0 / $29.99 / $290 units and quote Housecall Pro at the plan that lists the feature you need, then compare the written totals. CrewNest versus Jobber stays on CrewNest vs Jobber. CrewNest versus QuoteIQ stays on CrewNest vs QuoteIQ. CrewNest versus Opervo stays on CrewNest vs Opervo. CrewNest versus Workiz stays on CrewNest vs Workiz. MakeWash versus CrewNest stays on MakeWash vs CrewNest. Housecall Pro versus Jobber stays on Housecall Pro vs Jobber. QuoteIQ versus Housecall Pro stays on QuoteIQ vs Housecall Pro. Opervo versus Housecall Pro stays on Opervo vs Housecall Pro. Workiz versus Housecall Pro stays on Workiz vs Housecall Pro. MakeWash versus Housecall Pro stays on MakeWash vs Housecall Pro. The wider solo set, including $0 tools and tools with pricing on request, stays on the solo operator guide.
What we did not verify / GAPs
These rows stay unpublished on the fetched pages:
- CrewNest payment % rate card: GAP (Stripe named; processing fees apply)
- CrewNest Stripe %: GAP
- CrewNest QuickBooks Online: NOT CLAIMED / GAP
- Housecall Pro satellite square-footage takeoff: NOT CLAIMED on the PW page
- Housecall Pro SH / soft-wash dilution calculator: NOT CLAIMED on the PW page
- Housecall Pro Essentials extra-user overage beyond 5: GAP
- Housecall Pro Desktop plan gate on the public pricing cards: unlabeled / confirm in help
- Per-message SMS $ beyond CrewNest’s published Free 50 SMS/mo and Pro unlimited SMS (US/CA) caps: partial GAP
- Housecall Pro public SMS cap: GAP (not a sticky public SMS cap on the pricing card)
What we did not do
We have not run these products on a live wash route. We are not recommending a single product. We are not publishing star ratings.
We did not redo the solo operator guide, the free software guide, the soft wash guide, the small-team soft-wash CRM guide, CrewNest vs Jobber, CrewNest vs QuoteIQ, CrewNest vs Opervo, CrewNest vs Workiz, MakeWash vs CrewNest, Housecall Pro vs Jobber, QuoteIQ vs Housecall Pro, Opervo vs Housecall Pro, Workiz vs Housecall Pro, MakeWash vs Housecall Pro, or the QuickBooks guide. Those pages stay the workflow, $0 taxonomy, soft-wash taxonomy, other two-product bake-offs, and QuickBooks taxonomy. This page is the CrewNest versus Housecall Pro bake-off only.
We did not invent a CrewNest Stripe percent. We did not invent a Housecall Pro satellite takeoff or SH dilution calculator. We did not copy CrewNest marketing competitor dollar columns. We did not treat CrewNest franchise or per-territory $29 copy as the solo Free or Pro floor. We did not reuse older CrewNest “3 seats then +$5” copy as live Pro. We did not reuse the stale $29 Pro seed as tonight’s floor. Live Pro is $29.99/month or $290/year. We did not reuse stale $100 / $75 extra-user figures as tonight’s card. We did not invent an Essentials extra-user dollar. We did not treat pricing-page promo badges as sticky floors. We did not treat Housecall Pro “35% revenue” or “8+ hours” copy as proof. We did not invent a breakeven from a $29.99 / $290 floor and a Basic / Essentials / MAX sticker. We did not wire affiliate CTAs or tracking URLs.
PressureWashStack does not earn commissions or affiliate revenue. Links on this page are ordinary vendor URLs, not tracking links. See the affiliate disclosure. Other directory listings stay on the directory.
Sources
- CrewNest pricing: retrieved 2026-09-19
- CrewNest pressure washing CRM: retrieved 2026-09-19
- CrewNest Soft Wash Mix Calculator (Soft Wash Chef): retrieved 2026-09-19
- Housecall Pro pricing: retrieved 2026-09-19
- Housecall Pro pressure washing software: retrieved 2026-09-19
- Housecall Pro Payment Processing Options: retrieved 2026-09-17
- Housecall Pro QuickBooks Online onboarding: retrieved 2026-09-17