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Housecall Pro does part of it.Operations Link does all of it.
Operations Link covers 35 and a half of 40; Housecall Pro covers 31.
4 and a half more in Operations Link.Housecall Pro is built around the home-service visit. The day your company takes on a project, a supplier bill, a stocked van or a new hire, that work goes somewhere else. Operations Link runs the visit — scheduling, estimates, invoices, dispatch — and every one of those, on one record, with nothing to stitch together. Projects, supplier bills and holdback come on every plan; van stock comes with Field operations, hiring with HR.
This page sets Operations Link beside Housecall Pro. Every Housecall Pro fact on it links to the page it was read on, on 24 October 2026.
In short
35½ of 40 on one record.Nothing typed twice.
Operations Link covers 35 and a half of 40; Housecall Pro covers 31.
4 and a half more in Operations Link.Operations Link runs the home-service visit as Housecall Pro does — scheduling, estimates and invoices on every plan, dispatch with Field operations — and runs the whole business around it. On every plan: projects with task boards and milestones, supplier bills and purchase orders, holdback, and video meetings with your clients. As services you switch on: van stock and your techs on a live map (Field operations) and hiring (HR). The office, the field and the van work from one record.
Counted row by row on the table below, of the 40 things a company runs — Operations Link’s services included, as Housecall Pro’s separately sold products are.
What Housecall Pro is known for — and how Operations Link handles it
- Payroll with tax filingHousecall Pro: Payroll for US companies with tax filing and benefits.Operations Link
With Payroll: pay runs you run yourself, inside Operations Link, calculated for Ontario, Canada; with HR, benefit plans on each person’s record.
- Getting paid in the fieldHousecall Pro: Getting paid in the field: card readers, Tap to Pay, check deposit from the phone, and consumer financing.Operations Link
Your tech records the customer’s payment on site, and clients record a cheque or transfer in their portal for you to confirm — each payment on its invoice and its job.
- AI that books jobsHousecall Pro: AI that answers calls and website chat and books jobs onto the calendar.Operations Link
Vera answers your customers’ calls on Canadian numbers, checks who is calling, and answers their questions about their own jobs, invoices and quotes; Luna answers visitors on your website and saves each one as a lead. Both are services we set up and run with you.
- Expense cardsHousecall Pro: Expense cards for every employee, with spending limits and receipts tagged to a job.Operations Link
Expense claims with their receipts, on every plan.
Side by side
40 things a company runs.Row by row, checked.
A row counts whole when it is in the product or sold as its own product, half when only a narrower version is, and not at all when it takes another company’s app. Every Housecall Pro answer links to the page on Housecall Pro’s site we read it on, on 24 October 2026; a “Not listed” links to where we looked. Tell us if we missed something.
- In the product
- In part
- Not listed, or only through another app
“Professional and up” is the Professional and Enterprise plans. “With Fleet”, “With Nova” and the like are Operations Link services you switch on with those plans.
Housecall Pro’s answers read on 24 October 2026, each linked to its page.
Operations Link
35 and a half/40Housecall Pro
31/40Clients and sales
| Feature | Operations Link | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Client records | Every plan | |
| Sales pipeline | Every plan | As an extraOn some plans. |
| Quotes and estimates | Every plan | |
| Customers book online | In part · every planYour clients book visits from their portal; a new customer sends a web form. | |
| Email marketing | In part · every planFollow-up sequences that stop when someone replies; no newsletters or landing pages. | As an extraEmail, text and postcards. |
| Customer portal | Every plan |
Client records
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Housecall Pro
Quotes and estimates
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Housecall Pro
Customers book online
- Operations Link
- In part · every plan
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: Your clients book visits from their portal; a new customer sends a web form.
Email marketing
- Operations Link
- In part · every plan
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: Follow-up sequences that stop when someone replies; no newsletters or landing pages.
Housecall Pro: Email, text and postcards.
Customer portal
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Housecall Pro
Scheduling and field work
| Feature | Operations Link | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduling calendar | Every plan | |
| Jobs and work orders | Every plan | |
| Dispatch board | With Field operations | |
| Suggests the right tech | With Field operationsRanked on skills, service area, who is free, travel time and past jobs. | In partAssigns the closest available tech. |
| Tech app on the phone | With Field operations | |
| Customer equipment records | With Field operations | |
| Maintenance agreements | With Field operations |
Scheduling calendar
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Housecall Pro
Jobs and work orders
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Housecall Pro
Dispatch board
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Housecall Pro
Suggests the right tech
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: Ranked on skills, service area, who is free, travel time and past jobs.
Housecall Pro: Assigns the closest available tech.
Tech app on the phone
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Housecall Pro
Customer equipment records
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Housecall Pro
Maintenance agreements
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Housecall Pro
Projects
| Feature | Operations Link | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Projects with task boards | Every plan | |
| Timelines and Gantt charts | In part · every planMilestones on a timeline; no Gantt chart. | |
| Change orders | With Field operations | In partAn extra estimate on a job in progress. |
Projects with task boards
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Housecall Pro
Timelines and Gantt charts
- Operations Link
- In part · every plan
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: Milestones on a timeline; no Gantt chart.
Change orders
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Housecall Pro
Housecall Pro: An extra estimate on a job in progress.
Service vans
| Feature | Operations Link | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Techs on a live map | With Field operationsYour techs on shift; a late visit is flagged with one tap to reassign. | |
| The day’s route | In part · with Field operationsEach tech’s visits in order, travel time weighed when a job is offered. | |
| Van stock | With Field operationsParts on each van, reordered before they run out. | Through another appVan and warehouse stock through Ply, from their app store. |
Techs on a live map
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: Your techs on shift; a late visit is flagged with one tap to reassign.
The day’s route
- Operations Link
- In part · with Field operations
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: Each tech’s visits in order, travel time weighed when a job is offered.
Van stock
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: Parts on each van, reordered before they run out.
Housecall Pro: Van and warehouse stock through Ply, from their app store.
Money
| Feature | Operations Link | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Invoices | Every plan | |
| Online payments | Not offeredClients record a cheque or a transfer in their portal, and you confirm it; your tech records payment on site. | |
| Holdback on invoices | Every plan | |
| Expenses | Every plan | |
| Supplier bills and purchase orders | Every plan | |
| Profit per project | Every plan | |
| QuickBooks Online | With BookkeepingYour books stay in your own QuickBooks. |
Invoices
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Housecall Pro
Online payments
- Operations Link
- Not offered
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: Clients record a cheque or a transfer in their portal, and you confirm it; your tech records payment on site.
Holdback on invoices
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Housecall Pro
Expenses
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Housecall Pro
Supplier bills and purchase orders
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Housecall Pro
Profit per project
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Housecall Pro
QuickBooks Online
- Operations Link
- With Bookkeeping
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: Your books stay in your own QuickBooks.
People and pay
| Feature | Operations Link | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Employee records | With HR | In partEmployee profiles; HR help comes with their Payroll. |
| Hiring | With HR | |
| Time off | Professional and up | As an extraComes with their Payroll. |
| Timesheets | Professional and up | |
| Payroll | In part · with PayrollPay runs calculate for Ontario, Canada today; your company runs them and stays the filer. | As an extraUS payroll with tax filing. |
Employee records
- Operations Link
- With HR
- Housecall Pro
Housecall Pro: Employee profiles; HR help comes with their Payroll.
Hiring
- Operations Link
- With HR
- Housecall Pro
Time off
- Operations Link
- Professional and up
- Housecall Pro
Housecall Pro: Comes with their Payroll.
Timesheets
- Operations Link
- Professional and up
- Housecall Pro
Payroll
- Operations Link
- In part · with Payroll
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: Pay runs calculate for Ontario, Canada today; your company runs them and stays the filer.
Housecall Pro: US payroll with tax filing.
Calls and messages
| Feature | Operations Link | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Team chat | Every plan | |
| Email inside the app | Every plan | In partAn inbox for leads and chats. |
| Video meetings | Every plan | |
| Business phone system | In part · with the phone systemWith Vera or on its own: Canadian numbers today. Talk to us. | As an extraVoice: menus, queues and recordings. |
| Texting customers | In part · with the phone systemFrom your company’s Canadian numbers today. |
Team chat
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Housecall Pro
Email inside the app
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Housecall Pro
Housecall Pro: An inbox for leads and chats.
Video meetings
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Housecall Pro
Business phone system
- Operations Link
- In part · with the phone system
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: With Vera or on its own: Canadian numbers today. Talk to us.
Housecall Pro: Voice: menus, queues and recordings.
Texting customers
- Operations Link
- In part · with the phone system
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: From your company’s Canadian numbers today.
AI
| Feature | Operations Link | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant on your own data | With NovaFifteen days free when you start. | |
| AI that answers your phone | With VeraAnswers your customers about their own jobs, invoices and quotes, after checking who is calling. | As an extraAnswers calls and books jobs. |
| AI chat on your website | With LunaAnswers visitors on your website and saves each one as a lead in Operations Link; a service we set up and run. | As an extraAnswers website chat and books jobs. |
AI assistant on your own data
- Operations Link
- With Nova
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: Fifteen days free when you start.
AI that answers your phone
- Operations Link
- With Vera
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: Answers your customers about their own jobs, invoices and quotes, after checking who is calling.
Housecall Pro: Answers calls and books jobs.
AI chat on your website
- Operations Link
- With Luna
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: Answers visitors on your website and saves each one as a lead in Operations Link; a service we set up and run.
Housecall Pro: Answers website chat and books jobs.
Reports
| Feature | Operations Link | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Reports and dashboards | Every planDashboards on every plan; the report builder on Professional and Enterprise. |
Reports and dashboards
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Housecall Pro
Operations Link: Dashboards on every plan; the report builder on Professional and Enterprise.
Questions
Asked when switching.
Does Operations Link track customer equipment, as Housecall Pro does?
Yes, with Field operations: maintenance agreements with the equipment they cover, its visits and documents, and renewals coming due at the top of the list.
Does Operations Link have a phone system?
Yes — a business number with a keypad menu, queues, extensions, recordings and texting, set up with our team, with Vera or on its own. Numbers are Canadian today. Talk to us about it.
Can I bring my Housecall Pro data across?
Your clients come in from a spreadsheet, and so do your team members; bank transactions import from a file. There is no one-click import from Housecall Pro. Book a call and we will look at the rest with you.
What does Operations Link cost?
Essentials is $79 per person a month and Professional $129, billed in US dollars. Services are priced on their own, on Professional and Enterprise. We leave Housecall Pro’s prices off this page because they change — their own pricing page has them.
Can I try it before I pay?
Yes. Fifteen days free on the plan you pick, with no credit card.
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