Thorbis vs Housecall Pro · Controls & low voltage
Housecall Pro for controls and low-voltage contractors: seats on the plan, or the whole crew.
Housecall Pro publishes its plans and caps the users on each one, so the next hire is a line item. For controls and low-voltage contractors, Thorbis is one posted price for the company, unlimited people, and the controls and low-voltage day on one board.
Housecall Pro · their model
The seat
- From $79 / month · user caps on the plans
- Published plans. Basic, Essentials, Max. Seats.
- Small crews billed by the name on the roster.
Thorbis · posted
$99
- Per company, per month.
- Unlimited people. Jobs are never metered.
- Plus metered usage. $15 included each month.
The work
The days controls and low-voltage contractors run, on either system.
01
The phased install
Rough-in, trim, commission: days and crews tracked on the job today, with photos and notes accumulating where the walls will close. Phase tracking arrives with Projects (Next).
02
The service call
A reader offline or a camera dark, dispatched with the site’s install history: what was run, where it lands, who commissioned it.
03
The retrofit
Small works and upgrades quoted from the book and scheduled between project days, not lost behind them.
The difference
Housecall Pro beside Thorbis, for controls and low-voltage contractors.
Row
Housecall Pro
Thorbis
Who this is for
Small crews billed by the name on the roster.
controls and low-voltage contractors: the phased install, the service call, and the retrofit.
The price
From $79 / month · user caps on the plans
$99 per company, posted. Unlimited people.
The model
Published plans. Basic, Essentials, Max. Seats.
One posted price. Every usage rate posted beside it.
The board
Mike should not be a line item.
The controls and low-voltage day on one board the office runs and the trucks read.
The old way
What the whiteboard costs controls and low-voltage contractors.
The punch list lives in a text thread
Items agreed on a walkthrough vanish into phones. A punch item that is not on a record is a callback with your margin attached.
The change order never gets billed
Extra drops added in a hallway conversation are real cost. Unwritten, they are a donation to the GC.
The closeout binder eats a week
Photos, test results, and as-built notes captured on the job as it runs mean closeout is an export, not an archaeology dig.
Straight answers
What controls and low-voltage contractors ask about the switch.
What does Thorbis cost for controls and low-voltage contractors, next to Housecall Pro?
Housecall Pro: From $79 / month · user caps on the plans. Thorbis: $99 per company per month, unlimited people, every module as it releases. Plus metered usage. $15 included each month.
Can we bring our Housecall Pro records?
CSV or API. What comes over: customers, jobs, invoices, payments. Seat history does not come. Mike is a tech here.
Is this comparison current?
The Housecall Pro side is read from its own pricing page or from what shops report, as of August 2026, and it says which. If Housecall Pro changes its model, this page is wrong until it is updated, and we would rather you check than trust a stale row.
The whole migration, step by step: switching from Housecall Pro →
Controls & low voltage against the rest of the field
Thorbis vs Housecall Pro for other trades
Start
One board for controls and low-voltage contractors. One posted price.
$99 per company, unlimited people, and every usage rate posted beside it. No second conversation.
Coming from Housecall Pro? We’ll extract your records.
Rather talk first? Email the team.