Thorbis vs Housecall Pro · Refrigeration
Housecall Pro for commercial refrigeration 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 commercial refrigeration contractors, Thorbis is one posted price for the company, unlimited people, and the refrigeration 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 commercial refrigeration contractors run, on either system.
01
The emergency
Restaurant and grocery calls dispatched by urgency and proximity, with the site’s equipment notes in the truck before it arrives: which rack, which refrigerant, what failed last time.
02
The maintenance contract
Quarterly coil cleanings and temperature checks generate their own visits, carry their checklists, and renew without a re-sell.
03
The install
Case swaps and new boxes quoted from the book, scheduled as their own days, and closed with photos of what went in.
The difference
Housecall Pro beside Thorbis, for commercial refrigeration contractors.
Row
Housecall Pro
Thorbis
Who this is for
Small crews billed by the name on the roster.
commercial refrigeration contractors: the emergency, the maintenance contract, and the install.
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 refrigeration day on one board the office runs and the trucks read.
The old way
What the whiteboard costs commercial refrigeration contractors.
Every hour down is spoiled inventory
A restaurant losing a walk-in does not hold for a callback. The call has to become a dispatched truck in one motion.
The site’s history rides in one tech’s head
When the veteran who knows that rack retires, the knowledge should stay on the record, not leave in the truck with him.
After-hours work, daylight billing
Emergency work finished at midnight gets invoiced Thursday, disputed Friday. Collect it on site while the save is fresh.
Straight answers
What commercial refrigeration contractors ask about the switch.
What does Thorbis cost for commercial refrigeration 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 →
Refrigeration against the rest of the field
Thorbis vs Housecall Pro for other trades
Start
One board for commercial refrigeration 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.