Thorbis vs Successware · Handyman
Successware for handyman teams: a work-order office, or a board the truck reads.
Successware is a work-order system priced per user and sold on a call. For handyman teams, Thorbis is a board the office runs and the trucks read, one posted price for the company, and unlimited people.
Successware · their model
The office
- Shops report $80–$150 per user / month
- Per user. Sales-led. Not a public price.
- Plumbing and HVAC shops sold a work-order system.
Thorbis · posted
$99
- Per company, per month.
- Unlimited people. Jobs are never metered.
- Plus metered usage. $15 included each month.
The work
The days handyman teams run, on either system.
01
Quick quotes
Estimates built from templates and stored photos, sent while the lead is still warm instead of three evenings later.
02
The day
Drag-and-drop jobs, and rescheduling the customer does online instead of by voicemail.
03
Collect
Deposits by card or ACH before the work, the invoice at the door after it.
The difference
Successware beside Thorbis, for handyman teams.
Row
Successware
Thorbis
Who this is for
Plumbing and HVAC shops sold a work-order system.
handyman teams: quick quotes, the day, and collect.
The price
Shops report $80–$150 per user / month
$99 per company, posted. Unlimited people.
The model
Per user. Sales-led. Not a public price.
One posted price. Every usage rate posted beside it.
The board
It still talks like an office.
The handyman day on one board the office runs and the trucks read.
The old way
What the whiteboard costs handyman teams.
Jobs live in text threads
A schedule that lives in messages gets lost in messages.
Cold leads
An estimate that takes three days answers a customer who already hired someone.
The owner’s second shift
Evenings spent invoicing and reconciling are the ceiling on how big the book can get.
Straight answers
What handyman teams ask about the switch.
What does Thorbis cost for handyman teams, next to Successware?
Successware: Shops report $80–$150 per user / month. Thorbis: $99 per company per month, unlimited people, every module as it releases. Plus metered usage. $15 included each month.
Can we bring our Successware records?
Export or documents. What comes over: customers, work orders, the book. It still talks like an office. We load the board.
Is this comparison current?
The Successware side is read from its own pricing page or from what shops report, as of August 2026, and it says which. If Successware 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 Successware →
Handyman against the rest of the field
Thorbis vs Successware for other trades
Start
One board for handyman teams. One posted price.
$99 per company, unlimited people, and every usage rate posted beside it. No second conversation.
Coming from Successware? We’ll extract your records.
Rather talk first? Email the team.