Satellite Estimating
Quote any fence from a map. Quote any fence from a satellite map in under 5 minutes. Parcel lines load automatically and the bill of materials counts every post, picket and bag of concrete.
Home-services platform vs. fence-specific
Fence Works vs. Housecall Pro
Housecall Pro is a polished home-services platform — scheduling, dispatch, good-better-best estimates, invoicing, financing and reviews — built first for HVAC, plumbing and electrical. Fence Works is built for the trade where every quote starts on a map.
- Choose Fence Works if you want the fence measured from the parcel line, the material list built from your price book, and leads that come from pool permits.
- Choose Housecall Pro if you run technicians across several home-service trades and dispatch is your main problem.
- Both take e-signatures and deposits, schedule crews, offer financing and ask for reviews. The fence-specific layer is the difference.
Side by side
Feature by feature.
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| What you need | Housecall Pro | Fenceworks |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Home services broadly — HVAC, plumbing, electrical, cleaning, handyman and more. | Fence contractors only. |
| Measuring a fence | estimates are line items; measuring happens on site. | parcel lines, satellite trace, posts and gates counted. |
| Material list | Good-better-best estimate options. No fence BOM engine. | posts, rails, pickets, concrete and hardware from your price book. |
| Signable quote with deposit | Yes | e-signature and Stripe deposit on every paid plan. |
| Scheduling, dispatch, crews | strong scheduling and dispatch. | Pro and up, with Crew Mode day-sheets for the field. |
| GPS tracking | Yes | No |
| Calls answered when you cannot | An answering service is offered separately — check their current plans. | the AI call team is included on Pro and up, 90 talk-minutes a month. |
| Customer financing | built-in consumer financing. | a financing link on the Customer Hub (Pro and up). |
| Fence leads from public records | No | Lead Radar turns pool permits, closings and new builds into claimable leads. |
| Permit check before you quote | No | Permit Check, Wisconsin first. |
| Show the fence on their yard | No | the AI Fence Visualizer on every plan. |
| Reviews and referrals | review management. | review and referral asks fire after every finished job. |
| Integrations | QuickBooks, Zapier, Mailchimp and more. | Stripe, QuickBooks Online, Google Calendar, Facebook and Google Business posting. |
| Free plan | a free trial, then a paid plan. | free forever, no card. |
| Starting price | Tiered per-user plans — see housecallpro.com for current pricing. | $79/mo for Starter ($39.50 at the founder price); Pro is $149/mo. |
Housecall Pro details reflect their public materials as of September 2026; plans change, so check their site before deciding. Product names belong to their owners. Fenceworks prices are the live plan table.
Where Housecall Pro is the better fit
Housecall Pro is built for volume dispatch. Pick it when:
- You run HVAC, plumbing or electrical work alongside fencing and want one system.
- Dispatching technicians across a city all day is the job the software has to do.
- You want a large marketplace of integrations and never quote from a map.
Making the move
- Start free and quote one fence side by side — the estimate takes about five minutes.
- Add customers as you quote them; nothing has to migrate before the first job.
- Keep Housecall Pro for the other trades if you run them. Fence Works only needs the fence work.
Questions
Fenceworks vs. Housecall Pro.
For a fence-only shop, yes: quoting, e-signature, deposits, financing, scheduling, crews, Stripe payments, QuickBooks sync and review follow-up are all in one login. If you run other trades too, keep Housecall Pro for those.
No. Housecall Pro estimates are line items with good-better-best options. Fence Works starts from the parcel line on a satellite map and counts posts, rails, pickets and concrete for you.
Yes. The Customer Hub carries your financing link next to the signed quote and the deposit (Pro and up).
Fence Works has a free plan for five jobs a month, then Starter, Pro and Growth billed monthly with no contract; founder pricing takes 50% off for life. Housecall Pro sells tiered per-user plans with a free trial — check housecallpro.com for their current numbers.
No. Satellite estimating and address search work anywhere in the US; parcel lines load statewide in Wisconsin and Florida and from any county parcel server you point it at. Permit Check is Wisconsin first and Lead Radar starts in Tampa Bay — see the coverage page for the current map.
What you are choosing
The fence-specific layer.
AI Call Team ★ Popular
AI answers & books 24/7. An AI call team answers every call 24/7 in your company's voice, qualifies the lead, books the estimate on your calendar, and texts back the calls you miss.
Lead Radar New
Claimable fence-buying signals. Fresh pool permits, new home closings and new builds in your market, served as claimable fence leads with parcel lines loaded and a draft quote one tap away.
Stop losing jobs to slow quotes.
Quote from the map, answer every call, get paid before the first post goes in. Free to start — no credit card, no setup fee.
Founder pricing — 50% off forever, locked in for life. Only 19 founder seats left.