If the website has to take the lead and sit with the estimate and the invoice, compare Mortar with Jobber and Housecall Pro. If you want to design every page yourself, and you already have somewhere else to estimate and invoice, a website builder is the smaller monthly figure. The builders are cheaper for a brochure. They stop at the brochure.
We make Mortar. Here is how the contractor platforms and the builders were compared, and where each one is the better buy.
People search for the best website for contractors, and for the best website builder for contractors. This page answers both, for a small US contractor. Jobber and Housecall Pro sell field-service software and also describe a website. Wix and Squarespace are builders: you put the site together. Mortar is not a builder. Morris drafts the site, you approve it, and the lead lands in the same place as the rest of the work. Every price was taken from that company's own site on November 2, 2026. Where a page did not state a fact, it is left out. GoDaddy's plan page did not return a US dollar price on that day, so it is not in this table.
How we compared
Five things, and nothing else. No star ratings, and no review sites.
- Who writes the site. A builder hands you a template. A platform drafts the pages for the trade and the cities you cover.
- The price of keeping it online. Monthly where the page shows it. Yearly where that is all the page shows.
- Your own domain. The site should be on your name, not only on the tool's address.
- Where the lead goes. A form on the page, or an inbox you already work from.
- The job after the lead. An estimate and an invoice in the same login, or a site that ends when the visitor has your phone number.
The comparison
Prices as listed on each company's website on November 2, 2026. Jobber's Core plan is shown as $49 a month with no commitment and $29 a month billed annually. Housecall Pro's website line has no price of its own. Wix's figures are for a yearly subscription. Squarespace shows two monthly figures for each plan and does not label which is the monthly term. Subscription prices exclude sales tax where it applies.
| Tool | Best for | Starting price | Who writes it | Your domain | Estimate and invoice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortar | The site and the work, on one price | $49 a month | Morris drafts it. You approve it. | Yes | Yes, in the same login |
| Jobber | Field service, with a website named on Core | $29 a month for 1 user, billed annually, or $49 with no commitment | Jobber says you launch it there | Not stated on the pricing page | Yes. Extra users are $29 a month. |
| Housecall Pro | Home service. The website price is not listed. | $59 a month for Basic, billed annually | They say they build and manage it | Not stated next to the website line | Yes, on the plan. The site is not priced. |
| Wix | A site you design | From $17.77 a month, yearly | You | On a paid plan | No job file |
| Squarespace | A template you edit | From $19 a month, one of two listed prices | You | A new domain for a year on an annual plan | An invoice for a sale. No job file. |
Mortar
Best for: a small contractor that wants the website, the leads and the invoices on one price, with no per-user fee.
What it does well. Core is $49 a month for the business, not each login. Morris drafts the website. You approve what a customer sees. The site is on your own domain, with a page for the services and the cities you cover. A lead comes into the inbox. Estimates, jobs and invoices use the same record. The websites page is the longer account of what the site includes. Build it free. The first 14 days after it goes live are free. Pro is $79 a month when Morris should answer the chat, the texts and the phone.
Grow is $29 a month, on Core or Pro. It checks how the business shows up, keeps the Google listing in step, and can ask for a review after a job. It does not promise a mention.
Watch-outs. Mortar is newer than the other tools in this table. You are not buying a blank canvas to design. If you want to lay out every section yourself, a builder is the tool for that. Pro and Grow are separate prices.
Price. Core $49 a month for the whole business. Pro $79. As listed on November 2, 2026.
Official page: mortar.site/us/pricing.
Jobber
Best for: a field-service platform that names a website on the plan, if you are happy to price the people who log in.
What it does well. The pricing page recommends Core as starting at $29 a month, and lists "Create a professional website" among its features, along with booking, quotes, invoices and online payments. Core is shown for 1 user. A user is anyone at the office or in the field who views or manages the schedule. The trial does not ask for a card. A wider comparison of Jobber with Housecall Pro, Joist and ServiceTitan is in the Jobber alternatives guide.
Watch-outs. Core is shown as $49 a month with no commitment, $39 a month on a one-year commitment, and $29 a month billed annually. The recommended card says starting at $29, and the page says annual options are billed annually. The one-user line says extra users are $29 a month. A custom domain is not stated on the pricing page. Connect starts at $99 a month, Grow at $149 and Plus at $399, on the same starting-price wording. Prices exclude sales tax where it applies.
Price. Core $29 a month for one user, billed annually, or $49 a month with no commitment. As listed on November 2, 2026.
Official page: getjobber.com/pricing.
Housecall Pro
Best for: a home-service platform, once you have asked what the website costs on top of the plan.
What it does well. Basic is listed at $59 a month, billed annually. The page describes online booking, invoices, scheduling, quotes and review tools. The trial is 14 days and does not ask for a card. A line on the same page says Housecall Pro will get you a professional website, built and managed by them.
Watch-outs. That website line does not have a price next to it. Basic's $59 cannot be read as the price of the site. Essentials and Max are described, and Max mentions $35 a month for an additional user, but the page did not show a dollar price for Essentials or Max in the public summary checked on November 2, 2026. Those figures are left out.
Price. Basic $59 a month, billed annually. The website price was not listed. As published on November 2, 2026.
Official page: housecallpro.com/pricing.
Wix
Best for: designing the site yourself, from a template or a prompt, and connecting a domain once you pay.
What it does well. The free plan needs no card. Paid plans add a custom domain, hosting, and AI tools for creating the site. Light is the first paid plan. Core adds accepting payments, basic ecommerce, and scheduling. You can start from a prompt or from one of the templates, then edit with drag and drop. A new Premium plan can be cancelled within 14 days for a refund.
Watch-outs. On November 2, 2026, wix.com/plans showed Light at $17.77 a month, Core at $29.77, Business at $39.77 and Business Elite at $159.77. The page says those are yearly subscriptions, paid in full, and that the currency can vary by location. Prices do not include tax. The free plan does not include connecting your own domain or removing Wix branding. The free-domain offer on a yearly plan is a voucher for a new domain for the first year. It does not renew a domain you already own. There is no estimate that becomes a job, and no crew schedule, on the plans page.
Price. From $17.77 a month for Light, yearly, as listed on November 2, 2026.
Official page: wix.com/plans.
Squarespace
Best for: a template you edit yourself, with a contact form and a simple invoice, if you are happy to design the pages.
What it does well. There is no free plan. A site starts with a 14-day trial and no card. Every paid plan includes hosting, templates, a drag-and-drop editor, SEO tools and a contact form. All paid plans can sell products or services, and every plan lists sending an invoice. An annual plan includes one year of domain registration on a new domain at Squarespace's cheapest tier. You can also connect a domain you already own. Squarespace Payments is available in the United States. Card rates on Basic start at 2.9% plus $0.30, and Basic adds a 2% fee on online store sales.
Watch-outs. The comparison table lists two monthly prices for each plan and does not label them. Basic is $25 and $19, Core is $39 and $29, Plus is $65 and $49, Advanced is $139 and $99. Squarespace says an annual plan costs less than paying monthly, so the lower figure is the one to read as the yearly rate, and the page itself does not print that label on the numbers. The invoice is for taking a payment. It is not an estimate that turns into a job.
Price. Basic listed at $19 a month and $25 a month. As published on November 2, 2026.
Official page: squarespace.com/pricing.
Where Mortar is not the fit
Mortar is the wrong first choice if you already have a site you are happy with and you only want a cheaper place to host it. It is the wrong choice if you want a full online store, with stock, shipping and a catalog. Squarespace and Wix are built for that, and Mortar is not. It is also the wrong choice if you want to design every section yourself. The builders exist for that, and their yearly prices are lower than $49 before you have added the time to write the pages. A one-page brochure, with the phone number on it and the estimating done in another app, does not need Mortar. A crew that wants the deepest field-service file, and already has a site, should price Jobber or Housecall Pro on the number of people who will log in.
How to choose
Three questions decide it.
- Who is going to write the city pages? If the answer is you, on a Sunday, a builder is honest about that. If the answer is that they will not get written, look at what a contractor website needs and at a tool that drafts them.
- Where does Monday's lead go? A form that lands in a separate inbox is a second place to check. The Monday list only works if the unreplied leads are in one place.
- What is the price for the whole job, not the page? $17.77 is the site, on Wix's yearly Light plan. $49 is the site plus the leads, the estimates and the invoices, for the whole business. Jobber's website sits on Core, at $29 a month billed annually or $49 with no commitment, and then $29 for each extra user. Compare those products, not the smallest number on its own.
Questions
Is Mortar a website builder?
No. Wix and Squarespace are website builders. You design the pages. Mortar is the platform the business runs on. The website is included, and so are the leads, estimates, jobs and invoices.
Which is cheaper for a site on its own?
On the pages checked on November 2, 2026, Wix Light was $17.77 a month on a yearly plan, and Squarespace Basic was listed at $19 and $25 a month. Mortar Core is $49 a month for the business. The builder prices are for the site. They do not include a place to estimate the job and invoice it.
Does Jobber include a website?
Jobber's Core plan includes the line "Create a professional website." Core is $29 a month for one user when billed annually, and $49 a month with no commitment. The one-user line says extra users are $29 a month. A custom domain is not stated on the pricing page.
What about Housecall Pro's website?
The pricing page lists Basic at $59 a month, billed annually, and describes a website Housecall Pro builds and manages. It does not put a price on that website.