Houzz Pro

In short

Houzz Pro is all-in-one software for contractors and design professionals. Its feature menu groups planning tools (3D floor plans, takeoffs, contracts, bid management, selections, CRM), project management (schedule, tasks, daily logs, time tracking, client and subcontractor dashboards), a financial suite (estimates, proposals, change orders, invoices, online payments, QuickBooks integration) and marketing (custom website, email marketing, lead generation).

Is Houzz Pro worth it for a contractor?

Houzz Pro is worth considering when your jobs run for weeks and involve selections, change orders and a homeowner who needs to approve things. It names builders, remodelers, interior designers, architects and painters as its audience.

If your work is repair calls dispatched the same day, see Housecall Pro, Jobber or Service Fusion, which are built around technician dispatch.

What is the difference between Houzz and Houzz Pro?

Houzz Pro is the business software for contractors and design professionals. It also includes a premium profile, targeted advertising and lead generation that connect you with homeowners searching for services, so the software doubles as a source of leads.

How does estimating and invoicing work?

An estimate is built from line items for materials, labor and costs with automatic calculation, from templates, or from reusable assemblies. Houzz Pro says clients view, approve and sign estimates in their client dashboard, and approved estimates can become project schedules or invoices.

Invoices are paid online with a Pay Now option, with cards, bank transfer, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Tap to Pay and QR codes listed.

What does the client dashboard do?

The client dashboard is a single portal where a homeowner can message you, share files and photos, view the schedule and daily logs, review estimates, proposals and change orders, approve with a digital signature, and pay invoices. You control which sections the client sees and can brand it with your logo.

How do the leads work?

Houzz Pro lead generation matches homeowners searching by location, project type and services with professionals, and uses a subscription model instead of pay-per-lead. Imported or incoming leads sit in a CRM pipeline you can sort by project type, tags and source.

Who it's for

Houzz Pro fits a remodeling or construction company, a design-build firm or a painting contractor that wants one system from takeoff to final payment, and that values a branded client portal and a subcontractor dashboard.

Who should look elsewhere

Look elsewhere if you dispatch technicians to same-day calls, sell recurring maintenance visits or need route-based scheduling. Look elsewhere if you want published plan prices before a sales conversation, since the pages we could reach show a trial button, a demo option and a sales phone line rather than amounts.

Limits to know

We could not load the vendor's dedicated pricing page, so we cannot confirm plan names, tiers or what each includes. Lead access is subscription-based, so check the terms for how many leads and which service areas are covered. The page for roofing contractors specifically was not part of what we reviewed; roofers should confirm the fit in a demo.

What to check on pricing

Ask which plan includes the features you need, what the lead generation subscription costs on top, and what the payment processing fees and payout speeds are. Our pricing table shows "vendor site" for Houzz Pro because we have no verified, publicly displayed amount. See /tools/houzz-pro/pricing.

Alternatives and when they fit

• Buildertrend if you want project management software for construction, roofing and remodeling jobs.
• Tradify if you want job management, quoting and invoicing for a trade business without the project and design tools.
• Jobber if your work is repeat service visits with simple quoting and invoicing.
• Housecall Pro if you want dispatch and a technician app for service calls.

How we reviewed it

We read Houzz Pro's overview page and its pages on estimates, the client dashboard, online payments, lead generation and construction software. We could not reach the pricing page, so we make no pricing claim. We did not use review sites or customer testimonials.