25thhr vs Pillar
Pillar is free for one person and $39 a month for each person after that, with every feature on. 25thhr's core is free too, but you pay per tool instead of per person, so a crew costs the same as a one-person shop.
The short version
Pick 25thhr if
- You have a crew, because on 25thhr your foreman and crew never cost a seat
- You only need a few tools and want to pay for just those
- You price jobs by walking them, and want the scope written while you talk
- You want calls you miss answered, booked and deposited
Pick Pillar if
- You work alone and want every feature for $0
- You need invoicing, online payments and QuickBooks sync today
- You want a self-serve import from your old software
The price math, by crew size
Same 25thhr plan in every row: the free core plus five Skills. Your crew's logins are free, so the price doesn't move when you hire.
- Core: jobs, customers, teamFree
- Lineup$7.99
- Time & Hours$5.99
- Photos$4.99
- Change Orders$9.99
- Estimates$14.99
Same price for 1 person or 20. Drop a Skill you don't use and the total drops with it. Every Skill is free for your first 30 days.
| People who sign in | 25thhr | Pillar |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (just you) | $43.95/mo | $0/mo, up to 100 jobs, estimates and invoices a month |
| 4 (you, a foreman, 2 crew) | $43.95/mo | $117/mo (3 extra people at $39) |
| 8 | $43.95/mo | $273/mo (7 extra people at $39) |
Pillar counts anyone who signs in to run the business, including technicians. Payments taken through Pillar add 1% on top of Stripe's fees, and texting and calling are prepaid per use.
What Pillar does that 25thhr doesn't yet
- Every feature on every account, including invoicing, online payments and inventory
- QuickBooks two-way sync and a customer portal
- Self-serve data import with presets for the software you're leaving
What 25thhr does differently
- No seats. Your foreman and crew sign in free, so hiring never raises your bill
- You pay per Skill, $2.99 to $89.99 a month each, and remove any of them in one tap
- Assign the day by voice: say it, check the confirmation card, send
- Walk the job and talk. Scope Capture turns it into items to price with your own rates
- Change orders flagged from the field and signed by the client on their phone, no login
- Ora answers the calls you miss, books the visit and can take a deposit on the call
Switching from Pillar
You don't have to move the whole company to find out. Run your next job on 25thhr before you cancel anything.
- Try it on one crew.Start the 30-day trial with no card, put one crew or one job on 25thhr, and keep Pillar running for everything else.
- No double-booking while you run both.Paste your Pillar calendar link into 25thhr, and Ora never books a visit over a job that's already scheduled.
- Bring jobs over as you start them.There's no one-click import yet. The easiest switch is to add the jobs you're starting now and let older ones finish in Pillar. If you're working alone and Pillar's free plan covers you, it's a good deal. 25thhr gets cheaper as soon as you have a crew.
- Your data stays yours.Email rob@25thhr.ai any time for a full copy of your jobs, customers, hours and photos. You'll hear back within one business day.
Questions about switching
Where these numbers come from
Pillar prices are list prices from their public pricing page, checked . Prices change, so check theirs before you decide. 25thhr prices come from our own plan builder.
Free for 30 days, no card required. Keep Pillar running until you're sure.
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