How much does Houzz Pro actually cost?

Only the entry tier is published, around $55 a month for a solo contractor according to review sites; the tiers with the features most shops want are quoted after a call, and contractor and designer pricing differ. Get the real quote before comparing.

Can I run Obra and Houzz Pro together?

Yes, and it's a natural pairing for design-build firms: Houzz Pro for proposals, selections and the client side, Obra for the receipts the crew sends and the job's cost forecast. The two barely overlap.

Does Obra generate leads?

No. Obra's public project pages let you share photos and milestones with clients and prospects, but there is no marketplace and no paid lead product.

Obra vs Houzz Pro: the client-facing suite with leads attached, or the ledger behind it

Houzz Pro sells the client experience and the leads: proposals, selections, a client dashboard. Obra sells the job's money from field receipts. Often you want both.

The short version

Houzz Pro is a business suite for remodelers and designers whose clients found them on Houzz: estimates and proposals, project management, a client dashboard, invoicing, QuickBooks integration and the lead generation that comes with the marketplace, with most tiers priced by quote. Obra is the money on each job, captured from the crew's receipts over WhatsApp, email or photo, with a reviewed forecast, for $12 a seat. If your leads come from Houzz and the client-facing side is where you win work, Houzz Pro earns its price; run Obra beside it for the cost side the crew never types into a portal.

Obra is the better fit when

The problem is knowing what each job is costing, from receipts the crew sends
Your crew works in Spanish or English and shouldn't need a seat on a client platform
You want a reviewed expected final cost on every plan, at a known price
You already have proposals and selections handled and don't want to move them

Houzz Pro is the better fit when

Your leads come from the Houzz marketplace and the profile matters to your pipeline
Proposals, selections boards and a polished client dashboard win you work
Design-build or interiors work where the client experience is the product
You want invoicing and QuickBooks integration in the same tool as the proposal

Side by side

What you're comparing	Obra	Houzz Pro
Starting price	Free for one active project; Pro is $12 per user per month or $120 per year.	Entry tier around $55 a month for a solo contractor per review sites; most tiers quoted, and priced differently for designers.
What it is	A per-project ledger: income, expenses, receipts, change orders, budgets, forecast, close.	A business suite for remodelers and designers with marketing and lead generation attached.
Proposals and selections	Not included; the contract value and change orders are recorded per project.	Estimates, proposals, selections and a client dashboard are the core.
Receipts from the job site	WhatsApp, email or photo, read into a draft and confirmed by a person.	Expenses logged in the app by users; lighter than the proposal side.
Who can capture a cost	Anyone you invite as a submitter, without seeing the project's finances.	Users on the plan; team seats vary by tier.
Forecasting a job's final cost	Built in: recorded cost plus a reviewed remaining to spend, never below what's recorded.	Budget and expense views; forecasting the finish is not the product's focus.
Leads and marketing	None; public project pages exist to share photos and updates, not to sell leads.	Houzz profile, reviews and lead generation are part of the pitch.
Languages	English and Spanish, in the app and on WhatsApp.	English-first product; check current language options.
Accounting handoff	CSV exports of anything, or the whole organization as a ZIP.	QuickBooks integration.

Facts about Houzz Pro checked on September 4, 2026. Prices and plan names change; check the vendor's own site before you buy, and tell us at support@tryobra.com if something here is out of date.

Houzz Pro and Obra get compared because both say "for remodelers." They're for different halves of the remodeler. Houzz Pro is the half that wins work: the profile, the reviews, the proposal, the selections board, the client dashboard, the invoice. Obra is the half that keeps the work profitable: what the job cost, what's still coming, what's been collected, where it lands.

Where the two products actually differ

Houzz Pro is a business suite sold with a marketplace attached. Its strengths are client-facing: estimates and proposals, selections, a dashboard the homeowner logs into, invoicing, and the lead generation that comes from a Houzz profile. Expense tracking exists, but it isn't the center of the product. Obra is only the ledger: receipts from the crew over WhatsApp, email or photo, confirmed to a project that carries the contract, change orders and a reviewed expected final cost, with exports for the accountant.

The receipts problem

The client dashboard never sees the foreman's receipt from the tile shop. Somebody with a seat has to enter it, and on most crews that's the owner, on Sunday, from a pocket. Obra's submitter role and WhatsApp channel let the crew send receipts in Spanish or English from the app they already use, without a login to anything client-facing, and the job's cost moves that afternoon. For a design-build firm, the change order guide is where the two products meet: selections over allowance become change orders on Obra's contract side.

What Houzz Pro does that Obra doesn't

Win work. Proposals, selections, the client portal, marketing and leads are not things Obra does or will do. If those are where your business is won, Houzz Pro or a designer's platform has them; the Buildertrend alternatives guide lists it among the suites.

Price, plainly

Houzz Pro publishes an entry price around $55 a month for a solo contractor, per review sites, and quotes the rest. Obra is free for one active project and $12 per user per month; a crew of three pays $36. Prices checked September 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

How much does Houzz Pro actually cost?: Only the entry tier is published, around $55 a month for a solo contractor according to review sites; the tiers with the features most shops want are quoted after a call, and contractor and designer pricing differ. Get the real quote before comparing.
Can I run Obra and Houzz Pro together?: Yes, and it's a natural pairing for design-build firms: Houzz Pro for proposals, selections and the client side, Obra for the receipts the crew sends and the job's cost forecast. The two barely overlap.
Does Obra generate leads?: No. Obra's public project pages let you share photos and milestones with clients and prospects, but there is no marketplace and no paid lead product.

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