{"id":1318,"slug":"clio-jobber-housecall-pricing-vertical-bundles","title":"Vertical SaaS portal bundles: Clio (legal $39-149/user), Jobber (home services ~$69), Housecall Pro ($59-169) — 2026","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","smb-owner","candid-team"],"topics":["vertical-saas","client-portals"],"reference_body":"**Claim:**\n\n- **Clio (legal)** — secure client portal appears at **Essentials $79-89/user/mo**; EasyStart $39-49; Advanced $99-119; Complete $129-149.\n- **Jobber (home services)** — client hub/portal; Core **~$69/month**.\n- **Housecall Pro (home services)** — client portal in higher tiers; Basic **$59-65**, Essentials **$109-149**, Max **$169**; +$35/mo per extra user.\n\n**Source:** itqlick.com/clio/pricing ; g2.com ; clio.com/pricing ; toolkit.buildoutreach.io ; housecallpro.com/pricing ; fieldservicepro.io\n\n**Confidence:** Verified / Industry-consensus.\n\n**Why this matters for Candid:** If the SMB is in a regulated vertical (law, home services, accounting, property mgmt), **the portal is bundled into software the SMB likely already needs**. The marginal cost of the portal is zero or close to it. This is the strongest case for *not* shopping a horizontal portal at all.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"suitedash-pricing-19mo-unlimited-users","title":"SuiteDash — CRM + portal + projects + invoicing + scheduling; portal core; from $19/month unlimited users (2026)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-client-portals-smb-june-2026","title":"Research brief: client portals for SMBs — the honest case (June 2026)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"taxdome-karbon-buildium-appfolio-pricing-vertical-bundles","title":"More vertical bundles: TaxDome (~$58/user), Karbon (~$59/user), Canopy ($150 flat), Buildium ($58-400 by door count), AppFolio ($298 floor) — 2026","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"rule-default-buy-portal-not-build","title":"R1 — Default to BUY, not build, for client portals; recommend a horizontal platform ($19-79/mo) or the bundled vertical-SaaS portal","kind":"rule","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-20T17:57:32.134Z","updated_at":"2026-06-20T17:57:32.134Z"}