Sample demo by Praxis AI Solutions - "Example Plumbing Co." is a made-up business, built to show plumbing owners what's possible.

A sample for plumbing owners

Burst pipes at 10 p.m. reach your on-call plumber, not voicemail

Chris built this example for plumbing owners to show what he sets up. Every name is made up and nothing here is live.

Try it yourself See what you'd save
  • Real emergencies reach your on-call plumber fast
  • Routine calls book themselves into morning slots
  • Quiet quotes get followed up without you
$588/mo
what a plumbing business on Housecall Pro Essentials + Podium Core pays at list prices
24/7
emergencies sorted from routine calls, even at 2 a.m.
You approve
every message before anything goes live
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The 10 p.m. burst pipe

A call after hours gets an instant text that sorts a real emergency from something that can wait. Emergencies ring the on-call phone with the address; everything else gets booked for the morning, so nobody gets woken up for a dripping faucet.

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EPExample Plumbing Co.Text message

The scene

Kayla calls after hours with water spraying under her kitchen sink. Nobody picks up, so the automatic text takes over.

What happens

  1. After-hours call goes unanswered
  2. Instant text asks one question
  3. On-call plumber gets address and tap-to-call On the owner's phoneEmergency: water leaking at 1418 Maple St. Kayla, (641) 555-0187. Pipe under kitchen sink. Tap to call.
  4. Customer gets shut-off steps while waiting
  5. Plumber calls back within minutes
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EPExample Plumbing Co.Text message

The scene

Tom calls after supper about a toilet that won't stop running. It's not an emergency, so he picks a morning window.

What happens

  1. After-hours call goes unanswered
  2. Customer says it can wait
  3. Two morning windows offered
  4. Booked with day and window
  5. Job lands on the schedule On the owner's phoneBooked: running toilet, 208 N Elm St, Wed 10–12. Tom, (641) 555-0142. Added to tomorrow's schedule.
  6. On-the-way text, no phone tag
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Get a quote with photos

Customers send the details and photos once, so you can price the job without a phone call or a drive out.

What do you need?

Send a few photos and we'll get back to you with a price. For water heaters and fixtures we can often quote from photos. For remodels we'll use these to set up a visit.

Is it leaking or not working right now? If water is leaking now, call us at (641) 555-0100 any time and you'll reach our on-call plumber.
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Quotes that went quiet

Each quote that goes quiet gets a polite follow-up on schedule until someone answers. Nobody has to remember.

Today this usually comes with: Housecall Pro Essentials · $189/moJobber Connect · $139/mo compare

Every quote that doesn't get an answer gets a few polite check-ins, then stops.

Day 0
LH
Linda Hansen40-gal water heater swap · quote sent Mon
Waiting
GO
Gary OlsonKitchen faucet and disposal · quote sent Tue
Waiting
BS
Brenda SchmittMain bath remodel · quote sent last Thu
Waiting
DP
Doug PetersenSump pump replacement · quote sent Fri
Waiting
KW
Karen WolfWater softener install · quote sent Wed
Waiting
MT
Mike ThompsonBasement bathroom rough-in · quote sent 2 wks ago
Waiting

The texts it sends

Schedule

  1. Hi Jenna, this is Example Plumbing Co. Your quote is here: [link]. Any questions, just text back. Reply STOP to opt out.
  2. Hi Jenna, checking in on the quote we sent. Want to get it on the schedule? Reply YES and we'll text you a couple of times that work.
  3. Hi Jenna, just making sure the quote didn't get buried. Happy to answer questions or adjust anything. Reply YES to book.
  4. Hi Jenna, last check-in from us on your quote. If you went another way, no hard feelings. If you still want it done, reply YES and we'll find a time.

Why it matters: An audit of 2,241 US firms found the average business took 42 hours to answer a web lead (Harvard Business Review, "The Short Life of Online Sales Leads"). Source

The money part

What a plumbing business often pays every month, and what it could keep

These are the tools plumbing owners most often pay a monthly bill for, at their published or reported prices. Tick the ones you pay for, pick your plan, or type your real bill. The math is yours to check.

Housecall Pro
Job & customer softwareKeep it, on a cheaper plan

Keep Housecall Pro on Basic ($79/mo). Praxis adds the automatic reminders, follow-ups and two-way texting you moved up for.

Reported price, October 2026 · source 1

$a month
Podium
Texting & reviewsPraxis replaces it

Worth replacing if you use it mainly for review requests and texting.

What Praxis builds instead: review-request texts after each job, two-way texting from your own number and missed-call text-back.

Reported price, October 2026 · source 2

$a month
Jobber
Job & customer softwareKeep it, on a cheaper plan

Keep Jobber on Core ($49/mo). Praxis adds the automatic reminders, follow-ups and two-way texting you moved up for.

Published price, 2026 · source 3

$a month
Birdeye
Texting & reviewsPraxis replaces it

Worth replacing if you use it mainly for review requests and texting.

What Praxis builds instead: review-request texts after each job, two-way texting from your own number and missed-call text-back.

Reported price, 2026 · source 4

$a month
Another bill
Type your own

What you pay now, and what you'd pay after (0 if Praxis replaces it, or the cheaper plan's price).

$now, a month$after

Software you'd keep (accounting, practice or shop records, payroll) isn't on this list: Praxis works alongside it, it doesn't replace it. Prices change; every one below links to where it came from.

Where every price comes from (4 sources)
  1. Housecall Pro: as reported Plan | Month-to-month | Billed annually | Users included | Basic | $79/mo | $59/mo ($708/yr) | 1 | Essentials | $189/m... workzen.io
    The cheaper plan (Basic, $79): Plan | Month-to-month | Billed annually | Users included | Basic | $79/mo | $59/mo ($708/yr) | 1 | Essentials | $189/m... workzen.io
  2. Podium: as reported Podium price is structured into three plans, i.e., Core Plan for $399/month, Pro Plan for $599/month, and Signature Plan with custom pricing tailored ... softwarefinder.com
  3. Jobber: from its own pricing page $139/mo No commitment $139/mo $119/mo 1 year commitment $139/mo $99/mo Billed annually Includes 5 users $199/mo No commitment $199/mo $169... getjobber.com
    The cheaper plan (Core, $49): Jobber costs $49/mo on Core, $139/mo on Connect and $199/mo on Grow for one user, billed monthly. Billed annually, those are $29, $99 and $149 a month... goclaver.com
  4. Birdeye: as reported Birdeye costs $299/month per location for the Starter plan, $349/month for Growth, and $449/month for Dominate, billed annually. contractortoolstack.com
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What missed calls could be costing you

The other side of the money: the work that slips away today. Type in your own numbers.

At these numbers
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a month in work that may go to someone else

The starting numbers are examples for a typical plumbing business, not yours. Type your own; nothing you type leaves this page. In a 2025 survey of 1,000 US consumers, 82% said they would call a competitor when a business didn't answer (CallRail, as reported by AINORA). Source

Who builds it

One person you can call

I'm Chris, and I run Praxis AI Solutions out of Mason City, Iowa. When something needs changing, you call or text me, not a support line. In the real version, missed after-hours calls get a text right away, real leaks page whoever is on call, and routine jobs land in your morning schedule. Quote requests come in with photos attached, and quiet quotes get polite follow-ups without anyone remembering to send them. You approve every message and setting before anything goes live.

(641) 530-2599
  • One price, in writing, before you pay a dime.
  • Nothing sends, posts or charges without your okay.
  • You own what I build. It keeps working even if we never talk again.
  • If I can't build it, there's no charge.

In person around North Iowa; anywhere else over a screen share. Same price, same person.