Houzz vs Sulekha

Houzz connects homeowners with home professionals, tools, resources, and vendors for renovation and design. Houzz Pro is intended for professionals in remodeling and design, with estimates, invoicing, a 3D Floor Planner, online payments, assemblies, and CRM in its Pro plan. Its contract builder offers templates, electronic signatures, reminders, and activity tracking. A browser extension saves products from supplier websites to the Houzz Pro product library. The mobile app covers project and lead management, estimates, proposals, invoices, schedules, tasks, time and expenses, time clocks, and daily logs; project data is accessible offline when connectivity is disrupted or unavailable. Houzz lists integrations including QuickBooks Online, iCloud, Google, Office 365, Exchange, Outlook, Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive, Gmail, Gusto, and Zapier. Zapier imports leads and projects into Houzz Pro but does not export data from it. A free plan includes a 3D Floor Planner, estimates, and invoicing. Pro is $249 a month after a 30-day free trial. Online payment fees are 3.5% for credit cards and 1% for ACH.

Sulekha connects people seeking local services with professionals in areas such as home services, education, and events. It groups services under Home, Life, and Self, including customized expert services, and matches customer needs with providers using details such as service type and location preference. People can use the web service or its Android and iOS apps. Providers can create free business listings, add customer reviews and portfolio photos, and use a business app to select services and localities or pause and restart lead flow. Under its Pay Per Lead model, customer enquiries go to matching providers, and a provider's package balance is deducted when the provider accepts a lead. Prices vary by request type and location, while availability varies by category; trial users may not receive leads in some categories where paid packages receive priority. New business profiles must submit required documents for verification before trial leads begin. Sulekha also offers a ProManage plan shown at $0.20 a month, billed starting at Rs. 2000 per month. Its privacy policy says personal information may be shared in response to a service inquiry.