Choosing the right construction platform comes down to clarity and fit. Below is a clear, easy to scan comparison of ClickHome and Houzz Pro across the features most builders care about. Stars show our assessment of capability and fit for typical Australian home builders.
Quick note about Houzz Pro: it is an all-in-one platform for home improvement pros that combines marketing + lead generation (via Houzz), plus CRM, estimating, selections, project management and billing — ideal for design firms and remodelers. Sources used for the Houzz Pro column include Houzz Pro's product pages, features documentation, and help center.
| Feature area | ClickHome | Houzz Pro | Notes & evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales & Marketing / Leads | ★★★★★ Specialist lead capture for home builders, lead scoring and a dedicated leads app. | ★★★★☆ Built-in lead generation via the Houzz marketplace plus an integrated CRM with lead capture, follow-up, lead settings and lead import. | Houzz Pro includes built-in lead generation via the Houzz marketplace plus an integrated CRM (lead capture, follow-up, lead settings and lead import). It's strong for marketing-to-lead workflows (especially for designers/contractors who want homeowner leads on Houzz), though many leads on Houzz are paid/marketplace leads. |
| Tenders, Quoting & Selections | ★★★★★ Rapid tendering, selections linked to contracts, online customer selections via MyHome and DocuSign built in. | ★★★★☆ Has Estimates & Proposals, line-item approvals, Scheduled Payments and Selection Boards with customer-facing selection/approval flows. | Houzz Pro has Estimates & Proposals, line-item approvals, Scheduled Payments and Selection Boards (customer-facing selection/approval flows). Selection Boards centralise product selections and can be shown/limited to customers. Great for designers and remodelers — less "builder contract bundle" specialisation than ClickHome's MyHome but highly capable. |
| Contracts & Pre-construction administration | ★★★★★ Custom workflows, auto-filled contract templates, approval routing and hold-point tracking. | ★★★★★ Includes contract creation, templates, Smart Text editing and e-signatures, with signed PDFs saved automatically to the project files. | Houzz Pro includes contract creation, templates, Smart Text editing and e-signatures, with signed PDFs saved automatically to the project files. Good preconstruction paperwork and approval flows. |
| Construction / Field | ★★★★★ Offline field app, call-sheets, drawings on site, inspections and defect capture. | ★★★☆☆ Provides schedules, tasks, daily logs, punchlist-style selections and mobile access for field updates — solid field tools for small→mid teams. | Houzz Pro provides schedules, tasks, daily logs, punchlist-style selections and mobile access for field updates, solid field tools for small→mid teams. Some large-enterprise field features (deep offline sync, site governance) will be less extensive than ClickHome. |
| Supplier / trade portal | ★★★★★ Two-way supplier portal, JobFile apps, SWMS and QR site check-ins. | ★★★★☆ Has a Subcontractor Dashboard, PO creation/merge, procurement tracking and vendor/supplier contact imports with two-way dashboards. | Houzz Pro has a Subcontractor Dashboard, PO creation/merge, procurement tracking and vendor/supplier contact imports. It supports inviting subs (two-way dashboards) and POs as work orders; good supplier collaboration for most builders. |
| Finance control | ★★★★★ Budgeting, forecasting, RFQs, POs, progress claims and full audit trails. | ★★★★☆ Invoicing, scheduled payments, online payments and purchase orders are built in; syncs with accounting tools (QuickBooks/Xero). | Invoicing, scheduled payments, online payments and purchase orders are built in; syncs with accounting tools (QuickBooks/Xero). Strong billing/collections for small→mid firms; larger enterprise accounting often still runs via dedicated accounting systems integrated to Houzz Pro. |
| Warranty & maintenance (after-care) | ★★★★★ Customer self-service, trade assignment from JobFile and trend analysis on repeat issues. | ★★☆☆☆ Supports project closeout documents, customer dashboards and ongoing customer communication, but not a dedicated advanced warranty-ticketing module. | Houzz Pro supports project closeout documents, customer dashboards and ongoing customer communication (so you can track issues), but it does not advertise a dedicated, advanced warranty-ticketing/field-service module, teams commonly extend closeout/warranty with third-party apps where warranty workflows are required. |
| Customer portal (MyHome) | ★★★★★ Branded portal for selections, timelines, warranty requests and documents. | ★★★★★ customer Dashboard is owner-facing and exposes timeline, communications, proposals, signed contracts, selections, plans, photos and payments. | Houzz Pro's customer Dashboard is owner-facing and exposes timeline, communications, proposals, signed contracts, selections, plans, photos and payments, very comparable customer portal experience for homeowners. |
| Integrations, API & technical | ★★★★★ CHPlus hub with webhooks, Zapier, DocuSign, Mailchimp, HubSpot and partner integrations. | ★★★★★ Provides many integrations (Zapier, accounting syncs like Xero/QuickBooks, Google Drive) and data/API options via partners. | Houzz Pro provides many integrations (Zapier, accounting syncs like Xero/QuickBooks, Google Drive) and help articles; it also has data/API options via partners (Parabola/Zapier). Developers can automate workflows but Houzz's direct public API surface is smaller than specialist enterprise platforms' developer ecosystems. |
| Admin, security & governance | ★★★★★ Role-based permissions, AD logins, SSO/MFA and full audit trails. | ★★★★★ Role/permission controls, team seats, subcontractor roles and project-level access. Data hosted on AWS with security/compliance documentation. | Role/permission controls, team seats, subcontractor roles and project-level access exist. Data is hosted on AWS and Houzz documents security/compliance (PCI, SOC/ISO references) and provides standard enterprise controls and policies. |
| Reporting, dashboards & analytics | ★★★★★ Financial dashboards, forecasting, cross-project metrics and deep reporting at hosted/enterprise levels. | ★★★★☆ Includes project and financial reports, project dashboards and exports; good for day-to-day reporting and business reports. | Houzz Pro includes project and financial reports, project dashboards and exports; good for day-to-day reporting and business reports. Large-scale cross-company BI often uses exported data or Zapier/third-party pipelines. |
| Mobile & field features | ★★★★★ iPad supervisor app, mobile capture of photos, signatures and defect evidence. | ★★★★★ Full mobile apps with selections, schedules, daily logs, customer approvals, PO/PO review and mobile e-signatures — robust mobile functionality. | Full mobile apps with selections, schedules, daily logs, customer approvals, PO/PO review and mobile e-signatures — robust mobile functionality for field staff and customer meetings. |
Houzz Pro offers an excellent integrated lead-to-project flow, owner/customer dashboard, selections and proposals with e-signatures, plus solid field features and procurement/PO support. It's very attractive for firms that want marketing + run projects from a single dashboard, especially design/remodel workplaces.
ClickHome is focused on end-to-end home-builder workflows with a MyHome owner experience and deep home-builder specific features. If you need extremely home-builder selection flows or your sales/contract process is standard to home builds, ClickHome's out-of-the-box fit may be stronger.
For single-platform marketing→project workflows (especially in the design/remodel space), Houzz Pro is highly competitive. For teams prioritising purpose-built workflows around home builder processes, selections and tight pre-construction governance with deep warranty management, ClickHome is a closer fit.