Commerce · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Text-a-Pro, book home projects at flat-rate prices over SMS & Messenger
Hey HN, we are long time members of this community, and we’d love to share a new product we’re launching today called Text-a-Pro. The product is entirely messaging based, and allows homeowners to book trusted pros at flat-rate prices to get their home improvement projects done. We’re also the first to provide an end-to-end transaction on Facebook Messenger (and also by texting 776-776). We’ve built a lot of tech behind the scenes for this – including generating dynamic images at run-time for things like personalized estimates and pro recommendations. Our pricing engine is built on a…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Text-a-Pro, book home projects at flat-rate prices over SMS & Messenger launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Text-a-Pro▲137Book home projects at flat-rate prices over text & Messenger
2015 · pro.com · its alternatives →
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Save money, without thinking about it.
2017 · messenger.com · its alternatives →
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Amber▲133Hi HN! Excited to share early access to Amber. I’ve tried every all-in-one messenger out there (Beeper included) but they always fell short. No real folders, no AI, clunky UI, no CRM features… As a founder who speaks with hundreds of people every quarter, I needed something better. So I decided to rebuild the entire experience from ground up. Thoughts from one of our users: "The app I've been searching for for a looong time." Check it out for free today! Demo: https://www.loom.com/share/8b5bc80b9893436b9190ae41fc3f0f50 Features: - All messages (Whatsapp, Telegram,…
2025 · useamber.app · its alternatives →
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Free messaging app for real estate agents and homebuyers
2016 · real.co · its alternatives →
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The best deals on the products you want, through text.
2015 · denarri.com · its alternatives →
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SMS in Close.io▲100Improve sales reach rates with built-in Close.io SMS
2017 · close.com · its alternatives →
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SMS-to-booking for real estate agents
2025 · realestatesms.com · its alternatives →
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New custom-built version just for Messenger!
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Get happier clients. Mobilize your business.
2015 · pro.housecallpro.com · its alternatives →
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I kept thinking about what would happen if a message board only had one slot. One message, front and center, until someone pays to replace it. That's the entire product. You pay the current message's decayed value plus a penny to take the homepage. Message values drop over time using a gravity-based formula (same concept HN uses for ranking), so a $10 message might only cost a few bucks to replace a day later. Likes slow the decay, dislikes speed it up. The whole thing runs on three mini PCs in my house (k3s cluster, PostgreSQL, Redis Sentinel). Is it overengineered for a message board?…
Mar 2026 · saythat.sh · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! At Open Listings, we build technology to make buying a house simpler and more affordable. Ultimately, we want to make buying a house as simple as clicking a button. Our core technology is really our transaction process. While we also provide some shopping tools for house hunters, we recognize that people don’t just use 1 site when they’re searching for a home. In the spirit of supporting our clients even if they’er shopping on other sites, we made a “buy button” that we hope will work anywhere. When you click, it looks for address and MLS# on your current page and fills them in on our…
2015 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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