Is HomeStars worth it for contractors?
It depends on one piece of math: you pay for contacts, not jobs. Here is that math with the reported numbers in it, what contractors say publicly, and what the picture looks like in Saskatchewan specifically.
What HomeStars costs, as reported
HomeStars sells contractors paid placement, and pricing varies by trade and market. Marketing analyses that publish numbers (both retrieved August 18, 2026): AI Local Growth reports $150–$300 a month for a basic listing, $400–$600 for a featured one, and total monthly spend that “often lands at $500–$1,000+” with advertising; HomeShowOff pegs the standard plan around $200 a month with 2–4 leads a month as the baseline. Both describe leads going to several contractors at once — homeowners are shown multiple profiles per request — and AI Local Growth puts close rates on shared leads at 12–18%.
AI Local Growth’s own worked example: a painter on a $450-a-month plan gets 12 leads and closes 2 — $225 of subscription per won job, before materials or time spent quoting the other ten. Whether that is worth it depends entirely on your average ticket. A kitchen renovator can make that math work; a handyman charging $300 a job usually cannot.
That is the honest version of “is it worth it”: high-ticket trades in dense markets, sometimes. Small-job trades, rarely — the bill arrives every month whether or not the leads turned into work.
What contractors say on the record
As of August 18, 2026, HomeStars’ profile with the Better Business Bureau shows a D– rating, is not BBB-accredited, and lists “failure to respond to 37 complaint(s)” among the reasons. The recurring themes in its contractor reviews on Trustpilot: being charged for leads whose phone numbers were invalid or unreachable, the same lead billed to multiple contractors, and difficulty cancelling. Those are their customers’ words on public record, not ours — read them before you sign anything.
In Saskatchewan, the math gets worse
The subscription costs the same in Regina as in Toronto, but the marketplace behind it does not. So before you pay for a month, run the check yourself: search your trade and your town on HomeStars and count what comes back — the listings, and the reviews on them. That count is the local demand you would be buying into, and it is exactly the figure no marketing page, ours included, should be asking you to take on faith. Agricultural work — corral and fence-line repair, mobile welding, grain handling — has no category on the platform at all.
Paying big-city lead prices for a small-city feed is the worst version of the deal.
The other way to get jobs here
We build GetHandy, so weigh this section accordingly — but the model difference is the point, not the brand. On GetHandy, homeowners and farms post the job first. You see what is actually near you, quote only the ones worth your time at your own price, and pay nothing — no subscription, no lead fees, no cut off your quote. The customer’s payment is collected and held before you start, and on most jobs it releases automatically 48 hours after you mark the work done.
It is built in Saskatchewan, for Saskatchewan — including the farm and rural work the big directories have no agricultural category for. And it does not ask you to be a company or to do this full-time: quote one small job a month or run your whole outfit on it.
About 10 minutes to apply · reviewed in 1–2 business days · free to apply, free to quote
What providers ask us at this point
Closed by default, so they never get in the way of somebody who just wanted the gist.
Do I have to be a company to join GetHandy?
No. You apply as yourself — your name and the services you offer. If you run a company, bring it, but plenty of good providers are one person with tools and a truck. The application takes about 10 minutes.
Do I have to do this full-time?
No. There are no minimums and no schedule you owe anyone. You see the jobs near you and quote the ones worth your time — one small job a month or every week, your call. Jobs range from an afternoon's work to large multi-day projects.
So what does GetHandy cost me?
Nothing. No signup fee, no monthly fee, no lead fees, and no cut taken off your quote. The customer pays the platform fee on top of your price, so you receive 100% of the number you quoted. We only make money when you get paid.
How is that different from paying for leads?
A lead is a phone number you pay for before any work exists, usually sold to several contractors at once. On GetHandy the job is posted first, you quote it only if you want it, and you pay nothing whether you win it or not.
Still wondering something? The full FAQ goes further, or email hello@gethandy.app.
HomeStars is a trademark of its owner. GetHandy is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by HomeStars or Angi Inc. Third-party figures above are as reported by the named sources, retrieved August 18, 2026; check current pricing and reviews directly before making decisions. Comparison reflects publicly available information and our own product; tell us if anything here is out of date.