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Qurate vs Houzz Pro
Houzz Pro is business software tied to the Houzz consumer marketplace. Qurate is $19 to $69 per studio, hides your vendors from clients, and tracks each piece.
Houzz Pro is a broad business suite for designers and contractors: lead management, estimates, proposals, invoicing, mood boards, 3D floor plans and a product clipper, all attached to Houzz, the consumer marketplace. If leads from Houzz matter to your business, that attachment is the point.
Qurate is built for the professional whose sourcing is their margin. The portal carries your brand, not a marketplace, and you decide per client whether prices or source links are ever visible. And the job does not end at the proposal: purchase orders, receiving, QR labels and warehouse locations carry each piece to the door.
Pricing
Qurate
Starter $19, Professional $39 and Studio $69 a month per studio, not per seat. Annual billing saves 10%. 14-day free trial on every plan; you add a card, and it is not charged until the trial ends.
Houzz Pro
Tiered monthly plans; software review sites list the entry Design plan near $99 a month and higher tiers above that, October 2026. Houzz’s own pricing page could not be fetched when this page was written.
Confirm current Houzz Pro prices and contract terms on houzz.com before you compare; third-party listings disagree and some report a 12-month commitment on monthly plans.
A five-person studio
- Houzz Pro: Depends on the tier and any per-user add-ons; check their pricing page.
- Qurate: $69/month on Studio, which covers the whole studio with up to 5 team members, unlimited products and clients, 600 Reimagine renders a month and no platform fee on client payments.
What each one covers
| Qurate | Houzz Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Capture products | Chrome extension clips any product from any site, with tuned parsers for Wayfair, West Elm, Pottery Barn, CB2, RH and Crate & Barrel. Spreadsheet import for an existing list. | Product clipper and a library tied to the Houzz marketplace. |
| AI renders | Reimagine renders the client’s real room with the real products you sourced. Every render has a shopping list and a price. 150 renders a month on Professional, 600 on Studio. | 3D floor plans and visualization tools. |
| Margin and sources | Vendor price and your price on every product. Hide prices and source links per client. Vendors never appear in the portal or on invoices. | Houzz is itself a consumer marketplace, so your clients can shop it directly. Check what your client-facing documents reveal before you rely on it. |
| Client approvals | Designer-branded portal. Clients approve, reject or request changes per item. No client login to fight with. | Proposals and client dashboards. |
| Invoicing and payments | Invoices auto-fill from approved items and billed hours. Clients pay by card in the portal; payouts go to your bank through Stripe. | Estimates, invoices and online payments. |
| Purchase orders to install | POs, receiving with condition checks, QR labels for thermal printers, warehouse locations by building, room and shelf, and a delivery calendar. | Purchase orders and selections; no receiving-dock, QR-label or warehouse-location workflow is described. |
| Rentals | Any product can be for sale, for rent or both; see which project a rental piece is out on. | Not published on their site. |
| Accounting | Invoices, payments, time and POs live in Qurate; it is not a general ledger. Export to your accountant. | Not a general ledger; integrates with accounting software. |
Choose Houzz Pro if
- Leads from the Houzz marketplace are a real part of how you win work.
- You want contractor-style estimating and lead management in the same tool.
- You already keep a Houzz profile and want the software attached to it.
Choose Qurate if
- Your clients should see your curation and your price, never your vendor.
- You want AI renders built from real sourced products that become a quote.
- You receive, warehouse and deliver goods yourself and want that tracked.
- You want a flat studio price from $19 a month with a 14-day trial, no contract.
Questions people ask
Can my clients see where I buy products in Qurate?
No. The vendor a product came from is never shown in the client portal or on invoices. You keep the vendor’s price and your price separately, and you choose per client whether prices or source links are visible at all.
Does Qurate lock me into a contract?
No. Plans are month to month, or annual at 10% off if you choose. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial and you can cancel anytime.
Does Qurate bring me leads like Houzz?
No. Qurate is operations software for jobs you already have: capture, render, approve, invoice, order, receive and deliver. It does not run a marketplace or sell leads.
Rival figures are taken from the rival's own published pages where available and were last checked in October 2026. If something here is out of date, email support@quratedesigns.com and we will fix it.
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