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Angi leads or your own website: what are you paying for?
Angi (which absorbed HomeAdvisor) charges you for each lead, whether or not you get the job. Here’s how that adds up next to a website you pay for once.
Updated October 1, 2026 · every source listed at the bottom
Angi doesn’t publish a price list. Here’s what’s reported.
Angi prices each lead by the type of job, where the homeowner lives and current demand. These are a third party’s 2026 estimates, not Angi’s numbers.
| Trade | Per lead (estimate) |
|---|---|
| Roofing | $50–$120+ |
| HVAC | $45–$100 |
| Plumbing | $40–$85 |
| Electrical | $35–$80 |
| Landscaping | $25–$55 |
Source: LeadTruffle, February 2026, which also reports metro areas running 20–25% higher. Treat these as ballpark figures; your Angi account shows your real prices.
What does each job really cost you?
Put in what you pay and how many you close. The answer is what each paying job really costs you before you lift a tool.
Credits, not refunds, and only sometimes.
Credits, not cash
A bad lead gets you a credit toward future leads, not money back, and credits expire after 6 months.
Strict windows
The lead has to be under 45 days old, and you have to have tried calling within 24 hours.
Lost jobs don’t count
“The homeowner hired another pro” and a homeowner who never answers are not reasons for a credit.
Annual plans get less
Pros on an annual subscription can report a bad lead, but don’t get credits for it.
The FTC case
In 2023 the FTC finalized an order against HomeAdvisor, now part of Angi, for up to $7.2 million over misleading claims about its leads.
Your site has no fine print
A call from your own website costs nothing, whether you win the job or not.
Leads you rent. A website you own.
| Angi | Your own website | |
|---|---|---|
| Who else gets the customer | Up to four other pros | Nobody |
| Your reviews | Live on Angi’s site | On your Google profile, which goes everywhere with you |
| The price of the next call | Set by Angi and demand | $0 |
| When you stop paying | The leads stop that day | The site keeps working; it’s paid for |
- 1Search
- 2Tap
- 3Call
Two taps from Google to your phone ringing.
Every site we build is set up to turn a search into a call. That’s the whole job of a contractor website, and it’s where most template and AI sites lose the customer.
- Search
- Tap the result
- Tap Call
- Search
- Tap the result
- Open the menu
- Find Contact
- Fill a form
- Wait for a reply
- Tap to call on every screenA call bar sits under their thumb from the first screen to the last.
- Tap to text a photoPeople with a cracked driveway would rather send a picture than explain it.
- A form that never loses a leadEvery request lands in your inbox and in our back office, spam filtered out.
- Calls you can countEvery tap on Call and Text is counted, so you know what the site brought in.
- Your trade and town up topSo Google, ChatGPT and the homeowner all know you work where they live.
- English and SpanishEvery site, both languages, no extra charge.
You don’t have to quit cold turkey.
Angi still makes sense when
- You’re brand new and need jobs this month
- You have a slow season to fill
- You call every lead back within minutes
Your own site starts paying off when
- Homeowners can find you on Google by trade and town
- Your Google reviews start doing the selling
- You’d rather pay once than every month, forever
Asked by contractors, answered straight.
How much does Angi charge per lead?
Does Angi send the same lead to other contractors?
Can I get my money back for a bad Angi lead?
What happened with HomeAdvisor and the FTC?
Should I quit Angi?
Where these numbers come from.
Checked October 1, 2026. Platforms change prices and rules often, and none publishes a price list per trade, so estimates from third parties are marked as such.
More straight answers.
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