Follow Up Boss costs $58/month ($696/year). Here's why real estate agents are leaving.
That's $2,335 gone in 3 years. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
That's 29 hours of a real estate agent's work every year — just to pay for Follow Up Boss.
Now add $58/month to Follow Up Boss on top of that. At median real estate agent earnings ($50,000/year), that is 29 hours of work annually — just for software that does not solve half these problems.
Follow Up Boss is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
Here's the math: Follow Up Boss at $58/month costs $696 in year one, $775 in year two (11.4% SaaS inflation), and $864 in year three. That's $2,335 gone in 3 years — and you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access to your data, your clients, your history. Everything.
Helix is $279 once. Invoicing, scheduling, CRM, accounting, time tracking — all connected, all offline-capable, all yours. You break even in 4.8 months. After that, Follow Up Boss users keep paying $58 every month while you keep $2,056 over 3 years. The 30-day money-back guarantee means zero risk: if Helix doesn't work for your real estate agent business, full refund.
For solo real estate agents and small teams (1-5 people), yes. Helix includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. Follow Up Boss covers some of this but charges monthly forever. Follow Up Boss may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
Export your data as CSV, import into Helix. Most real estate agents are fully switched in 1-2 days. You can run both in parallel until you're confident — cancel Follow Up Boss only when you're ready.
Export everything before canceling. Helix imports client lists, invoices, and expenses from CSV. Your data stays yours — unlike Follow Up Boss, where losing access means losing everything.
The median real estate agent earns $50,000/year. Follow Up Boss at $696/year represents 29 hours of work annually — just for software. Helix at $279 once is 0.6% of annual income, paid one time. After that, it's free forever.
Follow Up Boss is a subscription — you pay every month, the price goes up every year, and if you stop paying, you lose access to everything. Your client list, your invoices, your financial history. Gone. That is not ownership. That is renting your own business data.
Helix is $279 once — or $99 today and two more payments. Your data lives on your device. Everything is integrated: scheduling connects to CRM, jobs auto-generate invoices, time tracking feeds your accounting. No Zapier. No copying between apps. One purchase, own it forever. 30-day money-back guarantee means zero risk.
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Pricing verified March 2026. SaaS inflation rate: 11.4% YoY.