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Jobber alternatives, starting with a free one.

Jobber covers quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payments, and its own material leans on lawn, cleaning and HVAC businesses. If the plan structure or the cost of adding people has you shopping, these are the tools that fit the same kind of business, with what each vendor publishes about itself.

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Who runs on Jobber, and why some look around

Jobber is built for home and commercial service businesses from one-person outfits to multi-crew operations, and its own industry pages lean on lawn care, landscaping, cleaning, HVAC and plumbing. It covers a lot: quotes with optional add-ons and automatic follow-ups, a drag-and-drop calendar with route optimization, online booking, card and bank payments, and a QuickBooks Online sync.

Most of the reasons people compare are on the pricing page itself. Jobber's pricing page lists Core at $29 a month, but that price is billed annually; month to month, Core is $49. Features are split across Core, Connect, Grow and Plus, and the 14-day trial runs on Grow, so what you test drive may not be what you get on the bottom tier. Jobber also states that additional users are $29 a month each.

None of that makes Jobber a bad pick. It means a solo mower or a two-person cleaning crew should know which tier they actually need before committing to a year. For the straight two-way comparison, see Redline vs Jobber.

Jobber alternatives worth a look

Redline

Chat-first field service software: type "add Maria Lopez, biweekly mow, Lowell" and she's drafted as a contact for you to confirm, the mow in her notes. Free covers chat, contacts, pipeline and calendar; invoicing and card pay links start on Solo at $29 a month. No online booking, no QuickBooks sync, no route optimization, and customers can't approve quotes online yet.

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Housecall Pro

The closest like-for-like swap, with scheduling, dispatch, invoicing, a flat-rate price book and online booking. Its pricing page lists Basic at $59 a month billed annually for one user.

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ServiceM8

Priced by jobs per month instead of by seat, with a free plan for one user and 30 jobs a month. Fits a crew that does fewer, bigger jobs.

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Markate

One plan with most features inside it, listed at $39.95 a month billed annually; online booking and a customer portal are $10 a month add-ons and the employee app is $5 per person.

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QuoteIQ

Marketed hard to pressure washing and lawn care, with AI tools metered by a monthly credit allowance. A card is required to start the trial.

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Service Fusion

Flat pricing with unlimited users, listed from $208 a month billed annually. It pays off once you have enough people that per-user charges add up.

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The options side by side

Dollar figures appear only where we could confirm them on the vendor's own pricing page. Prices change, so click through before you decide.

Built forPricing as publishedFree plan or trialFits a Jobber user who
RedlineContractors and home-service businesses, solo up to about 10 peopleFree; Solo $29 a month; Team $129 with 3 seats; Team+ $299 with 10 seatsFree plan, no card. Solo has a 7-day trial on the webWants to try a whole system free, then pay $29 month to month for invoicing
Housecall ProSolo pros and growing home-service teamsHousecall Pro's pricing page lists Basic at $59 a month billed annually for 1 user ($79 monthly), Essentials $149 with 5 users, MAX $299 with 8 usersNo free plan. 14-day trial on MAX, no cardWants online booking and a price book without much relearning
ServiceM8Trade and service businesses: electrical, plumbing, HVAC, locksmithServiceM8's pricing page lists a Free plan (1 user, 30 jobs a month), then Starter at $29 a month for 50 jobs, up to Premium Plus at $349. Unlimited users on paid plansFree planHas several people but a modest number of jobs each month
MarkateSmall service businesses: cleaning, landscaping, painting, pressure washingMarkate's pricing page lists one plan at $39.95 a month billed annually ($49.95 monthly), plus $5 per employee for the appNo free plan. 14-day trial, no cardWants one plan and is fine paying for add-ons a la carte
QuoteIQHome-service contractors, marketed heavily to pressure washing and lawn careTiered plans with a monthly AI credit allowance. See QuoteIQ's pricing pageNo free plan. 14-day trial, card requiredRuns pressure washing or lawn routes and wants AI estimating
Service FusionSmall to midsize service contractors: HVAC, plumbing, electrical, cleaningService Fusion's pricing page lists Starter at $208 a month billed annually ($245 month-to-month) up to Pro at $533, unlimited usersNo free plan. Demo offeredHas a big enough crew that unlimited users beats per-user pricing
JobberHome and commercial service businesses, solo to multi-crewJobber's pricing page lists Core at $29 a month billed annually ($49 with no commitment), Connect $99 and Grow $149 for 1 user billed annuallyNo free plan. 14-day trial, no cardFor reference

Moving from Jobber to Redline: what changes

What you'd give up

  • Online booking for customers
  • Route optimization by drive time (Redline groups visits by town name)
  • A QuickBooks Online sync (Redline exports a QuickBooks-format CSV instead)
  • Bank payments and Tap to Pay (Redline pay links are card only)
  • Customers approving quotes online
  • An Android app (Redline runs in any phone browser; the app is iPhone only)

What you'd get

  • A Free plan with no card and no end date
  • One chat that books, quotes, invoices and answers "who owes me?"
  • Solo at $29 a month, month to month, with a 7-day trial on the web
  • A crew dispatch board and tech app for 3 people on Team at $129
  • No Redline fee on top of Stripe's card processing

Questions contractors ask

Is there a free Jobber alternative?

Yes. Redline's Free plan has no time limit and covers the chat, contacts, the job pipeline and the calendar. ServiceM8's pricing page also lists a free plan for one user and 30 jobs a month. Jobber itself has no free plan; it offers a 14-day trial.

Can I bring my Jobber client list into Redline?

Not by import. Redline has no CSV or Jobber import today, so customers go in by chat ("add Maria Lopez, 617-555-0142, Lowell") or as they call. If you have hundreds of active clients, plan an afternoon for it or keep Jobber running while you move.

Does Redline handle weekly mows and biweekly cleans?

It schedules them. Book a visit as a repeating series (weekly, every 2 weeks, monthly or a custom cadence, up to 52 visits) and save the cadence as a preset. Billing isn't automatic: you invoice the visits yourself on Solo or above. See recurring jobs.

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Try Redline next to Jobber for a week.

Start on Free with no card, run a few real jobs through the chat, and add Solo when you want to invoice.

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