Jobber vs Servicem8 vs Housecall Pro

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We compare the setup process, features, mobile app, pricing, and reviews. The chart below gives you a quick overview. We also have full detailed descriptions below with screenshots so you can see what each platform looks like from the inside.

Housecall Pro’s mobile app offers scheduling, dispatching, invoicing, payments, access to customer history, taking photos, sending messages and more. It’s organized with five tabs: dashboard, schedule, messages, customers, and more.

Servicem8’s iOS exclusive mobile app is organized with four tabs at the bottom: activity, jobs, notifications, and more. The “more” tab includes some of the tabs you can find in the web portal: invoicing, tasks, clients, staff, messages, help, and logout.

Jobber’s mobile app is a limited version of what’s available on the web portal. It gives you access to your schedule, clients, and time sheet. The plus button lets you add a task, quote, job, expense, or client.

Housecall Pro, Servicem8 , and Jobber all cover scheduling, estimates/quotes, invoicing, and payments. The major differences include integrations and additional features.

Housecall Pro has a vast range of features to benefit different areas of your service business. The set of features help you save time, get more jobs, get paid faster, and give your customers a better experience.

scheduling, dispatching, estimating/invoicing, time tracking with timesheets, employee GPS Tracking, recurring service agreements, text/email notifications, reviews, email/postcard marketing, online booking, customized reporting, payments, card on file, instapay, and Quickbooks Online integration.

Broadly, NiceJob, Convert, Google Calendar, Zapier, Fundbox and Yelp. Coming out soon include: employee expense cards, consumer financing, and additional integrations.

Housecall Pro is user friendly on the we-portal and mobile app. It’s easy for anyone to understand and learn to use it.

The marketing features such as automated email/postcard marketing, online booking, and reviews can all help you grow your repeat business, get more jobs online, and create more loyal customers. Housecall Pro also integrates with a wide range of other companies that specialize in website builders, generating reviews, business lending, and even Yelp to tap into their marketplace and more.

Housecall Pro only operates in the US and Canada and does not have custom forms/templates to create items like checklists or other pdf reports. Other features we currently lack include equipment management, job costing, inventory tracking, and chemical tracking. The only accounting software that integrates is Quickbooks Online.

scheduling, quoting, invoicing, online booking, automated communication, asset management, custom forms, job profitability, credit card, and online payments, reporting and integrations with XERO, MYOB, QBO for accounting.

Mailchimp, Zapier, Workato, Deputy, and Servicem8 has an open API.

Servicem8 is globally available and has many features for tracking, organizing your business, as well as an open API. They also have features such as automated communication that can trigger texts/emails to follow up after quotes are sent, jobs are done, and reminders for unpaid invoices. Some additional tracking features include job costing, margin billing, payment terms, partial/progress invoicing and more.

Servicem8’s setup for additional features is a longer process. They don’t have many features for growing the business besides automating your customer communication.

Jobber’s feature set is geared towards streamlining and organizing your business.

scheduling, dispatching, invoicing/quoting, client manager and client hub, routing, QBO and XERO integration, expense tracking, time tracking and timesheets, GPS tracking, customer reminders/follow up, reporting, and chemical tracking.

Jobber does customization and tracking well. They have custom forms/fields you can use for quotes, invoices, customer information, property information and various tracking mechanisms for expenses, chemicals, and employee time tracking.

Jobber lacks features that directly help you grow revenue. The work requests from client hub does help with repeat business if your customers use it. Better insight into your business through reporting and faster payments can help with cash flow, but both features don’t contribute to finding new customers or getting more jobs online.

Housecall Pro, Servicem8 and Jobber’s pricing all vary based on features and number of users on the platform.

starts at $49/month and varies based on additional features and users.

Servicem8’s has four plans ranging from $29/month to $349/month. The price varies based on the number of jobs completed per month ranging from 50 to 1500 and additional features are included in larger plans.

Jobber’s pricing ranges from $78/month and go up to $291/month, if paid monthly. They also have a Lite Plan starting at $22/month. Each plan up includes additional users and features.

If you pay annually, you save 13% on all the plan. Pricing starts at $69/month and goes up to $259/month. For the Lite Plan, you’d pay only $19/month.

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If you’re looking for something easy to setup, manage and grow your business, then Housecall Pro is the best option for you.

If you have many processes special to your business that needs customization or automation, then Servicem8 might be what you’re looking for.

Jobber provides various tools to streamline and organize your service business for day-to-day work. If you need various customizations and want additional features to track expenses, chemicals, or inventory then Jobber could be what you’re looking for.