Jobber
Jobber runs scheduling, quoting, invoicing, and payments for home-service and trade businesses, with an AI assistant and an AI receptionist that answers missed calls.
Independent overview by new Mantra · updated September 28, 2026
- Category
- Operations
- Pricing
- $29/mo (Core), $99/mo (Connect), $149/mo (Grow), $399/mo (Plus) annual; extra users $29/mo
- Implementation
- 1-2 weeks
- Adoption risk
- Low
- Integrates with
- QuickBooks Online, Xero, Zapier, Gusto, Mailchimp
If quotes, schedules and invoices for your crews live in different places, Jobber moves each job from first enquiry to paid invoice in one system. The Jobber site lets you match a plan to your team size and see what the AI Receptionist add-on costs on top.
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Watch: how Jobber works
What Jobber does
Jobber is field-service management software built for home and trade service businesses — HVAC, cleaning, landscaping, plumbing, and similar operations. It covers the operational spine of that work: scheduling and dispatch, quoting, invoicing, and taking payment, so the job moves from first enquiry to paid invoice in one system.
The AI layer sits on top of that operational core rather than replacing it. Jobber Copilot is an in-app assistant that answers questions about the business and helps with day-to-day tasks, drawing on the job, client, and financial data already in the system.
The AI Receptionist addresses a problem specific to trades: calls arriving while crews are on site and hands are busy. It answers missed calls and texts around the clock, books jobs, and captures lead details, so enquiries that would otherwise go to voicemail — and often to a competitor — are still captured. It is an add-on rather than part of the base plans.
Key capabilities
AI Receptionist
Answers missed calls and texts 24/7, books jobs, and captures lead details, so enquiries arriving while crews are working are still handled. Available as an add-on.
Jobber Copilot
An in-app AI assistant that answers questions about the business and assists with routine tasks, grounded in the job and client data already held in Jobber.
Scheduling and dispatch
Core scheduling assigns work to crews and keeps field and office views in sync, which is the day-to-day backbone for a service business running multiple jobs.
Quoting and invoicing
Quotes convert to jobs and then to invoices inside one system, reducing the re-keying that happens when estimates and billing live in separate solutions.
Payments
Payment collection is built in, so invoices can be settled without routing customers through a separate processor.
Accounting and marketing integrations
Connects to QuickBooks Online, Xero, Zapier, Gusto, and Mailchimp, so financial and marketing records stay aligned with job data.
Best for
- Home-service and trade SMBs — HVAC, cleaning, landscaping, plumbing — that need scheduling, quoting, and invoicing in one system rather than spread across solutions
- Service businesses losing enquiries to voicemail because crews are on site and nobody is free to answer the phone
- Owner-operators who want an AI answering service without contracting a human call-answering provider
- Growing field teams that need to dispatch multiple crews and keep office and field views in sync
- Businesses already on QuickBooks Online or Xero that want job, invoice, and payment data flowing into their accounting records
Worth knowing
- Jobber sits in the mid range for SMB software, with Core $29/mo, Connect $99/mo, Grow $149/mo, and Plus $399/mo on annual billing, plus $29/mo per extra user — but pricing changes, so confirm current plans directly with the vendor before committing
- The AI Receptionist is an add-on, not part of the base subscription, so the headline plan price is not the whole cost if the AI answering service is the main reason you are considering the solution
- Implementation is estimated at one to two weeks, which is realistic for scheduling and invoicing, though migrating existing client lists and price books and getting crews consistently using the mobile app is the part that usually slips
- Per-user pricing means costs scale with crew size — a growing team can move up tiers faster than expected, so model the cost at your projected headcount rather than today's
- This is built specifically for field and trade services; businesses without a dispatched workforce will find much of the product irrelevant, and an AI receptionist still needs monitoring for how it handles unusual or high-value enquiries
How Jobber compares
Home-service platforms overlap on scheduling, quoting and invoicing. The real differences are how AI call answering is packaged, how cost grows as you add crew, and whether you need the job system at all or only the answering.
vs Housecall Pro
Housecall Pro covers the same enquiry-to-payment path and adds vehicle GPS tracking, review management and consumer financing for larger jobs, with plans bundled by user count from $59 a month for one user to $299 for eight. Jobber starts at $29 and connects to Xero as well as QuickBooks Online. Choose Housecall Pro if GPS or customer financing matter; Jobber to start smaller.
vs Workiz
Workiz is aimed at trades such as locksmiths, garage door and appliance repair, with a free Lite plan of about 20 jobs a month, Genius AI answering as an add-on and tracking for Google Local Services Ads. Jobber serves a broader spread of home services, from cleaning to HVAC. Pick Workiz if you buy Local Services Ads or want a free start; Jobber for a mid-priced system across more trades.
vs Rosie
Rosie is an AI answering service on its own: it answers missed calls, handles FAQs and texts you summaries, from $49 a month for 250 minutes. It does not schedule crews or send invoices. If you only need calls answered, Rosie is simpler and cheaper; if you want answering tied to jobs and invoices, Jobber keeps it in one place.
Most businesses looking at Jobber are really trying to stop leads leaking out of missed calls. If that is the problem, start with where your leads are actually going — it puts a number on what the missed calls cost before you pick a solution.
Related solutions
Ready to see Jobber in action?
Plans run from Core at $29 to Plus at $399 a month (annual), plus $29 per extra user, so price the tier for next year's crew, not today's. If missed calls are why you are looking, add the AI Receptionist separately — it is not in the base plans.
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