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Best Jobber Alternatives in 2026

Jobber is software for home service businesses. Core is $49 a month for 1 user, Connect $139 and Grow $199, and each extra user is $29 a month. If that is a lot for a small crew, or you want a job tracker shaped around your own work, here are three alternatives and what each one does.

By the Fabricate teamWe make Fabricate5 min readPrices checked
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Key takeaways

  • Jobber Core is $49 a month for 1 user; each extra user is $29 a month.
  • Housecall Pro Basic is $79 a month billed monthly for 1 user, with booking, dispatching, quotes and invoices.
  • ServiceM8 is free for 1 user and 30 jobs a month, and its paid plans have unlimited users.
  • Fabricate builds a job tracker with service requests, work orders and a job list for each person; invoices, route planning and text messages are not built in. Building and previewing are free; publishing is on Pro and Max.

Why Are Businesses Looking for Jobber Alternatives?

  • Priced per User

    Core is $49 a month for 1 user, and each extra user is $29 a month, so the cost grows with the crew.

  • Free for One Person

    ServiceM8 is free for 1 user and 30 jobs a month, and its paid plans have unlimited users.

    Fits: ServiceM8

  • Dispatching and QuickBooks

    Housecall Pro has scheduling and dispatching on every plan, and QuickBooks from Essentials.

    Fits: Housecall Pro

  • A Tracker Shaped Around Your Jobs

    Requests, work orders and a job list in your own words, with no price for each person on the crew who signs in.

    Fits: Fabricate

Compare at a glance

Fabricate beside Jobber, feature by feature.

  • Builds From a Description
    Fabricate
    Yes
    Jobber
    No, ready-made software
  • Price per Person
    Fabricate
    None for the people who sign in to a published app
    Jobber
    $29 a month for each extra user
  • Free Plan
    Fabricate
    Build and preview
    Jobber
    None; a 14-day free trial
  • Service Requests and Work Orders
    Fabricate
    Yes
    Jobber
    Yes
  • Invoices and Route Planning
    Fabricate
    Not built in
    Jobber
    Part of what Jobber sells
  • Paid Plans From
    Fabricate
    $25 a month
    Jobber
    $49 a month for 1 user
Number 1

Fabricate

We make this

Best for: A job tracker for a small crew

Builds a job tracking app from your description: customers send a service request without an account, you turn each request into a work order with a date and the person assigned, and each person on your team signs in with an invite code to see their jobs for the day in a phone's browser. Route planning, live locations, sending invoices and text messages are not built in. Building and previewing are free; publishing is on Pro and Max.

Checks before you publish

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What it does well

  • Service requests without an account
  • Each person sees their own jobs
  • No price per person who signs in
Paid plans from
$25 a month
350 credits a month on Pro
Free plan
60 credits
A month, to build and preview
A live app
Pro and Max
Publishing is on paid plans

See the plans

How to Move from Jobber to Fabricate

  1. 1

    Export your customers

    Save your customer list from Jobber as a CSV file, or copy it into a spreadsheet and save it as CSV.

  2. 2

    Describe your jobs and your team

    The jobs you take, the stages a job goes through, who does them and what you record on each visit.

  3. 3

    Ask for an import page

    Ask for a page, behind your own sign-in, that adds the rows of your CSV file to the app's own database.

  4. 4

    Run a test job

    Send a request, turn it into a job and finish it as a team member in the preview.

  5. 5

    Put it online

    On Pro, one press of Publish gives it its own address to share, after the same browser check.

Chat

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Your app

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The other Jobber alternatives

What each one does well, and the kind of project it suits best.

  1. Number 2

    Housecall Pro

    Best for: Trades that quote, dispatch and invoice

    Field service software with online booking, scheduling and dispatching, quotes, invoices and payments on every plan. Basic is $79 a month billed monthly, or $59 billed yearly, for 1 user; Essentials is $189 for up to 5 users.

    • Online booking and dispatching
    • Quotes, invoices and payments
    • QuickBooks from Essentials

    Where Housecall Pro beats Fabricate

    If you want quotes, dispatching, invoices and payments ready on day one, and QuickBooks connected from Essentials, Housecall Pro does all of it.

    From $79 a monthHousecall Pro alternatives

    Source: housecallpro.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked

  2. Number 3

    ServiceM8

    Best for: Solo trades and small crews

    Job management for trades, priced by jobs a month with unlimited users on paid plans. Free covers 1 user and 30 jobs a month; Starter is $29 a month for 50 jobs and Growing $79 for 150, after a 14-day free trial.

    • Free for one person, 30 jobs a month
    • Unlimited users on paid plans
    • Quotes and invoices

    Where ServiceM8 beats Fabricate

    If you work alone, ServiceM8 is free for up to 30 jobs a month, with quotes and invoices, and paid plans do not charge per user.

    From $29 a month

    Source: servicem8.com/us/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked

Jobber and its alternatives: ready-made field service, or a tracker of your own

Jobber is software for home service businesses, sold in plans for one user with extra users on top: Core is $49 a month, Connect $139 and Grow $199, and each extra user is $29 a month.

Housecall Pro is priced the same way, from $79 a month billed monthly for 1 user, with online booking, dispatching, quotes, invoices and payments on every plan. ServiceM8 is priced by jobs instead: free for 1 user and 30 jobs a month, then from $29 a month with unlimited users.

A crew that wants quotes, invoices, payments and accounting ready the day it signs up is the one this software is built for. A crew that mainly needs requests turned into jobs and a list for each person needs less.

A job tracking app built with Fabricate starts from your description of the jobs you take and your team. Customers send a request without an account, you turn it into a work order, and each person signs in to see their jobs for the day. Route planning, live locations, sending invoices or text messages to customers, and connecting to accounting software are not built in. The app keeps each job with the customer's details and the price, so an invoice is quick to send from the accounting software you use.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Jobber cost?
Core is $49 a month for 1 user billed monthly, with no commitment. Connect is $139 and Grow $199 for 1 user, and each extra user is $29 a month. There is a 14-day free trial.
What is the best Jobber alternative for a small business?
For one person, ServiceM8, free for up to 30 jobs a month. For quotes, dispatching, invoices and payments with QuickBooks, Housecall Pro. For a job tracker shaped around your own work, with no price for each person who signs in, Fabricate, which we make. Building and previewing are free; publishing is on Pro and Max.
Can I build my own job tracking app?
Yes. Describe the jobs you take, your team and what you record on each visit, and Fabricate builds the job tracking app and shows it working in a preview. To change something, you ask in the chat. There is no code to write or read.
Can an app built with Fabricate send invoices or take payment?
It does not send invoices or text messages to your customers, and it does not connect to accounting software. On Pro and Max, the app can take card payments through Stripe Checkout, paid into your own Stripe account, which you connect under More > Payments. Fabricate takes no share of what you are paid; Stripe charges its own card fees.
Does it plan routes or track where my team is?
No. The app does not work out routes or show live locations. It can list each person's jobs for the day in the order you set, with each address, so the day's plan is in one place.

Sources

The pages this guide quotes, each with the day it was read.

  1. getjobber.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked
  2. housecallpro.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked
  3. servicem8.com/us/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked
  4. fabricate.build/pricing, from our live plans

About this guide

Written by the Fabricate team. Fabricate is our product, so it is first on this page and marked "We make this". Where a reason to switch fits another tool better, the reason says which.

Each tool's card lists the pages we read about it and the day we read them. We compared the tools from their own pricing pages and documentation, not by signing up for them. Spotted something out of date? Write to info@fabricate.build.

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