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Jobora vs renting the software.

Quotes that turn into jobs, a schedule board that refuses double-booking, and invoices customers can pay by card.

Competitor prices on this page read between 2026-08-22 and 2026-10-09, each row dated, each one read on the vendor's own page and linked in Sources.

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The subscription math.

Yours Jobora $129 once · self-hosted · your data on your server Buy once
Rented Jobber Core $49/mo with no commitment, $39 on a 1-year commitment, $29 billed annually (Just me, 1 user); Connect $139/$119/$99; Grow $199/$169/$149. Plus starts at 2-5 people (5 users): $499/$439/$399; larger bands up to 11-15 people cost more; 16+ is Plus by quote [1]

5 months of Jobber costs what Jobora costs once.

What Jobber does that we don't. Jobber ships native iOS and Android apps for running the day from the van.
The fine print

How their pricing grows. Jobber sells tiers sized by team, so the bill steps up as people are added rather than staying where it started.

“Built for your team size” Read 2026-08-22.

Who should stay with Jobber. If you need a native mobile app, card payments taken in the field, or customer financing, stay with Jobber — Jobora is responsive web only, processes no payments, and offers no financing.

How we counted. The lowest published price on the entry tier, one user: $29 a month billed annually ($49 with no commitment; re-read 2026-10-09). Plus is not sold to one person (it starts at 2-5 people, $499 with 5 users); team size is bought in bands (2-5: Connect $199, Grow $299; 11-15: Plus $699). Jobora is one payment for any crew size.

Rented Housecall Pro Basic $59/mo billed annually ($79/mo monthly), 1 user; Essentials $149/mo billed annually ($189/mo monthly), 5 users; Max $299/mo billed annually ($329/mo monthly), 8 users included, $35/mo per additional user. Card processing from 2.59% [2]

3 months of Housecall Pro costs what Jobora costs once.

What Housecall Pro does that we don't. Housecall Pro sells consumer-facing online booking that takes the job straight off a Google listing.
The fine print

How their pricing grows. Housecall Pro includes a set number of users in each tier (one on Basic, five on Essentials, eight on Max), and its Max tier prices each user beyond the eight at a flat monthly fee.

“8 users included *$35/mo per additional user” Read 2026-09-24.

Who should stay with Housecall Pro. If you need a customer booking page and card payments taken inside the product, stay with Housecall Pro — Jobora has neither; the customer sees one document at a time and pays you however you already get paid.

How we counted. The annual-billing figure on the entry tier — the LOWER of the two published numbers, chosen deliberately so this comparison understates rather than overstates. Month to month it is $79. Basic includes one user, Essentials five and Max eight; on Max each user beyond the eight is $35/mo. Card processing is charged on top, from 2.59%.

Rented Tradify Lite $47 USD per user/month (Pro $51, Plus $61 per user/month) [3]

1 month of Tradify costs what Jobora costs once.

What Tradify does that we don't. Tradify puts every feature into its free trial instead of gating them behind a plan.
The fine print

How their pricing grows. Tradify prices every plan per user per month, so each extra person on the tools adds the full tier price again.

“$47 USD per user/month.” Read 2026-08-22.

Who should stay with Tradify. If you need Google Calendar sync for a crew already living in Google Workspace, stay with Tradify — Jobora publishes a read-only calendar feed and does not write back to anybody else's calendar.

How we counted. Straight per-user pricing with no bundled seats — the figure shown assumes a three-person crew on the entry tier, 3 x $47 = $141/mo. A sole trader pays $47 and should compare on that basis; the meter is the thing that grows. Jobora is one payment whatever the headcount.

Rented Service Fusion Starter $245/month month-to-month ($208/month billed annually); Plus $382 ($325 annually); Pro $627 ($533 annually) — all tiers "Unlimited Users" [4]

1 month of Service Fusion costs what Jobora costs once.

What Service Fusion does that we don't. Every Service Fusion tier includes unlimited users — a real advantage over per-seat rivals for a growing crew.
The fine print

How their pricing grows. Service Fusion meters by MONTH, not by seat: every tier says unlimited users, and the price climbs by tier ($245 → $382 → $627) rather than by headcount.

“Unlimited Users” Read 2026-09-26.

Who should stay with Service Fusion. Stay with Service Fusion if you want unlimited seats on a hosted platform with GPS fleet tracking, payments and a vendor handling the servers. Jobora costs less than one month of Starter and then costs nothing again, but you host it and it processes no payments.

How we counted. The month-to-month Starter price, shown beside the 15%-cheaper annual figure; the annual rate is quoted too so nobody mistakes it for the monthly one. Unlimited users is genuine and is the honest counterweight: Service Fusion meters months, not seats. Re-read 2026-09-26 in a rendered browser, both billing states: unchanged. A render from a US address the day before showed the tiers with no figures, so the page may vary by visitor. Jobora meters neither.

Rented Kickserv Start $60/mo on the annual subscription, $75/mo monthly (5 users); Run $119/mo annual, $149/mo monthly (10 users); Scale $199/mo annual, $249/mo monthly (20 users). The page opens on Annual ("Save 20% with annual subscription"); 30-day free trial, no free tier [5]

3 months of Kickserv costs what Jobora costs once.

What Kickserv does that we don't. Kickserv has a genuine low entry point and a 30-day trial, and its tiers are simple to read.
The fine print

How their pricing grows. Kickserv meters by USER BAND: 5 users on Start, 10 on Run, 20 on Scale — cross a band and the monthly price steps up ($60/$119/$199 on annual billing, $75/$149/$249 monthly).

“5 users included” Read 2026-09-26.

Who should stay with Kickserv. Stay with Kickserv if you want a hosted tool with a mobile app, integrated payments and QuickBooks sync for a crew of five or fewer at $60 a month on an annual subscription ($75 month to month). Jobora is the buy-once version, run on your own server.

How we counted. Stored at Start on the annual subscription ($60), which includes five users; month to month the same plan is $75. Re-read 2026-09-26 with the page's Monthly/Annual switch in both positions: $60, $119 and $199 are the ANNUAL prices the page opens on, not month-to-month as this row said on 2026-08-30; monthly they are $75, $149 and $249. The ladder follows the headcount band either way. Jobora has no band: one payment covers the crew at any size.

Work out your own numbers.

The rented figures use the cited plan price above; per-seat plans scale by the seat count from that same cited price. This is arithmetic, not a quote.

Also in this category.

ServiceTitan [6] No public price — quote-gated: three packages (Starter, Essentials, The Works), each "Request Pricing" ServiceTitan publishes no number: all three packages end in a sales conversation, and the one pricing sentence on the page says it is priced per technician. Jobora publishes its price on its own page and is one payment for any number of technicians.
How their pricing grows. ServiceTitan is priced PER TECHNICIAN and only on request — the bill is sized to the crew and revealed in a sales call, not on the page.
“Our per-technician pricing is designed to fit your business and goals, at any size.”
What ServiceTitan does that we don't. ServiceTitan is the enterprise platform of this category: dispatching, marketing, financing and reporting at multi-truck scale.
Stay with ServiceTitan if you run a multi-truck operation that wants call booking, marketing attribution and consumer financing in one system with a vendor on the phone. Jobora is quotes, scheduling and job costing for a small crew, on your own server, with no sales call because there is nothing to negotiate.
FieldPulse [7] No public price — quote-gated: seat-based, "Get a Custom Quote" FieldPulse sells full-access and field-only seats and prices them per team in a quote. No figure is published, so none is cited here. Jobora is a flat one-time price that does not change when the team does.
How their pricing grows. FieldPulse meters by SEAT (full-access and field-only), and the rate is only disclosed in a custom quote.
“Pricing is customized to your team setup”
What FieldPulse does that we don't. FieldPulse bundles scheduling, dispatch, invoicing and a technician mobile app under one seat-priced platform with a sales team behind it.
Stay with FieldPulse if you want per-seat flexibility, a native technician app and an account manager. Jobora has no seats to count and no account manager — it is a web app on your server that a small crew runs itself.
FieldEdge [8] No public price — quote-gated: Select, Premier and Elite plans, "Book a demo call" FieldEdge names three tiers and no price for any of them; its own FAQ says the price depends on technician count and add-ons. Jobora is one published price for the whole crew.
How their pricing grows. FieldEdge is priced by TECHNICIAN COUNT plus ADD-ONS, disclosed only after a demo call.
“pricing plans can vary based on several factors, such as how many technicians or employees are on your team, and which add-ons you might need”
What FieldEdge does that we don't. FieldEdge is built for established multi-truck HVAC, plumbing and electrical contractors, with a Premier tier aimed at exactly that.
Stay with FieldEdge if you are a multi-truck HVAC, plumbing or electrical contractor who wants a vendor-run system with add-ons and a demo-led onboarding. Jobora is the small-crew version you install yourself.
Workiz [9] No public price — three plans (Standard, Pro, Ultimate), each "Request pricing"; annual billing "save $400+" over monthly Workiz names three plans and a saving for paying yearly, but not the price the saving is taken from. Jobora publishes its price on its own page.
How their pricing grows. Workiz is quoted per business after a demo request; the only figure on the page is the annual-billing saving, not a price.
“Request pricing”
What Workiz does that we don't. Workiz bundles AI tools and automations in its upper tiers and runs phone and messaging inside the platform.
Stay with Workiz if you want built-in calling, messaging and AI automations under one hosted vendor. Jobora is quotes, scheduling and job costing on your own server, without the phone system.

Why owning beats renting here.

One payment

No per-month, per-seat or per-location fees: the license does not expire.

Your data

Your data sits on a server you choose; customer records are not held in a vendor's cloud unless you put them there.

No plan ceilings

Records, users and usage are limited by your hosting, not by a pricing tier.

If the vendor stops

It keeps working if the vendor doesn't: no one can switch your copy off, and keeping it up to date is in your hands.

The fair trade-offs: you host it, you back it up, and updates are yours to apply. The product page lists what Jobora deliberately doesn't do.

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Sources

  1. Jobber: price checked 2026-10-09, source“[Just me] Core 1 user $49/mo ... then $39/mo 1 year commitment ... then $29/mo Billed annually ... [2-5 people] Plus Includes 5 users $499/mo ... then $439/mo 1 year commitment ... then $399/mo Billed annually ... [16 or more] Plus Built for your team size ... All prices in USD. Subscription plan…”
  2. Housecall Pro: price checked 2026-09-24, source“'$59 /mo (Billed annually)' ... '8 users included *$35/mo per additional user'”
  3. Tradify: price checked 2026-08-22, source“'$47 USD per user/month.' ... '$51 USD per user/month.' ... '$61 USD per user/month.'”
  4. Service Fusion: price checked 2026-09-26, source“Monthly Annual Save 15% Starter $208 Per Month (billed annually) Unlimited Users ... Plus $325 Per Month (billed annually) ... Pro $533 Per Month (billed annually) ... [Monthly] Starter $245 Per Month Unlimited Users ... Plus $382 Per Month ... Pro $627 Per Month”
  5. Kickserv: price checked 2026-09-26, source“Monthly Annual For Small Teams START 5 users $ 60/mo Save 20% with annual subscription. ... RUN 10 users $ 119/mo ... SCALE 20 users $ 199/mo ... [Monthly] START 5 users $ 75/mo ... RUN 10 users $ 149/mo ... SCALE 20 users $ 249/mo ... TRY START FREE FOR 30 DAYS”
  6. ServiceTitan: price checked 2026-08-30, source“'Our per-technician pricing is designed to fit your business and goals, at any size.' ... 'Starter' ... 'Essentials' ... 'The Works' ... 'Request Pricing'”
  7. FieldPulse: price checked 2026-08-30, source“'Pricing built around your team — not a flat rate that fits someone else's business.' ... 'Get a Custom Quote' ... 'Pricing is customized to your team setup'”
  8. FieldEdge: price checked 2026-08-30, source“'Our three plans allow you to customize the software and add-ons based on the specific features you need, so pricing can vary!' ... 'pricing plans can vary based on several factors, such as how many technicians or employees are on your team, and which add-ons you might need' ... 'Schedule a free…”
  9. Workiz: price checked 2026-08-30, source“'Standard' ... 'Request pricing' ... 'Pro' ... 'Ultimate' ... 'Most popular' ... 'save $400+'”

Competitor prices change, so always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown.

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