Jobber is the dominant home-service CRM for a reason. It's polished, mature, and works. But the per-user pricing adds up fast, and most landscaping, HVAC install, fence, and pool crews end up paying for a Connect tier they only half-use. Here's the honest side-by-side.
Last reviewed May 2026. Prices reflect Jobber's published pricing at getjobber.com/pricing at time of writing; verify current pricing there before deciding.
| Feature | Workhand | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Entry-tier price | $35/month flatUp to 5 team members | $49/month monthly"Core" , 1 user; $29/mo on annual |
| 5-user tier price | $89/month flatUp to 15 team members + QBO | $139/month monthly"Connect" , 5 users; $90-135/mo on annual |
| 10-user tier price | $89/month flatNo upcharge under 15 users | $199/month monthly"Grow" , 10 users; $135-270/mo on annual |
| 15-user tier price | Custom (~$199-249/mo)Email for crews 16-50 | $699/month monthly"Plus" , 15 users; $477/mo on annual |
| Per-user fees over the included count | NoAdd team members for $0 | $29/month per extra userAcross all plans |
| Free plan | ✓1 active job + 1 user | ✗ |
| Free trial | 14 daysNo card required | 14 daysFull Grow plan; no card |
| Estimates & invoices | ||
| Estimates with e-signature | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-language estimates (en/es/pt) | ✓ | ✗ |
| AI line-item suggestions | ✓Trained on your past jobs | ✗ |
| Read receipts on documents | ✓ | ✓ |
| Online invoice payments via Stripe | ✓Stripe rate 2.9% + $0.30, Workhand adds 0% | ✓Through Jobber Payments |
| Recurring invoices | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quote follow-up automation | Email re-send | ✓Built-in nudge automation |
| Field operations | ||
| Per-job team chat | ✓Photos, pinned messages, role-scoped | Notes only |
| Daily logs with photos | ✓ | ✗Visit notes only |
| Photo annotations (pins / labels) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Time tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mileage tracking + IRS-rate write-offs | ✓ | ✗ |
| GPS-stamped check-in / check-out | Time-stamped | ✓ |
| Drag-and-drop dispatch grid | ✗Calendar view, not grid | ✓Best-in-class |
| Route optimization | ✗ | ✓ |
| Punch list | ✓ | ✗ |
| Customer selection sheets | ✓Paint, finishes, tile, fixtures with photo refs + signoff | ✗ |
| Customizable job tabs per job type | ✓Show different tabs per job (install vs service) | ✗ |
| Sales & customer-facing | ||
| Public profile page (lead capture) | ✓workhand.app/c/your-name | ✓Online booking widget |
| Sales pipeline / CRM | ✓ | ✓ |
| Customer review automation | ✓Google funnel built-in | ✓ |
| Customer-facing job portal | ✓ | ✓"Client Hub" |
| Email marketing campaigns | ✗ | ✓Bulk email + segmenting |
| Automated SMS reminders | Push only | ✓ |
| Subs & team | ||
| Subcontractor invitations + insurance tracking | ✓ | ✗ |
| Sub bidding workflow | ✓ | ✗ |
| 1099 export | ✓ | ✗QuickBooks-side only |
| Accounting | ||
| QuickBooks Online sync | ✓Built into Team plan | ✓Connect tier and up |
| Job costing + profit per job | ✓ | ✓Grow tier only |
| Reports (revenue trend, top customers, win rate) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Onboarding & support | ||
| Self-serve sign-up | ✓90 seconds, no card | ✓ |
| Phone support | Email-only | ✓ |
| Annual contract required | ✗Month-to-month | ✗Annual discount available |
| Implementation cost | $0 | $0 |
Apples-to-apples for QuickBooks sync, time tracking, customer hub, and reports.
Workhand pricing locked for the first year , early supporters keep their rate forever. Add a 6th, 7th, 8th crew member at no extra cost. With Jobber that's $348/year more, per person ($29 × 12).
If your daily flow is dispatch-grid → route → invoice and you've trained your office team on that pattern, switching is friction you may not want. If you mostly send estimates, log site photos, chat with crew, and bill, you're using maybe 40% of what you're paying for. Workhand is built tight around that 40%.
Yes. Jobber lets you export customers, jobs, and invoices to CSV. We help with first-time migrations on Pro and Team plans, email [email protected] and we'll walk you through it.
If your customers book service appointments through your website, Jobber's widget is genuinely useful. Workhand has public profile pages with a lead form (workhand.app/c/your-business), but it's a static lead capture, not a real-time slot picker tied to your calendar. If online booking is mission-critical, stay on Jobber. If it isn't, you're paying a lot for a feature you don't use.
Not in v1. If you're stacking 8-12 stops a day across a city and need to minimize drive time, Jobber wins. Most pool route guys we talked to have their route memorized and don't use the auto-optimizer anyway, but it's a real gap if you do.
We don't charge per user. Jobber's pricing model assumes office-staff growth funds their MRR; ours assumes you'd rather hire another field tech. Both are valid, pick the one that matches how you grow.
Try Workhand on a real job. If it doesn't fit, walk away. Free plan handles your first job at $0/month.
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