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Jobber vs Joist: run a crew, or win the estimate
Jobber and Joist get compared a lot, but they start from opposite ends of the job. Jobber is built around the schedule: booking, routes, crews and a hub where clients see quotes and pay. Joist is built around the paperwork: the estimate, the change order, the signature and the invoice. Here is what each one costs and does, from their own pricing pages.
The short version
Ask what fills most of your week. If it is driving between booked visits and keeping other people's days straight, Jobber is the closer fit. If it is pricing jobs, writing them up and chasing a yes before the work starts, Joist is.
On price, the gap is wide. Joist's lowest plan is $10 a month, and its top estimating plan is $32. Jobber's first plan is $29 a month only if you pay for a year up front, and $49 if you go month to month. Neither one keeps a free plan, and both give you a 14-day trial with no card.
- Jobber fits a business that books visits online, sends people out on routes and wants clients to pay through a portal.
- Joist fits a contractor or remodeler whose jobs are won and changed on paper.
- Joist only schedules on its top plan, Run. Jobber schedules on every plan.
Jobber vs the Joist app at a glance, with Workeey as the free option
A field-service app and a contractor estimate app side by side, and the free app for a one-person trade next to them.
| Jobber | Joist | Workeey | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price for one person | From $29 a month billed yearly ($49 month to month) for one user | $10, $17 or $32 a month by plan (5 documents a month on the lowest); scheduling from $70 a month, an introductory price | Free $0 · Pro $5 a month · Premium $19 a month |
| Free plan | No — a 14-day free trial, then a paid plan | No — a 14-day free trial, then a paid plan | Yes — free forever, no card: unlimited invoicing, 10 payment reminder texts (switched on per invoice) and 23 quick estimates a month |
| Invoicing | Yes, on every paid plan, with quoting and deposits | Yes — capped at 5 documents a month on Basics, unlimited from Pro | Unlimited on every plan; a finished job becomes an invoice in one tap and is emailed from the app |
| Online payments | Yes — clients pay by card online | Yes — clients pay online; deposits and milestone payments from its Pro plan | Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and US bank transfer through your own Stripe, on the free plan too; a small processing fee applies |
| Estimates | Yes — full quotes with their own approval flow | Yes — contractor estimates that become invoices; client signatures from Pro, change orders on Elite and Run | 23 quick estimates a month on Free, unlimited on Pro; shared as a quote PDF that can show your deposit percent, and one tap turns it into the invoice |
| Scheduling | Yes, plus dispatching for a team of techs | Only on its Run plan | Yes — the day in time slots, repeating jobs, and a route to the next client |
| Google Calendar sync | One-way: a read-only feed out to Google; changes made in Google don't come back | Calendar sync only on its Run plan | On Pro: jobs go into their own Workeey calendar in Google, and a time you move in Google writes back |
| QuickBooks sync | Yes, on its higher plans (not the entry plan) | Only on its Run plan | On Pro and Premium: customers, invoices, payments and expenses go into QuickBooks Online |
| Built for | Growing companies with crews to dispatch, online booking and a back office | Contractors whose day runs on estimates and invoices | One- or two-person trades running the business from a phone |
| Phone app | Yes — iPhone and Android apps | Yes — iPhone and Android apps, and the web | Android app on Google Play; runs in any phone's browser too |
Jobber details are from its own pricing and help pages, checked in September 2026 and again in November 2026; Joist details from its pricing page, checked in November 2026 — prices change, so check theirs before you buy.
What Jobber costs
Jobber lists three ways to pay for each plan: month to month with no commitment, monthly on a one-year commitment, or a year billed at once, which is the cheapest. Core is for one user; Connect and Grow start with one and let you add users at $29 a month each; Plus includes 15. The 14-day trial opens the Grow plan in full. Prices are from Jobber's pricing page (checked November 2026).
- Core: $49 a month with no commitment, $39 on a yearly commitment, or $29 a month billed annually. Online booking and scheduling, quotes, invoices with online payments, a client hub, a website, reporting and over a hundred app connections.
- Connect: $139, $119 or $99 a month on the same three terms. Adds client reminders, quote and invoice follow-ups, QuickBooks Online sync, checklists and time and expense tracking.
- Grow: $199, $169 or $149 a month. Adds job costing, two-way texting and custom workflows.
- Plus: $499, $439 or $399 a month, with 15 users included. Adds crew scheduling, an AI receptionist, a marketing suite and premium support.
What the Joist app costs
Joist's free plan is no longer offered. Its 14-day trial unlocks everything on the Run plan and needs no card. Paying for the year works out to two months free. Joist's page doesn't mention extra users on any plan.
- Basics: $10 a month, or $8.34 a month billed yearly. Estimates and invoices with online payments, capped at 5 documents a month.
- Pro: $17 a month, or $14.17 billed yearly. No cap on documents, plus in-app signatures and deposit and milestone payments.
- Elite: $32 a month, or $26.67 billed yearly. Adds change orders.
- Run: $70 a month at an introductory price, against a listed $100, or $58.33 billed yearly. Adds job organizing, visit scheduling, calendar sync, visit notifications to homeowners, QuickBooks sync and Tap to Pay in person.
Where Jobber is the stronger app
Jobber's lead is everything that happens around the visit. Clients can book work online, and the schedule plans daily or weekly routes. The client hub lets a customer look at a quote, approve it and pay, including a deposit you set on the quote. That kind of self-serve portal is something Joist's pricing page doesn't offer.
It also grows with a headcount in a way Joist doesn't try to. You can add users from Connect up, and the top plan includes 15 of them and crew scheduling. Grow brings job costing, so you can see whether a job made money. A website builder and a long list of integrations come on the first plan.
The catch for a small outfit is cost. Client reminders and QuickBooks Online sync start on Connect, which is $99 a month even billed yearly. Its calendar sync, per its help pages, only sends Jobber appointments out to your calendar. Personal appointments in your calendar don't come back into Jobber.
Where Joist is the stronger app
Joist's lead is the document itself. An estimate turns into an invoice without retyping it. From Joist's Pro plan up, the estimate carries the client's signature, and you can take a deposit before work starts or split the bill into milestone payments. From Elite up, you can send a change order when the scope grows halfway through the job, so the extra work is agreed in writing instead of argued about at the end.
That suits remodeling and other project work that is priced in detail and changes along the way. It runs on phones and on the web, and the price stays low until you want scheduling.
Its limits are on the scheduling side. Visits, calendar sync and QuickBooks sync are only on Run, its top and dearest plan, and its $70 a month is an introductory price. The Basics cap of five documents a month also fills up fast. A busy week of estimates and invoices can use it up in a couple of days.
Which should you pick?
Start with the work you actually do. Maintenance and repeat-visit businesses, like lawn care, cleaning, pest control and service calls, lean on booking, routes and reminders, which is Jobber's ground. Project work, like a bathroom remodel or a new fence, leans on a careful estimate, a signature and a change order. That is Joist's ground.
Then count heads. If you send even one helper out on their own, Jobber is set up for that and Joist's page says nothing about users. If it is just you, paying for Jobber's team side means paying for tools you won't touch.
Last, price the plan that has everything you'd use, not the entry plan. On Jobber, that is often Connect for reminders and QuickBooks. On Joist, it is Elite for change orders, or Run if you also want a schedule. Put one real job through each trial before you pay.
A free third option for one-person trades
If you work alone, you may not need either app's top half. Workeey's free plan has no end date and no card. It covers unlimited invoicing and 23 quick estimates a month, priced from your own saved rates and shared as a quote PDF. Your client says yes to you, and one tap turns the estimate into the invoice. That invoice goes out by email with a pay link, so the client can pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or US bank transfer into your own Stripe account, with a small processing fee. You also get jobs, clients, notes, repeating jobs, a schedule in time slots, a route to the next client, photos, expenses by hand or from a receipt photo, and 10 payment reminder texts a month that you switch on per invoice.
Workeey Pro is $5 a month and adds Google Calendar and QuickBooks sync and 30 texts a month. Premium is $19 a month and lifts the monthly limit on texts. See Workeey's plans.
Workeey doesn't do the things these two lead on. It has no crews or team logins, no online booking, no client portal, no change orders, no online signing and no deposit collection. The quote PDF prints your deposit, but you collect it yourself. Workeey is built for the phone: the Android app is on Google Play, it runs in any phone's browser, and a desktop version is coming soon. For more, read Workeey vs Jobber, Workeey vs Joist or the free alternative to Jobber.
Is Jobber or Joist cheaper?
Joist, by a long way at the low end. Joist starts at $10 a month for five documents and $17 a month with no cap. Jobber starts at $29 a month billed yearly or $49 month to month, for one user (checked November 2026). Joist's Run plan, which adds scheduling, is $70 a month at an introductory price.
Does Joist do scheduling like Jobber?
Only on its Run plan, which adds visit scheduling, calendar sync and visit notifications to homeowners. Jobber includes online booking and scheduling on every plan, with route planning.
Which one has change orders?
Joist lists change orders from its Elite plan up. Jobber's quotes take client approval and a deposit through its client hub.
Do Jobber or Joist have a free plan?
No. Jobber has a 14-day trial of its Grow plan, and Joist has a 14-day trial of its Run plan. Neither needs a card. Joist's old free plan is no longer available.
Is there a free option for a solo tradesperson?
Workeey is free to keep, with unlimited invoicing, 23 quick estimates a month, 10 reminder texts a month and a schedule. It has no crews, online booking, change orders or online signing, so it suits one person rather than a team.