Honest comparison
Jobber is a capable, mature field-service platform built to serve every home-service trade: plumbing, HVAC, electrical, cleaning, and the exterior trades alike. That breadth is its strength and, for an exterior-cleaning operator, its weakness: nothing in it is shaped around square-foot washing, soft-wash surcharges, or route-dense recurring work.
Switch to Hoseworks if
Multi-trade shops and operators who want the largest ecosystem and don't mind assembling add-ons to fit exterior work.
Stay on Jobber if
If you run several trades beyond exterior cleaning, or you've already built your business around Jobber's marketplace of integrations, staying put is reasonable. Hoseworks is purpose-built for exterior crews, not a generalist.
Total cost of ownership
Prices verified verified July 2026. Third-party add-on pricing is indicative and changes, so check each vendor for current rates.
| Hoseworks | Jobber + add-ons | |
|---|---|---|
| Field management (base plan) | Included | from $49/mo (Core, 1 user) |
| Photo job recordsincumbents bolt on CompanyCam | Included | +$63/mo (CompanyCam) |
| Surface-based estimatingincumbents bolt on ResponsiBid | Included | +$179/mo (ResponsiBid) |
| Review requestsincumbents bolt on NiceJob | Included | +$75/mo (NiceJob) |
Jobber is priced per user (each plan includes a set number of seats and additional users cost extra) and the low prices it advertises need an annual commitment. Add-on pricing (CompanyCam, ResponsiBid, NiceJob) is third-party and changes. The point isn't the exact figure. It's that the incumbent needs a stack, and per-seat pricing, to match one per-truck Hoseworks plan.
Feature by feature
Both tools cover the table stakes: scheduling & dispatch, quotes / estimates, invoicing & card payments, client management (crm), and more. The difference is what's built in for exterior work:
| Hoseworks | Jobber | |
|---|---|---|
| Surface-based estimating (sqft / window / linear ft) | – | |
| Weather-aware scheduling | – | |
| Photo history anchored to the propertypersists across every recurring visit | Add-on (CompanyCam) | |
| Per-trade rate cards for exterior work | – | |
| Per-truck pricing (not per-user) | Per user |
Switching from Jobber
Export your clients and properties from Jobber as CSV; Hoseworks imports them and you pick your trade's starter rate card, then edit. Your historical invoices stay in Jobber for the record.
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