Jobber alternative
Built for how gutter cleaning is measured, priced, and run, not a generalist app with a wash add-on.
A gutter run has a length, and Jobber's quote doesn't know it. A single-story ranch and a two-story colonial are nowhere near the same job, but Jobber prices for every trade and none in particular, so it has no linear-foot basis for your run, no automatic second-story bump, and no photo of the cleared gutters pinned to the property for when the customer calls after the next storm. You hand-adjust every quote and bolt on CompanyCam at +$63/mo just to prove the work. Hoseworks prices the run by the foot and puts that proof in the box.
Why gutter cleaning crews switch
In gutters, cleaning, guard installation, and face brightening all price per linear foot over the same measured run: $1.25/ft ($125 min) to clean, $6.50/ft to install guards, $1.50/ft to brighten the fascia, plus a flat $75 downspout flush. Jobber has no linear-foot basis, so you flat-rate the house or re-type the footage into every line. Hoseworks measures the run once and prices each service off it.
Two-plus stories change the job and the price. Hoseworks auto-applies a 15% second-story surcharge the moment a property is flagged as multi-story, and keeps a dedicated two-story cleaning line ($1.75/ft, $175 min) for crews that price it as its own service. Heavy compacted debris (20%) and steep-roof access (25%) are one-tap manual bumps. On Jobber you remember the bump yourself, or you eat it.
The most common gutter callback is 'it's overflowing again' after the next storm. Hoseworks' work checklist prompts a photo of the cleared gutters and confirmed downspout flow, and it stays on the property record across every recurring visit. Jobber's answer is CompanyCam at +$63/mo, and its photos hang off the job, not the property, so last season's clean-gutter shot is harder to pull up when you need it.
Gutter work clusters seasonally and repeats on the same houses. Hoseworks keeps each property's run length, guard status, and last-cleared photos on the property, so the reclean quotes itself the next time around. And it is priced per truck: put a two-person crew on one ladder truck (one up top, one tending downspouts and tarping beds) without paying Jobber's per-seat rate for the second set of hands.
Total cost of ownership
Prices verified verified July 2026. Third-party add-on pricing is indicative and changes.
| 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.
Built in for gutter cleaning, not bolted on
| 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 |
Where Jobber still wins
Be honest about your mix. Plenty of gutter crews also hang and repair gutters, do roofing, or run handyman work, selling gutter cleaning as one line of a broader home-services business. If that is you, Jobber's breadth wins: it speaks every trade, its integration marketplace and QuickBooks sync are deeper and more mature, and it has years more polish and support. Hoseworks is deliberately exterior-only, so if gutters are a sideline to work it doesn't cover, staying on Jobber is reasonable.
Switching from Jobber
Export your clients and properties from Jobber as CSV and import them into Hoseworks, then pick the gutter-cleaning starter rate card (cleaning, two-story, guards, brightening, downspout flush) and edit the per-foot rates and minimums to your market. Your historical invoices stay in Jobber for the record. Plan to capture each property's gutter run length and guard status on the first visit, since Jobber never stored a linear-foot measurement to bring over.
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