Jobber alternative
Built for how pressure washing is measured, priced, and run, not a generalist app with a wash add-on.
You didn't leave Jobber because it's bad software. You left because it quotes a 1,200 sq ft driveway the same way it quotes a furnace install: a flat line item off a saved price list, with no way to price the square footage you just measured. Pressure washing lives or dies on square-foot math, per-line minimums, and the surcharges you forget until the wand's already in your hand. Jobber is built for every trade, so it's shaped around none of yours. This is the case for switching in the terms you actually bid in: cents per square foot, the automatic two-story bump, and the before/after that has to be on the property next season.
Why pressure washing crews switch
Jobber can save a flat service price, but not a per-square-foot rate, so the measured area never drives the number. Hoseworks prices driveway and siding at your rate (say $0.18/sq ft), decks at $0.25, and fence by the linear foot ($3.00/ft), then holds your per-line minimum so a small 400 sq ft concrete job still clears the $99 floor instead of getting underbid.
Every washer has eaten a second-story job they quoted from the ground. Hoseworks applies your 15% second-story access surcharge automatically and lets you flag the 20% heavy-soiling / oil-stain bump or a 10% out-of-area trip charge at quote time. Jobber has no concept of a wash surcharge, so those margins live in your head until you're on site with the wand.
Pressure washing is seasonal and recurring: the same house wash comes back next year. Jobber pins photos to a job that closes, or you bolt on CompanyCam at $63/mo. Hoseworks hangs every before/after on the property, plus the pre-existing-damage shots your pre-wash checklist requires, so last season's photos and measurements are right there when you re-quote.
Because the property keeps its square footage, a repeat house wash or driveway re-prices without re-measuring. New leads from your booking form land already measured instead of as a Thumbtack thread or voicemail you retype into the app before you can even quote it. Jobber makes you rebuild the estimate from scratch each visit.
To match this on Jobber you stack it: CompanyCam for photos (about $63/mo), ResponsiBid for measured self-serve quoting (about $179/mo), and Jobber's per-user seats underneath. Hoseworks bundles measured estimating, property photos, and review requests into one plan priced per truck from $49/mo, so two techs riding one rig don't pay per head.
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 pressure washing, 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
Honestly, Jobber is the bigger, more proven platform. If you run more than pressure washing (you also do gutter cleaning, roof work, or handyman jobs), or you lean on its large integrations marketplace, QuickBooks sync, consumer financing, and established phone support, that maturity is real and worth weighing. Hoseworks is newer and deliberately exterior-only. It wins on wash-specific fit, not on breadth or track record.
Switching from Jobber
Export your clients and properties from Jobber as CSV; Hoseworks imports them and you pick the pressure-washing starter rate card (driveway and siding per sq ft, deck per sq ft, fence per linear foot, flat paver sealing), then tune your rates. Your historical Jobber invoices stay in Jobber for the record. You don't have to re-measure up front: a property gets its square footage the first time you quote or visit it.
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