Jobber alternative
Built for how soft wash is measured, priced, and run, not a generalist app with a wash add-on.
Soft wash isn't pressure, it's chemistry on a surface, and Jobber can't quote either half of that. A house wash prices off siding square footage; a roof wash prices off roof square footage at a higher rate with its own minimum, and the whole number rides on an SH mix that has to dwell without a rain window opening mid-job. Jobber sells to every trade, so it has no per-square-foot basis for siding or roof, no steep-roof or heavy-growth surcharge, and no forecast on the day you load the tank. Here is the case for switching in the terms a soft-wash crew actually bids and works in.
Why soft wash crews switch
A house wash prices off siding square footage ($0.18/sq ft, $175 minimum); a roof wash prices off roof square footage at a higher rate ($0.30/sq ft, $350 minimum) because the mix, the dwell, and the risk are heavier. Jobber has no per-square-foot basis for either and no way to hold them as separate measured services, so both collapse into a flat line item you set by feel. Hoseworks prices each surface off its own measurement and holds its own floor.
Soft wash carries bumps a generalist never models: the 15% second-story access surcharge applies itself, while steep or complex roof (25%) and heavy organic growth (20%) are one tap when the roof pitches up or the north side is black with algae. Jobber has no surcharge concept, so those margins live in your head until you are rinsing SH off a mansard you quoted like a single-story ranch.
Soft wash is the most weather-gated wash there is: the SH has to sit and dwell to kill algae and mildew, and a rain window that opens mid-dwell strips it early, streaks the siding, and flushes runoff into the beds you just saturated. Jobber schedules the visit but never reads the sky. Hoseworks surfaces the forecast on each day, so you move a roof treatment off a rain window before the tank is mixed, not after.
The soft-wash callback lands weeks out: a dead azalea or a streak the customer blames on your SH. The Hoseworks walkaround checklist prompts the crew to log the chems mixed, pre-saturate and re-rinse the plantings, and shoot the before/after, and all of it stays on the property across every recurring visit. Jobber's photo answer is CompanyCam at +$63/mo, hung off a closed job instead of the property, so last season's proof is hard to pull when you need it.
A soft-wash rig usually runs two: one on the reclaim tank metering and mixing the SH, one on the wand and rinsing the beds. Jobber charges per seat for that second set of hands and still needs CompanyCam for photos (~$63/mo) and ResponsiBid for measured self-serve quoting (~$179/mo) bolted on. Hoseworks prices per truck at $49/mo, and the measured estimate, the photo record, and the review request all live in that one number, so the tank hand and the wand hand ride the same rig, not two seats.
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 soft wash, 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
Give Jobber its due: it has been running real businesses far longer, and a soft-wash operator who also does pressure washing, roof repair, or a full menu of home services needs software that answers to all of it. That range is Jobber's, along with a QuickBooks bridge, financing for larger tickets, a deep add-on catalog, and support desks staffed for years. Hoseworks stays narrow on purpose, so it earns a soft-wash shop on how it prices the wash, not on how much ground it covers.
Switching from Jobber
Export your clients and properties from Jobber as CSV; Hoseworks imports them and you pick the soft-wash starter rate card (house wash and roof wash per square foot, gutter brightening per linear foot, solar per panel, a window add-on), then tune the rates and minimums to your market. Your Jobber invoices stay in Jobber for the record. Since Jobber never stored siding or roof square footage, each property captures those the first time you quote or wash it, then re-prices off them.
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