Jobber vs ServiceM8
Jobber: All-in-one quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payments app for small home service businesses. ServiceM8: Job management app for trade and service businesses, priced by jobs per month rather than per user. Compared on price, GST, integrations, support and who each one suits. Prices checked 28 Oct 2026.
| Jobber | ServiceM8 | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From US$29/mo (annual) | From $29/mo |
| Currency | USD | AUD |
| GST | excluded | included |
| Pricing model | flat monthly by plan and team-size band | tiered by jobs |
| Free trial | 14 days | Free plan |
| Based in | Canada | Australia |
| Xero | Yes | Yes |
| MYOB | Not stated | Yes |
| QuickBooks | Yes | Yes |
| Australian support | No | Not stated |
| Support hours | Live support Monday to Friday 7am to 9:30pm ET (help centre); Jobber AI chat answers product questions outside those hours | 24/7 chat and email support on paid plans; Free plan is self serve |
| iOS / Android | Yes / Yes | Yes / Yes |
| Best for | Small home service businesses (owner-operator to a few crews) that want an easy mobile app covering quotes, scheduling, invoicing and card payments; accounting sync is QuickBooks Online first with a newer direct Xero app. | Sole operators and small trade or home-service teams doing many short jobs; paid plans have unlimited users so cost scales with job volume, not headcount. |
Plans side by side
Jobber
- Core: US$49/mo (US$29/mo annual) USD per month, 1 user
- Connect: US$139/mo (US$99/mo annual) USD per month, 1 user
- Grow: US$199/mo (US$149/mo annual) USD per month, 1 user
- Plus: US$499/mo (US$399/mo annual) USD per month, 5 users
ServiceM8
- Free: free per month
- Starter: $29/mo per month
- Growing: $79/mo per month
- Premium: $149/mo per month
- Premium Plus: $349/mo per month
Strengths and weaknesses
Jobber
- Strong mobile ratings: 4.6 from 248 on the AU App Store and 4.0 from 6,860 on Google Play, 1M+ Android installs
- Broad small-business feature set including online booking, client hub, two-way texting and Tap to Pay
- QuickBooks Online sync plus a direct Xero app that syncs invoices, payments, clients, products and taxes
- 14 day free trial with no credit card required
- 400k+ service pros in 60+ countries and live support 14.5 hours a day on weekdays
- Xero App Store rating is 1.5 from 4 reviews; reviewers report client import problems and altered Xero client records
- No MYOB integration found on the pages that loaded
- Support hours are US Eastern time with no Australian number; the integrations marketplace page blocked automated access
- Marketing Suite, Receptionist and several growth features are paid add-ons
- No full offline mode is described; only offline note attachments and a sync queue appear in app release notes
ServiceM8
- No per-user pricing; paid plans allow unlimited users
- Free plan for solo operators (1 user, 30 jobs a month)
- Two-way sync of invoices, payments, contacts and items with Xero; also MYOB and QuickBooks Online
- 24/7 chat and email support on all paid plans
- Offline access in the mobile app with sync when back online
- Lower card payment rates on higher plans
- Monthly job caps on every plan (30 to 500 new jobs) before the top tier
- Android app is rated 3.8 on Google Play; developer replies there steer management users to the iOS app
- Forms and certificates, asset management, job costing and markup billing sit on Growing or higher
- Pricing page shows conflicting figures for the Phone add-on (from $19 vs from $29) and its trial length
- Apple App Store rating count is shown rounded (5.5K)
Which one
Jobber: Jobber is the easiest fit here for a small home service business that lives on its phone, with the best mobile ratings of the four and a 14 day no-card trial. The direct Xero app is new (listed July 2024) and poorly reviewed, so Australian users on Xero should test it before relying on it. Support is Canadian and on Eastern time, and pricing was not readable here.
ServiceM8: ServiceM8 is an Australian job management app with job-volume pricing from $0 to $349 a month (AUD, GST included) and unlimited users on paid tiers. It suits sole operators and small teams with many short jobs. The iOS app is the primary product and the Android app is rated lower by users.
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