Mobile Service Sync vs Jobber
Jobber Charges $29 a Seat. So Do We. Here Is the Real Difference.
If you came here for Jobber's pricing, the table below has it, including the tiers where Jobber costs less than we do. Jobber is good software with a large install base, and its $49 Core plan is the cheapest way to run a one-person operation. What it does not have, at any price, is a vehicle: no plate decode, no VIN, no per-truck service history, no fleet portal. If the thing you service has wheels, that gap matters more than the monthly bill.
Monthly cost, no commitment
Crew sizeMobile Service SyncJobberDifference
- 1 userJobber Core at $49/mo is cheaper than either of these. If one seat and basic quoting is all you need, buy that instead of this.$175Growth$199Grow$24
- 3 usersWe include 2 users on Growth; Jobber Grow includes 1. Both charge $29/mo per seat after that.$204Growth + 1 seat$257Grow + 2 seats$53
- 5 usersOur Pro tier is $299 with 5 seats included, so take whichever is cheaper for your crew.$262Growth + 3 seats$315Grow + 4 seats$53
- 10 usersThe gap narrows at scale. By this size the decision should be about fleet tooling, not $16.$444Pro + 5 seats$460Grow + 9 seats$16
Jobber list prices from getjobber.com/pricing, August 2026: Core $49/mo, Connect $139/mo, Grow $199/mo, Plus $499/mo, each including 1 user with additional seats at $29/mo. Rows above use Jobber Grow, the tier whose features line up with our Growth and Pro. Add-ons are excluded from both columns: Jobber Marketing Suite is $99/mo and Pipeline is $49/mo, both of which we include on a paid plan. Our Core tier is not in the table because its 20-job monthly cap makes it the wrong comparison for a working crew.
Mobile Service Sync
Choose Mobile Service Sync if...
- The thing you service has a VIN, and you want plate-to-vehicle decode instead of a free-text notes field
- Fleet accounts are real revenue and you want their dispatcher on a portal, with net terms and PO rules enforced automatically
- You want service-interval remarketing on mileage, not just calendar reminders
- You run more than one truck and reassign stops between them during the day
- You want review automation and remarketing in the plan instead of a $99/mo Marketing Suite
- You carry parts on the van and want inventory tracked per truck
Jobber
Choose Jobber if...
- You are solo and want the cheapest capable option: Core is $49/mo, or $21/mo prepaid annually
- You need unlimited jobs on an entry-tier plan
- Your work is lawns, cleaning, HVAC, plumbing, or painting rather than vehicles
- You depend on a specific integration in Jobber's app marketplace
- You want to offer consumer financing on large tickets
- Your team already knows Jobber and retraining costs more than the difference
Vehicles
Jobber schedules jobs. It does not know what a vehicle is.
FeatureMobile Service SyncJobber
- Vehicle as a first-class recordEvery job here hangs off a vehicle, not just an address. Jobber tracks properties, which is the right model for lawns and the wrong one for cars.
- Plate or VIN decode to year / make / model / engineType a plate, get the vehicle. In Jobber you type the details into a free-text field.
- PartialPer-vehicle service historyJobber keeps history per client and property. Ask it what this truck's last oil change was at 84,000 miles and there is nowhere for that to live.
- Mileage and service-interval remindersWe remarket on interval: due at 5,000 miles or 6 months, whichever comes first. Jobber reminders are date-based.
- PartialMulti-vehicle customersA landscaping client has one property. A fleet has forty trucks. Those need different data models.
Fleet accounts
The fleet contract is the business, not an edge case
FeatureMobile Service SyncJobber
- Dedicated fleet account workspace
- PartialPer-fleet pricing rules applied automaticallyJobber does per-client custom pricing on the quote. Ours are rules on the account, so every booking prices itself.
- PartialNet-terms billing and PO-required rules per fleetJobber supports invoice terms. Setting PO-required as a property of the fleet, enforced at booking, is ours.
- Self-serve fleet portal for the customer's dispatcherTheir dispatcher logs in, sees every vehicle and what is coming due, and exports the roster. Included on Growth and Pro.
- PartialFleet sales pipelineJobber sells a Pipeline add-on at $49/mo. Ours is on Pro and is built specifically around winning fleet contracts.
Where Jobber wins
The parts we will not pretend about
FeatureMobile Service SyncJobber
- Lowest entry priceJobber Core is $49/mo month to month, or $21/mo prepaid annually. Our Core is $49/mo with a 20-job monthly cap. For a solo operator counting pennies, Jobber wins this outright.
- Unlimited jobs on the entry tierOur Core caps at 20 jobs a month; unlimited starts at Growth. Jobber does not cap jobs at any tier.
- Breadth across non-vehicle tradesLawn care, cleaning, HVAC, plumbing, painting. Jobber serves all of them well. We serve none of them, on purpose.
- PartialInstall base, ecosystem, and integrationsJobber has years of app-marketplace integrations we do not. If your workflow depends on a specific niche integration, check our list first.
- Consumer financing offersJobber offers consumer financing on larger tickets. A $90 oil change does not need financing, so we have not built it.
Routing and the field
Both route. Only one of us routes trucks all day.
FeatureMobile Service SyncJobber
- Route optimizationJobber does have routing, and it is decent. Anyone telling you otherwise has not used it.
- PartialMulti-truck drag-and-drop dispatch boardOurs is built around reassigning a stop between trucks mid-day on real drive times.
- PartialLive crew map with en-route and on-site status
- One-tap on-my-way text with computed ETA
- PartialService area by ZIP and radius, enforced at booking
- Van-level parts inventoryStock lives on a truck, not in a warehouse. Jobber has no per-vehicle inventory concept.
Included vs add-on
What each price actually buys
FeatureMobile Service SyncJobber
- Marketing and review automationJobber Marketing Suite is $99/mo on top. Our review requests, service-interval remarketing, and SMS templates are on every paid plan.
- PartialSales pipelineJobber Pipeline is $49/mo on top. Our fleet sales pipeline is included on Pro.
- PartialTwo-way texting1,000 messages a month on Core, 5,000 on Growth, 10,000 on Pro, then $5 per 1,000.
- QuickBooks Online sync
- Integrated card processing
- Month to month, no contractBoth offer it. Both also discount annual prepay, and Jobber discounts it harder.
Also comparing
Jobber vs Housecall Pro vs us.
These two get shortlisted together constantly, so here is the short version of all three.
Jobber
The generalist. Cheapest entry at $49/mo, widest trade coverage, seats at $29/mo. No vehicle model.
Housecall Pro
The home-trades specialist. Starts at $79/mo, and extra seats on Essentials run $100/mo each, which bites as you grow.
Mobile Service Sync
The vehicle specialist. Plate decode, per-truck history, fleet portals, seats at $29/mo. Narrower on purpose.
The why
Why a narrower tool wins here.
A property is not a vehicle
Jobber's data model is client and property, which is exactly right for a lawn. A vehicle moves, has a VIN, and accrues mileage. Different shape, different software.
Fleets buy differently
Fleet revenue arrives on net terms with a PO and a dispatcher who wants a login. We built for that first; a generalist builds it last, if ever.
Intervals, not dates
Service is due at a mileage or an interval, not on the 15th. Remarketing on the wrong axis means calling customers who are not due yet.
Stock rides in the van
Your inventory is spread across trucks. Counting it in one warehouse bucket gives you a number nobody can act on.
Now live
Servicing vehicles? Try the tool built for it.
Free 14-day trial, no card. Bring a plate number and watch it fill in the vehicle.
Comparison sourced from getjobber.com pricing and product pages, August 2026. Prices change; check theirs before deciding. Jobber is a registered trademark of Jobber Software Inc. Not affiliated with Mobile Service Sync.