Tandem vs Jobber
Jobber's ease, with the trade tools built in.
Jobber is easy to pick up and good at quotes and invoices. Tandem is just as quick to learn, and adds what HVAC, plumbing and electrical shops reach for next: flat-rate price books, memberships, auto-scheduling, two-way texting and an AI receptionist, for less once you have a crew.
Competitor facts checked , with sources- Less as you growOn monthly billing a five-person team pays $299 for Jobber's Grow (the plan with two-way texting and automations). Tandem's Crew has both for less.
- Built for the tradesStarter price books for HVAC, plumbing and electrical, memberships that book the maintenance visits, and good/better/best options on every estimate.
- Texting on the mid planTwo-way texting, automations and QuickBooks come with Tandem's Crew. On Jobber, texting and automations start at Grow.
What you'd pay, month by month.
Jobber prices by plan and number of users. These are its no-commitment monthly prices, matching each Jobber plan with the Tandem plan that has what it adds.
| People who sign in | Tandem | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| Just you | $59/mo on Solo | $49/mo on Core |
| 3 people | $149/mo on Crew | $197/mo on Connect + 2 at $29 |
| 5 people | $149/mo on Crew | $299/mo on Grow, 5 users |
| 10 people | $294/mo on Crew | $399/mo on Grow, 10 users |
| 15 people | $299/mo on Level | $699/mo on Plus, 15 users |
Jobber: no-commitment monthly prices on its pricing page; a 1-year commitment or yearly billing costs less. Add-ons (AI Receptionist $29, Marketing Suite $99, Pipeline $49 a month) aren't included below Plus. Tandem: monthly billing, the lowest plan with what the Jobber plan in the same row includes (QuickBooks for Connect, two-way texting and automations for Grow, the AI receptionist for Plus); pay yearly and two months are free.
- Tandem
- Contract: none. Monthly or yearly, cancel any time.
- Trial: 14 days with everything in the plan, no card.
- Card payments: through your own Stripe account at Stripe's rates; Tandem adds no fee on top.
- AI receptionist: on Level, with minutes included.
- Jobber
- Contract: None, or a discount for a 1-year commitment.
- Trial: 14 days, no card.
- Card payments: 2.9% + 30¢ through Jobber Payments; ACH 1%.
- AI phone answering: AI Receptionist, $29 a month add-on (listed in Plus).
Price it for your team.
Enter your technicians, your office and how many minutes of calls you'd want the AI to answer. We add Jobber's setup fees, contract and AI add-on where they're published or reported, and say so when they aren't.
For 5 people, Tandem is $149 a month; Jobber is $299 a month. Over 3 years Tandem costs $5,400 less.
- Tandem · Crew
- A month $149
- Setup None
- AI receptionist Not asked for
- Contract None
- Over 3 years $5,364
- Jobber · Grow, 5 users
- A month $299
- Setup None published
- Contract None (a 1-year commitment costs less)
- Over 3 years $10,764
Monthly billing, before tax. Tandem prices everyone who signs in, technicians and office alike, on the lowest plan with what Jobber's plan here includes; pay yearly and two months a year are free. Jobber: its published price; add-ons beyond the plan aren't counted. Sources at the foot of the page.
Feature by feature.
What each one does today. Where Tandem needs a particular plan, the table says which.
| Tandem | Jobber | |
|---|---|---|
| Win the work | ||
| Lead pipeline | Included | $49 a month add-on (in Plus) |
| AI that answers calls and texts and books jobs | On Level · minutes included | $29 a month add-on (in Plus) |
| Online booking | On Crew or Level | Yes |
| Estimates with options and e-signature | Good/better/best, deposits, e-signature | Yes |
| Run the day | ||
| Drag-and-drop dispatch | Plus auto-schedule by skill and drive time | Yes |
| Tech app | iPhone, Android and iPad; works offline | Yes |
| Tech locations and live tracking for customers | While clocked in, from the tech's phone | Through partner apps |
| Timesheets and commissions | Overtime rules, commissions, payroll export | Time tracking on Connect and up |
| Job costing | Included | Grow and up |
| Get paid | ||
| Card and bank payments | Your own Stripe account, no Tandem fee on top | Jobber Payments, 2.9% + 30¢ |
| Tap to Pay on the phone | On the way | Yes, 2.7% + 30¢ |
| QuickBooks | On Crew or Level · Online | Online, on Connect and up |
| Keep customers coming back | ||
| Two-way texting | On Crew or Level | Grow and up |
| Automations and review requests | On Crew or Level | Grow and up |
| Text, email and postcard campaigns | On Crew or Level | Marketing Suite, $99 a month add-on (in Plus) |
| Know your numbers | ||
| Reports | Plus questions answered in plain English | Custom reports on Plus |
| Works with Claude and ChatGPT | On Level | Not listed |
| People included | 1, 5 or 15 by plan, then a set price each | 1 to 15 by plan, $29 each extra |
Why switch
Where Tandem pulls ahead.
Trade-ready price books
Start from an HVAC, plumbing or electrical price book with costs, margins and labor minutes, and sell good/better/best options from it.
Memberships that run themselves
Service plans bill on start and renewal, give members their discount and create the maintenance visits.
Auto-schedule and route optimization
Tandem places unscheduled jobs by skill, drive time and workload, and re-orders a tech's day by drive time while keeping the windows you promised.
An AI receptionist on calls and texts
It books jobs, answers "when are you coming?" and "what do I owe?", and hands over to the office when it should.
Estimates by voice
Techs say what they're adding and the estimate or invoice fills itself in from the price book.
Your own Stripe account
Card and bank payments through your own Stripe account, with no Tandem fee on top.
See it in the product
Hear Tandem answer
A leaking water heater, booked in under a minute.
Sample call, recreated with AI voices. Not a real customer or business.
The AI receptionist answers with your business's name, asks what's wrong and where, offers two open times from your schedule, books the visit and texts the confirmation. It's on Level, in the voice you pick.
Transcript
- AI receptionist: Thanks for calling Wight Plumbing. I'm the virtual assistant. How can I help?
- Caller: Hi. My water heater's leaking. There's water all over the garage floor.
- AI receptionist: Sorry to hear that. Is it a steady leak, or a slow drip?
- Caller: A slow drip from the bottom, but it's getting worse.
- AI receptionist: Got it. Can I have your name and the address for the visit?
- Caller: Mark Delgado, 418 Alder Street, Springfield, Oregon, 97477.
- AI receptionist: Thanks, Mark. I have tomorrow, Tuesday, 8 to 10 in the morning, or 1 to 3 in the afternoon. Which works best?
- Caller: Eight to ten, please.
- AI receptionist: You're booked for Tuesday, 8 to 10 a.m., for the leaking water heater. We'll text you a confirmation. Anything else?
- Caller: No, that's it. Thanks!
- AI receptionist: Thanks for calling! Have a great day.
Then, by text: Wight Plumbing: you're booked for Tue 8:00–10:00 AM. Reply to this text with any questions. Details: (a link to the visit)
To be fair
Where Jobber is the better pick.
Our honest takeIf you're one person in lawn care or cleaning watching every dollar, Jobber's Core is hard to beat. Once you have a crew, or you run HVAC, plumbing or electrical, Tandem gives you more of the tools you need for less.
- The cheapest start for one person. Jobber's Core is $49 a month on monthly billing ($29 billed yearly); Tandem's Solo costs a little more.
- Lawn care, cleaning and landscaping. Jobber is built around those trades and has years of polish in its quotes and client hub.
- Tap to Pay today. Jobber takes cards on the phone now; Tandem's Tap to Pay is on the way.
- A bigger app marketplace. Jobber connects to more third-party apps out of the box. Tandem has an open API, webhooks and Zapier for leads.
No contract. Your data leaves with you.
Software should keep you because it works, not because leaving is hard. Here's what Tandem lets you take with you, and what Jobber asks you to sign.
- No contract, no setup fee. Pay monthly, or yearly with two months free, and cancel any time. The 14-day trial needs no card.
- Read-only, never locked out. If you cancel, your account stays open to read: you can still sign in, see every customer, job and invoice, and download your exports.
- Everything as a file. Customers, jobs, estimates, invoices, payments, your team, time entries and equipment as CSV or JSON, in full or just what changed since last time, on Level. The price book and equipment export as CSV on every plan.
- An open API. REST and GraphQL APIs, signed webhooks and a connection for Claude and ChatGPT (MCP), on Level, so your data can go wherever you need it.
- Jobber
- Contract: None, or a discount for a 1-year commitment.
- Setup: None listed
- Trial: 14 days, no card.
- From Jobber's own pages and published reports, checked October 9, 2026. We haven't compared their export tools, so we don't.
Switching from Jobber.
Run both side by side during the trial; nothing is texted or charged until you say so.
Export your customers, price book and job, estimate and invoice history from Jobber as CSV or Excel files and bring them in under Settings → Import. Every row is checked before anything is saved, duplicates are caught, and nothing is texted or charged.
Connect your own Stripe account for card and bank payments, and QuickBooks Online if you use it.
Invite your team. Techs download the app, sign in and see only their own jobs.
Put a week of real jobs through Tandem alongside your current software. No card is needed during the trial, so you decide with your own numbers.
Tandem vs Jobber: questions
Is Tandem cheaper than Jobber?
Once you have a team, yes. On Jobber's no-commitment monthly prices, five users on Grow (the plan with two-way texting and automations) cost $299 a month; Tandem's Crew has both for five people for less. For one person Jobber's Core is cheaper.
Is Tandem better than Jobber for HVAC and plumbing?
It's built with them in mind: starter price books for HVAC, plumbing and electrical, flat-rate pricing, good/better/best options, memberships that create the maintenance visits, and customer equipment on file.
Can I bring my data over from Jobber?
Yes, on every plan. Export your customers, price book and history from Jobber as CSV or Excel files and import them under Settings → Import. You see every row before anything is saved, customers you already have are caught, and nothing is sent to your customers.
Or send us the export and we'll do the import for you, for free.
Can I try Tandem before I leave Jobber?
Yes. The free trial is 14 days with everything in the plan you pick, and you don't need a card to start. Run both side by side, then subscribe when you're ready; there's no contract and you can cancel any time.
Sources and fine print
Jobber's prices and features are from their public pages and published reviews as we found them on October 9, 2026. Prices change and many vendors quote by the deal, so check with them before you decide; if something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it. Tandem's prices are the ones on our pricing page today, in US dollars, before tax.
Jobber is a trademark of its owner. Tandem isn't affiliated with or endorsed by them.
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