QuoteIQ vs Jobber
Disclosure, before anything else: this site can earn a recurring referral fee if you sign up for QuoteIQ, and earns nothing comparable from Jobber. Also worth knowing: QuoteIQ runs its own comparison pages about competitors, so vendor-written matchups exist on both sides of this fight. The numbers below come from both vendors' own pricing pages, linked and dated, so you don't have to take either side's word. Our scoring can't see who pays: methodology.
Flat bundles against per-seat pricing, checked 2026-09-05. The structural difference drives everything: Jobber prices per user ($29 for one person on annual billing, then $29 per additional user on top of the plan). QuoteIQ sells flat plans with seats bundled in, so the per-tech price falls as the shop grows. Solo, they cost about the same. At four techs they diverge. At ten, they're different products financially.
What each costs as your crew grows
| Team size | QuoteIQ | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| Just you | $25–29.99/mo (Essentials) | $29–49/mo (Core) |
| 4 users | $125–149.99/mo (Pro) | $116–136/mo (Core) |
| 10 users | $249–299/mo (Elite) | $290–310/mo (Core) |
| 15 users | $582.50–699/mo (Max) | $435–455/mo (Core) |
Computed from each vendor's published tier prices and per-seat rates; where a seat overage rate isn't published, we say so instead of estimating. Before add-ons.
Jobber is quote-gated above 15 users. QuoteIQ's Max tier is unlimited users at $699/mo. Both get cheaper on annual billing.
Where Jobber is simply the stronger product
- Route optimization and GPS tracking are named features on Jobber's HVAC page. QuoteIQ has route optimization in its calendar but no dedicated dispatch board at all: if you dispatch multiple trucks all day, that gap is real.
- Client Hub, Jobber's self-serve customer portal, has no QuoteIQ equivalent.
- Maturity. Jobber is a large, established platform. The real-bill rows below exist because thousands of contractors run it; QuoteIQ has one real-price row in our seed so far.
Where QuoteIQ wins on the spec sheet
- Refrigerant cylinder tracking, named explicitly. The only vendor of the ten we track that claims it.
- An AI estimator that takes HVAC-native inputs (tonnage, SEER, ductwork) rather than generic line items.
- Consumer financing inside the quote (Affirm, Klarna, Afterpay) up to $30,000 per job, which matters when you're quoting system replacements.
- Accounting caveat runs the other way: Jobber has no QuickBooks Desktop sync and its Xero sync is one-way and needs the Connect plan. QuoteIQ mentions Desktop support, though we couldn't confirm the depth.
The list prices, side by side
| Tier | List price | Seats and notes |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $25–29.99/mo | 1 user |
| Beginner | $62.50–74.99/mo | 2 users |
| Pro | $125–149.99/mo | 4 users |
| Elite | $249–299/mo | 10 users |
| Max | $582.50–699/mo | unlimited users |
Verified 2026-09-05 · vendor pricing page
Ranges show annual billing against month-to-month. List prices, before add-ons.
Self-serve, 14-day trial, 'no hidden fees'. Annual = 10-months-for-12 on every tier. AI credits metered per tier (500-8,000/mo), overage price unpublished. Gets CHEAPER per tech as shop grows (inverse of per-seat rivals).
| Tier | List price | Seats and notes |
|---|---|---|
| Core | $29–49/mo | 1 user · +$29/extra user |
| Connect | $99–139/mo | 1 user · +$29/extra user |
| Grow | $229–299/mo | 1 user · +$29/extra user |
| Plus | $399–499/mo | 5 users · +$29/extra user · Plus banded by headcount: $399@5u / $449@10u / $529@15u annual; 16+ quote-gated |
Verified 2026-09-05 · vendor pricing page
Ranges show annual billing against month-to-month. List prices, before add-ons.
Quote-gated above 15 users ('Built for your team size - Let's chat'). Seat = anyone accessing the account, office staff included.
What contractors report actually paying Jobber
This is the part list prices hide: real bills land far above the entry tier once add-ons and seats stack up. One poster's invoice ran $267/mo plus $68 in add-ons.
| Paid / quoted | Billing unit | Shop size | Type | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $267 | per month | solo/small contractor | real-bill | 2025-11-14 |
| $39 + $29 | per month add-ons (reviews / referrals) | solo/small contractor | real-bill | 2025-11-14 |
| $260 | per month | unstated | real-bill | 2025-11-14 |
| $10 | per month (basic/estimates only) | solo + crew, $250k rev / $100k net | real-bill | 2025-07-19 |
| $169 | per month (full consolidation) | solo + crew, $250k rev | real-quote | 2025-07-19 |
| $50-150 | per month by plan | solo contractor | list-price | 2025-10-27 |
| $24 / $72 | per month by tier | n/a | list-price | 2025-04-03 |
| $200+ | per month | contractor (2 years on platform) | real-bill | 2026-03-26 |
| $39 / $267 | per month by tier (CAD) | sole trader | list-price | 2026-02-20 |
Self-reported by contractors in public threads. "real-bill" means the poster described their own invoice; "real-quote" means a price a vendor quoted them.
What people actually pay for it
| Paid / quoted | Billing unit | Shop size | Type | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $149.99 | per month (top plan flat, 10 users) | n/a | list-price | 2025-06-19 |
Self-reported by contractors in public threads. "real-bill" means the poster described their own invoice; "real-quote" means a price a vendor quoted them.
Which one the Stack Builder would hand you
Run the Stack Builder with your real team size and accounting setup. Roughly: a solo or growing residential shop that quotes big-ticket replacements and watches software spend leans QuoteIQ; a shop that lives in dispatch, wants a customer portal, and values a mature ecosystem leans Jobber, and should budget for the real bills above, not the entry price.