SMG Tools vs Jobber

On every plan

Everything here is on every SMG Tools plan, the free one included. Jobber has 4 of these 14 on every plan of its own.

• Quotes and proposals
• Options and extras on a quote
• Online booking
• A page for each client
• Invoicing and card payments
• Job costing
• Alerts when a job’s profit slips
• Route planning
• Finding a time for a job
• Automations
• Time tracking
• Expense tracking
• Inventory and truck stock
• Commissions and pay rules

A year, at your volume

What a year costs a business with 2 people in the office, 3 technicians in the field, and $25,000 a month in card payments averaging $350.

A year on SMG Tools Crew is $10,895; the lowest on Jobber that fits is Core, $10,697: $198 less. Crew includes 5 office seats and any number of field workers.

Jobber’s prices are its lowest, billed annually, for everybody who uses it, office and field; SMG Tools’ are monthly. Card fees are each product’s published rate for a domestic card payment: Jobber, 2.9% + 30¢; SMG Tools, Stripe’s 2.9% + 30¢ plus 0.25%.

Where SMG Tools is different

• SMG Tools prices the office, not the crew: Crew is $99 a month with 5 office seats and any number of field workers. Jobber counts everybody who uses it, at $29 a month for each user past a plan’s own.
• Options and extras on a quote: on every SMG Tools plan; Jobber’s Optional add-ons and markups on Grow and Plus, from $149 a month billed annually.
• Job costing: on every SMG Tools plan; Jobber’s Job costing on Grow and Plus, from $149 a month billed annually.
• Alerts when a job’s profit slips: on every SMG Tools plan; Jobber’s Job profit alerts on Plus, from $399 a month billed annually.
• Route planning: on every SMG Tools plan; Jobber’s Routing on Connect, Grow and Plus, from $99 a month billed annually.
• Finding a time for a job: on every SMG Tools plan; Jobber’s Find a Time on Grow and Plus, from $149 a month billed annually.
• Automations: on every SMG Tools plan; Jobber’s Custom automation builder on Grow and Plus, from $149 a month billed annually.
• Time tracking: on every SMG Tools plan; Jobber’s Time tracking on Connect, Grow and Plus, from $99 a month billed annually.
• Expense tracking: on every SMG Tools plan; Jobber’s Expense tracking on Connect, Grow and Plus, from $99 a month billed annually.

Where Jobber is stronger

• Lower card fees: Jobber’s rate is 2.9% + 30¢. A card payment on SMG Tools costs Stripe’s 2.9% + 30¢ plus SMG Tools’ 0.25%.
• Jobber AI Voice and Jobber AI Chat: on every Jobber plan. SMG Tools’ Assistant is on Professional.
• A mobile app on every plan.
• The Jobber App Marketplace, with connections such as Home Depot on every plan and Gusto from Connect up.
• Guided onboarding: two sessions on Connect, three on Grow, and unlimited on Plus.
• Two-way text messaging with clients, on Grow and Plus.

Switching

Your clients, the units at their properties, your Price Book and your kinds of work come across from a spreadsheet, each file checked row by row before anything is created. Past jobs, invoices and payments stay in the system you are leaving, as the history: SMG Tools starts from the day you switch. Importing and exporting your data

The facts

What each side has, row by row. SMG Tools’ side is read from the product itself; Jobber’s is quoted from the pages under Sources, below, each as it read on the day it was checked.

Jobber’s plans

Each user past a plan’s own: $29 a month.

Sources:

• getjobber.com/pricing (as archived) , checked October 2, 2026
• stripe.com/pricing (as archived) , checked October 7, 2026

Jobber is a trademark of its owner, used here only to say which product is meant. This page compares published facts, checked October 2, 2026; if one has changed, email support@smgtools.com and we will correct it.