Compared

Evalation vs Jobber: one system built to sell the job, not just schedule it

Jobber runs your calendar, your invoices, and your follow-up messages. It's built for home service businesses in general, from lawn care to plumbing to cleaning. Evalation runs your whole company for one flat price, and for deck, pergola, concrete, and fence contractors, that includes a live 3D design tool that shows the homeowner the finished job before you leave the driveway. That's the honest difference: Jobber schedules the work, Evalation helps you win it and then run it.

PHOTO PLACEHOLDER
Contractor showing the live 3D deck model to a homeowner on an iPad, shot from behind the homeowner so we see both their reaction and the screen
The verdict

Who each one actually fits.

Both of these are real businesses solving real problems. Here's the plain version of who each one fits.

CORR (Company, Operations, Relations, and Revenue) is a category of business platform that runs a contractor's entire company in one system, replacing the separate CRM, estimating, project management, and accounting tools contractors traditionally stitch together. Evalation is built as a CORR platform. Jobber is not; it's field service management software, and a good one, for a different kind of business. Read the full definition at /what-is-corr.

Choose Evalation if...

  • You quote deck, pergola, concrete, or fence jobs and want to show the homeowner a live 3D model before you ask for the signature.
  • You want one flat bill regardless of whether your crew is 2 people or 20.
  • You want estimating, client communication, and job tracking in the same system instead of three logins.
  • You want the sales story of a contractor who closed 73% of jobs at double the market price built into the tool you use every day. Read the founder's story at /founder.

Choose Jobber if...

  • You're a solo operator or very small crew in a service trade (lawn care, cleaning, small repairs) that just needs scheduling, dispatch, and invoicing, nothing design or estimating-heavy.
  • You want the lowest possible entry price. Jobber's Core plan starts at $29-49/month for one user, well under Evalation's flat rate, if a single-user tool is genuinely all you need.
  • Your work doesn't involve big-ticket visual selling, so a live 3D design tool wouldn't move the needle for you.
  • You're comparing several field-service tools generally, not just these two. See /compare/housecall-pro for another angle on that category.
Side by side

Evalation vs Jobber, outcome by outcome.

SCREENSHOT PLACEHOLDER
Split screen: Evalation Lab's live 3D deck model on an iPad (left) next to a Jobber scheduling/invoice screen (right)
OutcomeEvalationJobber
Design & blueprints For decks, pergolas, concrete, and fencing, Evalation Lab designs the job on an iPad live in front of the homeowner, builds the 3D model in real time, and auto-generates the blueprint on the spot. For every other trade, Evalation turns around a 5-minute AI estimate instead. Jobber has no native 3D design or blueprint tool for any trade. It's built for scheduling, CRM, and invoicing, not for showing a homeowner a model of the finished job.
Estimating speed 5-minute AI estimates across every trade, plus a live, in-person 3D estimate for supported trades while you're still standing in the yard. Quotes are built manually from your own line items and templates. Fast once you've built the template, but there's no AI-generated estimate and no live 3D estimating layer.
Marketing engine Client communication, quotes, and follow-up live inside the same flat-priced system as your estimates and blueprints, so there's no separate marketing software bill to track. Review automation (about $79/month) and an AI receptionist (about $29/month) are sold as separate add-ons stacked on top of your plan tier (secondary sources, directional, not confirmed on Jobber's own pricing page).
Payments Payments run on Stripe. Card processing from 3.1%, bank transfer (ACH) for less. Included in the same flat founding-member price, no second software fee for a separate payments module. Invoicing itself is native to Evalation, no third-party invoicing tool needed. Payment processing is included in every Jobber tier. The fact sheet doesn't have a confirmed processing rate specific to Jobber, so we won't state one. [SOURCE NEEDED]
Migration Four clicks moves your data in, and if Jobber has also been hosting your website, your search rankings don't reset to zero. Covered by the Moving Truck Guarantee. No named migration path off Jobber exists. Exporting your data and rebuilding your setup elsewhere is on you.
Price $297/month flat for the first 50 founding members, locked for life. $416/month flat for the next 500 members after that, also locked for life. No per-user fees, no seat tiers, whether you've got 2 people or 20. Core starts at $29-49/month for one user. A 5-person crew on Grow runs about $229-299/month. A 15-person crew runs about $399-499/month on Grow, or $529-699/month on Plus for the premium tier, plus $29/month for every person past your plan minimum. (getjobber.com/pricing, accessed July 2026)
Pricing reality

What you'd actually pay, side by side.

Evalation costs $297 per month for the first 50 founding members, locked for life, with no per-user fees. The next 500 members lock in at $416/month flat, also for life. After the first 550, tiered plans follow, details to come once the founding 50 fill. The price you join at is the price you pay for life. There's no seat count to manage and no tier to upgrade into as your crew grows.

Evalation

Founding rate · locked for life
  • Price$297/month flat, first 50 founding members, locked for life
  • Next 500 members$416/month flat, also locked for life
  • Per-user fees$0
  • Crew of 2 or crew of 20Same price
  • Add-ons stacked on top of the base priceNone

Jobber

getjobber.com/pricing, accessed July 2026
  • Core (1 user)$29-49/month
  • Grow, 5-person crewApproximately $229-299/month
  • Grow, 15-person crewApproximately $399-499/month
  • Plus, 15-person crew (premium features)Approximately $529-699/month
  • Each additional user beyond your plan minimum+$29/month
  • Reported add-ons, directional only, not listed on Jobber's own pricing pageReview automation (~$79/month), AI receptionist (~$29/month), photo documentation via CompanyCam (~$99-167/month)

Jobber doesn't publish a firm number for every add-on above; where the fact sheet marks a figure as third-party and unconfirmed, we've marked it the same way here rather than stating it as settled fact.

The migration

Four clicks in. Not a re-platform.

Switching software is usually the reason contractors stay on a tool they've outgrown. You've got jobs in flight, a website that ranks for your name and your city, and no time to rebuild either one from scratch. That's the actual cost of switching, and it's usually higher than the subscription fee itself.

Moving your data from Jobber into Evalation takes four clicks. If Jobber has also been powering your public website, that site's SEO carries over instead of resetting to zero the way a full rebuild normally would.

You already earned that Google ranking. Switching software shouldn't mean starting over.

Every migration is covered by the Moving Truck Guarantee: "If it doesn't win you more jobs in 90 days, you get every dollar back and we'll move you anywhere you want to go. Free."

There's no named customer story yet for a contractor who switched specifically from Jobber. What backs the guarantee instead is how the migration itself works (four clicks, SEO intact) and the founder's own track record: David Bassett built and exited a $5.3M construction company and closed 73% of jobs at double the market price using the same visual-selling approach Evalation Lab automates today. Read more at /founder.

Frequently asked questions.

Can I import my Jobber data into Evalation?

Yes. Moving your data over takes four clicks inside Evalation's onboarding flow.

[PLACEHOLDER: list exact data types migrated from Jobber, e.g. clients, job history, invoices]

Does Evalation have the same live 3D design tool for every trade, the way it does for decks?

No, not yet. Evalation Lab, the live 3D design and auto-blueprint tool, currently covers decks, pergolas, concrete, and fencing. If you work in a different trade, Evalation still gives you a 5-minute AI estimate along with the CRM and invoicing side of the platform, but the live 3D build is specific to those four project types today. If you build decks, pergolas, concrete pads, or fences, see how it applies to your trade at /for/deck-builders.

How does pricing actually compare for a 15-person crew?

Evalation is $297/month flat right now for the first 50 founding members, locked for life. Once those 50 spots fill, the price becomes $416/month flat for the next 500 members, still with no per-user fees. Jobber for a 15-person crew runs approximately $399-499/month on the Grow plan, or $529-699/month on Plus if you need the premium tier (getjobber.com/pricing, accessed July 2026). At today's founding rate, Evalation already comes in under Jobber's 15-person Grow pricing; even at the next-tier $416 rate, the two land in a similar range. The gap grows as your crew keeps growing, since Jobber adds $29/month per person past your plan minimum and Evalation doesn't add anything at either price.

Will my price go up if I hire more people?

Not on Evalation. Whatever flat price you lock in, $297/month for the first 50 founding members or $416/month for the next 500, it doesn't change with headcount. On Jobber, adding people beyond your plan's included seats adds $29/month per person.

Is Jobber ever the better choice?

Yes, honestly. If you're a solo operator or a small crew in a service trade that just needs scheduling, dispatch, and invoicing, and you don't do the kind of big-ticket visual selling Evalation Lab is built for, Jobber's Core plan at $29-49/month for one user is a lower entry cost. Evalation is built for contractors who want the estimating, design, and sales side to carry more weight.

What is the Moving Truck Guarantee?

It's Evalation's guarantee covering your migration off any other software: "If it doesn't win you more jobs in 90 days, you get every dollar back and we'll move you anywhere you want to go. Free."

Stop paying by the seat. Start closing by the job.

One flat price, one system, and for deck, pergola, concrete, and fence contractors, a live 3D model that does the selling for you.