Pillar

CompareJobber

The free Jobber alternative for one-truck shops

Free for one person is the price here, not a trial. Book the job, quote it, and invoice it on an account that costs $0 a month.

$0 for one personEvery feature onNo card to start

No credit card. No contract.

Pillar on a phone showing a technician's job list, a running work timer, and a Complete button on an emergency leak repair

Jobber is easy to pick up. So is Pillar, and for one person it is $0 a month.

What $0 actually gets you

Not a stripped-back version and not a countdown. Here is the whole offer, limit included.

Everything

The whole app

Scheduling, estimates, invoices, payments, the customer portal, reports, and the phone app. Nothing is held back for a bigger account.

100 a month

The one real limit

One person can create 100 jobs, 100 estimates, and 100 invoices a month. Reading, editing, and exporting what you already have is never blocked.

$39

When you hire

The second person is $39 a month, and the monthly cap lifts for as long as they are on the account.

Your costs, line by line

One column is verified against what we charge. The other is yours to fill in, because Jobber's prices are theirs to publish.

Swipe across for the write-in column.

Pillar's verified pricing next to a blank column to fill in with what you currently pay for Jobber
Line itemPillarJobberwrite in yours
Price to start$0. One person, forever, no card.What you pay this month
Each additional person$39 a month for their login. Yours stays free.What the next person costs you
Features behind a higher planNone. Every feature is on for every account.What you would pay to add the ones you want
Texting and callingPrepaid credit at the carrier rates plus a markup. Every rate is printed on the pricing page.What numbers and messages add to your bill
Limits while you are one person100 jobs, 100 estimates, and 100 invoices a month. The cap lifts on the second seat.Your limits today
Customers you can holdUnlimited, on every account.Your contact limit
File storageAt least 25 GB, plus 25 GB for every paid person.Your storage allowance
ContractNone. Month to month, cancel anytime.Your renewal date and notice period
Setup fee$0. Importing your data is free too.What it cost you to start
Getting your data outEverything exports to a spreadsheet, from every account.Check before you need it

Payments taken through Pillar carry Stripe’s standard processing fees on your own Stripe account, plus 1% to Pillar. Cash and checks cost nothing.

We do not print other companies’ numbers, because they change without notice. Every number in our column is verified against what we charge.

Get these four off your own bill

  • What am I paying a month right now, per person?
  • Which of the things I use daily are on my plan, and which are on the one above it?
  • What comes out of a card payment before it reaches my bank?
  • If I stop paying, do I keep my customer list?

All four answers are on the bill in your inbox. Ours are in the table above and the note under it, already filled in.

What moves over from Jobber

Export from Jobber, upload the file, and the Jobber preset maps the fields for you. Everything else comes in from a CSV or Excel export on the same screen.

The Jobber preset brings these over

  • Customers with addresses and contact details
  • Job and visit history
  • Quotes and invoices
  • Your products and services list

Everything else comes in from a spreadsheet

  • Equipment records
  • Service agreements

Anything you keep in a CSV or Excel file uploads the same way, on the same screen, 100,000 rows a file.

Equipment and agreements come across as a second spreadsheet, on the same import screen. Both are free, up to 100,000 rows a file.

Also imports from ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, FieldEdge, ServiceM8, Workiz, Square, or any CSV or Excel spreadsheet.

What moves

Customers, jobs, and invoices come across with their history. The rest uploads as a spreadsheet.

If it goes wrong

One click rolls the whole import back. Start over clean.

What it costs

Nothing. Importing is free, up to 100,000 rows a file.

Getting back out

Everything exports to a spreadsheet, anytime, from every account.

Before you switch from Jobber

Is there a free alternative to Jobber?

Pillar is free for one person, with every feature switched on, unlimited customers, and no card at signup. While you are the only login it holds 100 jobs, 100 estimates, and 100 invoices a month.

Is the free account a trial?

No. There is no clock and no expiry date. Verify your email and the account is live for as long as you want it.

Can I move my Jobber data to Pillar?

Yes. Export from Jobber and the preset maps your customers, jobs, quotes, invoices, and products list. Importing is free, up to 100,000 rows a file, and a bad import rolls back in one click.

What happens when I hire somebody?

$39 a month for their login, and the 100-a-month cap lifts for as long as they are on the account. Nothing else changes, because every feature was already on.

Can I run both while I decide?

Yes. Import a few customers, run next week’s jobs in Pillar, and keep Jobber until you are sure. Everything you enter exports back out to a spreadsheet.

More pricing questions? Read the pricing FAQ → Or ask us something else.

Try it on tonight’s jobs.

Start free, import a few customers, and run Pillar next to Jobber for a week.

Start free

No card. No contract. No sales call.