Jobber vs. QuickBooks: How Are They Different?

What can Jobber do vs. QuickBooks?

Jobber is field service management software that helps you run all parts of your business smoothly. Built for professionals who work on-site at customer properties—like cleaners, plumbers, landscapers, and electricians—Jobber reduces admin work and keeps you organized at all stages of the job.

Meanwhile, QuickBooks is accounting software that helps all types of businesses manage accounting and bookkeeping. QuickBooks offers tools for income and expense tracking, payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and more.

Here’s how they stack up:

Solution	Features	Jobber	QuickBooks
Get noticed	• Reviews • Referrals • Websites • Email campaigns	✅	❌
Win more jobs	• Online booking • CRM • Customer portal • Quotes	✅	Quoting only
Work smarter	• Scheduling and routing • Customer communications • Job details • Time tracking • Expense tracking • Job costing • Employee management • AI Assistant • AI receptionist • Automated reminders and follow-ups	✅	Expense tracking and payroll only
Boost profits	• Invoices • Payments • Tipping • Financial reports • Expense reports	✅	✅

To save time and reduce admin work, sync your customer, invoice, payment, and timesheet information from Jobber to QuickBooks Online.

What features does QuickBooks have?

QuickBooks has features that help business owners and bookkeepers with income and expense tracking, financial reports, payroll, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.

Here are features that make QuickBooks distinct from Jobber:

Bank reconciliation: Accurate bank matching keeps data consistent between QuickBooks and your business bank account. QuickBooks also generates reconciliation reports and helps you find discrepancies between your bank and your books.
Comprehensive accounting: Track bills, receipts, income, bank transactions, and inventory in one place—and keep a detailed log of all your financial data for simplified bookkeeping.
Inventory management: Set inventory management rules, wholesale or purchase prices, and minimum re-order levels to keep your stock full.
Payroll processing: Pay your team and access HR and benefits online, and even run payroll automatically. QuickBooks calculates, files, and pays your payroll taxes for you.

What can you do with Jobber?

Jobber has features that help you manage and organize your entire field service workflow from one place. Service teams use Jobber on-site and at the office to quote jobs, schedule visits, invoice customers, get paid, communicate with clients, and keep client details organized.

Here’s how Jobber helps you get more out of your business:

Win more clients and effortlessly fill your schedule

Jobber helps you win more jobs and streamline your workflow with CRM, professional quoting, online booking, and a self-serve customer portal.

When you send a quote through Jobber, potential customers experience your high-quality service firsthand. Quotes are professionally designed, easy to create, and allow you to suggest premium packages or additional services with optional line items. Customers can select the services that best suit their needs, watch their total update automatically, and approve the quote in just a few clicks.

To save time on scheduling, Jobber’s online booking feature lets customers book appointments based on your availability. Jobber then automatically schedules the job, assigns an available team member, and sends notifications.

Plus, with Jobber’s CRM and client hub, you can track client details and service history while giving customers an easy way to approve quotes, request services, and make payments online—all in one place.

Learn more about Jobber’s quoting features.

Easy scheduling and job management for service pros

Jobber streamlines your workflow by keeping client details, job requests, and scheduling all in one place so you and your team can quickly access the information you need, when you need it.

Jobber’s scheduling feature automatically pulls in job details from requests or quotes, so when you assign a team member, they receive an instant notification of any updates. With automated emails and text messages, customers stay informed with on-my-way messages and appointment reminders. You can even text customers on the go—with all conversations stored in Jobber for easy reference.

Jobber also helps you fit more work into your day with built-in route optimization, which automatically generates the fastest, most fuel-efficient routes to minimize transit time. You’ll have access to job details, forms, and checklists to ensure every job is completed efficiently and correctly.

Plus, with Jobber Copilot, your AI-powered business coach, you’ll receive on-demand strategy suggestions and actionable advice to help you overcome challenges and grow your business smarter.

Learn more about Jobber’s scheduling features.

Get paid 4x faster

With Jobber Payments, getting paid is easier than ever. With a single click, you can generate a branded invoice as soon as the job is complete and send it to customers via text or email. Clients can pay online using credit cards, debit cards, or ACH transfers.

For recurring services, like weekly house cleanings or lawn care, use automatic payments to charge customers effortlessly—without lifting a finger. Your clients can even add tips when paying invoices, giving them a simple way to show appreciation for your work.

And forget about chasing overdue payments. Jobber automatically sends payment reminders for late invoices, so you can focus on growing your business instead of tracking down payments.

Plus, Jobber offers instant payouts, giving you access to your funds within minutes, even on weekends and holidays.

Learn more about Jobber’s invoicing features.

Attract more clients with Jobber’s Marketing Tools

You don’t need a marketing degree to grow your business—just the right tools. That’s where Jobber’s Marketing Suite comes in, providing a simple and cost-effective way to attract more customers.

With Jobber, you can automate review requests, encourage referrals, and send targeted email campaigns—all from the same platform you use to manage your daily jobs.

Jobber also makes it easy to build a professional website in minutes, complete with an integrated quote-request form so potential customers can quickly inquire about your services. Best of all, websites are free with any Jobber plan, ensuring your business stays visible and bookable without extra costs.

Whether you need a referral program, customer reviews, or a sleek online presence, Jobber helps you market your business effortlessly while keeping your focus on the work that matters.

Learn more about Jobber’s Marketing Tools.

Why use Jobber and QuickBooks Online together

Jobber and QuickBooks Online pair together to keep your customer, invoice, and payment information accurate without any double entry.

With the Jobber and QuickBooks Online integration, you can:

Automatically reconcile payouts for payments and tips collected through online payments in Jobber

Easily import existing clients, products, and services from QuickBooks Online to ensure both are accurate from day one

Control when and how important information is synced from Jobber to QuickBooks Online moving forward

Automatically sync your clients, products and services, timesheets, invoices, payments, refunds, tips, and payouts from Jobber to QuickBooks Online

Approve timesheets in Jobber and sync them to QuickBooks Online to use for payroll

“Since implementing the sync, it’s running so smoothly that we can rely on the integration for month-end reporting without questions.”

— Shelley Ricketts, Accountant for Abe’s Door Service

By quickly and accurately syncing your important business information from Jobber to QuickBooks Online, you’ll cut hours of manual work every week and get back valuable time.

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