Platy OS vs Jobber
The Jobber alternative built for lawn care crews.
Jobber is good software for home service pros of every kind. Platy OS is built for one trade: lawn care and landscaping companies with a crew. Once your team is more than a few people, Platy costs less, because it is $297 a month for the whole company with unlimited users, and it keeps your books for you instead of syncing to QuickBooks.
$297/month, per company, unlimited users, no per-seat pricing. 14 days free, then month to month. Card required at signup, no charge until the trial ends. Cancel anytime. No setup fee.
Platy team · Updated October 27, 2026 · Jobber details checked October 19, 2026 on Jobber’s own website
Platy OS vs Jobber at a glance
Prices for a 10-person company on Jobber’s no-commitment monthly billing, next to Platy’s one plan.
| What you get | Platy OS | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| What a 10-person company pays each month | $297 a month | $399 a month on Grow, the plan with two-way texting and job costing ($299 on Connect, $599 on Plus) |
| How the price works | One plan with every feature, per company, unlimited users, no per-seat pricing | Four plans priced by plan and team size: Core $49 a month for 1 user, Connect from $139, Grow from $199, Plus for teams |
| Contract and setup fees | Month to month, cancel anytime, no setup fee | No-commitment monthly billing, or lower prices with a 1-year commitment or paid annually |
| Free trial | 14 days free | Free trial, no credit card |
| Built for | Lawn care and landscaping companies, and nothing else | Home service businesses across many trades, lawn care and landscaping among them |
| Crew app | The Platy app for iPhone and Android, or Platy in any phone’s browser: the day’s route in order, clock in and out, job photos | Yes |
| Routes | Book the work, assign a crew, and the day’s stops order themselves into a drivable route. | Yes |
| Quotes | Quotes your clients approve online, plus AI quoting: describe a job to the AI assistant you already use and get a priced draft built from your own costs | Yes, with optional line items to upsell on Grow |
| Texting clients | Two-way texting from your own business number, assigned after the free trial, with every reply next to the client’s jobs | Two-way SMS on Grow and Plus |
| Client portal | Every customer gets their own login to approve quotes, pay invoices, save a card and ask for more work. | Yes |
| Books and accounting | Your books build themselves from your bank feed: P&L, balance sheet, cash forecast and a clean export for your CPA. | Syncs with QuickBooks Online, from Connect up |
| Crew hours | Your crew clocks in and out on their phones, and the hours land on a timesheet with overtime and labor cost for you to approve. | Time and expense tracking from Connect; automatic time tracking on Grow |
Jobber prices and features are as listed on Jobber’s website on October 19, 2026, in US dollars before tax; the sources are at the foot of this page. Plans change, so check their site for today’s price.
What Jobber does well
Jobber is a well known, polished product, and it is a fine choice for a lot of service businesses. Credit where it is due.
- A free trial with no credit card, and a low entry price of $49 a month for one person on Core.
- Online booking and a simple website on every plan.
- Add-ons for marketing ($99 a month), an AI receptionist ($29 a month) and a sales pipeline ($49 a month).
- A large app marketplace that connects to more than 100 other tools.
Where Platy OS pulls ahead of Jobber
One price for the whole crew
Jobber prices by plan and by team size, so the bill goes up as you hire. On no-commitment monthly billing, 10 users cost $399 a month on Grow, the plan that adds two-way texting and job costing, and $599 a month on Plus.
Platy OS is $297 a month for the whole company, with every feature and unlimited users. Add the crew, the office and the seasonal help, and the price does not move.
Books built in, not a QuickBooks sync
Jobber sends your invoices and payments to QuickBooks Online, so most Jobber companies also pay for QuickBooks.
In Platy OS the books are part of the system. Your books build themselves from your bank feed: P&L, balance sheet, cash forecast and a clean export for your CPA.
Texting from your own business number, on the one plan
On Jobber, two-way texting starts on Grow. In Platy OS every company gets its own business number after the free trial, clients text it, and every reply lands next to that client’s jobs.
AI quoting from your own numbers
Describe a job to the AI assistant you already use and get a priced quote back, built from your own material costs and your own crew’s speed, saved straight into Platy as a draft. There is no separate AI plan to add and no credits to count.
Made for lawn care and landscaping only
Jobber serves dozens of trades. Platy OS is built around how a lawn and landscape company runs: weekly maintenance routes that repeat on their own, crews running their day from their phones, and invoicing a whole day of visits at once.
Switching from Jobber to Platy OS
Platy OS has a built-in Jobber import. You export your reports from Jobber, and Platy brings over every client and lead, every property and service address, every invoice with its Jobber number, open quotes and drafts, and credit sitting on a client’s account. You see all of it before anything is saved, and nothing is sent to your clients.
Saved cards cannot be handed over by Jobber, so after the move Platy helps you ask clients to save a card again.
Questions owners ask about Jobber and Platy OS
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Sources
Read on October 19, 2026. Platy OS details come from the product itself; Jobber details come from the pages below. Jobber is a trademark of its owner, named here only to compare.
Run the crew on Platy instead.
14 days free, then $297 a month for the whole company.