The Free Jobber® Alternative
for Service Businesses.
Same CRM. Same invoicing. Same scheduling. Same online card payments. $0/mo. Forever.
Built for landscapers, cleaners, HVAC techs, detailers, and every solo operator who got tired of paying $99–$699 a month for software they barely use.
Trusted by solo contractors and growing crews
Jobber Connect starts at $99/mo billed annually ($1,188/yr). Grow starts at $149/mo annual ($1,788/yr). Plus tops out at $529/mo annual ($6,348/yr).
Menutize is $0/mo. Forever.
Pricing reflects Jobber’s publicly advertised tiers as of May 2026. Tiers vary by user count and billing cadence. Verify directly at getjobber.com/pricing.
If you’re on Jobber Connect
You save $1,188/yr the moment you switch. That’s a year of fuel, four months of phone bills, or a deposit on the next truck.
If you’re on Jobber Grow
You save $1,788/yr. That’s a real expense line for a solo operator. Five years of Grow is almost nine grand — gone.
If you’re on Jobber Plus
You save $6,348/yr. Cancel Plus today, switch to Menutize tonight, send your first free invoice tomorrow morning.
Menutize vs Jobber, feature by feature.
Honest comparison. Where Jobber bundles a feature into a higher tier, we mark Menutize’s equivalent as a paid add-on so you can see the real total cost.
| Feature | Menutize Free | Jobber Connect from $99/mo |
Jobber Grow from $149/mo |
Jobber Plus from $529/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly subscription | $0 | from $99 | from $149 | from $529 |
| Customer database | ||||
| Estimates | ||||
| Invoicing | ||||
| Online card payments | ||||
| Scheduling | ||||
| Google Calendar two-way sync | ||||
| Tip request collection | ||||
| Google review request automation | ||||
| Estimate & invoice open-tracking | Higher tier | Higher tier | Higher tier | |
| Job dispatching | — | |||
| Mobile app | Mobile web | |||
| Crew seats | +$15/seat | 1 user only | Up to 7 | Up to 30 |
| Custom domain website | +$39/mo add-on | — | — | Higher tier |
| Email + SMS automations | +$19/mo add-on | Limited | Higher tier | Higher tier |
| AI consultant (in-dashboard) | $20 free credits | Add-on | Add-on | |
| Annual cost (core features only) | $0 | $348 | $828 | $2,028 |
Standard payment processing fees apply on cards run through Menutize Payments. Jobber pricing reflects publicly advertised annual-billing tiers.
Pricing and feature comparison reflects publicly advertised competitor information as of May 2026. Jobber® is a trademark of Jobber Software Inc. and is referenced here for nominative comparison purposes only. Menutize is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Jobber.
No card. CSV import for your customer list takes about five minutes.
What you give up by switching from Jobber.
Jobber is a great product. We’re not going to pretend otherwise. Here is what you actually trade off when you move.
Jobber has more polished onboarding.
Jobber has been refining its first-run flow for over a decade. Menutize’s onboarding is good and fast, but if you’ve been spoiled by setup wizards that hold your hand through every detail, you’ll notice the difference. We trade hand-holding for getting you to a sent invoice in five minutes.
Jobber has a bigger third-party integration list.
Jobber connects natively to QuickBooks Online, Mailchimp, Zapier, and a long tail of others. Menutize covers the heavy hitters (Stripe, Google Calendar, Google reviews) and supports CSV in/out for everything else. If your accountant insists on native QuickBooks Online sync, this is the one tradeoff worth flagging up front.
No native iPad app yet.
Menutize is a web app. It works great on iPad in Safari and you can pin it to the home screen so it launches like a native app, but there is no separate App Store binary. If your routine is iPad-on-the-truck and you want a true native experience, factor that in.
Jobber has more brand recognition.
If your customers care that you use a name-brand tool, Jobber is the safer bet. Most customers do not care which software sent the invoice. They care that the invoice arrived, looked clean, and let them pay with one tap. Menutize delivers all three.
What you gain on day one.
Six concrete wins, every one of them on the free plan. No tier upgrade. No trial timer.
Free forever, not free for 14 days.
No expiration. No trial countdown clock in the corner of the screen. The free plan is the product.
Online card payments included at $0.
Apple Pay, Google Pay, every major card. Standard processing rates. No software surcharge on top of Stripe.
Tip requests on every invoice.
A built-in tip prompt at checkout. Cleaners and detailers using this see 8–15% lift on average tickets. Jobber does not have this at any tier.
Google review automation on send.
Send the receipt, drop a one-click Google review link in the same email. Most contractors who turn this on double their review count in a quarter.
Google Calendar two-way sync.
Schedule a job in Menutize, see it on your phone’s calendar. Block off your dentist appointment in Google Calendar, see it in your job board. Jobber gates two-way calendar sync behind higher tiers.
$20 of free AI consultant credits.
An always-on advisor in the dashboard. Ask “what should I quote for a 2,000 sq ft driveway sealcoat?” or “how do I phrase a price increase to existing customers?” Specific answers, not generic chat-bot fluff.
Three things Jobber doesn’t include at any tier.
Even on Jobber’s top-tier plans, you don’t get these three together. We give them all away on the free plan.
Tip requests on invoices
Built-in tip prompts on every invoice and receipt. Suggested amounts (15% / 20% / 25% / custom) right on the pay screen. Customers tip the technician, not the company — we route it however you set the rules. Cleaners and detailers see this lift average ticket size by 8–15%.
Google reviews, embedded in invoice send
Every paid invoice includes an automatic follow-up email with a one-click Google review link. The right time to ask is the moment the customer paid — that’s when they’re happiest. Most contractors who turn this on watch their review count compound from 12 to 50+ within six months, which is the single biggest free lever for local SEO.
AI consultant for pricing & growth
An always-on advisor in your dashboard. Ask “should I raise my prices?” — “how do I respond to a 1-star review?” — “what’s a fair quote for a 12-tree pruning job?” You get specific, business-aware answers. $20 of credits free at signup.
How to switch from Jobber to Menutize.
Most contractors are sending their first Menutize invoice inside half an hour. Here is exactly how.
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Export your customer list from Jobber.
In Jobber: Settings → Data Export → Customers. Pick CSV. You’ll get a file with names, emails, phone numbers, and addresses. Save it to your desktop. This step takes about three minutes; the file is usually emailed to you within a minute or two.
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Sign up at menutize.ai.
Email and password. No credit card. You’ll be inside the dashboard in about 60 seconds. Pick your industry from the list (lawn care, cleaning, HVAC, detailing, etc.) and Menutize pre-loads sensible defaults for your service catalog so you’re not staring at a blank page.
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Import your customer list.
Use the “Or import from Jobber, Housecall Pro, or another CRM” shortcut on the customer screen. Drop the CSV you exported in step one. Menutize maps the columns automatically. Hundreds of customers come across in seconds. Spot-check a few entries to make sure the addresses landed where you expect.
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Connect Stripe.
Click “Connect Stripe” in the Payments tab. If you already have a Stripe account, log in — takes about two minutes. If you don’t, Stripe walks you through creating one (legal name, EIN, bank account). The slowest step is bank verification, which is usually instant via Plaid but can take a day or two for some banks.
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Send your first invoice.
Pick a customer, add a line item, hit send. Customer gets a clean branded email with a Pay button. Money lands in your Stripe account, which sweeps to your bank on your normal Stripe schedule. Toggle on the Google review request and the tip prompt while you’re there — both take one click each.
Want help with the migration?
Contact us — we’ll personally walk you through the import on a 15-minute call. Free.
One more thing worth saying out loud: switching billing software feels heavier than it is. The first invoice you send through Menutize answers every question your gut still has about whether the new tool can really do what the old one did. The customer pays. The money lands. The receipt looks clean. Once you’ve done that once, the rest of the migration becomes a paperwork exercise — copying open jobs across, turning on the review request, pinning the home-screen icon. Most contractors stop logging into Jobber within a week and cancel the subscription within two.
“I was paying $149 a month for Jobber and barely using half of it. Menutize does what I actually needed for free — customers, invoices, scheduling, payments. Switched in an afternoon. Six months in and I’ve got 40 more Google reviews because the review request just goes out automatically.”
Carlos Marin
Owner, Marin Mowing & Snow · Spokane, WA
$0
Monthly fee, forever
5 min
From signup to first sent invoice
No card
Required to sign up
Free Jobber alternative FAQ.
The actual questions contractors ask before switching.
Is Menutize really free forever?
Yes. The CRM, invoicing, estimates, scheduling, and online card payments are free forever. No monthly fee, no trial expiration, no credit card required to sign up. We make money on the optional paid add-ons and a small 0.5% on payments processed through us — only when you actually get paid. Read the full breakdown on the Free Forever page.
What’s the catch?
There isn’t one in the usual sense. The catch is that Menutize is younger than Jobber, the integration ecosystem is smaller, and there is no native iPad app yet. The core jobs — customers, estimates, invoices, payments, scheduling — are free, work on phones and laptops, and stay free as you scale. We’d rather be honest about the tradeoffs than oversell.
Does Menutize charge per-user fees like Jobber?
Solo operators pay $0 forever. Adding crew members costs $15 per seat per month, and only kicks in when you bring on your second user. Jobber’s tiers price multi-user separately — Connect for a multi-user crew runs $149/mo billed annually, even before any add-ons. On Menutize, a two-person crew pays $15/mo total. Five-person crews pay $60/mo. Same crew on Jobber Connect multi-user pays $149/mo. Same crew on Grow multi-user pays $299/mo.
Can I import my customer list from Jobber?
Yes. Export your customers from Jobber as CSV (Settings → Data Export → Customers), then upload that file in Menutize during onboarding via the “Or import from Jobber, Housecall Pro, or another CRM” shortcut. Names, emails, phone numbers, addresses, and notes all come across. Most contractors finish the import in under five minutes. If you have an unusual CSV layout, contact us and we’ll do it for you for free.
Can I see when a customer opens an estimate or invoice?
Yes — Menutize logs every estimate email open, every estimate page view, every invoice email open, and every invoice view, then notifies you the moment it happens. You stop guessing whether the customer has actually seen the bill before you send the awkward follow-up text. Most field-service tools either don’t ship this or gate it behind a higher tier; we ship it free.
Does Menutize have a mobile app?
Menutize is mobile-first on the web. Open it in Safari or Chrome on your phone, tap “Add to Home Screen,” and it launches like a native app — full-screen, no browser chrome. We don’t have a separate App Store binary yet. For day-to-day work (taking payment in the truck, sending an invoice from the driveway, checking the schedule between stops) the mobile web works well. The features you actually use every day are there.
How does Menutize make money if it’s free?
Three ways. First, an optional Site Builder add-on at $39/mo for businesses that want a custom domain website wired to their CRM. Second, an Automations add-on at $19/mo for drip follow-ups and review chasers. Third, a 0.5% margin on payments processed through Menutize Payments. If you never upgrade and never take a card, we earn $0 from you — and we’re fine with that. Use the free plan as long as you want.
Can I keep my Jobber account during the switch?
Yes, and we recommend it for the first week. Run both side by side. Send your next two or three invoices through Menutize, watch the money land, then cancel Jobber. There is no contract on either side preventing the overlap. The only thing this costs you is one more month of Jobber, and we’d rather you switch confident than rushed.
What if my customers are used to Jobber’s invoice format?
Customers receive a clean branded email with a Pay button, a line-item breakdown, and your logo. Most do not notice the software changed — they notice they got paid faster because there is a one-tap Apple Pay / Google Pay option on the invoice. The two contractors who tested this with us in beta both reported zero customer questions about the new look. The invoice still has your business name on top, not ours.
Does Menutize support recurring invoices?
Yes. Set a job to repeat weekly, biweekly, monthly, or on a custom cadence. The invoice goes out automatically on the schedule you pick. Useful for lawn care routes, pool maintenance, recurring cleaning, HVAC tune-up plans, and any other repeat work. You can also set up auto-pay so the customer’s saved card is charged on the recurrence date with no action from them.
Is there a free trial?
No, and that’s the point. There’s no trial because there’s nothing to expire. The free plan is the product. You sign up, you use it, you keep using it. The paid add-ons (Site Builder, Automations) are optional — you can opt in any time and cancel any time, no contract. The pressure of a 14-day countdown clock is a tactic we don’t need.
What about jobs already scheduled in Jobber?
Two paths. If the job is in the next two weeks, finish it in Jobber and run new jobs through Menutize. If you have a long pipeline, copy the upcoming jobs into Menutize one at a time — it takes about 30 seconds per job and you can do it while you’re on the phone with the customer confirming. For very large pipelines (200+ open jobs), email us and we’ll script a one-time import.
How long does the switch take?
Under 30 minutes for most contractors. Five minutes to export your customer CSV from Jobber, two minutes to sign up, five minutes to import the list, five minutes to connect Stripe, and the rest to send your first invoice and pin the home-screen icon to your phone. The slowest part is usually waiting for Stripe to verify your bank account, which is typically instant via Plaid but can take a day or two for some banks.
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