Built for every trade is built for none.
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hello@crayon.softwareGENERAL FIELD SERVICE
Jobber is the biggest name most cleaning businesses shortlist. It is a strong product built for every home service trade at once, which is both why it is on the list and why it can feel approximate.
Last checked 17 September 2026
Jobber is quote and CRM first: quoting, customer follow-up, invoicing and field jobs across every home service trade. Plans run $29 to $399 a month on annual billing, with users capped per plan and extra users at $29 a month.
Crayon is one proven core shaped to your business. Where Jobber gives every trade the same product, Crayon gives you the parts you use, named the way you name them.
THE DIFFERENCE
Every product on this page is a fixed shape. Where it matches how you work, it works well. Where it does not, you change how you work, pay a developer, or bolt on another tool. Crayon is the proven core for bookings, customers and payments, and the AI changes it when you ask. Rename what things are called. Add the field every job has to carry. Change what a button says.
SIDE BY SIDE
Figures come from each vendor’s own pricing page, read on the date shown. Entry price is the cheapest published plan.
| Jobber | Crayon | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Every home service trade | Service businesses, operations first |
| Entry price | $29 a month, 1 user, annual | $99 a month for the first year |
| Priced by | Users, capped per plan, $29 each beyond | Plan, with team size included |
| Cleaning specifics | Generic across trades | Recurring cleans, extras and packages as first-class |
| Change the software itself | Settings and feature requests | Ask, review the change, approve it |
| Strongest at | Quoting, follow-up, and a very large proven base | Fitting a business that does not run standard |
OUTGROWING IT
Outgrowing Jobber rarely looks like missing features. It looks like distance between the product and your business.
A platform built for every trade is built for no trade in particular. Crayon starts from the same operational ground and then becomes specific to you, including the words on the buttons.
PRICING
Figures come from each vendor’s own pricing page, read on the date shown. Entry price is the cheapest published plan.
USD. Crayon is in early access, so this is founding pricing.
THE HONEST PART
KEEP COMPARING
Or see every comparison, what Crayon costs on pricing, and how changing it works on the AI.
Every figure above about Jobber comes from these pages, read on 17 September 2026.
Tell us how your cleaning business actually runs. We will make the software say it.
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