BlastBid vs Jobber
Jobber is built for lawn care, HVAC, cleaning, plumbing. Any service business that sends people to houses. It's a real product with a lot of customers, and for a lawn guy it works well. For a sandblaster it works, sort of.
"Sort of" because Jobber doesn't know anything about media, coating conditions, or production rates. Every estimate starts as a blank line-item template that you fill in yourself. It also charges per user, which adds up fast once you put your crew on it. BlastBid is flat $79/month, knows the math, and is shaped like a sandblasting business from the ground up.
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Jobber is a fine piece of software. If you run a lawn care company or a plumbing outfit, you probably want it. The scheduling, routing, and client communication tools are built for exactly that kind of business.
But sandblasting has its own math. How much crushed glass does 400 square feet of heavy coating eat? How many hours does intricate vs flat cost you? Those numbers should already be in the software. Jobber makes you build that into line-item templates yourself, every job type, from scratch.
The other thing: Jobber bills per user. Once you add your crew, the monthly cost starts climbing. BlastBid is $79/month whether you're a one-man shop or a ten-person crew. No per-seat math, no upgrade tiers, no features locked behind a higher plan.
It works, sort of. Jobber is built for lawn care, HVAC, cleaning, and plumbing, so it does not know anything about media, coating conditions, or production rates. Every estimate starts as a blank line-item template you fill in yourself. BlastBid has the sandblasting math built in.
Jobber runs roughly $39 to $349 a month depending on plan, and it charges per user, so the cost climbs as you add your crew. BlastBid is a flat $79 a month for the whole crew, with no per-seat fees and no upgrade tiers.
No. That math is specific to sandblasting and Jobber does not include it. You would build it into line-item templates yourself, one job type at a time. BlastBid ships with consumption rates for ten media types and production rates by surface complexity.
If you run more than blasting, Jobber's scheduling and routing may be worth keeping. If sandblasting is the business, BlastBid is shaped for it. The trial is free for 14 days, so you can quote a few real jobs in BlastBid alongside Jobber and compare before deciding.
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