Aerys vs Jobber
Jobber is a capable, mature product serving home-service businesses of every kind. That breadth is its strength and it is also the trade-off: software that has to price a drain unblocking, a lawn cut and a repaint needs a generic estimate — a line item, a quantity and a price. Aerys only has to price painting companies' work, so it carries 9 surfaces with their own production rates and prices by square foot and linear foot.
Choose Jobber if…
- You need a trade we have not shipped a starting catalog for — ours go deep per service, so an unshipped trade is one you set up yourself
- You want a long-established product with a large partner and app ecosystem
- Your estimating is simple enough that a line item and a price is genuinely all you need
Choose Aerys if…
- Your estimates need sheens, prep, coats and per-surface production rates to be right
- You want the estimate, the approval and the invoice to be one link rather than three disconnected steps
- You want your painters working off a link rather than managing accounts and passwords for the field
- You want AI drafting, mockups and plan-sheet reading included rather than bolted on
- You run more than one trade and want each priced on its own structure rather than one generic line-item form
We compare on who each product is built for, not on a feature table — prices and features change, and a table that is out of date is worse than no table. For Jobber's current details, check their site.
What Aerys does
Estimate from your own production rates, send a quote the customer accepts themselves — which hands them straight to the payment page — schedule the crew, and track cost against the bid while the job is running.
Questions
Is Jobber a bad product?
No. Jobber is a serious product and for some companies it is the right answer — the list above says which ones. The difference is who it was built for.
Can I move my data across?
Yes. Importing customers, properties and your service catalog is part of onboarding.
How current is this comparison?
It compares positioning rather than feature lists or prices, because those change and a stale table would mislead you. For Jobber's current pricing and features, check their site directly.