OYT vs Jobber: One Price vs. Paying Forever
The short version: Jobber is a subscription. OYT is something you own. If that distinction matters to you — and it should — everything else follows from there.
This is a direct comparison of Own Your Tools and Jobber across pricing, features, business model, and fit. We're going to be straight with you about where Jobber is strong, where OYT wins decisively, and who each product is actually built for.
We built OYT. We're obviously not neutral. But we're blue collar Americans and Americans don't have patience for marketing spin. So this is going to be an honest comparison, not a hit piece.
The Fundamental Difference
Before features, before pricing tiers, before anything else, understand this:
Jobber is rented software. OYT is owned software.
These are not variations of the same model. They are opposite business models with opposite incentive structures.
Jobber's business depends on you paying every month indefinitely. Their entire operation — engineering, sales, support, investor returns — is funded by recurring monthly revenue. That means every decision Jobber makes runs through one filter: does this keep people paying?
OYT's business depends on building a tool worth buying. We make money when a new contractor purchases OYT, not by squeezing existing customers through annual price increases or feature gates. Our incentive is to keep building something great, not to make it painful to leave.
That difference shapes everything: how features are priced, how support is delivered, what happens to your data, and what your five-year cost actually looks like.
Pricing: The Complete Picture
Jobber Pricing (2026)
| Plan | Monthly Billing | Annual Billing | Users |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core | $49/month | $29/month | 1 |
| Connect Individual | $149/month | $119/month | 1 |
| Connect Team | $169/month | $129/month | Up to 5 |
| Grow Individual | $249/month | $199/month | 1 |
| Grow Team | $349/month | $249/month | Up to 10 |
| Plus | $599/month | Custom | 15+ |
What these numbers don't include:
- $29/month per user beyond plan limits
- 2.9% + $0.30 per credit card transaction through Jobber Payments
- 1% per ACH transfer
- $79/month Marketing Suite add-on (lower tiers)
- Separate billing for SMS automations on lower plans
- Online booking locked behind Connect plan ($129/month minimum)
- QuickBooks sync locked behind Connect tier
Jobber's 3-year documented price history:
- 2023: Core plan increased
- 2024: Connect plan restructured and increased
- 2025: Grow plan increased
Whatever you pay today is not what you'll pay in year three.
OYT Pricing
$250. Once.
No per-user fees for teams under ten members. No transaction percentage. No tier upgrades. No add-ons. No annual price increase. One payment, entire platform, forever.
Free updates included for 5 years from purchase.
5-Year Cost Comparison
| Operation Size | Jobber (5 Years) | OYT (5 Years) | You Keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo operator | $16,212 | $250 | $15,962 |
| Small crew (2–4) | $62,436 | $250 | $62,186 |
| Growing operation (5–8) | $118,608+ | $250 | $118,358+ |
Jobber figures include subscription, payment processing fees, standard add-ons, and conservative annual price increases. Full breakdown available in our 5-Year Cost Analysis.
Feature Comparison
Core Job Management
| Feature | Jobber | OYT |
|---|---|---|
| Job scheduling | Yes — drag and drop | Yes — drag and drop |
| Work order management | Yes | Yes |
| Job status tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Customer job history | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-crew scheduling | Yes (Connect+) | In development |
| Route optimization | Yes (rebuilt Oct 2025) | In development |
| GPS tracking | Yes | In development |
Verdict: Jobber has a more mature scheduling engine and route optimization… for now. For complex multi-crew dispatching across large service areas, Jobber currently has an edge. For standard scheduling needs — the daily reality of most small contractors — OYT handles the job.
Quoting and Invoicing
| Feature | Jobber | OYT |
|---|---|---|
| Quote creation | Yes | Yes |
| Invoice generation | Yes | Yes |
| Online payment collection | Yes (with processing fees) | Yes (with Stripe integration) |
| Automated quote follow-ups | Grow plan only | Yes |
| Custom invoice templates | Yes | Yes |
| Progress invoicing | Yes (Nov 2025) | In development |
Verdict: Roughly equivalent for standard contracting operations. Jobber's automated follow-ups require the Grow plan ($249/month). OYT includes them in the base purchase.
Business Intelligence
| Feature | Jobber | OYT |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue dashboard | Yes | Yes |
| Job costing | Grow plan only | Yes |
| Team productivity tracking | Yes | In development |
| Time tracking | Yes (with known accuracy issues) | Yes |
| Reporting | Basic — frequently cited as a weakness | Yes |
| Close rate tracking | Minimal | Yes |
Verdict: Jobber's reporting is consistently flagged in user reviews as one of its weakest areas. Verified reviewers describe it as "basic" with "a lot of room for improvement." OYT's dashboard is built around the metrics a small contractor actually uses daily.
Field Tools
| Feature | Jobber | OYT |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile app | Yes — iOS 4.8/5, Android 4.7/5 | Yes |
| Offline functionality | Added January 2026 (limited) | Yes — full offline capability |
| Mileage tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Inventory tracking | No built-in — requires third-party | Yes |
| AI voice notes | No | In development |
| Building code encyclopedia | No | In development |
| Price book upload | Yes | In development |
Verdict: OYT's strongest advantage in this category is offline functionality — core to the design from day one, not an afterthought added years after launch following user complaints. Mileage and inventory tracking are live and included in the base purchase. The building code encyclopedia, AI voice notes, and price book upload are on the active development roadmap and will ship to all existing customers at no additional cost — features that don't exist in Jobber at any price tier. If you work in areas with poor cell service, OYT was built for that reality.
Integrations and Connectivity
| Feature | Jobber | OYT |
|---|---|---|
| QuickBooks integration | Yes (Connect+ only, known reliability issues) | Soon/Yes |
| Google Calendar sync | Yes (24-hour delay, not real-time) | Yes |
| Open API | Yes | In development |
| Home Depot catalog (US beta) | Yes | No |
| Third-party integrations | 20+ | Limited — More to come |
Verdict: Jobber wins this category clearly. They've been building integrations for over a decade. OYT is early-stage and honest about it. If your operation depends heavily on a wide ecosystem of connected tools, Jobber currently has more depth here — though their QuickBooks sync has documented reliability issues across hundreds of verified reviews. More integrations are in the works, including some Jobber doesn't offer. Your feedback will be key to building what is actually needed.
Pricing Model Features
| Feature | Jobber | OYT |
|---|---|---|
| One-time payment | No | Yes |
| Data ownership | Partial — locked on cancellation | Full |
| Per-user fees | Yes — $29/month per user | No — under 10 users |
| Price increases | Documented annually | No — you paid once |
| Feature gates | Extensive — key features require upgrades | No |
| Free trial | 14 days | 30 days |
| Data export on cancel | Possible but difficult | Not applicable — you own it |
Verdict: OYT wins this category by design. The perpetual license model eliminates every structural complaint contractors have about SaaS pricing.
Where Jobber Is Genuinely Better
We said this would be honest. Here's where Jobber has a real advantage:
Maturity and stability. Jobber has been building since 2011. They have over 250,000 businesses using their platform. That scale means more edge cases caught, more integrations built, more stability across different devices and operating systems. OYT is early-stage. We're honest about that.
Route optimization. Jobber completely rebuilt their routing engine in October 2025. If you're running 8–10 jobs per day across a large service area, their routing is currently more sophisticated than OYT's.
Third-party ecosystem. If your operation requires specific integrations, marketing platforms, or industry-specific tools, Jobber's integration library is significantly broader. However, by July 4th or year's end we will offer the same or more than Jobber.
Enterprise features. For operations above 15 technicians needing advanced reporting, multi-location management, and complex workflow automation, Jobber (and particularly their Plus plan) has more depth. Though at $599/month, you're approaching ServiceTitan territory at that point.
Established community. Jobber has a large user community, extensive documentation, and years of support resources. OYT's community is growing from zero.
Where OYT Wins Decisively
Total cost. There is no world in which a subscription beats a $250 lifetime purchase on a five-year horizon. The math is not close and it is not debatable.
Data ownership. Your business data is yours with OYT. Full stop. It doesn't disappear if you cancel because there is nothing to cancel. Multiple Jobber reviewers have documented losing access to years of client data when their subscription lapsed. That cannot happen with a perpetual license.
Offline capability. OYT was designed for contractors working in the real world — basements, rural properties, dead zones, job sites with no signal. Jobber added limited offline functionality in January 2026, years after launch and after extensive user complaints. For OYT it's core functionality, not an afterthought.
Building code encyclopedia. This feature doesn't exist in Jobber at any price tier. For tradesmen who need code reference in the field — electricians, plumbers, HVAC techs — this is a working tool they will carry in their pocket, offline-capable, searchable.
No per-user penalty for growth. Every time Jobber users grow their team, they pay more. OYT doesn't charge per user under ten seats. Hire your first employee, your second, your fifth — the price doesn't move. And when it does, it's a one-time fee.
Incentive alignment. This one is harder to quantify but matters in practice. When you have a problem with OYT, you're talking to people who have skin in the same game as you. We don't have a retention team. We don't need one. We succeed by building something worth owning, not by making it painful to leave.
Who Should Use Jobber
Be honest with yourself. Jobber is probably the better choice if:
- You need a robust third-party integration ecosystem right now
- Your operation has 10+ technicians requiring sophisticated routing and dispatch
- You need enterprise-level reporting across multiple locations
- You prefer a large established community and years of documentation
Jobber is a real product. It works for a lot of contractors. If your operation depends on features that OYT is still building, don't let the pricing difference push you toward a tool that can't do what you need.
Who Should Use OYT
OYT is the right call if:
- You're tired of paying monthly for software you don't own
- You run a crew of 1–10 doing home service work — HVAC, plumbing, electrical, handyman, general contracting
- You work in areas with unreliable cell service and need offline capability
- You value direct access to the team building your tools
- You want to get in early on something being built for the long haul
- The five-year math we ran above made you angry — because it should
The 1776er Founding Offer
We're in our founding phase. The first 1,776 customers get lifetime access for $250 — in honor of America's 250th birthday. After that milestone or after July 4th, the price goes up.
This isn't a gimmick. We're a bootstrapped team that needs early adopters who believe in what we're building. The founding price reflects that relationship. You're getting in at the ground floor of a product with a roadmap that extends well beyond the current feature set — and you're locking in at $250 forever.
30-day free trial at ownyourtools.work. No card required.
Come kick the tires. See what it does. Compare it to what you're paying now.
The Bottom Line
Jobber is a well-built product with a business model that is explicitly designed to extract maximum recurring revenue from contractors for as long as possible.
OYT is an early-stage product with a business model explicitly designed to sell contractors a great tool at a fair price and then get out of the way.
One of these is a landlord. One of them is selling you the deed.
Which one sounds like the company you want to build your business on?
Start your free 30-day trial at ownyourtools.work
Pricing data current as of April 2026. Jobber pricing subject to change — they have raised prices annually for three consecutive years. OYT pricing is $250 once, with free updates for 5 years from purchase. Feature comparison based on publicly available information and verified user reviews.