A focused Jobber alternative for small trade businesses
Jobber is a capable product for larger field-service operations. If you're a smaller trade business and Jobber feels heavier than you need — too many tabs, too many add-ons, too much setup — axoJobs is built for you.
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Why teams pick axoJobs
A simpler UI focused on job → invoice
Faster onboarding — quote a real job on day one
Completely free, built for small teams not large fleets
A mobile app that prioritises the job card
Faster time to first useful job — no setup project needed
Less to learn for crews who only need the job card
What's in the box
- Quoting, scheduling, invoicing in one record
- Mobile job card optimised for techs on site
- Built for solo tradies, small teams and growing teams alike
- No paid add-ons — every core feature is free
Sound familiar?
- • Too many features your team doesn't use
- • Onboarding that takes weeks to feel productive
- • Pricing that climbs with every add-on (on other tools)
- • Trial periods that ended before the team had really tried it
- • Add-ons quietly stacking up on the monthly bill
Where axoJobs is different
We won't tell you axoJobs does everything Jobber does — it doesn't, and that's the point. axoJobs covers the workflow most small trades actually run: take the job, schedule it, do it, invoice it, get paid. We've kept the rest out so the screens stay clean.
Jobber tends to fit better once you have a full-time dispatcher, multiple service lines, and franchise-style operations. If that's you, Jobber may be the right tool.
Switching from Jobber
You can import your customers from a CSV export out of Jobber, then start logging new jobs in axoJobs straight away. Most teams run both for a week to confirm the workflow, then cut over.
What you keep when you switch
Customer list, job history (via export/import), invoice templates (recreated once), and your accounting integration on the books side. What you lose: a long list of advanced features you weren't using.
When a smaller, simpler tool wins
Smaller teams don't need a dispatcher dashboard, route optimisation across dozens of vans, or franchise reporting. They need to take the job, do it well and get paid. The fewer screens between those steps, the better the day goes.
axoJobs is built around that smaller shape on purpose. The trade-off is honest: less surface area, more usable surface.
What switching usually looks like
Most teams run both systems for a week or two. New enquiries go into axoJobs, in-flight jobs are finished in the existing tool, and customers are imported by CSV. Once the team is comfortable, the old subscription is cancelled and the data export is filed.
There's no migration project, no consultant and no long parallel period.
Getting the team on board
Adoption usually fails when the tool asks for more than the team is ready to give. axoJobs starts the day on the mobile job card — addresses, notes, a button to mark done. If that's all anyone uses for a week, it's still better than a WhatsApp thread.
Quoting, invoicing and reporting come in as the team's appetite grows.
Who this is for
- Trade businesses 1–20 staff currently evaluating Jobber
- Existing Jobber customers feeling they pay for unused features
- Owners who want something their team will actually open
- Teams that liked Jobber's idea but found day-to-day use heavier than expected
- New trade businesses choosing their first job management tool
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