What Jobber does that BidRise does not
Jobber is field service management software, covering scheduling, client management, quoting, invoicing and getting paid. BidRise has none of that. No calendar, no invoices, no payments, no client history beyond the estimates you wrote.
What BidRise does that’s different
One thing, aimed at one moment. You’re standing at the equipment with the customer waiting. You talk through the work the way you’d explain it to your apprentice, and BidRise turns that into priced line items from your own book, lays out good, better and best if you want it, and sends it for signature before you leave.
That’s the whole product. It’s narrow on purpose, because narrow is what makes it fast enough to use while someone is standing there.
The case for running both
The Jobber connection is live. Link the account once and signed bids carry over, so the customer and the job aren’t typed twice. You keep the schedule, the invoicing and the client records where they already are, and change only the part that happens in a driveway.
The case for switching outright
Narrow, and it won’t be you. Solo or two trucks. You bought the platform mostly so your quotes looked professional. You schedule off your phone anyway and you invoice out of QuickBooks. If that’s the shop, a tool that only does estimates is enough, and it’s simpler.
If you dispatch, invoice, or take payment inside Jobber, you’re not that shop and this would be a downgrade.
What BidRise won’t do
No takeoffs from a plan set, no parts catalog, no live supply house pricing. Prices come from the price book you build, which means they are right for your buying and also that keeping them current is on you.
Thirty days free
Run it alongside Jobber on real jobs for a month, no card. If the estimates stop happening in the evening, you’ve your answer. If nothing changes, you’ve lost nothing.
BidRise isn’t affiliated with Jobber. Product capabilities change, so check their current documentation before making a decision.
