maid.co vs Jobber
Jobber runs the job. maid.co runs the whole cleaning company.
Jobber is a strong, well-built tool for home service businesses, and plenty of cleaning companies run on it. If you've outgrown stitching it to QuickBooks, a payroll app, a hiring board and a phone service, here is an honest look at what changes when everything lives on one login.
Unscheduled
Garcia · Deep clean
2.5 h
Lee · Post-reno
4 h
Suite 210 · Quote won
3 h
Alvarez · Biweekly
Team A
Oak St Dental
Team B
Move-out · 14 Birch
Team A
Chen · Weekly
Priya
Park · Monthly
Team B
Deep clean · Ross
Team A
Airbnb turnover
Priya
Nguyen · Biweekly
Team B
Alvarez · Weekly
Team A
Office · Level 3
Team B
One login, one client record
Scheduling, CRM, marketing, accounting, payroll prep, hiring and training all read the same client and the same visit. Nothing to sync.
Built around the clean
Access notes, alarm codes, key tracking, pets, required checklist items and before/after photos are first-class, not custom fields bolted on.
An AI front desk and sales rep
Phony answers calls and books into real availability, while the AI sales developer goes after the commercial contracts you never have time to chase.
Where Jobber is genuinely good
We'll say it plainly: Jobber has polished native iOS and Android apps, and it supports Tap to Pay on iPhone, so a cleaner can take a card on their phone with no reader. maid.co's field app is an installable web app that works offline. In-person payment on our side is a payment link, a QR code on the cleaner's screen, or card entry. If tapping a card at the door matters most to you, Jobber does that and we don't.
Jobber also has a large user base, a big integration marketplace and years of polish on quoting, invoicing and its client hub. It is a safe choice, and we'd rather you pick us for the right reasons.
- Native mobile apps from the App Store and Google Play
- Tap to Pay on iPhone for in-person cards
- Mature quoting, invoicing and client hub
- A wide integration marketplace
Where maid.co goes further
Jobber is built for many trades, from lawn care to HVAC. maid.co is set up for cleaning out of the box: quotes priced by bedrooms, bathrooms and square footage with add-ons the client picks (inside fridge, oven, windows), checklists where required items must be done before the visit can close, and a PDF of the checklist with photos emailed to the client after every clean.
Then there's the back office. Jobber syncs to QuickBooks or Xero and to payroll providers. With maid.co, every invoice, payment, refund and supply purchase posts to a built-in general ledger automatically. Payroll prep calculates overtime, including California daily, weekly and seventh-day rules, and exports to your payroll provider. Supplies are tracked at the office and in each car, with reorder points.
- Supplies inventory by location and vehicle (Jobber has none)
- Hiring pipeline and training courses for cleaner turnover
- E-signatures for commercial contracts and onboarding docs
- Outbound AI sales developer for janitorial and property manager leads
The cost of five tools that almost talk to each other
Most cleaning companies on Jobber end up with a stack: an accounting package, a payroll service, a job board, a phone answering service, a review tool, a Slack workspace and a folder of PDFs for training. Each one is fine. Together they create duplicate records, sync errors and a Monday morning spent reconciling.
On maid.co, a new commercial client signs the service agreement in Sign, the job lands on the schedule, the cleaner who was hired through the ATS and trained in Courses does the clean, and the invoice posts to the ledger. Same record the whole way.
Revenue
$52,380
Expenses
$37,940
Net
$14,440
412 of 412 Stripe payouts matched to bank deposits
Side by side
maid.co vs Jobber
| Capability | Jobber | |
|---|---|---|
| Designed around residential and commercial cleaning | Yes | General home services |
| Online booking and embeddable request forms | Yes | Yes |
| Quotes with client-picked add-ons and e-sign approval | Yes | Yes |
| Recurring visits with update-all-future | Yes | Yes |
| Route optimization | Yes | Yes |
| Checklists with required items and photo PDFs to clients | Yes | Job forms |
| Native iOS and Android apps | Installable web app, works offline | Yes |
| Tap to Pay on iPhone | No | Yes |
| AI receptionist that books cleans | Yes | Add-on |
| Outbound AI sales developer | Yes | No |
| Built-in general ledger | Yes | Syncs to QuickBooks / Xero |
| Payroll prep with overtime rules | Prep and export to provider | Via payroll integrations |
| Supplies inventory | Yes | No |
| Hiring (ATS) and training courses | Yes | No |
Based on publicly available information as of 2026. Features and plans change; check each vendor for current details.
A day with maid.co
A Tuesday with both tools
Say you run eight cleaners across two teams. On Jobber, a missed call at 7:40 a.m. goes to voicemail unless you've added an answering service. On maid.co, Phony picks up, finds an open Thursday slot for a three-bed, two-bath deep clean, books it and texts the confirmation. The transcript is on the contact before you've had coffee.
At 2 p.m. a cleaner gives notice. On maid.co you post the role from the ATS, move two applicants to interview, and assign the new hire your chemical safety course once they start. At month end, the ledger already has the payroll journal and the supply purchases, so the P&L is ready without an export.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Is maid.co cheaper than Jobber?
We don't publish comparisons of other companies' prices, because they change and depend on plan and add-ons. The honest way to compare is total cost: add up Jobber plus your accounting, payroll, phone answering, hiring and review tools, then compare that to one maid.co subscription. Start the 30-day trial with no card and run the numbers on your own business.
Do you have a native app like Jobber's?
No. Our field app is an installable web app that goes on the home screen, sends push notifications and works offline for viewing jobs, filling checklists, taking photos and running timers. It syncs when the signal returns. Jobber's native apps are excellent, and if an App Store app is a hard requirement for your team, that is a real point in Jobber's favor.
Can my cleaners take card payments at the door?
Yes, but differently than Jobber. We don't support Tap to Pay on iPhone. Your cleaner can show a QR code or send a payment link the client pays on their own phone, or key in the card. Tips at 10, 15 or 20 percent are offered either way. Most recurring clients end up on autopay with a card on file, so in-person collection becomes rare.
How hard is it to move off Jobber?
Our Jobber importer brings over clients, properties, jobs, visits, recurring schedules, quotes, invoices, custom fields and completed checklists with photos and signatures, then reconciles the totals against Jobber's own counts. You can run both systems side by side during cutover, so nobody's Thursday clean falls through the cracks.
Do I have to use every module?
No. Plenty of teams start with scheduling, quotes, invoicing and payments, then turn on the AI receptionist or accounting later. Because everything shares one login and one client record, adding a module doesn't mean another import or another sync to babysit. You switch it on and the data is already there.
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