F&D Studio vs Jobber
Jobber is a mature, general-purpose field service management platform — built for the five-truck plumbing or lawn-care outfit as much as for a fence crew. It runs requests, quotes, jobs, invoicing, and scheduling well. What it can't do is draw a fence line, calculate post spacing, or take off a deck's joists and footings. A Jobber "quote" is a text box with a price in it. F&D Studio starts from the opposite end: a real fence and deck design engine that produces the estimate, then runs the rest of the job around it.
Pricing
Jobber charges per user on top of the plan price — a 5-person crew on Grow runs $169–599/mo depending on team size and add-ons. F&D Studio is flat-rate: one price covers the account regardless of how many jobs or estimates you run, and Business includes 3 team seats at no extra charge.
| Plan | Jobber | F&D Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Solo / entry | $39/mo (Core, 1 user) | $50/mo CAD (Lite, unlimited use) |
| Most popular | $169–349/mo (Grow, per-user add-ons) | $75/mo CAD (Pro, flat) |
| Full team | Up to $599/mo (Plus, larger teams) | $99/mo CAD (Business, 3 seats included) |
Feature by feature
| Feature | F&D Studio | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| Fence/deck 3D design & drawing | Yes | No |
| Automatic material takeoff (BOM) | Yes | No |
| Real regional material pricing | Yes | No |
| Client-signable quotes | Yes | Yes |
| Invoicing & online payments | Yes | Yes |
| Jobs, crews & scheduling | Yes (Pro+) | Yes |
| Automated follow-up sequences | Yes | Yes (Grow+) |
| Two-way SMS | Outbound only (in progress) | Yes (Grow+) |
| QuickBooks sync | Yes | Yes |
| Supplier price sheet import | Yes (Pro+) | No |
| Flat-rate pricing (no per-seat fees) | Yes | No |
Where Jobber wins
Jobber has a decade of maturity in general field service operations: a requests inbox, online booking, a huge integration marketplace, and an AI receptionist that answers calls. If your business spans multiple trades — not just fence and deck — Jobber's breadth is real and F&D Studio doesn't try to match it.
Where F&D Studio wins
- You get a real fence/deck design engine — posts, rails, panel style, slope, gates — not a blank quote box.
- Material lists come from your own supplier's prices, not a generic line-item estimate.
- One flat price per account, not a per-user bill that grows every time you hire.
- Everything from design to signed quote to invoice to paid, at a third of Jobber's team pricing.