HaulHQvsJobber
We were built for yours.
Jobber is the biggest name in field service software and it is a genuinely good product. It also has no junk removal features, no dumpster inventory, and a price that steps up every time your crew does. Here is the whole thing, with their numbers straight off their pricing page.
Looking for a Jobber alternative built for hauling?
Here is who each one is actually for.
You run more than hauling
Jobber is a multi trade field service platform with the deepest ecosystem in the category.
- You do landscaping or cleaning or HVAC alongside the truck
- You want an app store, an accountant who already knows the tool, and integrations for everything
- You want an AI receptionist answering your phone
- Your team size is stable and you know exactly what tier you sit in
Hauling is the business
Built for junk removal and dumpster rental only. Nothing in it is there for a plumber.
- You price junk by load size and you rent cans out
- You want customers booking at a real price without calling you
- You add and drop crew seasonally and do not want the bill to move
- You would rather pay per job than pay for February
Jobber prices your team. We price your jobs.
Jobber does not charge per user. It charges by team size band, and each band has its own ladder. Move your crew size and watch what happens.
Jobber
1 user includedAt "just me", Core is the only entry tier. It disappears the moment you add a person.
HaulHQ
Same price at every crew size
- Unlimited users, always
- Two way texting included (100/mo free), not a tier
- $1.50 per completed job, first 5 free at signup
- Capped at $149/mo per service type
The real bill, both sides
Software fees only, at the team size you picked above. Move the jobs slider to your own volume.
Jobber
Grow tier, just me band
HaulHQ
One plan, any team size
What is actually in the box
Jobber marks below come from the "compare all features" table on their own pricing page, which states availability per tier without ambiguity.
| Feature | HaulHQ | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| Built for hauling | ||
| Price a job by load size | Verified yes | Verified absentZero matches for "load size" or "truckload" |
| Dumpster and container inventory | Verified yes | Verified absentDelivery is a calendar event |
| Rental periods and swaps | Verified yes | Verified absentNo rental concept |
| Junk removal specific workflow | Verified yes | Verified absentMarketing page only |
| Winning the job | ||
| Customer can book online | Verified yes | Verified yesEvery tier, including the cheapest |
| Customer sees a price before booking | Verified yesJunk and dumpsters. Tenants choose whether the number shows at size selection or in the booking modal, but it always shows before the customer books | Not publishedBooking exists, price surfacing is not stated |
| Two way texting | Verified yesIncluded · 100 texts/mo free, then $0.02 | Verified yesGrow tier and up. Not available on Core or Connect |
| Automated review requests | Verified yes | Verified yesTier not stated on their site |
| AI that quotes and books | Verified yesChatbot quotes from your price book, negotiates to your floor, books the job | Verified yesAuto drafted quotes at Connect and up. Receptionist books into the calendar |
| AI that answers the phone | Verified absentChat and text, not a voice line | Verified yesReceptionist, $29/mo add on or included at Plus |
| The bill | ||
| Users included | Unlimited | 1, 5, 10 or 15Fixed by team size band |
| Pay only when you complete work | Verified yes | Verified absentFlat monthly regardless of volume |
| Price published, no call needed | Verified yes | Verified yesUp to 15 people. 16+ is Contact Sales |
| Monthly bill has a ceiling | Verified yes$149 per service type | Verified absent |
Where Jobber is stronger
Four places they beat us. If any of these is your deciding factor, go buy Jobber. We would rather you be happy there than unhappy here.
They are the safe choice, and that is worth something
Jobber is the biggest name in field service. Your bookkeeper has probably used it. There are integrations, an app marketplace, community groups, and a decade of answers to your question already on the internet. We are new and we have none of that.
Their AI picks up. Ours does not
Our chatbot quotes off your price book and books the job, but it lives in chat and text. Jobber's $29/mo AI Receptionist answers an actual ringing phone, takes the request and drops it on the calendar. If your leads call instead of type, that is a real gap and $29 is not much to close it.
Cheaper per swipe than we are
Jobber publishes 2.9% + 30¢ on cards, all in, on every tier. HaulHQ charges a 1.5% platform fee on top of Stripe's rate. Our 1.5% platform fee stops at the $149 per-service-type cap and they publish no ceiling on theirs, so the gap closes as your card volume grows, but on any single transaction they are cheaper. That is just true.
If hauling is only part of what you do
Jobber covers trades far beyond hauling. If you also mow lawns, do cleanouts and pressure washing, or run a second crew doing something else entirely, one Jobber account covers all of it. We only do junk and dumpsters and we are not adding your other trade.
Where we win, for haulers specifically
Not "we are better." Better at this, for this operator.
The product knows what a load is
Load size pricing, cans with rental periods, both dispatch boards in one place. Jobber's junk removal page sells scheduling and invoicing that any trade gets. Search their pricing page for "dumpster" and you get nothing at all. On their junk removal page, the one mention is scheduling a delivery as a calendar event.
No seat anxiety, ever
Hire a second crew member on Jobber and Grow goes from $199 to $299 whether or not that person made you a dollar. Add your sixth and it is $399. Ours is $0 at every one of those numbers because we do not count your people.
February costs almost nothing
Jobber bills the same in your dead month as your best month. We bill $1.50 a job with the first 5 free at signup, and we stop at $149 per service type no matter how big June gets. You are never paying for software while the truck sits.
Some of you should buy Jobber
We would rather tell you now than have you cancel in month three.
Go with Jobber
- Hauling is one of several trades you run
- You want an AI receptionist answering calls this week
- You need a specific integration and they have it
- You are a solo operator at very high job volume with mostly cash payments, where a flat $49 can beat per job fees
- Your team never changes size and you have already priced the tier
Go with HaulHQ
- Junk removal, dumpsters, or both, and nothing else
- You want the customer to see a price and book without calling
- Your crew size moves with the season
- Your months are uneven and a flat subscription in January hurts
- You want two way texting without buying the $199 tier to get it
The practical questions
No, and if you read that somewhere, it is wrong. We had it wrong too until we checked their live site on July 15, 2026. Jobber has no per user price at all. The price is banded by team size, and each band includes a fixed number of users. The $29 that floats around the internet matches two real Jobber prices, their annual Core rate and their AI Receptionist add on, but neither is a seat charge.
Jobber offers both a one year commitment and a no commitment option, and advertises up to 25% off for paying annually. HaulHQ has no contract at all because there is no subscription to commit to. If you stop doing jobs, you stop paying.
Yes. Your customers, jobs, and invoices export from HaulHQ any time you want them, in a format you can hand to another vendor. We would rather lose a customer cleanly than hold anyone hostage. Ask Jobber the same question before you sign with anyone.
You can be running jobs the same day. Bring your customer list, set your load sizes and can inventory, and go. The first 5 jobs on a new account are free, so you can run both systems in parallel for your first week without paying us anything. It is a one time welcome, not a monthly allowance.
Then this page is wrong until we catch it, which is exactly why the date is at the top. We re-check the whole comparison set quarterly and re-date the page when anything moves. If you spot something stale, tell us and we will fix it.
Try it against them. Nothing to lose.
First 5 jobs free at signup, no card, no demo, no sales call. Run it next to Jobber for a week and keep whichever one your drivers actually open.
Sources, checked July 15, 2026
- Jobber pricing, team size bands, add on prices, card rates: getjobber.com/pricing
- Jobber per tier feature availability: the "compare all features" table on getjobber.com/pricing
- Jobber junk removal claims and the dumpster reference: getjobber.com/industries/junk-removal-software
- Jobber review automation: getjobber.com/features/marketing-tools/reviews
- HaulHQ pricing: our own pricing page, same numbers, no separate comparison math