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This calculator vs. Jobber
Two different shapes: Jobber runs a home-service business — quoting, scheduling, client and appliance history, invoicing, payments. This page is a free, private worksheet for one question — what should this repair cost, and does finishing it still beat telling the customer to replace.
What each tool is for
Jobber is field service management software for home service businesses, and it publishes a landing page built specifically for appliance repair. It covers quoting with optional line items and automated follow-ups, a drag-and-drop scheduling calendar with route optimization, a CRM that stores customer info, appliance make and model, serial numbers, job notes, checklists and service history, automated on-my-way texts and post-job feedback surveys, invoicing with payment reminders, online card processing with same-day payouts, and a client-facing “Client Hub” where a customer can approve a quote or pay an invoice on their own. It is sold as an ongoing account for the business, and it publishes that over 400,000 home service pros trust it. Jobber's current plan names and dollar figures are not verified from this page, so none are repeated here: only its well-documented identity, feature set, and category — field service management software, sold as an ongoing account — are stated, and no price for Jobber appears anywhere on this page.
This calculator does none of what Jobber does. It does not build a quote, schedule a job, send an invoice, or keep an appliance's service history between visits. It takes one service call — diagnostic and labor hours at your loaded rate, parts at cost with your markup applied to the parts themselves before anything else, trip cost, a callback and warranty reserve charged as a percentage of that combined direct cost, overhead, and target margin — and turns that into the walk-away floor below which the job loses money, the target-margin quote, the effective hourly rate you actually earn, and a repair-versus-replace verdict measured from both sides at once: the customer's price per remaining year of service, and what you keep if they decline and you sell the replacement instead. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| I need this appliance's serial number, service history, and the customer's contact info on file for the next visit. | Jobber, or a comparable CRM — this calculator keeps no record between visits. |
| Does this quote actually clear my cost, once parts markup, trip cost, callback reserve and overhead have all compounded? | This calculator — free, instant, private, no account. |
| The customer is asking whether to fix it or replace it. Which answer is honest, and which one pays me better? | This calculator's repair-versus-replace verdict, which reports both and says plainly when they disagree. |
| I need a quote built, sent, and approved online, with the invoice and payment collected the same way. | Jobber — built as an ongoing account for exactly that. |
| What is the lowest number I can say at the door without losing money on this job? | This calculator's walk-away floor. |
| How should I think about repair versus replace before I quote it? | This calculator's own repair-or-replace walkthrough. |
| Do I need to create an account or sign up to use the tool? | This calculator: no. Jobber is used through an ongoing account. |
Most independent technicians get different value from each: a field service platform for quoting, scheduling, client history, invoicing and payments as an ongoing account, and a private calculator like this one for an instant, no-login check on whether one repair's price clears cost and margin before the number goes into that quote. This page's own figures are a pricing model, not a quote, an invoice, or a remaining-life appraisal.
This tool needs no account and no sign-in: it is a static page, the arithmetic runs in your browser, and once it has loaded it keeps working with the connection off.
Common questions
Should I use this calculator or Jobber?
They do different jobs, and most working technicians end up wanting both. Jobber is field service management software for home service businesses, with its own appliance-repair landing page: quoting with optional line items and automated follow-ups, a drag-and-drop scheduling calendar with route optimization, a CRM that stores customer info, appliance details, serial numbers, job notes, checklists and service history, automated on-my-way texts and post-job feedback surveys, invoicing with payment reminders, online card processing, and a client-facing “Client Hub” for 24/7 quote approval and payment. It is sold as an ongoing account for running the business, and it publishes that over 400,000 home service pros trust it. This calculator does none of that. It takes one service call — diagnostic and labor hours at your loaded rate, parts at your cost with your markup applied before anything else, trip cost, a callback and warranty reserve as a percentage of that direct cost, overhead, and target margin — and turns it into the walk-away floor below which the job loses money, the target-margin quote, the effective hourly rate you actually earn, and a repair-versus-replace verdict measured two ways at once: the customer's cost per remaining year, and what you keep if they decline. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type. A shop that needs quotes sent, jobs scheduled, a customer and appliance history tracked, and invoices chased is better served by Jobber or a comparable platform; a technician who wants an instant, private check on whether one quote clears cost and margin before saying a number out loud is in the right place here.
Does Jobber price an appliance repair for me?
Jobber's own quoting tool lets you build and send an estimate with line items and a markup, and its CRM keeps the appliance's serial number and service history on file for the next visit — but the number you type into a Jobber quote still has to come from somewhere. It does not derive a price from your loaded labor rate, parts markup, trip cost, callback reserve, overhead and target margin for one specific repair; it records and sends whatever number you already decided on. This calculator is the step before that quote: it works out what a repair actually costs you once parts markup, trip cost, callback reserve and overhead compound, so the figure you type into Jobber — or say at the door — has a floor under it.
Is this page affiliated with Jobber?
No. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Jobber. Jobber is a trademark of its owner, named here only to describe what this calculator is and is not.
Open the Appliance Repair Quote Calculator to price your own service call.