This calculator vs. Jobber
Two different shapes: Jobber is account-based field-service software for running a home-service business across clients, scheduling, and crews. This page is a free, private worksheet for one question — what should this patio-door job cost, given its panels, frame, glazing, and access, before you quote it.
What each tool is for
Jobber is field-service management software founded in 2011 and headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, used by home-service businesses across HVAC, plumbing, electrical, lawn care, and cleaning trades. It combines client management, quoting, scheduling, invoicing, and payment collection into one subscription system meant to run a whole business across every job and every crew, and it says it serves over 200,000 users. It is sold as an ongoing subscription account. Jobber's own pricing page is not reachable from this session to confirm today's exact plan names or dollar figures, so no price for it is invented here: only its well-documented identity and category — home-service field-service management software, sold as a subscription account — are stated, and no dollar amount for Jobber appears on this page.
This calculator does none of what Jobber does. It does not manage clients, schedule crews, send invoices, or collect payments, and it stores no customer or job record on a server. It takes the panel configuration (2, 3, or 4 panels), frame material, glazing, retrofit-versus-new-construction install method, ground-versus-balcony access, and extras like a screen, transom, interior trim, sill pan, or threshold rebuild, plus loaded wage, overhead, and target margin, and turns that into the walk-away price below which the job loses money, a breakdown of where the hours and cost actually go, and a copyable customer-facing bid summary — plus a printable customer proposal with scope lines and a signature block. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| I run a window and door business and need client management, quoting, scheduling, invoicing, and payments in one system across every crew and every job. | Jobber, or a comparable field-service platform — running a whole business is not something this calculator does. |
| What should I charge for this job, given its panel count, frame, glazing, and access? | This calculator — free, instant, private, no account. |
| How much does a balcony install, an impact-glass upgrade, or a full new-construction frame actually add over a flat per-door rate? | This calculator's access, glazing, and install-method line items, not a blended flat price. |
| Is the price I'm about to quote still above my walk-away cost for this job? | This calculator's walk-away price check. |
| I need one shared account so my whole crew is scheduling, invoicing, and collecting payment the same way. | Jobber, or a comparable field-service platform. |
| How does the math behind a patio-door bid actually work? | This calculator's own pricing walkthrough. |
| Do I need to create an account or sign up to use the tool? | This calculator: no. Jobber is used through a subscription account. |
Most door shops get different value from each: Jobber (or a comparable field-service platform) for running client management, scheduling, invoicing, and payments across a whole business as an ongoing subscription, and a private calculator like this one for an instant, no-login answer to what one patio-door job should cost from its panels, frame, and access before a business system is involved. This page's own figures are a pricing model, not a scheduled job, an invoice, or a signed proposal, and neither this calculator nor Jobber is a code determination, a permit, or an engineering stamp for impact glazing or structural framing.
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 a window and door shop of any size will likely end up touching both eventually. Jobber is field-service management software founded in 2011 and headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, used by home-service businesses across HVAC, plumbing, electrical, lawn care, and cleaning trades. It combines client management, quoting, scheduling, invoicing, and payment collection into one subscription system, and it says it serves over 200,000 users. It is sold as an ongoing subscription account. Jobber's own pricing page is not reachable from this session to confirm today's exact plan names or dollar figures, so no price for it is invented here: only its well-documented identity and category — home-service field-service management software, sold as a subscription account — are stated, and no dollar amount for Jobber appears on this page. This calculator does one narrower thing: starting from panel configuration, frame material, glazing, retrofit-versus-new-construction, ground-versus-balcony access, and extras like a transom, sill pan, or screen, plus loaded wage, overhead, and target margin, it turns that into the walk-away price and where the bid's cost is actually coming from, plus a printable customer proposal — before any of it touches a business-management system. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type. A door shop that already manages clients, scheduling, invoicing, and payments across every job and every crew is better served by Jobber or a comparable field-service platform; a shop that wants an instant, private answer to what one patio-door job should cost from its panels, frame, and access before opening a business system is in the right place here.
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 Patio Door Bid Calculator to price your own job.