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This calculator vs. Jobber
Two different shapes: Jobber is an account-based platform for running a roofing or remodeling company's whole operation, including scheduling the crew and invoicing the customer once a job is priced. This page is a free, private worksheet for one question — what should this skylight install cost, before you quote it.
What each tool is for
Jobber is a field service management platform used by home service businesses — roofing, general contracting, HVAC, plumbing, and remodeling among them — to run client management and online quoting, scheduling and crew dispatch, invoicing and online payments, and a client-facing hub, tied to one account used on an ongoing basis across every job the company runs. Public research puts its founding in 2011, headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and reports it is used by more than 200,000 service professionals. Its 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. Public descriptions of that kind of field service software describe scheduling, invoicing, and collecting payment for a job once its scope and price already exist; none describe working out what a skylight install should cost from unit count, type, and the roof cut before you quote it — which is the one thing this calculator does.
This calculator does none of what Jobber does. It does not manage a client list, dispatch a crew across a season, or collect a payment. It takes a skylight install — unit count, tubular versus fixed versus solar-venting, replace-existing versus a new roof cut-in, asphalt versus tile, metal, or low-slope roofing, a laminated or ice-and-water shaft, and extras — plus loaded wage, overhead, and target margin, and turns that into the walk-away price below which the job loses money, a copyable customer-facing bid summary, a saved bid that reopens on the next visit, a shareable bid link, and a printable customer proposal with scope lines, a deposit split, 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 roofing or remodeling 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 skylight install, given the unit type and whether it's a new roof cut-in? | This calculator — free, instant, private, no account. |
| Why does a per-unit “installed special” price not match a new cut-in on tile or metal roofing? | This calculator's roof-type, cut-in, and shaft line items, not a flat per-unit rate. |
| 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 skylight install price 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's tools are used through a paid account. |
Most roofing and remodeling shops get different value from each: Jobber (or a comparable field service platform) for managing clients, 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 skylight install should cost from its unit type and roof cut 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 roofing-code opinion, a permit, or a manufacturer's flashing spec.
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 roofing or remodeling shop of any size will likely end up touching both. Jobber is a field service management platform used across home service trades, roofing among them, to run client management and online quoting, scheduling and crew dispatch, invoicing and online payments, and a client hub, tied to one account used on an ongoing basis across every job the company runs. Public research puts its founding in 2011, headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and reports it is used by more than 200,000 service professionals. This calculator does one narrower thing: it takes a skylight install — unit count, tubular versus fixed versus solar-venting, replace-existing versus a new roof cut-in, asphalt versus tile, metal, or low-slope roofing, a laminated or ice-and-water shaft, and extras — plus loaded wage, overhead, and target margin, and turns that into the walk-away price, a copyable bid summary, a saved bid that reopens on the next visit, a shareable bid link, and a printable customer proposal with a deposit split and signature line, before any of it touches a business-management system. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type. A roofing or remodeling shop already managing clients, scheduling, invoicing, and payments across every job and every crew is better served by Jobber or a comparable field service platform; a contractor who wants an instant, private answer to what one skylight install should cost from its unit type and roof cut 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 Skylight Install Bid Calculator to price your own job.