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Jobber does the visit.Operations Link does the visit and everything else.
Operations Link covers 35 and a half of 40; Jobber covers 25 and a half.
10 more in Operations Link.Jobber runs the quote, the visit and the invoice. Your van stock, van tracking and payroll run through partner apps, and hiring and team video meetings are not on Jobber’s own pages — so the same customer is typed in again in each. Operations Link runs all of it, the visit included, on one record. Some parts are on Professional or are services you switch on.
This page sets Operations Link beside Jobber. Every Jobber fact on it links to the page it was read on, on 24 October 2026.
In short
35½ of 40 on one record.Nothing typed twice.
Operations Link covers 35 and a half of 40; Jobber covers 25 and a half.
10 more in Operations Link.Operations Link does everything Jobber does for the service visit — quotes, scheduling and invoices — and runs the whole company from the same record, so nothing is typed twice. On every plan: holdback on invoices, and your team’s email, chat and video. On Professional: time off. As services you switch on: change orders, van stock and your techs on a live map (Field operations), hiring (HR), Ontario pay runs (Payroll) and Luna answering visitors on your website. One login, from the first call to the final invoice.
Counted row by row on the table below, of the 40 things a company runs — Operations Link’s services included, as Jobber’s separately sold products are.
What Jobber is known for — and how Operations Link handles it
- Online bookingJobber: Customers book themselves online, with bookable services, team availability and a limit on drive time.Operations Link
Your clients book visits from their portal, and new customers land in your leads — from your web forms, your ads, or Luna answering on your website.
- Operations Link
Vera answers your customers’ calls on Canadian numbers, checks who is calling, and answers their questions about their own jobs, invoices and quotes; Luna answers visitors on your website and saves each one as a lead. Both are services we set up and run with you.
- Marketing suiteJobber: A marketing suite: a website builder, reviews, referrals and email campaigns.Operations Link
Follow-up email sequences that stop when someone replies, leads from your web forms and ads in one scored inbox, a review request after each job, and Luna answering visitors on your website.
- Operations Link
With Payroll: pay runs you run yourself, inside Operations Link, calculated for Ontario, Canada.
Side by side
40 things a company runs.Row by row, checked.
A row counts whole when it is in the product or sold as its own product, half when only a narrower version is, and not at all when it takes another company’s app. Every Jobber answer links to the page on Jobber’s site we read it on, on 24 October 2026; a “Not listed” links to where we looked. Tell us if we missed something.
- In the product
- In part
- Not listed, or only through another app
“Professional and up” is the Professional and Enterprise plans. “With Fleet”, “With Nova” and the like are Operations Link services you switch on with those plans.
Jobber’s answers read on 24 October 2026, each linked to its page.
Operations Link
35 and a half/40Jobber
25 and a half/40Clients and sales
| Feature | Operations Link | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| Client records | Every plan | |
| Sales pipeline | Every plan | As an extraIncluded on their Plus plan. |
| Quotes and estimates | Every plan | |
| Customers book online | In part · every planYour clients book visits from their portal; a new customer sends a web form. | |
| Email marketing | In part · every planFollow-up sequences that stop when someone replies; no newsletters or landing pages. | As an extraThe Marketing Suite; included on Plus. |
| Customer portal | Every plan |
Client records
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Jobber
Quotes and estimates
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Jobber
Customers book online
- Operations Link
- In part · every plan
- Jobber
Operations Link: Your clients book visits from their portal; a new customer sends a web form.
Email marketing
- Operations Link
- In part · every plan
- Jobber
Operations Link: Follow-up sequences that stop when someone replies; no newsletters or landing pages.
Jobber: The Marketing Suite; included on Plus.
Customer portal
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Jobber
Scheduling and field work
| Feature | Operations Link | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduling calendar | Every plan | |
| Jobs and work orders | Every plan | |
| Dispatch board | With Field operations | |
| Suggests the right tech | With Field operationsRanked on skills, service area, who is free, travel time and past jobs. | In partSuggests openings by availability and drive time. |
| Tech app on the phone | With Field operations | |
| Customer equipment records | With Field operations | In partCustom fields on the client; no equipment record. |
| Maintenance agreements | With Field operations | In partRecurring jobs; no separate service agreement. |
Scheduling calendar
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Jobber
Jobs and work orders
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Jobber
Dispatch board
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Jobber
Suggests the right tech
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Jobber
Operations Link: Ranked on skills, service area, who is free, travel time and past jobs.
Jobber: Suggests openings by availability and drive time.
Tech app on the phone
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Jobber
Customer equipment records
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Jobber
Jobber: Custom fields on the client; no equipment record.
Maintenance agreements
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Jobber
Jobber: Recurring jobs; no separate service agreement.
Projects
| Feature | Operations Link | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| Projects with task boards | Every plan | In partIn beta, from their 2026 launch event. |
| Timelines and Gantt charts | In part · every planMilestones on a timeline; no Gantt chart. | In partMilestones inside the beta Projects. |
| Change orders | With Field operations |
Projects with task boards
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Jobber
Jobber: In beta, from their 2026 launch event.
Timelines and Gantt charts
- Operations Link
- In part · every plan
- Jobber
Operations Link: Milestones on a timeline; no Gantt chart.
Jobber: Milestones inside the beta Projects.
Change orders
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Jobber
Service vans
| Feature | Operations Link | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| Techs on a live map | With Field operationsYour techs on shift; a late visit is flagged with one tap to reassign. | Through another appVehicles through a tracker partner; crew stops on the phone. |
| The day’s route | In part · with Field operationsEach tech’s visits in order, travel time weighed when a job is offered. | |
| Van stock | With Field operationsParts on each van, reordered before they run out. | Through another appThrough partner apps such as Ply, VanTrack and FieldStockPro. |
Techs on a live map
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Jobber
Operations Link: Your techs on shift; a late visit is flagged with one tap to reassign.
Jobber: Vehicles through a tracker partner; crew stops on the phone.
The day’s route
- Operations Link
- In part · with Field operations
- Jobber
Operations Link: Each tech’s visits in order, travel time weighed when a job is offered.
Van stock
- Operations Link
- With Field operations
- Jobber
Operations Link: Parts on each van, reordered before they run out.
Jobber: Through partner apps such as Ply, VanTrack and FieldStockPro.
Money
| Feature | Operations Link | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| Invoices | Every plan | |
| Online payments | Not offeredClients record a cheque or a transfer in their portal, and you confirm it; your tech records payment on site. | |
| Holdback on invoices | Every plan | |
| Expenses | Every plan | |
| Supplier bills and purchase orders | Every plan | In partSupplier invoices scanned against a job. |
| Profit per project | Every plan | |
| QuickBooks Online | With BookkeepingYour books stay in your own QuickBooks. |
Invoices
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Jobber
Online payments
- Operations Link
- Not offered
- Jobber
Operations Link: Clients record a cheque or a transfer in their portal, and you confirm it; your tech records payment on site.
Holdback on invoices
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Jobber
Expenses
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Jobber
Supplier bills and purchase orders
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Jobber
Jobber: Supplier invoices scanned against a job.
Profit per project
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Jobber
QuickBooks Online
- Operations Link
- With Bookkeeping
- Jobber
Operations Link: Your books stay in your own QuickBooks.
People and pay
| Feature | Operations Link | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| Employee records | With HR | In partTeam profiles, permissions and pay rates. |
| Hiring | With HR | |
| Time off | Professional and up | |
| Timesheets | Professional and up | |
| Payroll | In part · with PayrollPay runs calculate for Ontario, Canada today; your company runs them and stays the filer. | Through another appThrough Gusto, in the US. |
Employee records
- Operations Link
- With HR
- Jobber
Jobber: Team profiles, permissions and pay rates.
Hiring
- Operations Link
- With HR
- Jobber
Time off
- Operations Link
- Professional and up
- Jobber
Timesheets
- Operations Link
- Professional and up
- Jobber
Payroll
- Operations Link
- In part · with Payroll
- Jobber
Operations Link: Pay runs calculate for Ontario, Canada today; your company runs them and stays the filer.
Jobber: Through Gusto, in the US.
Calls and messages
| Feature | Operations Link | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| Team chat | Every plan | In part@mentions in notes. |
| Email inside the app | Every plan | |
| Video meetings | Every plan | |
| Business phone system | In part · with the phone systemWith Vera or on its own: Canadian numbers today. Talk to us. | In partA number for texting; no phone system. |
| Texting customers | In part · with the phone systemFrom your company’s Canadian numbers today. |
Email inside the app
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Jobber
Video meetings
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Jobber
Business phone system
- Operations Link
- In part · with the phone system
- Jobber
Operations Link: With Vera or on its own: Canadian numbers today. Talk to us.
Jobber: A number for texting; no phone system.
Texting customers
- Operations Link
- In part · with the phone system
- Jobber
Operations Link: From your company’s Canadian numbers today.
AI
| Feature | Operations Link | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant on your own data | With NovaFifteen days free when you start. | |
| AI that answers your phone | With VeraAnswers your customers about their own jobs, invoices and quotes, after checking who is calling. | As an extraAnswers calls and texts and books visits. |
| AI chat on your website | With LunaAnswers visitors on your website and saves each one as a lead in Operations Link; a service we set up and run. |
AI assistant on your own data
- Operations Link
- With Nova
- Jobber
Operations Link: Fifteen days free when you start.
AI that answers your phone
- Operations Link
- With Vera
- Jobber
Operations Link: Answers your customers about their own jobs, invoices and quotes, after checking who is calling.
Jobber: Answers calls and texts and books visits.
AI chat on your website
- Operations Link
- With Luna
- Jobber
Operations Link: Answers visitors on your website and saves each one as a lead in Operations Link; a service we set up and run.
Reports
| Feature | Operations Link | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| Reports and dashboards | Every planDashboards on every plan; the report builder on Professional and Enterprise. |
Reports and dashboards
- Operations Link
- Every plan
- Jobber
Operations Link: Dashboards on every plan; the report builder on Professional and Enterprise.
Questions
Asked when switching.
Does Operations Link have a field app like Jobber’s?
Yes, with Field operations: the tech’s day in order, the customer’s signature, photos, parts from van stock, quotes, and the customer’s payment recorded on site. The office works in the browser.
Does it connect to QuickBooks, as Jobber does?
Yes, with Bookkeeping: invoices, payments, supplier bills and pay runs post to your own QuickBooks Online books, and anything unsure is held for review.
Can I bring my Jobber data across?
Your clients come in from a spreadsheet, and so do your team members; bank transactions import from a file. There is no one-click import from Jobber. Book a call and we will look at the rest with you.
What does Operations Link cost?
Essentials is $79 per person a month and Professional $129, billed in US dollars. Services are priced on their own, on Professional and Enterprise. We leave Jobber’s prices off this page because they change — their own pricing page has them.
Can I try it before I pay?
Yes. Fifteen days free on the plan you pick, with no credit card.
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