A Jobber alternative for pet waste removal, priced by clients instead of users
Jobber is excellent general purpose field service software. The question is not whether Jobber is good, it is whether a tool built for every trade can fit the specific way a scooping business bills, routes, and grows.
Where Jobber is genuinely good
Jobber is polished, reliable, and broad. Quoting, invoicing, scheduling, and payments all work well, the mobile app is solid, and their support has a good reputation. For a general contractor or a lawn care company with varied job types, it is a strong choice.
Where it stops for this trade
For this trade specifically, two things bite. There is no per dog pricing, so the billing model at the center of a scooping business has to be faked with line items. And Jobber charges per user starting from the very first one. HoundStack includes your first 3 teammates on every plan and adds one for $10 a month flat after that, and per dog billing is native, not improvised.
The parts of HoundStack that close the gap
Billing and payments
See native per dog pricing and skip reason billing rules.
Pricing
See your first 3 teammates included, $10 flat after, versus per user from user one.
And the pricing model is different at the root: priced by operational complexity, with your first 3 teammates included on every plan and one more at $10 a month flat.
What the same crew costs, in dollars
An owner and two techs: 3 users, month-to-month billing.
Jobber
HoundStack
Their Core plan is $49 a month, but it is a single user with the lighter feature set, and users are still $29 each on top of any plan. Annual prepay brings Connect down to $99.
On Jobber, every hire is another $29 a month on every plan, forever. On HoundStack your first 3 teammates are included and each one after is $10 flat.
Jobber prices as published on getjobber.com/pricing, July 2026, month-to-month rates (1-year commitment and annual prepay are lower). Check their page for current numbers.
Side by side, honestly
| Capability | Jobber | HoundStack |
|---|---|---|
| General field service polish | Excellent: quoting, invoicing, payments all mature | Focused on one trade instead |
| Per dog pricing | No, faked with line items | Native |
| Skip reason billing (rain days, locked gates) | No | Yes, rules per reason |
| Dense recurring route optimization | General scheduling | Built for 20 stops before lunch |
| HOA waste stations and DNA compliance | No | Built in |
| Pricing model | Per user from the very first one | Flat tier with an employee allowance |
What the migration actually looks like
Jobber has a named, dedicated import tool in HoundStack. Four steps, and nothing is written to your account until you have seen a dry run summary.
- 1
Upload or connect
Export your data from Jobber and hand it to the Jobber importer. It knows Jobber's export format, so there is no reshaping files by hand.
- 2
Preview the mapping
Every field is shown mapped to its HoundStack destination before anything happens. Adjust the ones that need it.
- 3
Dry run
A full trial pass produces a summary of what would be created, changed, and flagged. Nothing is written yet.
- 4
Confirm
Happy with the dry run? Confirm, and the real import runs. Clients, dogs, schedules, and balances arrive ready to route.
Bring your book over without a lost weekend
Start free, run the Jobber importer with a dry run, and see your own clients on the dispatch board before you commit to anything.
60 day free trial · No credit card · Cancel anytime, data stays exportable