QuickBooks keeps the books. FieldFlow runs the day.
QuickBooks is an accounting tool. It does not know what a job is. FieldFlow runs the schedule, the estimate, the invoice, and the payment, then keeps the books too. Here is where each fits for a 1–5 person shop.
- No credit card
- No contracts
- Unlimited users
Side by side
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Monthly price
FieldFlow: $19
Simple Start $38
+ Jobber $67+
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Job scheduling & calendar
FieldFlow: Included
Simple Start Not available
+ Jobber Included
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Estimates with e-signature
FieldFlow: Included
Simple Start Estimates only
+ Jobber Included
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Text-to-pay links
FieldFlow: Included
Simple Start Email only
+ Jobber Included
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Expense tracking & receipts
FieldFlow: Included
Simple Start Included
+ Jobber QuickBooks only
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Mileage tracking
FieldFlow: Included
Simple Start Included
+ Jobber QuickBooks only
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Crew time tracking
FieldFlow: Included
Simple Start Paid add-on
+ Jobber Jobber Connect ($99/mo)
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Users included
FieldFlow: Unlimited
Simple Start 1
+ Jobber 1
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AI assistant
FieldFlow: Flow (books jobs, drafts invoices)
Simple Start Intuit Assist
+ Jobber Jobber Copilot (advisory)
| FieldFlow | QuickBooks Simple Start | QuickBooks + Jobber | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $19 | $38 | $67+ |
| Job scheduling & calendar | Included | Not available | Included |
| Estimates with e-signature | Included | Estimates only | Included |
| Text-to-pay links | Included | Email only | Included |
| Expense tracking & receipts | Included | Included | QuickBooks only |
| Mileage tracking | Included | Included | QuickBooks only |
| Crew time tracking | Included | Paid add-on | Jobber Connect ($99/mo) |
| Users included | Unlimited | 1 | 1 |
| AI assistant | Flow (books jobs, drafts invoices) | Intuit Assist | Jobber Copilot (advisory) |
QuickBooks Online and Jobber list prices as of September 1, 2026 (Jobber billed annually), from QuickBooks and Jobber's pricing pages. They change often; check before you decide.
Your QuickBooks bill, next to $19.
Set the size of your crew. The plate prices it on QuickBooks Online's published rates and on FieldFlow's one plan.
- Your bill
- $85/mo
- QuickBooks Essentials · up to 3
- FieldFlow
- $19/mo
- One plan · 3 people, same price
You keep $792 a year.
People on your crew
Lowest advertised rate, billed annually, shown monthly. September 2026. Software only; add your day-to-day below.
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Assumptions
Assumes 5% more revenue from same-day invoicing
An invoice sent from the driveway gets paid sooner and is never forgotten in the truck. 5% is our default, not a measurement.
Assumes 60% less admin time
Scheduling, invoicing, and reminders happen in one place instead of by hand at night. 60% is our default; set it to what you believe.
- Time saved per week at 60%
- 3 hours
- Hours saved per year
- 156 hours
- Extra revenue at 5% from same-day invoicing
- $13,650
Estimated first-year impact
- Sourced software savings
- $792
- Assumed revenue at 5%
- $13,650
- Together
- $14,442
Time and revenue are estimates from the assumptions above, not typical results. Your savings may vary.
What QuickBooks does better.
Full double-entry accounting. Bank feeds that pull every transaction in on their own. Payroll, sales tax filing, and inventory as add-ons. If you have W-2 employees, carry inventory, or your accountant wants a general ledger, QuickBooks is the right home for that, and FieldFlow pushes your invoices and payments into it with one tap.
What FieldFlow does better.
Everything that happens before the money reaches the books. The schedule and who is on it, estimates the customer signs on your phone, invoices sent by text with a pay link, and the expense, receipt, and mileage logging a Schedule C filer actually needs. Plus Flow, which books the job and drafts the invoice for you.
Keeping both? They talk.
Connect QuickBooks from FieldFlow settings and import your customer list in a couple of clicks. Duplicates are flagged, nothing is retyped.
When an invoice is issued, push it to QuickBooks along with its customer and any payments. It's a one-way, on-demand push, so nothing changes in QuickBooks unless you tell it to.
Expenses stay in FieldFlow. Export the P&L as CSV or PDF, every line mapped to its Schedule C category, and hand it to your accountant.
Who should choose what.
FieldFlow alone if:
You file Schedule C, you pay helpers as contractors, and what you need is expenses, mileage, and a clean P&L for your accountant. Bring your customers over from a spreadsheet or your phone contacts; FieldFlow flags the duplicates.
FieldFlow + QuickBooks if:
You run W-2 payroll, carry inventory, or your accountant wants a general ledger. Run the day in FieldFlow and push invoices and payments to QuickBooks when the books need them.
FieldFlow launched in 2026, so there are no customer names to show yet. The 90-day trial with no card is how you judge it: run FieldFlow beside QuickBooks, on your own jobs, and decide what stays once you have seen both.
Run the day in FieldFlow. Keep QuickBooks for the books.
Import your customers in a couple of clicks. Push invoices and payments over when the books need them.
- $19/month
- Unlimited users
- Everything included
- No contracts