Comparison
SpoilStack vs Jobber for Excavation
Jobber is big in lawn care, HVAC, plumbing, and cleaning. A lot of excavation guys try Jobber because there's no excavation-specific option out there. Now there is.
Jobber is good at what it does
If you run a lawn care or HVAC business, Jobber is great. Quotes, invoicing, customer portal, scheduling, CRM. All built around the pattern of "show up at the customer's house, fix the thing, send a bill."
Excavation doesn't work like that. You're on a site for three weeks. You've got equipment moving between jobs every day. You've got haul counts. You've got daily records, plan conflicts, extra work, photos, and closeout backup to keep organized before closeout. None of that is what Jobber was built for.
What Jobber is missing for dirt work
No machine tracking.Jobber treats every job as a "visit." It has no idea that your CAT 330 moved from Henderson to Maple St at 2 PM. If you care where your iron is, Jobber won't tell you.
No haul counts.This is the single biggest fight excavation contractors have. Jobber has zero feature for it. You'd be back to a paper tally.
No excavation closeout record. You can manage service jobs in Jobber, but daily logs, approved extra work tags (T&M), annotated plans, haul summaries, and closeout packages are the field record SpoilStack is built around.
Offline is weak.Jobber's mobile app wants signal for most stuff. Your guys in a hole on a rural site? Dead.
Per-seat pricing. As of July 2026, Jobber Connect Teams is $169/mo for 5 users. Grow Teams is $349/mo for 10. Plus is $599/mo for 15. Every crew member beyond the cap is another $29/mo. SpoilStack is $99 flat, whole crew, always.
Head to head
| Feature | Jobber | SpoilStack |
|---|---|---|
| Built for excavation | No | Yes, only |
| Machine tracking | No | Core feature |
| Machine hours logging | No | Per machine, per job |
| Haul counter | No | Timestamped |
| Daily logs | Not excavation-native | Field record |
| Extra work tags (T&M) | Paper forms | Signed on site |
| Plan markup | Not built for it | PDF markups |
| Closeout package | Manual assembly | Branded export |
| Offline-first | Limited | Full offline |
| Weather per site | No | 5-day forecast |
| Morning briefing email | No | 6 AM, weekdays |
| Invoicing | Built in | Use QuickBooks |
| Customer portal | Yes | No |
| Cost for 10 users | $349/mo | $99/mo flat |
Which one
If you need built-in invoicing and a customer portal and you're willing to pay per seat, Jobber is the better fit.
If you're an excavation contractor and you care about machine tracking, haul counts, daily logs, extra work backup, plan markups, closeout packages, working offline, and flat pricing, SpoilStack is built for you. Most excavation contractors use QuickBooks for invoicing and SpoilStack for the job record between bid and closeout.
14 days free, no credit card. Try it and see.
Frequently asked questions
Should an excavation contractor use SpoilStack instead of Jobber?
For dirt work, yes. Jobber is built for lawn care, HVAC, and plumbing, where you show up at a house, fix the thing, and send a bill. Excavation runs differently, with equipment moving between sites, haul counts, daily logs, and closeout records. SpoilStack is built for that. Stay on Jobber only if you need its invoicing and customer portal.
Does Jobber track machines and haul counts?
No. Jobber treats every job as a visit and has no idea your CAT 330 moved from one site to another. It has no haul counter either, so you would be back to a paper tally. SpoilStack makes machine tracking and timestamped haul counts core features.
Does SpoilStack do invoicing like Jobber?
No. Jobber has built-in invoicing and a customer portal and SpoilStack does not. Most excavation contractors use QuickBooks for invoicing and use SpoilStack for the job record between bid and closeout.
How does the pricing compare?
Jobber charges per seat. As of July 2026, its team plans run $169/mo for 5 users, $349/mo for 10, and $599/mo for 15, with more for every crew member past the cap. SpoilStack is $99/month flat for the whole crew, unlimited users, always.
Does SpoilStack work offline better than Jobber?
Yes. Jobber's mobile app wants signal for most things, which fails for crews down in a hole on a rural site. SpoilStack is offline-first, so every mutation is cached locally and syncs when signal returns.
Try the free tools first
Jobber has no answer for the dirt-work basics. These free tools do one piece by hand, no signup, and show you the workflow SpoilStack keeps for the whole job.
- Dump truck load ticket generator. The paper version of the haul counter Jobber doesn't have.
- Daily field report generator. The excavation-native daily log Jobber was never built for.
- Excavation volume and truck load calculator. Cubic yards of spoil and how many loads to haul it out.
Keep reading
- Dump truck load tracking app. The haul counter Jobber has no equivalent for.
- Excavation equipment tracking app. Track which machine is on which job.
- SpoilStack vs spreadsheets and vs the shop whiteboard.