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. 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 |
| 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 of our customers use QuickBooks for invoicing and SpoilStack for the job record between bid and closeout.
14 days free, no credit card. Try it and see.