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 crews in rural areas with no signal. 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.
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 Core is $69/mo for 1 user. Connect is $169/mo for 5. Grow is $349/mo for 15. Add a crew member, the bill goes up. 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 |
| 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 | $169-$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, working offline, and flat pricing, SpoilStack is built for you. Most of our customers use QuickBooks for invoicing and SpoilStack for everything that happens on the job site.
14 days free, no credit card. Try it and see.