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Jobber for Mobile Oil Change: A Tidy Calendar With No Car on It
Jobber is pleasant, month-to-month software whose $49 Core plan already holds online booking to a radius and a drive time, but it keeps the client and the property, not the vehicle. Its pages describe no vehicle record or plate lookup and list no inventory, with routing from the $139 Connect plan and two-way texting from the $199 Grow plan.
57.5 / 100, number 4 of 6. Mobile Service Sync, in first place, scores 100.0. Best for: Home and commercial crews whose work is tied to an address: lawns, cleaning, HVAC.
Jobber on an Oil Change Route
Booking is where Jobber helps a van most. Even on Core, the booking page is limited by a radius and by drive time, the app runs on iPhone and Android, and the plans are monthly with a 14-day trial and no card.
Then the car goes missing. Nothing on Jobber's site describes a customer vehicle, so the engine and the oil weight have no record of their own to sit on for the second visit. Its pricing and feature pages list no inventory either, so the filters and oil in the van are counted somewhere else.
Putting the day in drive order starts on Connect at $139 a month, and the two-way thread a customer can answer starts on Grow at $199. Review requests after a job need the Marketing Suite, $99 a month on top. Offline, checklists and notes still save, while the schedule stays read only until the signal is back.
For fleets, Jobber sets net terms per client, which covers one of the four things a fleet account asks for.
The Ten Criteria, One by One
Every row links to the Jobber page it was scored from, read on November 7, 2026.
- Vehicle records with plate or VIN lookupNot statedno customer vehicle record on its pages (source)
- Route optimizationHigher planConnect plan, $139/month (source)
- Technician app on iPhone and AndroidIncludediOS and Android app (source)
- Works with no signalPartialchecklists and notes save offline, schedule read only (source)
- Online booking that respects your area and capacityIncludedon Core, limited by radius and drive time (source)
- Fleet accountsPartialnet terms per client only (source)
- Two-way textingHigher plantwo way SMS from Grow, $199/month (source)
- Automatic review requestsAdd-onauto requests in Marketing Suite, $99/month (source)
- Stock counted per vanNot statedno inventory on pricing or feature pages (source)
- Published price, month to month, free trialIncludedpublished, no commitment, 14 days no card (source)
What Jobber Publishes for Its Plans
- Core: $49/mo, 1 user (no routing, QuickBooks sync or two-way texting)
- Connect: $139/mo for 1 user, $199/mo with 5 users
- Grow: $199/mo for 1 user, $299/mo with 5 users
- Plus: $499/mo with 5 users
- Extra users $29/mo each; Marketing Suite $99/mo; Pipeline $49/mo
- Monthly with no commitment; lower with a 1-year commitment or prepaid annually
What an Oil Change Van Gets Instead
Mobile Service Sync keeps what Jobber does well (booking that knows where you work, a clean phone app, no contract) and builds the account around the car: plate or VIN lookup, the oil weight and capacity saved after the first visit, stock counted per van, and routing and two-way texting from the $49 plan.
Mobile Service Sync keeps its own side-by-side page against this product: Mobile Service Sync compared with Jobber.
Questions About Jobber
- Can a mobile oil change business use Jobber?
- Yes, and its Core booking already respects a radius and drive time, but Jobber's pages describe no customer vehicle record and list no inventory. Routing starts at $139 a month and two-way texting at $199.
- What does Jobber cost?
- Core is $49 a month for one user, Connect $139 for one user or $199 with five, Grow $199 for one user or $299 with five, and Plus $499 with five. Extra users are $29 a month, the Marketing Suite is $99 and Pipeline $49, all monthly with no commitment.