Honest Comparison
Eliv8 OS vs Jobber
Both are good tools. They do different things. Here's a fair side-by-side so you can pick the right one — even if that's not us.
Dimension
Eliv8 OS
Jobber
What it is
AI advisor + business OS for owner-operators
Field-service CRM and scheduling
Best for
Specialty-trade owners, $500k–$15M revenue, 3–50 people
Field-service businesses (lawn care, plumbing, cleaning, etc.) where the bottleneck is dispatching crews and getting paid.
Pricing
Free while in private pilot; one flat price at launch
From $39/month (limited) up to $349/month for full features. Per-user pricing on higher tiers.
AI advisor
Yes — Solomon, with long-term memory
No
CFO dashboard + cash flow forecast
Yes
No
Hiring planner / scorecards
Yes
No
Remembers your decisions
Yes
No
Field crew dispatching
No — on purpose. Keep the tool you already use for that.
Yes — strong
What Jobber does well
- Best-in-class scheduling and dispatching
- Strong customer communications (texts, emails, payments)
- Mobile app crews actually use
- Big ecosystem of integrations
Where Jobber falls short
- No AI advisor or strategic layer
- No CFO dashboard or cash flow forecasting
- No hiring or org-planning tools
- No memory of what you decided, or why
- Higher tiers get pricey fast
Where Eliv8 OS wins
- AI advisor that knows your business — Jobber has no equivalent
- CFO dashboard, cash flow forecasting, hiring planner — strategic tools Jobber doesn't build
- Succession planning and written playbooks
- One flat price for everything — no tiers, no per-seat
Where Jobber wins
- Mature scheduling, dispatching, and customer-facing workflows
- Field-team mobile app
- Larger integration library
Pick Jobber if…
Your bottleneck is dispatching, scheduling, and getting invoices paid. You have field crews running multiple jobs a day and need real-time coordination.
Visit Jobber →Pick Eliv8 OS if…
You already have ops handled, or your ops are simpler than Jobber needs to manage. What you actually need is counsel — cash flow, hiring, the hard decisions, what happens to this business after you. The advisor, and the tools to act on the advice.
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