Two different shapes: Jobber is an account-based platform for running a testing or plumbing company's whole operation, including scheduling the visit and invoicing the customer once a price already exists. This page is a free, private worksheet for one question -- what should today's visit cost, given the devices on it, the multi-device discount, the per-device filing fee, and any retest fee, before you quote it.
Jobber is a field service management platform used by home and trade service businesses -- plumbing, backflow testing, HVAC, electrical and general contracting among them -- to run client management and online quoting, scheduling and dispatch, invoicing and online payments, and a client-facing hub, tied to one account used on an ongoing basis across every visit the company runs. Jobber's own site is not reachable from this session to confirm today's specific feature list, plan names, or pricing, so only its well-documented identity and category are stated here: nothing about it is invented, and no dollar figure for it appears on this page. Public descriptions of that kind of field service software describe scheduling a visit, dispatching a tester, and invoicing and collecting payment once a price already exists; none describe applying a multi-device discount to every device after the first while keeping a per-device filing fee on the discounted or failed ones -- which is what this calculator does.
This calculator does none of what Jobber does. It does not manage a customer list, schedule a visit, or collect a payment. It takes the devices on one property visit, applies the per-device test fee with the multi-device discount to devices after the first, adds the per-device municipal filing fee and any retest fee for a device that failed, and turns that into an itemized total for the visit -- then a plain-text breakdown to paste into an invoice or work order.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| I need to manage customers, schedule visits, and invoice and collect payment across an ongoing business. | Jobber, or a comparable field service platform -- running that ongoing operation is not something this calculator does. |
| What should this visit's devices cost, given the multi-device discount and the filing fee? | This calculator -- free, instant, private, no account. |
| Does the discount apply to the first device on the visit? | No -- only to devices after the first, since it still carries the trip's travel and setup cost. |
| Does the filing fee still apply to a discounted or failed device? | Yes -- this calculator applies it per device regardless of the testing discount or retest. |
| I need an itemized breakdown to paste into an invoice or work order. | This calculator's copy-breakdown output, built from the same devices you priced the visit with. |
| I already have visits priced and need to schedule testers, invoice customers, and collect payment across an ongoing business. | Jobber -- built as an account-based platform for exactly that job. |
| Do I need to create an account or sign up to use the tool? | This calculator: no. Jobber's tools are used through a paid account. |
Most backflow testers get different value from each: Jobber (or a comparable field service platform) for managing customers, scheduling visits and collecting payment across an ongoing business as an account, and a private calculator like this one for an instant, no-login itemized total for the devices on today's visit before it is quoted. This page's own figures are a pricing model, not a scheduled visit or an invoice.
This tool needs no account and no sign-in: it is a static page, the arithmetic runs in your browser, and once it has loaded it keeps working with the connection off.
They do different jobs, and a backflow tester of any size will likely end up touching both eventually. Jobber is a field service management platform used across home and trade service businesses -- plumbing and backflow testing among them -- to run client management and online quoting, scheduling and dispatch, invoicing and online payments, and a client hub, tied to one account used on an ongoing basis across every visit the company runs. This calculator does one narrower thing: it takes the devices on one property visit (RPZ, double-check, PVB), applies the per-device test fee with the multi-device discount to every device after the first, adds the per-device municipal filing fee and any retest fee, and turns that into an itemized quote for that visit. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type. A tester already scheduling visits, managing a customer list, and invoicing and collecting payment across an ongoing business is better served by Jobber or a comparable field service platform; a tester who wants an instant, private, itemized total for the devices on today's visit is in the right place here.
No. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Jobber. Jobber is a trademark of its owner, named here only to describe what this calculator is and is not.
Open the Backflow Test Fee Calculator to price your own visit.