This calculator vs. Jobber
Two different shapes: Jobber is an account-based platform for running a home service company's whole operation, including scheduling the crew and invoicing the customer once a job is priced. This page is a free, private worksheet for one question — what should this reroof cost, given its squares and pitch, before you send the bid.
What each tool is for
Jobber is a field service management platform used by home service businesses — lawn care, cleaning, HVAC, plumbing, roofing and other exterior trades among them — to run client management and online quoting, scheduling and crew dispatch, invoicing and online payments, and a client-facing hub, tied to one account used on an ongoing basis across every job 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, invoicing and collecting payment for a job once its scope and price already exist; none describe converting a section's footprint and pitch into actual roof squares and pricing a reroof from there — which is the one thing this calculator does.
This calculator does none of what Jobber does. It does not manage a client list, dispatch a crew across a season, or collect a payment. It takes one reroof — each section's footprint and pitch converted to actual roof squares, waste, how many layers are being torn off, a material preset, loaded labor, dump and permit, overhead, and the margin you intend to keep — and turns that into the job price, the price per square, the effective hourly rate, and the walk-away number below which the job loses money, plus a printable customer proposal with a deposit split and a price-held date. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| I need to manage clients, schedule crews, and invoice and collect payment for reroofs and other home service jobs across my whole business. | Jobber, or a comparable field service platform — running that ongoing operation is not something this calculator does. |
| What should I charge for this reroof, given its squares, pitch, waste, and tear-off layers? | This calculator — free, instant, private, no account. |
| What is the actual roof surface for a section, given its footprint and pitch — not the house's square footage? | This calculator's own squares-by-pitch walkthrough. |
| Is the price I'm about to quote still above my walk-away cost for this job? | This calculator's walk-away price check. |
| I already have jobs priced and need to schedule, invoice and collect payment across many customers, over a season. | Jobber — built as an ongoing, 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 roofing contractors get different value from each: Jobber (or a comparable field service platform) for managing clients, scheduling crews and collecting payment across an ongoing business as an account, and a private calculator like this one for an instant, no-login answer to what one reroof should cost from its squares and pitch before a business system is involved. This page's own figures are a pricing model, not a project record, a material order, or a structural determination.
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.
Common questions
Should I use this calculator or Jobber?
They do different jobs, and a roofing crew of any size will likely end up touching both. Jobber is a field service management platform used across home service trades to run client management and online quoting, scheduling and crew dispatch, invoicing and online payments, and a client hub, tied to one account used on an ongoing basis across every job the company runs. This calculator does one narrower thing: starting from each section's footprint and pitch converted to actual roof squares, waste, tear-off layers, a material preset, loaded labor, dump and permit, overhead, and target margin, it turns that into the job price, the price per square, the effective hourly rate, and the walk-away price below which the job loses money, before any of it touches a business-management system. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type. A roofing company already scheduling crews, invoicing customers and taking payments across many jobs is better served by Jobber or a comparable field service platform; a contractor who wants an instant, private answer to what one reroof should cost from its squares and pitch before opening a business system is in the right place here.
Is this page affiliated with Jobber?
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 Roofing Bid Calculator to price your own reroof.