Free plan
- BCTM
- $0/mo permanently — you pay a per-transaction fee only when a customer pays you
- Jobber
- No — 14-day free trial (Grow features), no card required
- Jobber — official pricing page (accessed 2026-09-29)
A Free Jobber Alternative: What $0/Month Gets You, and What It Does Not
Jobber has no free plan — it offers a 14-day trial, then paid plans from $49/mo for one user (getjobber.com/pricing/). BCTM charges $0 per month for the software and earns only a fee on electronic payments. This page is honest about both halves: what you keep by switching, and the Jobber features you would give up.
Pricing verified 2026-09-29; vendor pricing changes frequently — verify before relying on it.
Side by side
Monthly software cost, 1 user
- BCTM
- $0/mo — no subscription and no per-user seats
- Jobber
- $49/mo (Core, no-commitment monthly)
Jobber's annual prepay is cheaper.
- Jobber — official pricing page (accessed 2026-09-29)
Monthly software cost, 15 users
- BCTM
- $0/mo — no subscription and no per-user seats
- Jobber
- $399/mo (Connect) to $499/mo (Grow), no-commitment monthly
- Jobber — official pricing page (accessed 2026-09-29)
Card processing rate
- BCTM
- 3.9% + $0.30 (1% BCTM platform fee + 2.9% + $0.30 Stripe)
- Jobber
- 2.9% + 30¢ online
BCTM's card rate is higher because it replaces the subscription.
- Jobber — official pricing page (accessed 2026-09-29)
ACH rate
- BCTM
- 1.8% (1% BCTM platform fee + 0.8% Stripe, Stripe portion capped at $5.00)
- Jobber
- 1%
- Jobber — official pricing page (accessed 2026-09-29)
Route optimization
- BCTM
- Not offered
- Jobber
- Yes
A genuine Jobber strength.
- Jobber — official pricing page (accessed 2026-09-29)
QuickBooks/Xero sync
- BCTM
- Not currently offered
- Jobber
- Yes
A genuine Jobber strength.
- Jobber — official pricing page (accessed 2026-09-29)
The verdict
Jobber is genuinely better if you rely on route optimization, two-way SMS on its Connect plan and up, or QuickBooks Online and Xero sync (getjobber.com/pricing/); BCTM does not offer route optimization or accounting sync. BCTM is the better fit if you mainly need customers, estimates, jobs, crew calendars, invoices and card/ACH payments, and the monthly subscription — especially as you add users — is what is pushing you to look elsewhere.
Questions people ask
Does Jobber have a free version?
No. Jobber offers a 14-day free trial with no card required, then paid plans starting at $49/mo for one user on monthly billing.
The trial gives access to Grow-plan features (Jobber pricing).
- Jobber — official pricing page (accessed 2026-09-29)
Is BCTM completely free?
The software subscription is $0/month. Electronic payments carry a fee: card 3.9% + $0.30 (1% BCTM platform fee + 2.9% + $0.30 Stripe); ACH 1.8% (1% BCTM platform fee + 0.8% Stripe, Stripe portion capped at $5.00).
Cash and check: no fees. See the fee schedule for the breakdown.
When does Jobber cost less than BCTM?
When your card volume is high enough that BCTM's extra 1 percentage point on card payments exceeds your Jobber subscription.
On Jobber Core at $49/mo, that crossover is roughly $4,900 a month in card payments (Jobber pricing). Moving large invoices to ACH, where BCTM's Stripe portion is capped, shifts the crossover higher. Run the numbers with your own volume.
- Jobber — official pricing page (accessed 2026-09-29)
Where these numbers came from
Pricing verified 2026-09-29; vendor pricing changes frequently — verify before relying on it.
- Jobber — official pricing page (accessed 2026-09-29)
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