Updated 2026-09-09. No ranked winner.
MakeWash is pressure-washing-only software published as free today with a future $49/month per-business floor. Jobber is a general FSM with a pressure-washing industry page and Core from $29 to $49 by billing mode. Those units are not interchangeable, so this page does not name a winner. Figures are from vendor pages checked 2026-09-09. We have not tested either app.
Published 2026-09-09. Last checked 2026-09-09.
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Two products
This is a wash-native launch product with a published $0 bill and a stated later $49 floor versus a general field-service CRM with a published pressure-washing industry page. The products do not sell the same units.
See the MakeWash and Jobber profiles for documented functions, still without a field test. This page is a two-product comparison only.
Wash-native versus Jobber with a published satellite SKU stays on CrewNest vs Jobber. Another named-plan versus Jobber stays on QuoteIQ vs Jobber. Horizontal FSM versus Jobber stays on Workiz vs Jobber. Soft-wash chemistry notes stay on the soft wash guide. $0 language stays on the free software guide.
We did not copy MakeWash’s on-page competitor dollar column as Jobber’s price. Jobber floors on this page are the live 1-user seat cards.
How you pay
MakeWash publishes $0 today and a later per-business floor. Jobber sells a plan name plus a seat band. You cannot subtract one published dollar from the other and get a breakeven.
| Plan (1 user) | No commitment | 1-year monthly | Billed annually |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core | $49 | $39 | $29 |
| Connect | $139 | $119 | $99 |
| Grow | $199 | $169 | $149 |
The 1-user floor is Core at $49 with no commitment, $39 on a 1-year monthly commitment, or $29 billed annually. Connect, Grow, and Plus also publish multi-user bands. This page quotes the 1-user row as primary.
MakeWash processing percent, card / ACH / instant fees, and multi-seat paid rules are a GAP. No published payment % rate card sits on the fetched MakeWash pages.
Soft-wash / satellite depth
Schedule, route, Client Hub, and quoting
QuickBooks Online
Direction, objects, unpaid invoices, and Desktop stay on the QuickBooks guide. This page locks the published gates.
Payments
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Trials and $0 language
Those offers are not interchangeable. A launch $0 product with a stated later $49 floor is not a 14-day Grow preview.
Who each product is for
These are fit notes against published units and documented claims. They are not awards.
MakeWash is for a shop that wants a published $0 bill today, will model $49/month per business after a month of notice, and wants the software page’s per-sqft estimating and soft-wash chemistry claims. CSV import and light-commercial scope are vendor claims on that page. An in-product satellite aerial measure SKU, QBO, named route optimization, a published payment % rate card, and Client Hub-equivalent portal depth are NOT CLAIMED. The $0 bill is not forever-free.
Jobber is for a shop that wants a Client Hub and seat-band billing, can enter on Core at $49 / $39 / $29, and can pay Connect for QBO, checklists, and the documented route-optimization gate. Optional line items and two-way SMS sit on Grow+. Soft-wash chemistry and satellite measure are NOT CLAIMED on the PW page.
This page does not rank a winner. Quote MakeWash at the published $0 / $49 units and quote Jobber at the plan that lists the feature you need, then compare the written totals. CrewNest versus Jobber stays on CrewNest vs Jobber. QuoteIQ versus Jobber stays on QuoteIQ vs Jobber. Workiz versus Jobber stays on Workiz vs Jobber. The wider solo set, including $0 tools and tools with pricing on request, stays on the solo operator guide.
What we did not do
We have not run these products on a live wash route. We are not recommending a single product. We are not publishing star ratings.
We did not redo the solo operator guide, the free software guide, the soft wash guide, CrewNest vs Jobber, QuoteIQ vs Jobber, Workiz vs Jobber, or the QuickBooks guide. Those pages stay the workflow, $0 taxonomy, soft-wash taxonomy, other two-product bake-offs, and QuickBooks taxonomy. This page is the MakeWash versus Jobber bake-off only.
We did not invent MakeWash card, ACH, or instant percent fees. We did not treat $0 today as a forever-free SLA. We did not invent an in-product satellite aerial measure SKU. We did not invent a MakeWash QBO integration. We did not invent a MakeWash multi-seat paid total. We did not reprint MakeWash’s competitor Jobber dollar band as our fact. We did not invent a breakeven from a launch $0 / later $49 floor and a Core sticker.
PressureWashStack does not earn commissions or affiliate revenue. Links on this page are ordinary vendor URLs, not tracking links. See the affiliate disclosure. Other directory listings stay on the directory.
Sources
- MakeWash home: retrieved 2026-09-09
- MakeWash software (pricing + FAQ): retrieved 2026-09-09
- MakeWash about: retrieved 2026-09-09
- MakeWash tools (free calculators): retrieved 2026-09-09
- Houseler pricing (parent $49 corroboration): retrieved 2026-09-09
- Jobber pricing: retrieved 2026-09-09
- Jobber pressure washing industry: retrieved 2026-09-09
- Jobber QuickBooks Online Sync (feature): retrieved 2026-09-09
- Jobber Route Optimization (New Schedule) help: retrieved 2026-09-09
- Jobber QuickBooks Integration FAQs (NEW): retrieved 2026-09-09