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A FIELD APP PLUS QUICKBOOKS, OR ONE PROGRAM.

Jobber and Housecall Pro run the scheduling, work orders and invoices, and hand the accounting to QuickBooks. ClockCost does the field work and the books in one program. Here’s how that plays out, from their own help pages, checked 5 November 2026.

How the books work

WHERE THE ACCOUNTING HAPPENS

Jobber

Jobber’s help center says Jobber was built for running the business and QuickBooks Online for the accounting, and that the two pair together. The QuickBooks Online connection is on select plans, and it doesn’t sync with QuickBooks Desktop. Its Xero sync runs one way, from Jobber to Xero, with Jobber as the source of truth.

Sources: QuickBooks and Jobber · Connect QuickBooks Online · QuickBooks Desktop · Xero

Housecall Pro

Housecall Pro’s help center describes its QuickBooks Online integration as one-way: an invoice goes from Housecall Pro to QuickBooks when it’s finished, sent or paid. The integration isn’t compatible with QuickBooks Online Simple Start. Its QuickBooks Desktop sync is one-way too.

Sources: QuickBooks Online · Integration overview · QuickBooks Desktop

ClockCost

The books are in the same program as the crew and the jobs: bank and card lines, bills and checks, profit and loss, balance sheet, Schedule C and E, and 1099s. A receipt the crew snaps is matched to the card charge, so it’s counted once. Nothing syncs, because there’s nothing to sync to. If your accountant still wants QuickBooks, the exports are built in.

How to use ClockCost · Job costs and the books

Day to day

WHAT THAT MEANS IN PRACTICE

Jobber with QuickBooks, Housecall Pro with QuickBooks, and ClockCost, side by side
	Jobber + QuickBooks	Housecall Pro + QuickBooks	ClockCost
Programs to sign in to	Two	Two	One
Subscriptions for the field work and the books	Two	Two	One, $7 a crew member
How an invoice reaches the books	Entered in Jobber, then synced to QuickBooks Online	Entered in Housecall Pro, pushed to QuickBooks when finished, sent or paid	It’s already in the books when it’s sent
When the two disagree	Fix it at the sync	Fix it at the sync	There’s one record, so there’s nothing to disagree

Sync problems are real but not universal: Jobber’s own community has threads on duplicate clients after syncing with QuickBooks, and many businesses run the pair without trouble. The point is that one program removes the step.

Source: Jobber Community: duplicate clients when syncing with QuickBooks

If you manage rentals

BUILT AROUND THE PROPERTY

ClockCost was built inside a property-management company with its own maintenance crew, so costs land on the property and the unit, not only the customer.

Cost by property and unit, with profit and loss by property and Schedule E for each rental.
A link for each owner, no account needed: the days and hours worked at their properties, their invoices and receipts, and their statements.
Unit turns and preventive maintenance, each tracked in one place.
A repair link for every property or unit, printable as a QR sign, that lands as a work order.
Hours stamped with the address, for when an owner asks about a maintenance bill.

Fair is fair

WHERE THEY’RE AHEAD

Jobber and Housecall Pro have been around for years. They have large support teams, thousands of published reviews, marketing tools for winning new customers, and big marketplaces of add-on integrations.

ClockCost is newer and built by an operator who runs crews every day. If marketing tools and a big integration marketplace matter more to you than having the crew, the jobs and the books in one program, one of them may suit you better. If the books are the part that keeps you up at night, try ClockCost.

Switching

BRING YOUR CUSTOMERS OVER

From Jobber: Clients, More Actions, Export Clients (CSV).
From Housecall Pro: Customers, Export.
Into ClockCost: Settings, Customers, Import. Customers and their properties come over together, anything already in ClockCost is left as it is, and nothing is saved until you check the preview.

QuickBooks customer lists and ordinary spreadsheets import the same way.