Vento vs Jobber
Jobber is job-management and CRM software for home-service and trade businesses. Jobber is a capable, widely used platform for quoting, scheduling, invoicing and CRM across many trades. Vento is the air-con specialist: sizing, scaled drawings, refrigerant routing and F-Gas are built into the workflow, so you don't bolt a calculator onto a general tool.
The comparison below is at a category level: both handle the day-to-day admin of running a trade business, but only Vento is built around air-conditioning design and engineering. Jobber's exact features vary by plan and change over time — confirm current details on Jobber's website.
| Capability | Vento | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| Air-conditioning design & engineering | ||
| Built specifically for air conditioning | The entire workflow | No |
| Room-by-room heat-load (Manual J) | Built in, instant | No |
| Split & multi-split system design | Scaled, construction-issue drawings | No |
| Unit capacity matching | From a SEER/SCOP catalogue | No |
| Condenser placement & pipe routing | On the drawing | No |
| F-Gas register, CO₂e & leak-check scheduling | Built in | Varies |
| Running-cost estimates on proposals (SEER/SCOP) | Automatic | No |
| Running your business | ||
| Jobs, scheduling & CRM | Yes | Yes |
| Quotes & invoicing | Yes | Yes |
| Branded proposals with e-signature | Good/Better/Best options | Varies |
| Online payments & deposits | Card, Klarna, DD, transfer | Yes |
| Service & maintenance plans | Recurring, with certificates | Yes |
| Mobile app for on-site work | Full workflow on a phone | Yes |
| Running the operation | ||
| Dispatch board | Drag-and-drop, per engineer | Yes |
| Route planning | From Professional | Varies |
| Van & store stock | Ledger-backed levels | Varies |
| Purchase orders & invoice matching | Yes | Varies |
| Subcontractor job access | Per-job link, no account | Varies |
| Lone-worker check-ins | Office alerted if missed | Varies |
| Customer portal | Emailed link, no password | Varies |
| Schedule of Rates pricing | Import NHF, PSA or your own | Varies |
| Batch billing for maintenance contracts | Draft, review, commit | Varies |
"Varies" means the capability exists in some form or depends on plan/integration. General field-service platforms cover many trades; air-con-specific engineering like room-by-room heat-load and refrigerant system design is not something they set out to do. We don't speak for Jobber's product — verify current capabilities directly.
A strong general home-service platform
Jobber is job-management and CRM software for home-service and trade businesses, with a good reputation for being pleasant to use: quoting, scheduling, client communication, invoicing and payments, in a product that does not fight you. For a service business with a lot of customers and a lot of visits, that is a sound choice.
It is built primarily for North American home services, which is worth knowing before you compare feature lists.
What an imported platform cannot assume about a UK job
The gap is not quality, it is jurisdiction. A British air-conditioning installation sits inside F-Gas certification and refrigerant record-keeping, CO₂e and leak-check intervals, Building Regulations Part L evidence, UK VAT, and heat-load calculation against UK design temperatures.
Ask Jobber what it supports for a UK business on each of those. It is the right question for any platform not built here, and it is better asked now than after you have moved your customer list.
Then there is the part no general platform in any market attempts: sizing and designing the system. Confirm with them, but heat-load calculation and split or multi-split design are not what Jobber advertises.
Vento does both — the UK compliance and the engineering — because it is built for one trade in one country. See everything Vento includes.
If you already run Jobber
Plenty of firms land here already using a general platform and liking it. You do not have to tear it out on day one.
The usual route is to start using Vento on the next survey — the sizing, the design, the proposal and the deposit — and decide later whether the general platform still earns its place for the rest. Starting on the next job rather than migrating years of history is what makes that practical.
Vento’s pricing is published and flat: plans start at £49 a month, with the Professional plan at £149 a month including 3 seats and extra seats at £25. Every plan has a 14-day free trial and there is no multi-year term to sign. See the full pricing for what each plan includes.
Frequently asked questions
Does Jobber do heat-load calculations?
Room-by-room heat load and air-conditioning system design are not part of what Jobber advertises — it is a general job-management and CRM platform for home services. Confirm the current position with them directly.
Does Jobber handle F-Gas?
Ask them. F-Gas refrigerant records are a UK and EU legal requirement with no direct North American equivalent, so it is not something an imported platform necessarily carries. In Vento the register, CO₂e and leak-check scheduling come out of the job itself.
Can I try Vento before switching anything?
Yes — every plan has a 14-day free trial, and the sensible way to use it is to run one real survey end to end: measure a room, size it, build the proposal and send it to yourself. That answers the question better than any comparison page, including this one.
Where Vento wins for air-con installers
- The engineering is built in — Room-by-room heat load, capacity matching and scaled system drawings are part of the workflow — not a separate CAD seat, spreadsheet or add-on a general tool can't provide.
- Purpose-built, not adapted — Vento only does air conditioning, so surveying, sizing, drawings and F-Gas fit how your jobs actually run — where Jobber is built to serve many trades at once.
- Win the job on the visit — Survey, design, proposal, e-sign and deposit happen in one visit, so you leave with a signed job and money in the bank.
If you run several trades, a broad platform like Jobber may suit you. If air conditioning is your business, Vento is built for exactly that.
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