Sendinvo and Jobber solve different halves of running a trade business. Jobber is a full field-service platform: quoting, scheduling, dispatch, client hub and invoicing for North American home-service businesses. Sendinvo is the getting-paid half for UK trades: CIS deductions, VAT reverse charge, deposits, stage payments and reminders. Which is better depends on which half is broken.
- Jobber = jobs, scheduling and field service; Sendinvo = getting paid in the UK.
- Sendinvo handles CIS, reverse charge, retention and stage payments natively.
- Jobber is built for North American home services, not UK construction tax.
- If your problem is scheduling, Jobber competes; if it’s chasing invoices, Sendinvo.
- Both can coexist: jobs in one, money in the other.
What each tool actually is
| Dimension | Sendinvo | Jobber |
|---|---|---|
| Core purpose | Invoicing and getting paid for UK trades | Field-service management for home-service businesses |
| Scheduling and dispatch | No, deliberately not included | Yes, calendar, dispatch, route-style job management |
| Quoting | Pairs with invoicing workflows | Full quoting and proposals built in |
| CIS deductions | Native: calculated on labour, materials and VAT excluded | Not a UK construction feature |
| VAT reverse charge | Supported with correct invoice wording | Not built for UK VAT reverse charge |
| Deposits and stage payments | First-class invoice types | Supports deposits; construction stage billing is not the focus |
| Retention | Shown on invoices, released later | Not a standard workflow |
| Market focus | UK trades and subcontractors | Primarily North America |
The comparison is less head-to-head than the names suggest: they overlap on invoicing, and everything else points in a different direction.
Where Sendinvo wins
- UK construction tax is native, not configured. CIS deductions on labour only, reverse-charge wording that meets HMRC’s invoice requirements, retention shown and released: see the worked CIS example.
- The billing sequence is built in. Deposits, stage payments and applications for payment are standard invoice shapes: see the stage payment template.
- Chasing is automatic. Reminders go out without the awkward email, and late payment interest and compensation are supported when you need teeth.
- No features you will never open. There is no diary, no timesheets: for many tradespeople that is the point, not a gap.
Where Jobber wins
- It runs the whole job. Scheduling, crew dispatch, job forms and client communication live in one place, which suits multi-van home-service operations.
- Quoting to job to invoice is one pipeline, so nothing needs re-typing between documents.
- The client experience is polished, portals and approvals that suit consumer service businesses.
The honest trade-off for a UK construction business: Jobber’s construction-tax handling is not its design centre, so CIS deductions and reverse-charge invoices become manual work on top of the platform.
How to choose
- Your problem is getting paid: deductions, deposits, stages, reminders, statements, → Sendinvo. Compare the full 2026 shortlist for how it ranks against other tools.
- Your problem is running jobs (scheduling, crews, quoting, dispatch) and invoicing is just the end → a field-service platform like Jobber, or a UK-first job-management tool.
- You need both → run a job platform for the diary and Sendinvo for the money; the split mirrors how most UK trades already work: bookings somewhere, invoices here.
- Accounts sit with a bookkeeper → check how either choice exports; a clean CSV export is what your accountant actually needs at year end.
Pricing note
Both are subscription products whose plans and prices change regularly, neither publishes a fixed rate card you can rely on month to month, and Jobber’s UK-facing plans are not the same product shape as its North American ones. Compare current pricing on each vendor’s site for your size of business, and weigh it against which features you will actually use weekly.
FAQ
Is Sendinvo or Jobber better for UK subcontractors?
For UK subcontractors, Sendinvo, CIS deductions, VAT reverse charge, retention and stage payments are built-in invoice features, while Jobber is built around North American field service and needs manual setup for UK construction tax.
Does Jobber work for UK construction?
Jobber serves UK home-service businesses, but its design centre is scheduling and job management rather than UK construction tax. CIS deductions and reverse-charge invoice wording are not native workflows.
Does Sendinvo do scheduling and dispatch like Jobber?
No, deliberately. Sendinvo is the invoicing and getting-paid half, with no diary and no timesheets. Pair it with whatever you already use to schedule jobs.
Which is cheaper, Sendinvo or Jobber?
Both are subscriptions that change pricing regularly and price by plan tier. Compare current pricing on each vendor’s site, and weigh it against whether you need job management or just invoicing.
Can I use Jobber for quotes and Sendinvo for invoices?
Yes, that split works. Quote and schedule in the job platform, then issue deposits, stage payments and CIS invoices in Sendinvo, keeping invoice numbering continuous in one system.
Which handles late payment chasing better?
Both can remind customers, but Sendinvo’s reminders are automatic and UK-specific, with statutory interest and fixed compensation supported on business debts. Jobber’s chasing workflows are generic rather than UK-law aware.
One last thing
The honest test is the last unpaid invoice. If the reason it went unpaid was that nobody dispatched, scheduled or quoted the job properly, you need a job platform. If the job ran fine but the money is still sitting there three weeks later (with a CIS deduction worked out wrongly on top) you need the invoicing half fixed first.