A JobLogic alternative your engineers will actually use
A mobile-first app that installs from the browser on any phone, per-engineer pricing from £15 with office users free, and monthly billing. No multi-year contract, no onboarding fee.
Who JobLogic suits, and who we suit
Where JobLogic fits
JobLogic is a mature, broad product built up over two decades. It suits larger facilities-management and compliance operations that want an account-managed rollout and are comfortable committing to a longer contract to get it.
Where Engineer OS fits
Engineer OS is built for teams of up to 100 engineers who want modern mobile UX and to be live this week, published pricing, self-serve signup, monthly billing, everything included per engineer.
Engineer OS vs JobLogic
| Feature | Engineer OS | JobLogic |
|---|---|---|
| Day-to-day work | ||
| Job tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Scheduling & dispatch | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | Yes Mobile-first PWA, installs from the browser on any phone | Yes Native iOS and Android apps |
| Forms & certificates | Yes | Yes |
| Certificate expiry alerts | Yes | Partial Not advertised |
| Quoting & invoicing | Yes | Yes |
| Customer portal | Yes | Yes |
| Buying & running it | ||
| Transparent public pricing | Yes From £15 per engineer per month, admins free | Partial Standard from £49 per user per month billed annually; Premium and Enterprise on request |
| Contract | Yes Monthly, cancel any time | No Most customers commit to 24 or 36 months; 12 months by arrangement |
| Self-serve signup | Yes | Partial Free trial on the Standard plan |
| Time to go live | Yes Same day | Partial Guided implementation |
| Accounting integrations | Yes Xero and QuickBooks | Yes |
| AI-cleaned job notes | Yes | No |
| Where JobLogic is ahead today | ||
| Offline working | Partial On our roadmap | Yes |
| Vehicle tracking | No | Yes |
| Subcontractor management | No | Yes |
| Breadth of add-on modules | No Deliberately one product, one price | Yes Two decades of optional modules |
Why teams pick Engineer OS
The app your engineers open forty times a day is where field-service software is won or lost. Engineer OS is mobile-first from the ground up: the whole engineer flow, see the day, open the job, fill the form, attach photos, capture a signature, mark complete, is designed for one thumb on a phone screen, and it installs from the browser on iPhone and Android alike. Try both apps on a real phone and judge for yourself.
Then there is how you buy. JobLogic’s Standard plan starts from £49 per user per month, billed annually, with Premium and Enterprise priced on request, and its own FAQ says most customers commit to 24 or 36 months. Engineer OS starts at £15 per engineer per month, office users are free, billing is monthly, and everything, forms and the customer portal included, comes without an add-on marketplace. If it stops earning its keep, you cancel.
And you can be live the same day. No implementation queue, no onboarding fee, and during our founding period we migrate your data from JobLogic for you, free.
Where JobLogic is ahead today
JobLogic is a genuinely broad product with twenty years of development behind it. It works offline, tracks vehicles, and manages subcontractors. Large FM and compliance operations with the resources for a managed rollout, and the appetite for a longer contract, will find modules there that we do not have today. Our case is for teams that value mobile UX, transparent pricing, and being live this week over breadth of add-ons.
Why UK firms start looking for a JobLogic alternative
Three complaints come up again and again. The first is the app: job sheets still come back on paper, by WhatsApp photo, or as a call to the office because the form would not save. Once one engineer works around the system, the office double-enters everything.
The second is cost creep, as the annual invoice grows with users, modules and renewal uplifts. The third is the configuration that never quite finished: half-built asset lists, certificate templates that were going to be sorted next month, PPM schedules kept in a spreadsheet beside the system.
The problem is rarely quality. It is fit. If you run eight engineers doing reactive work plus a handful of service contracts, you may be paying for capability you will never switch on.
The shortlist UK firms compare JobLogic against
- Commusoft: strong on domestic heating, gas and servicing, service reminders and customer communication.
- Simpro: built for project-heavy commercial M&E, with job costing, procurement and stock. Heavier on admin than most 10-engineer service firms want.
- BigChange: fleet and tracking led, with telematics at the centre. Suits firms where vehicle movement is the main management problem.
- Tradify and ServiceM8: very good for one to five person outfits, thinner on contract PPM and certificate libraries. ServiceM8 prices by job volume, not per user.
- Staying on JobLogic: often the right call if you are contract-heavy, multi-site, running stock control and heading past 40 engineers.
- Engineer OS: built for 5 to 100 engineer firms that need jobs, mobile forms, certificates and photos in one place on a phone.
Sources: JobLogic pricing, ServiceM8 pricing
Six pricing questions to ask every vendor
The headline per-user figure is rarely what you pay. Office seats, minimum user counts, onboarding and migration fees, add-on modules, contract term and training days all land later. Ask these on the demo call and get the answers in writing.
- Is the price per engineer or per user, and do office seats cost the same?
- What is the minimum user count, and can I reduce seats mid-term?
- What are the one-off costs for onboarding, migration and building my forms?
- Which of the things I need are add-on modules?
- What is the contract term, the notice period and the renewal uplift?
- What does it cost to change a certificate template in month six?
The test that matters: your least keen engineer
Feature lists are written for the office. The system lives or dies on the van. Take one real job and give it to the engineer who hates change, not the keen one, on their own phone.
Have them open the job, complete the certificate, attach four photos, capture a signature and close it. Count the taps; anything over about 20 and engineers will find a workaround by week three. Try it somewhere with a weak signal too, and ask each vendor exactly what happens when the signal drops.
Be clear on where Engineer OS stands: the app loads on a weak signal because its shell is cached, but submitting forms and uploading photos needs a connection today. Queued offline submission is on our roadmap. JobLogic sells an offline app, so if your engineers regularly work with no signal at all, weigh that honestly.
What it takes to leave JobLogic
Read your agreement first: contract term, notice period and renewal date. Then ask JobLogic support, in writing, for a full export of customers, sites, assets, job history, invoices, certificates and photos, and ask what format each part arrives in. Structured records usually come out as CSV or Excel; attachments are where the work hides.
Migrate customers, sites, assets, live contracts and open jobs. Keep closed history as an archive export rather than moving five years of it.
- Weeks 1 to 2: shortlist two systems and test them on live jobs.
- Weeks 3 to 4: clean the customer and asset lists. This decides whether the switch feels smooth.
- Weeks 5 to 6: run both in parallel, new jobs on the new system, open jobs finishing on the old one.
- Week 7: train engineers in the van, on real jobs.
- Week 8: hard cut-off. Announce it, then hold it.
Sources: ICO on data portability
When you shouldn’t switch
- Your engineers already use the app daily and the only complaint is price. Renegotiate at renewal and quote the alternative you trialled.
- You are midway through a large contract mobilisation. Changing systems while onboarding hundreds of assets is how jobs get lost.
- You rely on stock, procurement or project costing modules that lighter systems do not cover.
- The real problem is process. If nobody owns closing jobs and chasing paperwork, new software just moves the mess.
Common questions
How much does JobLogic cost?
JobLogic publishes one price: its Standard plan starts from £49 per user per month, billed annually. Premium and Enterprise are priced on request, and its FAQ says most customers commit to 24 or 36 months. Engineer OS starts at £15 per engineer per month, office users are free, and billing is monthly.
Is there a minimum contract?
No. Engineer OS is billed monthly and you can cancel any time. There is no multi-year commitment and no onboarding fee.
Do I need a demo call before I can use it?
No. Signup is self-serve and you can be running jobs the same day. A 30-minute walkthrough with the founder is available if you want one, optional, not a gate.
Can I import my data from JobLogic?
Yes. Customers, sites, and job history can be imported, and during our founding period we do the migration for you free of charge. The aim is to have you running jobs the same day.
How long does it take to switch from JobLogic?
Plan on six to eight weeks for a 5 to 30 engineer firm: two weeks to shortlist and trial on live jobs, two weeks cleaning data, two weeks running both systems in parallel, then a hard cut-off. The common failure is skipping the data clean-up and trying to cut over in a weekend.
Does Engineer OS work offline like JobLogic?
Not yet. The app loads on a weak signal because its shell is cached, but submitting forms and uploading photos needs a connection. Queued offline submission is on our roadmap. If your engineers regularly work with no signal, test that before you commit.
What does Engineer OS cost?
Simple per-engineer pricing, published on our pricing page, office users included, no job caps, no add-on marketplace. You can start a free trial without a card.
Try it on your own jobs this week.
Self-serve signup, no card required to start, and we’ll help migrate your data free while we’re in our founding period.
JobLogic is a trademark of Joblogic Ltd. Engineer OS is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Joblogic. This comparison is based on JobLogic’s public website, last reviewed October 2026. If anything here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it.