ServiceM8 Pricing 2026: Plans by Jobs per Month, and What You Really Pay

ServiceM8 pricing works differently from most field service software. There is a Free plan at $0/mo, and four paid plans from $29/mo to $349/mo. You do not pay per user: paid plans include unlimited users, and the price moves with how many jobs you run each month. We read every figure below on ServiceM8’s own US pricing page on 9 November 2026, then costed it for 20, 50, 150 and 500 jobs a month.

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ServiceM8 Pricing at a Glance

Here are all the ServiceM8 plans with their monthly price and job limit. ServiceM8 lists monthly prices only, in US dollars.

What Each Step Up Adds

The pricing page lists a few headline features per plan. We did not test any of them, so open the plan’s full list before you buy.

• Free: one user, 30 jobs a month. Recurring jobs and deposits are listed.
• Starter: unlimited users and 50 jobs. Adds partial and progress invoices, supplier invoice importing, API access and third-party add-ons.
• Growing: 150 jobs. Adds asset management, forms and certificates, proposals, bundles and an inbox.
• Premium: 500 jobs. Adds job costing and markup billing.
• Premium Plus: 1,500 jobs and up, with extra jobs billed per job. The page states the rate, so read it there.

Trial and Add-Ons

The trial runs 14 days with no credit card required, according to the page. Beyond the plan price, ServiceM8 lists optional extras such as Office Agent Pro, ServiceM8 Phone and text messaging. On the Free plan, texts are charged per message. On paid plans they are listed as included. The page does not give card processing fees, so ask ServiceM8 what you will pay to take card payments.

Jobs per Month, Not Users

This is the idea that makes ServiceM8 different. Jobber and Housecall Pro charge for the people on your account. ServiceM8 charges for the work you push through it. $29/mo covers an owner alone or a crew of ten, as long as the month stays under 50 jobs.

That flips the usual math. A busy solo operator can outgrow a plan faster than a quiet five-person crew. Count your jobs, not your headcount.

How to Count Your Jobs

ServiceM8’s pricing page does not define what counts as a job. It lists the allowance for each plan and stops there. We did not find a definition on the page, so we will not guess one.

Do this before you pick a plan:

1. Pull the last three months of work from your invoices or calendar.
2. Count one job per booked piece of work, the way you would write a work order for it.
3. Use your busiest month, not your average.
4. Ask ServiceM8 support how a repeat visit or a quote that never converts is counted, since that is where the count can drift.

If your busiest month sits close to a limit, plan for the next tier up.

What Happens When You Pass the Limit

The pricing page FAQ says that when you hit the limit you can still create jobs and work as normal for another 7 days. If your plan resets in that window, your job credits reset. If not, you are prompted to upgrade. Premium Plus is the only plan that lists a per-job rate for going over. The other plans show no overage rate on the page.

The Free plan has one extra rule: the page says Free users can earn unlimited bonus jobs by accepting card payments. It does not explain the mechanism, so read the offer on ServiceM8’s site before you build a plan around it.

Real Cost by Workload

Here is what you pay at four common volumes. ServiceM8 shows the cheapest plan that fits the job count. Jobber and Housecall Pro are priced by users, so we show the lowest price for a solo operator and for a crew of 3, billed yearly.

Jobber’s plans are priced by users, and we read no job limit on its plan cards, so its columns stay flat while ServiceM8 climbs. That is the trade. ServiceM8 is cheaper when you have many people and few jobs. Jobber is cheaper when one person does many jobs. For a Housecall Pro comparison, the lowest plan for one user is $59/mo and for 3 users it is $149/mo, both billed yearly.

Where ServiceM8 Wins

A crew of 8 doing 50 jobs a month pays $29/mo on ServiceM8. The same crew on Jobber starts at $229/mo billed yearly, and on Housecall Pro at $299/mo. Low volume spread over many users is where per-job pricing pays.

Where It Stops Being Cheap

At 500 jobs a month, ServiceM8 costs $149/mo. A solo operator on Jobber pays $29/mo billed yearly for the same volume. Heavy volume with a small crew is the case where ServiceM8 loses on price. Run your own numbers in our software cost calculator.

ServiceM8 vs Jobber

We looked only at ServiceM8’s US pricing page, because prices and plans can differ by country.

The core difference is the unit you pay for. Jobber charges by users and billing mode, with a 14-day trial. ServiceM8 charges by jobs a month, with unlimited users on paid plans and a free tier for a single user. Neither is cheaper in general. It depends on your ratio of people to jobs.

Pick ServiceM8 when your crew is larger than your job count suggests: a team of 5 doing 40 jobs a month, say. Pick Jobber when one or two people run lots of jobs. Jobber also has more tiers for growing teams, which our Jobber pricing guide breaks down plan by plan. We compared price only, not features. Test the one that fits on live jobs during its trial before you commit.

ServiceM8 Alternatives

If the job cap does not suit you, these price differently:

• Jobber: by user, from $29/mo billed yearly for one user. See Jobber alternatives for the wider field.
• Housecall Pro: $59/mo billed yearly for Basic, with one user.
• Joist and GorillaDesk: Joist sells by documents sent, GorillaDesk by route. See our free field service software roundup for the lowest entry prices.

How We Worked Out These Numbers

Every ServiceM8 price on this page comes from ServiceM8’s US pricing page, read on 9 November 2026. Jobber and Housecall Pro figures come from each vendor’s own pricing page, read the same day. Jobber and Housecall Pro columns use the lowest plan that fits the crew, billed yearly. Add-ons, card fees and sales tax are not in the headline figures. We do not use review sites or reseller quotes as a source for a price.