Brilla vs Jobber for Auto Detailers: An Honest Comparison

If you've looked at software for your detailing business, you've looked at Jobber. It's one of the biggest names in field-service software, it has a page aimed at auto detailers, and plenty of detailers run on it. So if you're comparing Jobber for auto detailing against Brilla, here's a straight side-by-side: what each one costs, what each one does, and who should pick which.

Prices and features as listed on each company's website in October 2026; check their sites for the latest.

The short version

Jobber is a broad field-service platform that serves lawn care, cleaning, HVAC and more, with auto detailing as one of many trades. It has a long feature list, a big app ecosystem, accounting sync and route optimization. Brilla is narrower: it's built only for detailers, with ceramic coating warranty tracking, multi-vehicle booking with per-vehicle prices and maintenance plans built in, at one flat price with unlimited team members. Jobber does more things; Brilla does fewer things that are specific to detailing.

Price

Brilla is $49 a month (or $490 a year) for everything, with unlimited team members.

Jobber's pricing has several plans and three ways to pay. As listed on Jobber's pricing page in October 2026, the Core plan starts at $49/month with no commitment, $39/month with a one-year commitment, or $29/month billed annually, and includes 1 user. Connect starts at $139/month, Grow at $199/month and Plus at $499/month (no-commitment prices). Extra users are $29/month each.

That table isn't the whole story. Core is Jobber's entry plan, and some features detailers want (two-way texting, for example) are on higher plans. If you only need one user and pay annually, Jobber Core at $29/month is cheaper than Brilla.

Feature by feature

What Jobber does well

• Accounting. QuickBooks Online and Xero sync. If your bookkeeper lives in QuickBooks, that matters, and Brilla doesn't have it.
• Routing. Route optimization for days with six stops across a county.
• Payments options. Tap to Pay on your phone and low-cost bank payments, alongside regular card payments.
• Breadth. Native apps on iOS and Android, a large integration list and a long track record.

If you also do pressure washing or window cleaning, or you run detailing as one line of a bigger service business, Jobber's general approach probably fits you better than a detailing-only tool.

Where Brilla is different

• Coating warranties. Log each coating on the job and Brilla emails the customer before the warranty runs out. See coating renewal reminders.
• Per-vehicle pricing. A family booking an SUV and a sedan gets the right price for each, online. More in multi-vehicle bookings.
• Detailer pay. Commission is created per detailer per job from the final price. See detailer payroll.
• One price for the whole team. No seat fees as you hire.
• Weather. A Rain check email the afternoon before, for mobile detailers.

What Brilla doesn't have

To be clear about the gaps: no QuickBooks sync, no route optimization, no GPS tracking, no Android app, no two-way text inbox, no card reader or Tap to Pay, and one location per account. If any of those is a must-have today, Jobber is the better pick right now. You can see what we're working on at the Brilla roadmap.

Who should pick which

• Pick Jobber if you need QuickBooks sync, route optimization or an Android app, you run more than one service trade, or you're a solo operator happy to pay annually for the cheapest entry plan.
• Pick Brilla if you're a detailer or coating installer with a team (or about to have one), you want coating warranties, per-vehicle pricing and commission tracking built in, and you'd rather pay one flat price than per user.

Switching from Jobber is straightforward: export your clients and invoices as CSV and import them into Brilla. For a wider look, see our roundup of the best auto detailing software, or how Brilla compares with Housecall Pro.