Comparison: JobLogic
Estimark and JobLogic, compared for UK contractors
JobLogic is field service software positioned at commercial service and facilities maintenance contractors, where the work is planned and reactive attendance against a contract. Estimark covers that work through reactive maintenance, schedule of rates and property compliance, and carries the contracting side with it: quoting, job costing, CIS deduction, the VAT domestic reverse charge, and payment applications on Construction Act dates.
What a maintenance contractor has to hold together
The contract and the job
Measured work is priced against a schedule of rates and invoiced against a contract. The same firm still quotes and costs one-off projects, and both have to reconcile at month end.
Money flow on the commercial side
Work for a main contractor or a housing association is applied for rather than invoiced, with retention held and a pay less deadline that is fixed by statute.
Evidence a client will audit
An FM client asks for attendance, certificates, RAMS and sign-off after the fact. Records assembled afterwards are records that get argued about.
What it costs before it runs
Read both price pages and both vendors’ terms on setup. Estimark publishes every plan and module figure at /pricing.
Comparison: how it works
Who is JobLogic built for?
Commercial service and facilities maintenance contractors, where planned and reactive attendance against a client contract is the core of the work.
- Its positioning is the maintenance contractor and the engineer attending under a contract.
- That overlaps with Estimark’s reactive maintenance and schedule of rates territory.
NoteEstimark describes its own product here. For the other product’s current price and what it covers, read that vendor’s own site.
Who is Estimark built for?
UK contractors whose work is part maintenance and part project, and who are invoicing under CIS for some of it.
- Reactive maintenance on priority SLAs, schedule of rates, van stock and property compliance.
- Payment applications on Construction Act dates, with retention tracked to release.
- QR site attendance with a live muster roll, and RAMS signed by the operative on site.
- CIS deduction and the section 55A reverse charge applied to the document.
NoteEstimark holds no security certification: no ISO 27001, no SOC 2, no Cyber Essentials. If your procurement requires one, Estimark cannot meet it today.
What does Estimark do about UK statutory construction work?
It handles the four obligations a UK contractor is judged on: CIS deduction, the VAT domestic reverse charge, Construction Act payment timing, and the safety records that go with them.
- CIS deducted on labour only, excluding materials, VAT and plant hire, on 6th-to-5th tax months, with HMRC verification when connected and the CIS300 recorded with both statutory declarations.
- VAT domestic reverse charge under section 55A: the statutory wording on the invoice, nil VAT, controlled per client.
- Payment applications with Construction Act dates, the pay less deadline calculated, and retention tracked to release.
- RAMS with operative sign-off, inductions, permits and a live muster roll, plus EIC, EICR, Minor Works, PAT and CP12 certificates with typed test results.
NoteEstimark records the CIS300 and locks it to its tax period. It does not file the return to HMRC on your behalf.
When would JobLogic be the better answer?
When the firm is purely a maintenance contractor and the buying criterion is the depth of the engineer and contract workflow.
- A business with no project work has no job to cost and no application to submit.
- A firm whose decision turns on a specific maintenance capability should compare that capability on both vendors’ own sites.
NoteEstimark describes its own product here. For the other product’s current price and what it covers, read that vendor’s own site.
Estimark, in numbers
- CIS base
- Labour only
- CIS tax month
- 6th to 5th
- Reverse charge
- Section 55A
- Payment terms
- Construction Act
- Damp and mould
- Awaab’s Law timescales
- Certificates
- EIC, EICR, CP12, PAT
- Built for
- United Kingdom
- Field app
- Works offline
Pro
£299 a month +VAT
Reactive Maintenance is activated on any plan and Schedule of Rates on any plan. Payment Applications is included from Pro.
What you get
- Reactive maintenance on priority SLAs
- Schedule of rates and van stock
- Payment applications, pay less notices and retention
- QR site attendance and the live muster roll
- Xero, QuickBooks and Sage integration
Questions
Estimark vs JobLogic: frequently asked
Is Estimark a JobLogic alternative?
For a UK contractor doing both maintenance and project work, yes. Estimark runs reactive maintenance and schedule of rates alongside job costing, CIS and Construction Act payment applications on one record. For a pure maintenance business, compare the engineer workflow on both vendors’ own sites.
Does Estimark support a schedule of rates?
Yes. Measured work priced against a rate schedule, with the rates held per contract, activated on any plan.
Can engineers work with no signal?
Yes. The field app holds its own database on the phone, so work saved on site is written on the device and sent when there is a signal. Signing a RAMS and checking on to site by QR both need a signal, and the app says so before you act.
Which is cheaper?
Estimark publishes every plan and module price at /pricing. Compare it against the other vendor’s own current pricing rather than a figure quoted on a third-party site.
Related
Reactive maintenance & Awaab’s Law
Priority SLAs, statutory damp and mould timescales, resident reporting portal.
Payment applications & retention
Construction Act dates, pay less deadlines and retention release.
For property maintenance firms
Repairs on SLA, appointment windows, schedule of rates and van stock.
Pricing
Every plan and every module, with the current price against each one.
Try it on a real job.
14 days, full access, every plan. No implementation fee. All prices exclude VAT, added at 20% at checkout.
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