The Jobber Alternative for UK Cleaning Businesses

If you run a cleaning business in the UK with 5 to 40 cleaners, you've probably looked at Jobber. It's one of the biggest field service tools in the world. But it's built for plumbers, HVAC, and landscapers — primarily in North America. Here's a fair look at where Jobber wins, and where Opso makes more sense for a UK cleaning operator.

Where Jobber is better than Opso

• Route Optimization: If you run a fleet of vans that change locations every day, Jobber's routing engine is excellent. Opso doesn't do vehicle routing.
• Multi-trade support: If you also do landscaping, snow removal, or HVAC, Jobber's flexibility across trades is unmatched.
• Third-party Integrations: Jobber has a massive app marketplace (Mailchimp, Zapier, Fleetmatics). Opso is more tightly focused and built-in.

Where Opso wins for Cleaning Businesses

1. True Margin Tracking per Client

Jobber shows you revenue. Opso shows you profit. In cleaning, your biggest cost is labour, and it varies wildly by job. If you charge £150 for a clean but pay two cleaners £60 each, plus £15 in materials and travel, your margin is £15 (10%).

MyCleanTeam Example: At MyCleanTeam, we had a client (a local surgery) generating £2,000/month in revenue. In a generic system, they looked like our best client. When we built Opso's margin tracking, we realised that due to keyholder delays and specific cleaner allocations, our margin on them was -2%. We were paying £40 a month for the privilege of cleaning their surgery. Opso shows you this instantly.

2. Cleaning-Specific Scheduling

Cleaning schedules are unique. You have "fortnightly on Tuesdays, but skip the first Tuesday of August". You have teams of three splitting a 6-hour deep clean. Opso's scheduler is built exclusively around cleaning shifts, absent cleaners, and keyholder rules.