Comparison

Omni Field and JobCardHub, compared for South African trades

Omni Field and JobCardHub are both South African platforms built around the digital job card, with a technician app, quotes and invoices and a customer portal. JobCardHub prices a base plan per month with extra teams added. Omni Field prices per technician seat with a Free plan and adds live GPS tracking, WhatsApp updates and accounting integrations.

Information about JobCardHub comes from their public website, checked 2026-09-09. JobCardHub is based in South Africa and is A base monthly plan that includes the office dashboard and one team, with additional teams added at a monthly price per team. Their pricing page describes quick signup and no long contracts..

Why teams choose Omni Field

  • Live GPS tracking and geofenced clock-in verify where each technician is and when they arrived, which is what a property manager asks after a dispute.
  • WhatsApp and email updates go out from the job record, so the customer sees on-my-way, completion and the invoice without anyone typing a message.
  • Recurring jobs and service agreements schedule themselves for maintenance contracts and annual inspections.
  • Xero and Sage Accounting South Africa connect per account, so the books stay in step without retyping.
  • There is a Free plan at R0 for up to two users and 300 jobs a month, and a 30 day trial that asks for no card.

When JobCardHub may suit you better

JobCardHub is cloud-based business management software for South African trade and service businesses, built around digital and online job cards, a technician app, scheduling, cloud quotes and invoices, customer signatures and a customer portal.

  • JobCardHub prices a base plan with extra teams added per team, which can be simpler for a business organised into crews rather than individual technicians.
  • JobCardHub is focused on the job card, the technician app and the customer portal, and a business that wants exactly that and nothing wider may prefer the narrower product.
  • Both products are young South African companies. Ask each for customer references in your trade before deciding.

What Omni Field gives an African service business

What Omni Field provides, by capability
CapabilityOmni Field
Countries priced forPrices display in local currency for South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Egypt, Rwanda and Côte d'Ivoire at a fixed rate.Billing is processed in South African Rand, and the Rand amount is shown before payment.
Plans and entry priceFree at R0, PaYu at R149 per month plus R149 per technician seat, Growth at R349 per month including one technician plus R349 per extra seat, and Business is quoted.All advertised prices include 15% VAT. Viewer users are free; admin seats are R99 per month on PaYu and R199 on Growth.
Taking payment from customersCard and bank payments through Paystack, with no separate merchant account to open. Payouts in 2 to 3 days, with a 1% transaction charge.
Customer notificationsEmail and WhatsApp, sent from the job record so the thread stays attached to the work.There is no customer facing SMS channel.
Field appAn installable PWA for technicians that tolerates patchy signal, holding work in a sync queue until the connection returns.Offline tolerant with a sync queue, not a fully offline application.
Route planningMulti-stop route optimisation that orders a technician's day around their appointment windows and time on site.Up to 60 stops per route. The ordering is solved on free-flow travel times; the times shown are traffic aware.
GPS and geofencingLive technician tracking, geofence boundaries around sites with arrival and departure alerts, and clock-in that is verified against the site geofence.
AccountingXero and Sage Accounting South Africa, connected per account from system settings.
Client portalCustomers can see their jobs, quotes, invoices and documents in a portal on your own branded site.
Quoting and invoicingBuild a quote, convert it to a job, and invoice from the completed work without rekeying line items.

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