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PaperDrop vs Joblogic
Joblogic is a UK-based field-service platform with deep PPM contract billing and named enterprise customers including EON, Travelex, AXA and Luton Council. Premium and Enterprise pricing is on request, and the Joblogic API is listed as a paid add-on across all tiers. PaperDrop suits UK small-to-medium contractors (5–50 staff) who want published monthly pricing on every tier and native CIS payroll-bureau export.
At a glance
PaperDrop
Our pick for UK SMB- Rating
- 4.9 / 5 (Google)
- Best for
- UK contractors, 5–50 staff
- Geo focus
- United Kingdom
- Mobile
- iOS + Android, equal feature parity
- Pricing
- Lite User £15 · Mobile User £33 · Office User £59 per user/month · add-on packs separately priced
- API
- API access on Office User tier; Xero, HubSpot, Stripe and Microsoft 365 integrations
Joblogic
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (Trustpilot, 340 reviews) · 4.3 / 5 (Capterra, 92)
- Best for
- Field service from SMB to enterprise — incl. EON, Travelex, AXA, Luton Council (per joblogic.com)
- Geo focus
- UK-primary, expanding US/AU/ZA/AE
- Mobile
- iOS + Android — sync reliability cited in app-store reviews
- Pricing
- Standard from £45 / user / month; Premium and Enterprise on request
- API
- REST API and Zapier — listed as paid add-ons
Trusted by 1,500+ UK contractors
From two-person crews to 200-strong firms.
Pricing, side-by-side
Both prices ex. VAT.
Joblogic pricing verified against joblogic.com/pricing on 2026-05-28.
PaperDrop
Read-only / light-touch user — view jobs, scheduling, customer data. Right tier for office staff or apprentices.
Field engineers — full mobile app, jobs, timesheets, photos, signatures, Gas Safe certs.
Full platform — quoting, invoicing, scheduling, reporting, API access. Plus per-tenant add-on packs (RAMS, Stock, Forms/DropForms, OCR) at separate monthly prices.
Per paperdrop.com/prices.
Joblogic
Customer & site management, asset management, quotes, mobile app, job management, job costing, invoices, electronic forms.
PPM contracts, Purchase Orders and Customer Portal not in this tier.
Adds PPM contracts, Purchase Orders, Route Scheduling, Timesheets, Audits, Engineer tracking.
Per joblogic.com/pricing — exact pricing requires a demo and quote.
Adds advanced reports/dashboards, task/asset compliance, paybands, PO approvals, Customer Portal, stock management, group invoicing, custom form builder.
Per joblogic.com/pricing — exact pricing requires a demo and quote.
Feature by feature
Hover or tap a row for context. Sourced from each product's own help docs and verified reviews.
| Feature | PaperDrop | Joblogic |
|---|---|---|
Published pricing for every tier Joblogic publishes a starting price for Standard ("from £45/user/month") but lists Premium and Enterprise pricing on request, per joblogic.com/pricing. | ||
UK CIS — deductions on invoices + payroll bureau export Joblogic handles CIS via the Xero integration (Xero automatically calculates CIS deductions on synced invoices, per Xero's CIS docs); not natively documented on joblogic.com. PaperDrop applies CIS deductions and exports CIS payroll totals via PriceWorks to Sage, BrightPay, IRIS or any CIS bureau that takes a CSV. | ||
PPM (planned preventive maintenance) contracts Joblogic's PPM is a documented strength — site-to-asset-level schedules, batch deployment (per joblogic.com/features). Available on Premium+ per their pricing page. PaperDrop handles rolling maintenance contracts but with less depth on multi-layer planned schedules. | ||
Stage payments (deposit / milestone / completion) PaperDrop schedules stage payments per job (deposit / milestone / completion) plus rolling contracts (per InvoicingFeatures and the payment-schemes domain doc). Joblogic's PPM covers recurring contract billing but stage-payment scheduling for one-off jobs is not in their public feature list. | ||
Dedicated timesheet module with approval workflow Per joblogic.com/pricing, Timesheets sit on the Premium tier. PaperDrop's timesheet module is included from Lite (per TimesheetsFeatures). | ||
Public API for custom integrations Joblogic has a REST API but per joblogic.com/pricing it is listed as an Optional Add-on with pricing on request, on all tiers (along with Zapier). PaperDrop's Office User tier includes API access (per the pricing page); no published OpenAPI spec yet. | ||
Customer self-service portal Joblogic's Customer Portal sits on the Enterprise tier (per joblogic.com/pricing). PaperDrop does not ship a dedicated customer portal today. | ||
Drag-and-drop scheduling Both products have drag-and-drop schedulers as core features. | ||
Mobile forms builder Joblogic includes Electronic Forms from Standard, with a Custom Form Builder on the Enterprise tier. PaperDrop's DropForms is a paid add-on (Pro/Business/Enterprise tiers per the pricing page). | Add-on | |
RAMS / Risk Assessment module Both ship a dedicated RAMS module with templates and mobile sign-off. Joblogic uses rule-based deployment of risk assessments by job type / asset / customer (per support.joblogic.com). PaperDrop's distinctive workflow is the scroll-and-sign lock that blocks job actions (job sheet, time, completion) until every engineer has signed the current revision. | ||
Offline-capable mobile app Joblogic markets full offline mobile (iOS and Android) per joblogic.com/features. PaperDrop captures job sheets, time, photos and DropForms offline with later sync, but is not fully offline-first across the platform. | ||
Lone Worker safety module (panic button, check-ins) Joblogic offers Lone Worker Basic and Advanced modules with panic button, timed check-ins and Man Down alerts (per joblogic.com/features/lone-worker-software). Not in PaperDrop today. | ||
Pricing model fits UK SMB contractors (5–50 staff) Joblogic serves businesses from SMB to enterprise (named customers include EON, Travelex, AXA per joblogic.com). The on-request pricing on Premium and Enterprise tiers assumes a procurement conversation — fine at scale, more friction below ~10 staff. |
Honest verdict
We'd rather lose the sale than have you on the wrong product. Here's where each one wins.
Choose PaperDrop if…
- You want a published price on every tier before agreeing to a demo.
- You're a UK SMB contractor (5–50 staff) — Joblogic can serve you, but their pricing structure assumes a procurement conversation.
- You want a real dedicated timesheet module included in the base plan, not the Premium tier.
- Your CIS work needs piece-rate payroll-bureau exports built in (Joblogic relies on Xero for CIS).
- You bill in stages (deposit / milestone / completion) on one-off jobs and want that automated.
Choose Joblogic if…
- You're a UK facilities management business with deep PPM contract requirements — Joblogic's PPM is a documented strength.
- You need a customer self-service portal (on their Enterprise tier).
- You need a Lone Worker safety module with panic button, timed check-ins, or Man Down alerts.
- You're at the scale of Joblogic's enterprise customers (e.g. EON, Travelex, AXA) and need bespoke pricing and onboarding.
What Joblogic users actually say
Synthesized from G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, iOS App Store and Google Play reviews. Praise and criticism, both sides.
Consistently praised
- +Comprehensive feature breadth — scheduling, assets, compliance, PPM in one platform
- +Customer support consistently praised (Trustpilot, Capterra)
- +Onboarding team specifically called out in Trustpilot reviews
- +Xero invoicing integration works well
- +Office-side desktop interface gets the job done
Consistently criticised
- −Mobile sync friction in low-signal areas (Capterra and Google Play reviews)
- −Premium and Enterprise pricing not published — requires demo (per joblogic.com/pricing)
- −Standard tier feature gating — PPM, POs, Stock locked behind Premium+
- −App updates flagged as breaking functionality in some Google Play reviews
- −Field engineers and office staff sometimes report different experiences
Where PaperDrop pulls ahead
Published pricing, monthly billing
Lite User £15, Mobile User £33, Office User £59 — all per user/month, all published on paperdrop.com/prices. No demo required to see a price. Joblogic publishes Standard at "from £45/user/month" but quotes Premium and Enterprise on request.
Timesheets in the base plan
Submit, approve, export to payroll — in PaperDrop Lite. Joblogic's Timesheets sit on the Premium tier per their pricing page.
CIS payroll-bureau export, native
PriceWorks exports CIS payroll totals to Sage, BrightPay, IRIS or any CIS bureau that takes a CSV. Joblogic handles CIS via the Xero integration rather than natively.
Designed for UK SMB, not enterprise
PaperDrop's feature depth and pricing tiers are built for 5–50-staff contractors. Joblogic serves SMB through to enterprise; the Premium/Enterprise pricing model assumes a procurement conversation.
See for yourself
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“Manual work slowed us down—PaperDrop solved that gap.”
Jack Tooley
Tooley Eng.
Above ~50 engineers with deep PPM contract work, Joblogic is a credible choice — their contract billing depth is a real strength. Between 5 and 50 staff, PaperDrop is the better fit on pricing transparency, base-plan feature set, and Total Cost of Ownership over 12 months.
Partial. PaperDrop handles rolling maintenance contracts with payment plans. Joblogic's PPM is deeper — multi-layer contracts, batch subcontractor deployment, customer-portal scheduling. If PPM is your primary use case (heating/HVAC FM with hundreds of contracts), Joblogic is a stronger fit.
Yes. Customers, jobs, invoices, all exportable as CSV at any time at no extra charge.
Per joblogic.com/pricing, both the Joblogic API and Zapier integration are listed as Optional Add-ons with pricing on request, on all tiers.
Joblogic's pricing page publishes a starting price for the Standard tier ("from £45/user/month") but states "Pricing Available on Request" for Premium and Enterprise. PaperDrop publishes prices for every tier (Lite User £15, Mobile User £33, Office User £59 — all per user/month) plus separate add-on pack prices.
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Comparison disclaimer. Competitor pricing and feature data on this page was assembled with the help of AI from each vendor's public website, help center, app-store listings and verified review platforms (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot). It may contain inaccuracies, become out of date, or differ from your specific contract or region. Joblogic is a trademark of its respective owner — used here for comparative reference only. Last verified 2026-05-28. Always check joblogic.com/pricing for Joblogic's current pricing and feature set, and paperdrop.com/prices for ours. Spot an error? Email hello@paperdrop.com and we'll fix it.