Thorbis vs FieldEdge · Locksmith
FieldEdge for locksmith companies: a price after the demo, or one posted price.
FieldEdge has real history in the trades, a desktop-era interface, and a price you learn on a call. For locksmith companies, Thorbis is one posted price for the company, the board in the browser and on the truck, and unlimited people.
FieldEdge · their model
The desktop era
- Quoted after a demo. No public price.
- Sales-led. Marketing and telephony can be separate products.
- Trades shops that have run the same desktop system for years.
Thorbis · posted
$99
- Per company, per month.
- Unlimited people. Jobs are never metered.
- Plus metered usage. $15 included each month.
The work
The days locksmith companies run, on either system.
01
Emergency lockouts
Routed to the nearest truck with an ETA the customer can see: the minutes that decide who gets the job.
02
Commercial access
Recurring inspections, SLA terms, and renewals for the accounts that pay every month, with the work documented per site.
03
Automotive
VIN and ownership verified before dispatch, and the documentation kept on the job record.
The difference
FieldEdge beside Thorbis, for locksmith companies.
Row
FieldEdge
Thorbis
Who this is for
Trades shops that have run the same desktop system for years.
locksmith companies: emergency lockouts, commercial access, and automotive.
The price
Quoted after a demo. No public price.
$99 per company, posted. Unlimited people.
The model
Sales-led. Marketing and telephony can be separate products.
One posted price. Every usage rate posted beside it.
The board
Stable, dated, and quoted after a demo.
The locksmith day on one board the office runs and the trucks read.
The old way
What the whiteboard costs locksmith companies.
Instant dispatch or no job
A lockout customer on the curb does not wait for a call back.
Key codes in spreadsheets
Security-sensitive records in a shared file are a liability, not a system.
Commercial wants proof
Access-control clients expect documented work and scheduled reports, not an invoice and a wave.
Straight answers
What locksmith companies ask about the switch.
What does Thorbis cost for locksmith companies, next to FieldEdge?
FieldEdge: Quoted after a demo. No public price. Thorbis: $99 per company per month, unlimited people, every module as it releases. Plus metered usage. $15 included each month.
Can we bring our FieldEdge records?
CSV and Excel, Documents, The API: we map the columns and read what we can, with a dry run you inspect before anything is live. What we cannot take stays a limit you can see.
Is this comparison current?
The FieldEdge side is read from its own pricing page or from what shops report, as of August 2026, and it says which. If FieldEdge changes its model, this page is wrong until it is updated, and we would rather you check than trust a stale row.
Locksmith against the rest of the field
Thorbis vs FieldEdge for other trades
Start
One board for locksmith companies. One posted price.
$99 per company, unlimited people, and every usage rate posted beside it. No second conversation.
Coming from FieldEdge? We’ll extract your records.
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