ServiceM8 for HVAC contractors: tiers gated by job volume, or one price at any volume.
ServiceM8 publishes its tiers and gates them by job volume, so a good month moves you up a plan. For HVAC contractors, Thorbis is one posted price for the company at any job count, and jobs are never metered.
ServiceM8 · their model
The job cap
- Free to $349 / month · tiers gated by job volume
- Published tiers. Job caps, not seats.
- Apple-first small operations running inside the tiers.
Thorbis · posted
$99
- Per company, per month.
- Unlimited people. Jobs are never metered.
- Plus metered usage. $15 included each month.
The work
The days HVAC contractors run, on either system.
01
Seasonal
Maintenance plans generate the tune-up visits, renew on stored cards, and carry a checklist for the system type.
02
Service
No cool, no heat. Urgency first, the nearest truck next, and the customer texted an ETA.
03
Install
Changeouts and new construction tracked across their days: crews, equipment, and permits on the same record as the service board.
The difference
ServiceM8 beside Thorbis, for HVAC contractors.
Row
ServiceM8
Thorbis
Who this is for
Apple-first small operations running inside the tiers.
HVAC contractors: seasonal, service, and install.
The price
Free to $349 / month · tiers gated by job volume
$99 per company, posted. Unlimited people.
The model
Published tiers. Job caps, not seats.
One posted price. Every usage rate posted beside it.
The board
Tiers gated by job volume. Growth changes your plan.
The HVAC day on one board the office runs and the trucks read.
The old way
What the whiteboard costs HVAC contractors.
Two seasons overload one board
Summer and winter peaks bury dispatch while install crews compete for the same trucks.
Renewals slip
Maintenance agreements lapse quietly when renewal is a spreadsheet column somebody forgets.
The paperwork exposure
Refrigerant logs, warranty registrations, and rebates left incomplete are an audit risk and lost money.
Straight answers
What HVAC contractors ask about the switch.
What does Thorbis cost for HVAC contractors, next to ServiceM8?
ServiceM8: Free to $349 / month · tiers gated by job volume. Thorbis: $99 per company per month, unlimited people, every module as it releases. Plus metered usage. $15 included each month.
Can we bring our ServiceM8 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 ServiceM8 side is read from its own pricing page or from what shops report, as of August 2026, and it says which. If ServiceM8 changes its model, this page is wrong until it is updated, and we would rather you check than trust a stale row.
HVAC against the rest of the field
Thorbis vs ServiceM8 for other trades
Start
One board for HVAC contractors. One posted price.
$99 per company, unlimited people, and every usage rate posted beside it. No second conversation.
Coming from ServiceM8? We’ll extract your records.
Rather talk first? Email the team.