Thorbis vs ServiceM8 · Pest control
ServiceM8 for pest-control operators: 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 pest-control operators, 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 pest-control operators run, on either system.
01
Recurring routes
Monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, or annual programs per customer, each on its own frequency, all on one board.
02
The treatment record
EPA registration numbers, batch, application rate, weather, and the technician’s signature, logged on the job, not on a clipboard.
03
Commercial IPM
Inspection reports with photos and findings, compiled per site for the property managers who require them.
The difference
ServiceM8 beside Thorbis, for pest-control operators.
Row
ServiceM8
Thorbis
Who this is for
Apple-first small operations running inside the tiers.
pest-control operators: recurring routes, the treatment record, and commercial ipm.
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 pest-control day on one board the office runs and the trucks read.
The old way
What the whiteboard costs pest-control operators.
Compliance on paper
Chemical logs in a binder are a liability at audit time and invisible the rest of the year.
Renewals by hand
A recurring-revenue business run on manual renewals is a lapsing-revenue business.
Route density leaks drive time
Stops booked in call order instead of route order spend the margin on gas.
Straight answers
What pest-control operators ask about the switch.
What does Thorbis cost for pest-control operators, 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.
Pest control against the rest of the field
Thorbis vs ServiceM8 for other trades
Start
One board for pest-control operators. 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.