JobBOSS² vs JOBPOWER

JobBOSS² is a job-shop ERP for job shops and make-to-order manufacturers, including machine shops. It centralizes quoting, job costing, shop-floor scheduling, and inventory control, with production costing, reporting, purchase planning, capacity planning, and multi-currency accounting among its listed capabilities. Its AI BOM Builder produces draft bills of materials from PDFs, Excel files, images, and CSVs for review and editing. Scheduling includes a drag-and-drop shift calendar and mobile time tracking; inventory tools track supply and demand, forecast material needs, and automate purchase orders. Quality functions cover document access, equipment calibration, and workflows. ECI lists integrations with MES, Payments, KnowledgeSync, uniPoint, QuickBooks, Paperless Parts, and CADLink. Mobile tools record production, material postings, good and scrapped pieces, images, part scans, and job documents; Images and Docs displays up to 100 parts at a time. US deployment options include multi-tenant SaaS cloud, private hosted cloud, and on-premise, and the listed deployment model is hybrid. Pricing is by request and tailored to operations and required functionality; there is no free plan.

JOBPOWER combines construction accounting, job costing, certified payroll, and document management for contractors and subcontractors. Job costing tracks budgets against actual costs, change orders, lien waivers, equipment expenses, and job reports. Subcontract and purchase order modules connect to accounts payable and job costing to track committed costs, retainage, change orders, and supplier invoice variances. Payroll supports prevailing wage rates, union reporting, garnishments, ACA reporting, W-2s, direct deposit, and job labor burden. With JPMobile, workers or supervisors can enter time by job and cost code; supervisors can approve entries, see GPS clock-in visibility, and send time data to payroll. JP Analytics provides more than 50 reports and dashboards across financials, job management, billing, payables, and payroll. Budgets can be imported from Excel, and estimating data from ConEst and Vision InfoSoft; payroll can import time data from Excel and systems including ExakTime. JOBPOWER is available on Android, iOS, web, and Windows. Its cloud option is hosted for a monthly fee and includes updates, backups, support, and access from internet-connected devices. Pricing is available on request.