Book Every Job alternative for contractors: Ringback vs Book Every Job
Checked October 10, 2026 on Book Every Job's own site. Prices change, so follow the sources before you buy.
Both send a text to customers whose call you missed. Here is how they differ for an HVAC, plumbing or electrical business.
| Ringback | Book Every Job | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $17/month (or $170/year), flat per business | $99/month |
| Setup fee | $0 | $0 |
| Trial / terms | 7-day free trial | 30-day free trial |
| Your phone number | Keeps your number as is: an app on the Android phone your business line already rings on sends the text from that number. No forwarding, porting or new number. (With an iPhone: the Mac helper, beta, texts from your iPhone's own number through a Mac that stays on; or unanswered calls are forwarded to a spare Android and the text comes from that phone's number.) | Keep your existing number and forward missed calls from it to a Book Every Job number they give you. |
| Also includes | Online booking page with confirmations and day-before reminders, lead inbox with replies from the dashboard, business-hours and after-hours messages, automatic STOP/START handling. | Texts missed callers and collects job details, voicemail transcription by text and email, spam and wrong-number filtering, phone and email support. |
Where Book Every Job is better
- Works with any phone or a landline, because it runs on call forwarding.
- Voicemail transcription.
- A longer free trial (30 days).
Where Ringback is better
- Costs $82 a month less.
- No call forwarding to set up: the text comes straight from the phone your number rings on.
- Includes an online booking page with reminders.
The catch with Ringback
Ringback runs on an Android phone that your business number rings on (iPhones cannot send texts automatically). With an iPhone and a Mac that stays on, the Ringback Mac helper (beta) texts from your iPhone's own number. Otherwise, if your calls ring only on a desk phone or an iPhone, forward unanswered calls to a spare Android phone running Ringback (see the iPhone guide); texts then come from that phone's number, not your main number. Or choose a tool that works through call forwarding.
Questions
Is Ringback cheaper than Book Every Job?
Yes. Ringback is $17 a month; Book Every Job is $99 a month (both with no setup fee, prices checked October 10, 2026).
Which one works with a landline?
Book Every Job, because it works through call forwarding. Ringback runs on an Android phone that your calls ring on; a landline or iPhone can forward unanswered calls to one, and the text then comes from that Android's number. (An iPhone can instead use the Mac helper, beta, which texts from the iPhone's own number.)
Sources: bookeveryjob.com/pricing · bookeveryjob.com/