Ardovia vs JobTread: pricing, scheduling, and permits compared

JobTread centers on the budget and cost catalog. Ardovia centers on the pricing template: a guided builder where inputs like dimensions, finishes, and equipment drive every quantity through your own formulas.

Because the template does the math, the price is ready when the options are. Change a selection with the homeowner at the table and the total updates on the spot.

Selections live in one place and are reused by every template. Each option can carry data fields, like coverage or gallons per minute, that cascade through every formula that reads them. Fix a price once, not in five copies.

JobTread's features page describes tasks with due dates and workflows that automate follow-ups. Ardovia models the whole build as a schedule template with dependencies, then runs it.

When an item's turn comes, it acts. It creates the phase on the calendar, assigns the task, sends the customer email, requests the draw, places the purchase order task, or starts the permit.

Work is assigned by role. An item set to the job's supervisor or designer finds the right person on each job, and follows the role if it changes.

As of October 2026, JobTread's features page doesn't list permitting or inspections. In Ardovia, permits are a full module.

Each authority having jurisdiction is a template with its real PDF forms, coverage ZIPs, timelines, and required inspections. Create a permit from the job and the application fills itself from the job and customer.

Both platforms handle change orders. Ardovia prices them from the pricing template the job was sold with. Edit the job's specifications, and Ardovia calculates the upcharge or credit and builds one change order for signature.

See what to include in our change order template.