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Bit & Grain vs ServiceM8.

$29/mo flat for unlimited jobs with built-in AI vs $9-149/mo per-job-cap pricing on iPhone-first mobile.

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No per-job caps. Real AI workflow built in. $29/mo flat.

Bit & Grain
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Built for owner-operators and small crews
$29/mo
  • Real AI built in (Grain AI on chat)
  • $29/mo flat (or $24/mo billed annually), no per-user pricing
  • No annual contract, cancel anytime
  • Free tier available, no credit card to start
Start Free, $29/mo
ServiceM8
Per their public pricing page
$9-149/mo

Per-job caps (15-1500/mo); price climbs as your volume grows

  • Per-job-cap pricing, your bill climbs as your volume grows
  • iPhone-first mobile (Android historically limited)
  • AI is assistant-style, not a chat-driven workflow engine

Feature comparison.

Every row sourced from ServiceM8’s public marketing pages (servicem8.com/features and servicem8.com/au/pricing) accessed 2026-05-13.

FeatureBit & GrainServiceM8
Starting price

ServiceM8 Starter caps at 15 jobs/month; price climbs as you exceed the cap.

$29/mo flat (unlimited jobs)$9/mo (Starter, 15 jobs/mo)
Mid tier
$29/mo (no tier ladder)$29/mo (Plus, 50 jobs/mo)
Top tier
$29/mo (no tier ladder)$149/mo (Premium Plus, 1500 jobs/mo)
Per-job caps

Bit & Grain Pro is unlimited jobs; ServiceM8 caps you per tier.

Free tier (no credit card)
Annual contract required
Built-in AI assistant (chat-driven workflow)

ServiceM8 ships AI assistant features (job summary, message drafting); Grain AI on Bit & Grain is a chat-driven workflow engine for receipts, mileage, migration, captions.

AI-powered receipt scanning
Pro
AI-powered migration / PDF import
Pro
iOS app
Coming Q3 2026
Android app

ServiceM8 has historically been iPhone-first; Android availability has been limited.

Coming Q3 2026
Route planning
GPS technician tracking
Voice-driven job logging
Pro
Estimates / quotes
Invoicing
Scheduling + calendar sync
Service log + change orders
Built-in website builder (publishable per-contractor site)

ServiceM8 ships an online-booking widget but not a contractor-side website.

Pro
Self-booking widget
Pro
Client portal
Beta
Two-way SMS

Bit & Grain SMS pending A2P 10DLC carrier vetting.

Beta
Stripe payments
Pro
Mileage tracking (chat tool)
Pro
QuickBooks / Xero sync

ServiceM8 leads with Xero (Australian-origin product); QBO also supported.

Email + chat support

Why switch from ServiceM8?

No per-job caps

ServiceM8 caps you at 15-1500 jobs per tier. Bit & Grain Pro is unlimited at $29/mo flat, your bill stays the same as you grow.

Real AI workflow built in

Grain AI runs your day from chat, receipts, mileage, migration, caption generation. ServiceM8’s AI is assistant-style for summaries and message drafting.

Built-in website builder

Bit & Grain Pro ships a publishable per-contractor website. ServiceM8 ships a booking widget; you still need to build a website somewhere else.

Migrate your data in minutes.

Import contacts, jobs, and invoices from PDF or CSV, Grain AI does the parsing. No spreadsheet nightmare to switch.

See how migration works →

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Free to start. $29/mo flat for unlimited. Cancel anytime.

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