Looking for a ServiceM8 alternative?
ServiceM8 is a mature, well-liked platform with a genuinely excellent iOS app and pay-per-job pricing that suits low, uneven volume. If your techs and subcontractors carry whatever phone they already own, here is where BH Dispatch fits differently.
Where ServiceM8 is strong
- A mature, well-liked platform with a long track record among small trade businesses, and a genuinely excellent iOS app.
- Pay-per-job pricing rather than a large per-seat monthly fee, which is a real advantage for a shop with low or uneven job volume.
- Custom forms for paperless job documentation, Xero and QuickBooks integrations, and since 2024 an Android companion app, ServiceM8 Lite, for technicians and subcontractors who do not need the full iOS app.
ServiceM8 is a trademark of its respective owner. This comparison is our honest take to help you choose.
Where BH Dispatch fits better
Any phone, no app-store gate
BH Dispatch runs in the browser and installs to the home screen, so an Android tech and an iPhone tech get the same screen. Which phone someone owns does not decide which version of the product they get.
Subs are first-class, not a smaller tier
When work goes to subcontracted companies, BH Dispatch settles both sides: per-company and per-tech rates, with statements that reconcile to the penny.
The AI closes the job, not just the ticket
A tech texts that the work is done and the assistant drafts the receipt, closes the job, and messages the customer, with your approval before anything sends.
Who switches to BH Dispatch
Dispatch-heavy shops running mixed-device crews, where techs and subcontracted companies are on whatever phone they already own, and the sub settlement math needs to live in the same place you take the call.
See it for your trade
These are the trades most often weighing BH Dispatch against ServiceM8. Each page covers that trade's own calls, quoting, and dispatch.
ServiceM8 vs BH Dispatch — questions
- Is BH Dispatch a good ServiceM8 alternative?
- If your crew is on mixed phones and a real share of your jobs goes to subcontracted companies, BH Dispatch is worth comparing: it runs in any phone's browser and settles both sides of a sub job. Start free and run it on your own jobs.
- Does BH Dispatch work on Android?
- Yes. It runs in the browser on any phone and installs to the home screen, so an Android tech, an iPhone tech, and a subcontractor on their own device all get the same product. There is no reduced version for the people doing the jobs.
Compare it on your own jobs
Start free — no credit card — and see how it runs on your own work. Ready for the phone system? Book a demo and we'll talk early access.