FreshBooks vs QuickBooks Online: the Canadian view
Both are good. They're built for different businesses. Here's how to tell which one is yours, with Canadian prices checked Nov 2, 2026.
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Why it matters
On paper, a field ticket travels from the truck to the office, then to the client's site supervisor for a signature, then to accounting, and sometimes back again. Every stop delays the invoice. Digital tickets aim to shorten that to: capture on site → client approves on a phone → invoice drafts itself.
Options with public pricing
| INVOICE+ (Calgary) | Pit & Rig (Alberta) | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $49/month, up to 3 users (currency not stated; Canadian company) | C$799/month, 10 full users (crew operators free) |
| Next tier | $149/month, up to 15 users | C$1,249/month Pro |
| Client approvals | E-signatures; third-party approval workflow on Professional | Free, unlimited client approvers |
| Accounting | QuickBooks & Sage integration on Professional | QuickBooks-ready CSV export |
| Trial | 14 days, no card | 7 days, no card |
| Best fit | 1–15 person outfits getting off paper | Established multi-crew contractors on POs and rate sheets |
Enterprise platforms such as Enverus OpenTicket (which works with Enverus OpenInvoice, an invoicing platform used by many operators) are often required by the operator you work for. We found no public pricing. If your major clients already use one, ask them how subcontractors submit tickets before buying anything else.
General field-service apps like Jobber handle quotes, scheduling and invoicing well, but are built for residential and commercial service, not rate sheets, LEMs and operator approvals.
None of these were tested hands-on for this guide. Allison's oilfield experience is on the bookkeeping side (tickets arriving at the office), not with these apps.
Buying checklist
- Do your clients mandate a platform? That decides it before anything else.
- Rate sheets per client: can it hold different rates per client, per PO, per job?
- Offline capture: does a ticket save on a lease with no signal and sync later? (Pit & Rig's FAQ says the job must load while you have signal.)
- Approval: can the client's supervisor approve on their own phone without an account or fee?
- Ticket → invoice: does it create the invoice in your accounting software, or just export a file?
- Payroll: can crew hours on tickets feed timesheets and payroll?
- Records: can you export every ticket (PDF and data) yourself? The CRA expects supporting records to be kept for six years. Don't let them live only in a vendor's app.
- Data location: where is data hosted? INVOICE+ states Canadian hosting.
- Trial on real jobs: run one crew on the app for two weeks alongside paper.
Sources (checked Nov 2, 2026)
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