Comparison
ZEUS vs Joist
A focused mobile estimating and invoicing product.
Free Plan
ZeusNo expiry
Joist: Discontinued
Works with no signal
ZeusRead and write
Joist: Not stated
Seats in a block
Partly: ZeusCrew Plan: the price steps up at 5, 10 and 15 seats
Joist: Not stated: Seats not stated
Price on the website
ZeusOn the pricing page
Joist: A $ sign, no country
Record per address
ZeusThe core idea
Joist: Not stated: Client records
| Feature | Zeus | Joist |
|---|---|---|
| Free Plan | Discontinued | |
| Quotes and invoices | Unlimited, on the Free Plan | The whole product |
| Full record per address | The core idea | Not statedClient records |
| Scheduling and Day Board | Day Board on the Pro Plan | Not statedNot in feature list |
| Photos matched to the job | On the Pro Plan | PartlyOn paid tiers |
| Inspection checklists | Not statedNot in feature list | |
| Works with no signal | Not statedNot published | |
| Simple to learn | PartlyMore to it | |
| Accounting integration | Export files instead | QuickBooks |
| Export your own data | On the Free Plan | CSV reports |
| Access set per team member | On the Crew Plan | Not statedNot in feature list |
Pricing
Three paid plans, after a 14-day free trial of the top one, with a discount for paying yearly. One extra costs more again. The page shows a dollar sign without saying which dollars, and it does not say how many people a plan covers. Joist's own pricing FAQ says its free plan is no longer available.
Zeus: The Free plan costs nothing and never runs out. It covers one person, and as many jobs, quotes and invoices as you like. Pro is CAD $39 a month for one person. Crew is $99 a month for 5 people, and there are larger sizes up to $349 a month for unlimited seats. Pay for a whole year at once and you save up to 25%. Prices shown in Canadian dollars.
Every product compared here does one of three things: it publishes its prices in US dollars, it shows a dollar amount without saying which dollars, or it publishes no price at all. Zeus is priced in Canadian dollars. So the numbers side by side are not a straight comparison.
Free plan
No longer offered. Joist discontinued its free plan; there is a 14-day free trial.
Best for
Trade businesses that want fast mobile estimating and invoicing.
✓ = yes · ✗ = no · — = only some of it · NOT STATED = the company does not say either way, and we will not mark something as missing just because they stayed quiet.
Works with no signal
Basements, mechanical rooms, rural calls. It keeps working, and sends everything later.
A free plan you can really work with
Run jobs, book them in, do inspections, send quotes and send invoices, all for free. It never runs out.
The price is on the page
Free and Pro cost the same, however big your business is. Crew comes in four sizes, each a single price for the whole team. No sales call to find out the price.
When to pick Joist instead
Pick Joist if all you need is to send an estimate and an invoice from your phone, fast and you are happy keeping track of the job itself in your head and your camera roll. It is a simpler tool, and for that job simpler is better.
Why Businesses Choose ZEUS
Joist is built around the estimate and the invoice. Zeus is built around the job they belong to: the record for that address, the photos, the checklist, the next visit. And there is still a free plan.
Joist facts verified 2026-08-01 from their own published pages: Joist pricing. Zeus checks these facts again before publishing them. Check Joist’s own website for today’s price.
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