Comparison · as of Oct 2026
Tierstead vs Abacus
Abacus describes itself as a tool that connects to Jobber, shows money that's stuck in the account (unpriced requests, unanswered quotes, unbooked work, past-due bills, clients not raised in over a year) and raises prices across repeat jobs at once. (abacuswork.com)
Tierstead is a membership-plan tool for service businesses, in development (nothing is for sale yet). Facts about Abacus below come from its own website, read on 29 Oct 2026.
| Abacus | Tierstead (planned) | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Live, according to its website. | In development. Nothing is for sale yet; join the early-access list (free). |
| What it's for | Finding stuck money in a Jobber account and raising prices across repeat jobs. | Membership plans (tiers, members, renewals, visits due) plus price rises with notice checks. |
| Pricing | Audit and preview free. One-off raise: $49 (up to 50 recurring jobs), $99 (up to 200), $149 (up to 500), $249 (over 500). "Autopilot" (this year's raise and next): $99 / $199 / $299 / $499. | Planned: Starter $29/mo (up to 50 members, includes 1 price-rise run a year), Pro $59/mo (up to 250 members, price-rise finder and letters), Scale $99/mo (unlimited members). USD; annual = 10× monthly. Planned, may change. |
| Job software | Connects to Jobber, according to its homepage. | Not a replacement for your job software; planned to sit alongside it. Which software it connects to will be confirmed before early access opens. |
| Preview before changing prices | Yes: each client, old price and new price; untick anyone to skip. | Yes: every line's before, after and % change, with warnings on rises over 15% or any decrease. Nothing changes until you confirm. |
| Undo | "Undo puts every price back for 3 days" (its homepage; its pricing page calls this a 3-Day Undo Promise). | Planned: every bulk edit saves the old prices first; one-click undo with no time limit. Lines changed by someone else since are left alone and flagged. Try it with example data in the app preview. |
| Notice rules | Its client-retention promise refers to at least 30 days' notice. We didn't see state-by-state rules described on the pages we read. | Price-rise letters planned with notice-window checks by US state, Canadian province and the UK/Australia (e.g. California's 7–30 day window) and how-to-cancel wording. The same checks are in our free notice checker and price-rise audit today. |
| Promise on results | "Keep-Your-Clients" promise on its pricing page: fee back if more than 1 in 20 clients leave after a raise of 5% or less with at least 30 days' notice, plus a 60-day report. | No result guarantee. We don't promise how customers will react to a price rise. |
| Membership plans | Not described on its homepage or pricing page. | The core of Tierstead: plan tiers, members list, renewals, member visits due, member revenue. |
| Free tool without connecting an account | Free audit after connecting Jobber. | Free price-rise audit on this site: paste a CSV, nothing stored, no account. |
Where Abacus is ahead today
- It's live today; Tierstead isn't.
- It connects to Jobber now and can change prices on jobs that are already booked, according to its homepage.
- It offers a written result promise (fee back under the conditions on its pricing page).
- If you raise prices once a year, a one-off fee can cost less than any monthly subscription.
Abacus may suit you if you want to raise prices in Jobber now, once or twice a year, and don't need membership plans.
Where Tierstead is planned to differ
- Memberships and price rises in one tool, rather than price rises only.
- Undo with no time limit, planned, instead of a 3-day window.
- Notice-window checks by state and province on every price-rise letter.
- A flat monthly price, not a fee per raise.
Tierstead may suit you if you run (or want to run) membership plans and want renewals, visits due and price rises with notice checks together, and you're happy to wait for early access.
Tierstead vs Abacus: questions
Is Tierstead available now?+
No. Tierstead is in development and nothing is for sale. Abacus is live today, according to its website.
Which is cheaper?+
It depends on how often you raise prices. As of 29 Oct 2026 Abacus charges per raise (from $49 for up to 50 recurring jobs), while Tierstead is planned as a flat monthly price ($29–99 USD) that also covers membership plans. Check both pricing pages before you decide; prices change.
Can I try a price-rise audit without connecting anything?+
Yes. Our free price-rise audit runs in your browser from a pasted CSV. Nothing is stored and there's no account.
Sources · checked 29 Oct 2026
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