T-15: Support: 2 standard questions via chat or email

Task definition

T-15 · Support: 2 standard questions via chat or email

Version 1.0.0 · Operator role: owner

Pass criteria: Time to first useful answer; answer quality (0–3)

  1. Prepare the first support question using ridgeline-job-replacement: "How do I keep removal, install and inspection as three visits under one job and invoice that job?" Record the exact question before sending it.
  2. Prepare the second support question using ridgeline-customer-commercial-02 and ridgeline-location-19: "How do I bill ridgeline-customer-commercial-01, Cedar Lane Properties, while retaining the separate service customer and location?" Record that exact question.
  3. During trial days 2–6, submit both ridgeline-operation questions through chat or email as FieldServiceTested Lab. Record channel, send timestamp and ticket/transcript reference for each; automated acknowledgements do not count as useful answers.
  4. For each ridgeline-operation question, record the first response that supplies an actionable answer and its timestamp; calculate elapsed time from submission. Preserve no-response cases explicitly.
  5. Try each answer against ridgeline-job-replacement or the ridgeline-customer-commercial-02 payer setup as appropriate. Record whether the advice addresses the requested relationship and can be followed, then assign the required 0–3 answer-quality score with a written reason.
  6. Capture redacted transcripts and the resulting ridgeline-operation record state. Report both response times and both quality scores, retaining the question text and any unresolved limitation.

Fixture used

Ridgeline Comfort Heating & Air · Version 1.0.0

  • ridgeline-customers · customers · 1.0.0
  • ridgeline-jobs · jobs · 1.0.0
  • ridgeline-locations · locations · 1.0.0
  • ridgeline-operation · operation · 1.0.0

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T-15
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Jobber

Pass

TestedT-15

ServiceM8

Pass

TestedT-15

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Housecall Pro

Not tested: Housecall Pro advertises a 14-day free trial, but its terms say the service is offered to users who reside in the US or Canada, and when we signed up on September 28, 2026 the onboarding form did not accept our Spanish phone number. Our lab is in Spain, so we have not run our tasks on it. What this page shows comes from public sources and is marked as documented, not tested.

Review: Housecall Pro

Jobber

pass · Grow

Channel: in-app '?' > Get Support opens Jobber AI (beta) first; 'Connect with support' > 'Help using your Jobber Account' hands over to Intercom live chat (a human, first name only, redacted in evidence). Bot answers: Q1 (export) in under 1 minute - CSV/vCard client export emailed, jobs and invoices as individual PDFs plus report CSVs, attachments individually or ZIP per note, 'no self-serve full-account attachment export'; Q2 (payer + locations) in 20 s - one client with additional properties, invoice from the unit's job bills the manager, 'your trial account is on Core'. Both correct and consistent with our T-03/T-14 observations, no documentation links: quality 2. Human chat: questions sent 23:49/23:50 CEST, agent joined and acknowledged at ~23:51 (about 2 minutes), substantive reply ~15 minutes later (before 00:10 CEST, seen at 00:09): 'You can export via CSV the clients and products, as well as most reports'; the dedicated phone number can be ported out, but support described it as a manual and slow process; 'Yes, a client can have multiple properties but 1 billing contact who takes care of the invoices'. Then two 'are you still there?' nudges and the conversation auto-closed. Quality: Q1 = 2 (correct but incomplete: no formats for jobs/invoices/attachments, no link); phone port-out answered (possible, manual) - the only source we have for T-14's port-out policy; Q2 = 2 (correct, brief, no plan gating stated, no link). Time to first useful answer: bot <1 min; human ~15 min. Replies are also emailed to the owner address.

TestedT-15

Execution exe-jobber-t-15-20260928-1 · Protocol 1.0.0 · MacBook Air M3 24 GB · macOS Tahoe 26.6.2 · Claude desktop built-in browser (Chromium) · Home fibre, Cádiz, Spain

Review: Jobber

Kickserv

Not tested: Kickserv's terms of service do not allow use of the service for benchmarking or competitive purposes, so we do not publish hands-on test results for it. What this page shows comes from public sources and is marked as documented, not tested.

Review: Kickserv

ServiceM8

pass · Premium Plus

Same two questions sent to every product tested in this campaign: (1) what can be exported without contacting support (customers, jobs, invoices, photos/attachments) and in which formats; (2) how to set up one payer (a property manager) with six service locations so a job at one unit bills the manager, and whether that is on the trialed plan. Channel: Help > Contact Support > New request; sent 2026-09-30 03:26 UTC; the reply arrived by email to the lab mailbox at 05:50 UTC, 2 h 24 min later, from a named agent (name redacted). Q1: lists each record type with its format (Client List and Job List CSV, invoices as individual PDFs with no bulk download, attachments one by one or in a full account backup ZIP with CSV/JSON data and original files) and says the CSV exports need the Advanced Reporting Pack add-on, activable in the trial; consistent with our T-14 observations (the full backup was not tested): quality 3. Q2: use the free Client Sites add-on, with the manager as head-office client and each unit as a site; jobs stay on the site while quotes and invoices use the head office's billing details; gives steps to convert existing clients and confirms it is available in the trial for free: quality 3. Time to first useful answer: 2 h 24 min (asynchronous). Result pass.

TestedT-15

Execution exe-servicem8-t-15-20260930-1 · Protocol 1.0.0 · MacBook Air M3 24 GB · macOS Tahoe 26.6.2 · Claude desktop built-in browser (Chromium) · Home fibre, Cádiz, Spain

Review: ServiceM8

ServiceTitan

Not tested: ServiceTitan has no self-serve trial. Its pricing page asks visitors to request pricing or book a demo with sales, and we do not open test accounts through sales calls. What this page shows comes from public sources and is marked as documented, not tested.

Review: ServiceTitan

Workiz

Not tested: Workiz advertises a 7-day free trial, but when we signed up on September 28, 2026 its onboarding asked for a phone number with a fixed +1 prefix, so we could not finish setup from our lab in Spain. The assistant on its website could not confirm availability outside the US and Canada and pointed us to a sales demo. We have not run our tasks on it. What this page shows comes from public sources and is marked as documented, not tested.

Review: Workiz

Evidence files

Jobber, T-15 (support: 2 standard questions via chat or email): human 1. Own capture from the test account, fictional Ridgeline fixture data.

Jobber, T-15 (support: 2 standard questions via chat or email): human 1. Own capture from the test account, fictional Ridgeline fixture data.

Task
T-15 — Support: 2 standard questions via chat or email
Plan
Grow
Device
MacBook Air M3 24 GB
App version
Jobber web app, 2026-09-28 (trial day 2); in-app Help > Get Support (Jobber AI beta + Intercom live chat)
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Jobber, T-15 (support: 2 standard questions via chat or email): human 2. Own capture from the test account, fictional Ridgeline fixture data.

Jobber, T-15 (support: 2 standard questions via chat or email): human 2. Own capture from the test account, fictional Ridgeline fixture data.

Task
T-15 — Support: 2 standard questions via chat or email
Plan
Grow
Device
MacBook Air M3 24 GB
App version
Jobber web app, 2026-09-28 (trial day 2); in-app Help > Get Support (Jobber AI beta + Intercom live chat)
Captured
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Jobber, T-15 (support: 2 standard questions via chat or email): q1 ai. Own capture from the test account, fictional Ridgeline fixture data.

Jobber, T-15 (support: 2 standard questions via chat or email): q1 ai. Own capture from the test account, fictional Ridgeline fixture data.

Task
T-15 — Support: 2 standard questions via chat or email
Plan
Grow
Device
MacBook Air M3 24 GB
App version
Jobber web app, 2026-09-28 (trial day 2); in-app Help > Get Support (Jobber AI beta + Intercom live chat)
Captured
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Jobber, T-15 (support: 2 standard questions via chat or email): q2 ai. Own capture from the test account, fictional Ridgeline fixture data.

Jobber, T-15 (support: 2 standard questions via chat or email): q2 ai. Own capture from the test account, fictional Ridgeline fixture data.

Task
T-15 — Support: 2 standard questions via chat or email
Plan
Grow
Device
MacBook Air M3 24 GB
App version
Jobber web app, 2026-09-28 (trial day 2); in-app Help > Get Support (Jobber AI beta + Intercom live chat)
Captured
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ServiceM8, T-15 (support: 2 standard questions via chat or email): support request with the two questions. Own capture from the test account, fictional Ridgeline fixture data.

ServiceM8, T-15 (support: 2 standard questions via chat or email): support request with the two questions. Own capture from the test account, fictional Ridgeline fixture data.

Task
T-15 — Support: 2 standard questions via chat or email
Plan
Premium Plus
Device
MacBook Air M3 24 GB
App version
ServiceM8 web app (go.servicem8.com), 2026-09-29, trial day 2; region English (United States)
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ServiceM8, T-15 (support: 2 standard questions via chat or email): request sent confirmation. Own capture from the test account, fictional Ridgeline fixture data.

ServiceM8, T-15 (support: 2 standard questions via chat or email): request sent confirmation. Own capture from the test account, fictional Ridgeline fixture data.

Task
T-15 — Support: 2 standard questions via chat or email
Plan
Premium Plus
Device
MacBook Air M3 24 GB
App version
ServiceM8 web app (go.servicem8.com), 2026-09-29, trial day 2; region English (United States)
Captured
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ServiceM8, T-15 (support: 2 standard questions via chat or email): question and support reply, redacted transcript. Email addresses, links and the agent's name removed.

ServiceM8, T-15 (support: 2 standard questions via chat or email): question and support reply, redacted transcript. Email addresses, links and the agent's name removed.

Task
T-15 — Support: 2 standard questions via chat or email
Plan
Premium Plus
Device
MacBook Air M3 24 GB
App version
ServiceM8 web app (go.servicem8.com), 2026-09-29, trial day 2; region English (United States)
Captured
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Retests

Housecall Pro

No retest recorded.

Jobber

No retest recorded.

Kickserv

No retest recorded.

ServiceM8

No retest recorded.

ServiceTitan

No retest recorded.

Workiz

No retest recorded.