STEL Order alternatives: where to go and how to switch without losing your job history

Why switch to Jobber. If you found STEL Order through its US or Europe site, you're using a tool whose core compliance work targets Spain. Jobber is a field service platform built for North American and English-speaking markets: quotes, scheduling, jobs, invoices and payments. Core costs $49 a month billed monthly with no commitment, $39 with a one-year commitment, or $29 a month billed yearly.

Who it's for. Home service and trades businesses in the US, Canada or the UK that used STEL Order for quotes, work orders and invoicing.

Who it's not for. Anyone invoicing in Spain. Jobber handles neither Verifactu nor TicketBAI, and Spanish VAT formats are patchy. For a Spanish business, it's the wrong move.

Its limit. Each extra user costs $29 a month, and the plans with more automation cost $139, $119 or $99 (Connect) and $199, $169 or $149 (Grow), depending on the same three billing options. A five-person team adds up fast: compare the full team cost, not the Core price.

How to migrate. Export clients and products from STEL Order to Excel or CSV and bring them in during the free trial. Keep your old STEL Order invoices as PDFs in a separate archive.

Why switch to Fixner. At STEL Order, the technical service module only exists from Business up (€36 a month billed monthly), next to a web store, a catalog and features you may never touch. Fixner does technical service and maintenance only, CMMS style (computerized maintenance management). Its FAQ states Verifactu and TicketBAI support, two users are included, there's no lock-in, and yearly billing saves about 22%.

Who it's for. Spanish maintenance, HVAC or elevator companies paying for STEL Order Business only for incidents and maintenance contracts.

Who it's not for. A business that also sells over the counter or manages a lot of stock: STEL Order or Odoo cover that better.

Its limit. No readable base price: its configurator shows "Desde --" until you pick options. Treat it as quote-based pricing and compare it with your real STEL Order team cost, users included.

How to migrate. Export clients and products to Excel. For incident and equipment history, which STEL Order has no documented export for, ask Fixner to handle the data transfer before you sign.

Why switch to Odoo. STEL Order covers quotes, jobs, stock and invoicing, but integrations remain its weak spot. Odoo is a modular suite: invoicing, accounting, inventory, CRM, projects and field service in one database. One app is free with unlimited users, and official modules handle Verifactu and TicketBAI if you work in Spain.

Who it's for. A growing technical team that wants sales, stock, accounting and technicians connected without stacking subscriptions.

Who it's not for. A solo tradesperson sending ten invoices a month: setup will cost more time than it saves.

Its limit. Standard costs $24.90 per user a month billed yearly. Standard includes all apps, Field Service included per the pricing grid, with limited rights for light users: check it. You'll often need an implementation partner too; get that cost in writing.

How to migrate. Odoo imports everything by CSV. The trick: add an "External ID" column holding each row's STEL Order ID. If an import fails halfway, you rerun it without creating duplicates.

Why switch to Holded. STEL Order exports accounting entries to Excel or CSV for your accountant; Holded keeps full books itself, with projects, a CRM and inventory as an add-on (Inventario, €25 a month). Verifactu comes with every plan, and Holded is registered as TicketBAI software in Bizkaia. Its interface is available in English, which helps expat-run companies in Spain.

Who it's for. Spanish SMBs of 2 to 10 people that invoice more than they dispatch technicians, and want accounting in the same tool.

Who it's not for. A pure technical service company: we didn't find a match for STEL Order's assigned incidents and mobile-signed work orders. Check it during the trial. We cover its weak points in our page on switching from Holded.

Its limit. Plus costs €15 a month for 250 invoices a year, Básico €29, and full accounting starts at Estándar, €59 a month. The first three months are half price: budget for the real price from month four.

How to migrate. Holded imports contacts and products from Excel, the format STEL Order exports. The 14-day trial needs no card, which is enough to import your clients and send a test invoice.

Why switch to Kubysoft. Kubysoft is Spanish technical service software that keeps coming up for teams of three to five technicians, with a separate entry plan for self-employed workers. If STEL Order Business plus per-user fees feels heavy for a small crew, it's worth a quote.

Who it's for. Small Spanish repair or installation businesses that need work orders and scheduling but not a web store or catalog.

Who it's not for. Anyone outside Spain, and anyone who needs proven Verifactu or TicketBAI support today.

Its limit. Its official pricing page was down when we compared, and the figures in circulation come from a competitor's blog: check prices directly with Kubysoft. We also couldn't verify Verifactu compliance, so ask for its signed compliance statement before you pay.

How to migrate. Ask for a demo with your own STEL Order Excel export of clients and products, and ask how they'd bring over equipment history.

Why switch to TS Facturas. Lots of STEL Order Lite accounts only send quotes and invoices. For that, TS Facturas (formerly Billin) costs €8 a month, €6.60 yearly, against €24 for Lite billed monthly. It includes Verifactu, Facturae (the public-sector e-invoice format) and TicketBAI from its first plan.

Who it's for. Freelancers and micro-businesses in Spain, Basque Country included, that don't use technical service or stock.

Who it's not for. Anyone dispatching technicians: there's no job management here. The interface is in Spanish.

Its limit. Básico stops at 5 clients and 1 user. Pro (€17 a month, €14 yearly) goes up to 50 clients and 3 users.

How to migrate. With so few clients, typing them in is often faster than importing. There's a 30-day trial. And before paying anything, check whether STEL Order's own Free plan already does the job.

Open "Mi STEL Order" and write down three things: your plan (Free, Lite, Business or Pro), your billing period (monthly, yearly or two-year) and your renewal date. On monthly billing you can leave any time. On yearly or two-year terms, the current period is owed and not refunded.

Tip: if you signed up less than 30 days ago, the 30-day money-back guarantee on paid plans may still apply. Ask for it in writing.

This is the step that stops you paying for another year or two by accident. Turn off renewal in "Mi STEL Order" as soon as you decide, even if the end date is far off, and keep a screenshot.

If it has already renewed, you have 30 days to flag it and get a refund, minus the payment processor's fee. After that, the new period is owed.

In Spain, switch on the first day of a quarter, once the previous quarter's VAT return is filed, so no return gets split between two tools. Elsewhere, pick the start of a month so your accountant gets clean periods.

Ideally your STEL Order end date falls right after. If not, keep STEL Order read-only until it ends and start invoicing in the new tool.

Data import and export come with every plan. Export clients, suppliers and your product catalog to Excel or CSV, then your bank transactions and the accounting entries STEL Order generates.

Open each file before moving on. An empty or cut-off export is obvious now and invisible once your subscription is closed.

We found no public help article describing a bulk PDF export of invoices. Plan time to download invoices and signed work orders, or ask support whether they can send them in one batch.

Spain requires you to keep invoices for 4 years. Store everything in a dated folder outside STEL Order and open a few files at random to check they're readable.

This is the weak spot of any STEL Order exit: incident history, work orders and the equipment installed at each customer have no documented export. For a technical service business, that's often the most valuable data.

Ask STEL Order support what they can extract, then test the transfer during the new tool's trial with ten real customers. If nothing works, at least build a spreadsheet of equipment per customer.

In the new tool, start a new invoice series (for example "2027-B") or continue from the last number issued, with no gaps or duplicates. In Spain, ask the vendor for its signed Verifactu compliance statement; in the Basque Country, check it's a registered TicketBAI provider with your provincial tax office.

Outside Spain, check the tool meets your own country's e-invoicing rules.

Instead of cancelling outright, you can move down to the Free plan at €0, still Verifactu compliant. This is our own inference, so confirm it with support: you'd keep access to your documents while you double-check your archive. Free has no technical service module and no extra users.

The month after your end date, check your bank statement. Dispute any unexpected charge with STEL Order within 30 days, not through your bank.