What is Jolted?

What Does Jolted Do?

Jolted helps manufacturers track the true cost and profitability of every job in real time. Instead of waiting for month-end accounting to find out if jobs made money, Jolted captures costs as work happens:

• Labor costs: Workers clock in and out of specific jobs from tablets, phones, or barcode scanners. Labor hours automatically flow into job costs at your configured rates.
• Material costs: Track what materials are issued to each job. Compare actual usage against estimates to identify waste and improve quoting.
• Overhead allocation: Automatically allocate overhead costs based on labor hours, machine hours, or other drivers you configure.
• WIP (Work-in-Progress): See the real-time value of work sitting on your shop floor, broken down by job, customer, or production stage.

Who Uses Jolted?

Jolted is built for small to mid-sized manufacturers who do custom, make-to-order work:

• Job shops doing custom manufacturing work
• CNC and machine shops running precision parts
• Metal fabrication shops
• Contract manufacturers
• Small to mid-sized manufacturers ($2M-$50M revenue typically)

Our customers are typically manufacturers who have outgrown spreadsheets for job tracking but don't need (or can't afford) enterprise ERP systems like NetSuite or SAP.

How Does Jolted Compare to Other Solutions?

Jolted vs. QuickBooks

QuickBooks is accounting software that tracks transactions (invoices, bills, paychecks). Jolted tracks activities (labor hours per job, material usage per operation). Most customers use both: QuickBooks for accounting and Jolted for operational visibility. Jolted integrates with QuickBooks.

Jolted vs. Excel/Spreadsheets

Spreadsheets work for small operations but break down past 15-20 jobs per week. Manual data entry creates stale data, version control problems, and no shop floor access. Jolted captures data automatically from the shop floor.

Jolted vs. NetSuite/SAP

Enterprise ERP systems like NetSuite cost $100K+ to implement and $50K+/year to maintain. They're designed for larger organizations with dedicated IT staff. Jolted delivers job costing at 5-10% of the cost with setup in days rather than months.

Jolted vs. Odoo

Odoo is a general-purpose ERP that can do many things but requires significant implementation effort and customization. Jolted is purpose-built for manufacturing job costing with self-service setup.

How Much Does Jolted Cost?

Jolted uses flat monthly pricing—not per-user pricing. This means your cost doesn't increase as you add more workers tracking time on the shop floor.

• 14-day free trial with no credit card required
• No implementation fees—self-service setup
• No long-term contracts—month-to-month billing
• Flat monthly pricing typically under $500/month for most shops

What Are Jolted's Key Features?

• Real-time job costing: See labor, material, and overhead costs per job as work happens
• Shop floor time tracking: Workers clock into jobs via tablets, phones, or barcode scanning
• Work order management: Create, assign, and track work orders with attached files and specs
• Production scheduling: Visual drag-and-drop scheduling with capacity planning
• WIP inventory tracking: Real-time work-in-progress valuation
• Material tracking: Track material issue and usage per job
• Customer portal: Let customers check order status without calling you
• QuickBooks integration: Sync customers and export job data
• Job cost reports: Quoted vs. actual, profitability by customer, margin analysis