# Landscape design and build software: 13 tools ranked by cost > Source: https://dispatchmath.com/blog/design-landscaping-software Buyer's guide [Field service software](https://dispatchmath.com/category/field-service-software) What 13 landscaping business tools cost a month for a five-person crew, from Lawn Buddy at $39 to Service Autopilot at $528, with a verdict on each. [Team Dispatch Math](https://dispatchmath.com/authors/research) Published 14 Nov 2026 Checked 14 Nov 2026 [How we check](https://dispatchmath.com/methodology) 9 min read [Editorial policy](https://dispatchmath.com/editorial-policy) ![Logos of Lawn Buddy, Yardbook, Service Autopilot, ServiceM8, fieldd, Jobber, ServiceMonster, QuoteIQ. 16 tools compared, first 8 shown.](https://dispatchmath.com/img/1024/heroes/design-landscaping-software/1cb5d16c445e/list-16x9-800.webp) ## The short answer For a five-person landscaping crew, [Lawn Buddy](https://dispatchmath.com/lawn-buddy) costs the least in our data: $39 a month on its Pro plan, a flat fee. [Yardbook](https://dispatchmath.com/yardbook) follows at $49.99 a month on Enterprise, also a flat fee. Both measure a property from satellite images, which is where a design and build quote starts. The median across the 13 of 23 lawn care and landscaping tools with a public 5-user price is $225 a month. [Service Autopilot](https://dispatchmath.com/service-autopilot) costs the most at $528. These tools run the business around a design: measuring the site, sending the proposal, scheduling the crew and billing. Drawing the garden plan itself in 2D or 3D is a separate kind of tool, not ranked here. Updated 14 November 2026. In this article - [Lawn Buddy](https://dispatchmath.com/lawn-buddy) Lawn care and landscaping software: scheduling, routing, invoicing and a separate crew app. - [Yardbook](https://dispatchmath.com/yardbook) Landscaping business software with a genuinely free, ad-supported plan covering scheduling, estimates and invoicing. - [Service Autopilot](https://dispatchmath.com/service-autopilot) Route-heavy service business software built around Automations workflows and two-way QuickBooks sync. - [ServiceM8](https://dispatchmath.com/servicem8) Job management, scheduling, quoting, invoicing and card payments for small trade and service businesses. [Compare every tool in the table](#the-tools-ranked-by-monthly-cost-for-five-users) ## How we ranked them - **The crew.** Five users: one in the office and the rest in the field. - **The figure.** The monthly price for five users on the lowest plan that holds them, read on the vendor’s own pages, in US dollars. A plan sold on yearly billing shows its monthly equivalent. - **The order.** Lowest price first. Tools that publish no price for five users come after. The prices come from our [field service software cost study, November 2026](https://dispatchmath.com/data/field-service-software-cost). How we check listings: [methodology](https://dispatchmath.com/methodology). ## The tools, ranked by monthly cost for five users Table 1 Lawn care and landscaping software by monthly cost for 5 users, November 2026 | Rank | Tool | 5 users a month | Plan | Strongest for | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Lawn Buddy](https://dispatchmath.com/lawn-buddy) | $39 | Pro, flat fee | Crews whose headcount changes with the season | | 2 | [Yardbook](https://dispatchmath.com/yardbook) | $49.99 | Enterprise, flat fee | Crews that want a free office system before paying | | 3 | [ServiceM8](https://dispatchmath.com/servicem8) | $149 | Premium, flat fee | Quotes with several priced options | | 4 | [fieldd](https://dispatchmath.com/fieldd) | $199 | Start | Customers who book and pay online | | 5 | [Jobber](https://dispatchmath.com/jobber) | $199 | Connect | A small crew that wants self-serve scheduling and billing | | 6 | [ServiceMonster](https://dispatchmath.com/servicemonster) | $199.99 | Grow | Pricing by square footage | | 7 | [QuoteIQ](https://dispatchmath.com/quoteiq) | $224.99 | Pro | Quoting from the property with tiered options | | 8 | [RazorSync](https://dispatchmath.com/razorsync) | $225 | Team | Crews that run their books in QuickBooks | | 9 | [GorillaDesk](https://dispatchmath.com/gorilladesk) | $249 | Pro | Technicians who each run a daily route | | 10 | [Workiz](https://dispatchmath.com/workiz) | $275 | Standard | Teams that want a phone system in the same app | | 11 | [Crew Control](https://dispatchmath.com/crew-control) | $295 | PLUS | Landscaping firms with a few crews and a small office | | 12 | [LMN by Granum](https://dispatchmath.com/lmn) | $297 | Starter | Bidding design and build work from your own budget | | 13 | [Service Autopilot](https://dispatchmath.com/service-autopilot) | $528 | Pro Plus | Recurring maintenance rounds billed automatically | | | [Arborgold](https://dispatchmath.com/arborgold) | On request | | Lawn, tree and grounds firms | | | [CLIP](https://dispatchmath.com/clip) | On request | | Lawn care, landscaping and snow removal | | | [FieldRoutes](https://dispatchmath.com/fieldroutes) | On request | | Lawn care and pest control companies | Source: our [field service software cost study, November 2026](https://dispatchmath.com/data/field-service-software-cost), with its [CSV](https://dispatchmath.com/data/field-service-software-cost/2026-11.csv). Service Autopilot’s $528 is the $499 plan plus $29 in required fees. dispatchmath.com [How we check](https://dispatchmath.com/methodology) ## What we found - **Flat fees win as the crew grows.** Lawn Buddy and Yardbook charge a flat fee: $39 and $49.99 a month for ten users too. The median for ten users is $300, across 11 of 23 tools, and LMN by Granum costs the most at $648. - **Jobber sits in the middle.** Across all the field service tools we track, 10 of the 30 with a public 5-user price cost less than Jobber’s $199. Among landscaping tools that is Lawn Buddy, Yardbook and ServiceM8, and fieldd matches it. - **10 of 23 publish no price for five users.** Among them, Arborgold, CLIP and FieldRoutes are priced by their sales teams. ## Each tool, with our verdict ### 1. Lawn Buddy: $39 a month Lawn Buddy is built for lawn care and landscaping alone. It measures a lawn from satellite imagery, with irregular shapes and several surfaces, and works out volume for mulch, gravel or soil. Estimates carry your logo and photos, can be part prepaid and turn into a scheduled job without retyping. **Verdict:** the first one to try for a small design and build crew that quotes from measurements. ### 2. Yardbook: $49.99 a month Yardbook covers customers, estimates, scheduling, routing, timesheets, chemical tracking and invoicing. Its core plan is free and ad-supported. It measures lots from satellite, prices by property or matrix, and estimates can carry optional add-on items the customer approves on a phone with a signature. **Verdict:** the low-cost pick when maintenance rounds pay the bills between design jobs. ### 3. ServiceM8: $149 a month ServiceM8 serves many trades, with its own pages for lawn care. Several priced options can go to the customer to choose between, and an accepted quote becomes the live job. Auto Routing reorders a day’s stops in one click on every plan, the free one included. **Verdict:** a fit when you send clients two or three versions of a design to pick from. ### 4. fieldd: $199 a month fieldd joins online booking, a map view for sending jobs out, a worker app, invoicing and marketing. Quotes go out by text or email and the customer approves with a signature. **Verdict:** suits a maintenance business whose customers book and pay online. ### 5. Jobber: $199 a month Jobber has its own lawn care and landscaping pages. Quotes are built from templates, approved by the client online with a deposit if you want one, and turn into a scheduled job in one click. Pesticide logging records the applicator’s licence number. **Verdict:** the safe middle choice for a crew that wants quote, job and invoice in one flow. ### 6. ServiceMonster: $199.99 a month ServiceMonster is built mainly for cleaning and exterior washing firms, with a lawn care page of its own. Its price list takes custom units such as square footage, and customers approve estimates online. Routing helps the office assign the nearest crew but does not reorder stops by itself. **Verdict:** worth a look for firms that also wash patios and driveways. ### 7. QuoteIQ: $224.99 a month QuoteIQ measures a property from satellite and keeps a price book on every plan. Options estimates put basic, recommended and premium tiers side by side for the customer to choose, and the customer signs with a finger. **Verdict:** the one to pick for selling a design in three tiers. ### 8. RazorSync: $225 a month RazorSync gives every plan estimating, with quotes built in the field and exported to QuickBooks with job-cost margins. Recurring service requests create maintenance visits by themselves. No online approval step for the customer is described. **Verdict:** for a crew that already runs its books in QuickBooks. ### 9. GorillaDesk: $249 a month GorillaDesk tracks quote status and follows up on unanswered quotes by itself. Chemical and material records come on every plan. **Verdict:** for a lawn treatment business more than a design studio. ### 10. Workiz: $275 a month Workiz has its own landscaping pages and adds a phone system and an AI suite that answers calls and books jobs. Customers approve estimates in a client portal. Every plan now runs through a sales request. **Verdict:** for a team that takes most of its work by phone. ### 11. Crew Control: $295 a month Crew Control is Aspire Software’s lighter product, billed per crew. It sends each day’s jobs to crew leaders’ phones and takes a job from proposal to payment. You can sign up online and set it up yourself. **Verdict:** a step up for a landscaping firm with a few crews and a small office. ### 12. LMN by Granum: $297 a month LMN serves lawn and grounds work alone, with its own pages for design and build firms. Estimates come from your own operating budget, with material and labour calculators and production rates. Clients read, comment on and sign proposals in their own portal, and a signed contract becomes a job plan for the crew. Buying starts with a demo and a one-time onboarding fee. **Verdict:** the strongest fit for a design and build firm that prices to a target margin. ### 13. Service Autopilot: $528 a month Service Autopilot runs recurring crew work for lawn care, landscaping, snow and cleaning firms, billed against ongoing maintenance agreements. Pro Plus is sold on yearly billing through its sales team. **Verdict:** for a large maintenance operation more than design work. ### Arborgold, CLIP and FieldRoutes [Arborgold](https://dispatchmath.com/arborgold) serves lawn, tree and grounds firms, with proposals the customer signs electronically. [CLIP](https://dispatchmath.com/clip) builds estimates on desktop or phone and collects a deposit when the customer accepts. [FieldRoutes](https://dispatchmath.com/fieldroutes) serves pest control and lawn care, with quotes signed on the spot. All three are priced by their sales teams. ## How to choose - **You quote from measurements:** Lawn Buddy, Yardbook or QuoteIQ, which all measure from satellite. - **You offer clients versions of a design:** QuoteIQ’s tiers or ServiceM8’s priced options. - **You bid design and build work to a margin:** LMN by Granum. - **Maintenance rounds are most of your work:** Yardbook, or Service Autopilot at a larger scale. More lists in our [lawn care and landscaping category](https://dispatchmath.com/category/lawn-care-landscaping): tools that track parts and inventory, tools sold on a quote and tools that also serve plumbing. ## Questions people ask **What software does a landscaping design firm use?** Two kinds: a drawing tool for the plan, and business software for the measurement, the quote, the crew and the bill. The tools on this page are the second kind. **How much does landscaping software cost?** For five users, the median was $225 a month in November 2026, from $39 for Lawn Buddy to $528 for Service Autopilot. **Is there free landscaping software?** Yardbook’s core plan is free and ad-supported. Lawn Buddy has a free Lite plan, without estimates. ## Sources - Lawn Buddy, [features and pricing](https://lawnbuddy.com/features-pricing/). lawnbuddy.com - QuoteIQ, [pricing](https://myquoteiq.com/pricing/). myquoteiq.com - LMN by Granum, [pricing](https://granum.com/lmn/pricing/). granum.com - ServiceM8, [pricing](https://www.servicem8.com/us/pricing). servicem8.com - Service Autopilot, [pricing](https://www.serviceautopilot.com/pricing/). serviceautopilot.com - GorillaDesk, [pricing](https://gorilladesk.com/pricing/). gorilladesk.com - Dispatch Math, [field service software cost study, November 2026](https://dispatchmath.com/data/field-service-software-cost), and its [CSV](https://dispatchmath.com/data/field-service-software-cost/2026-11.csv). About the author [Team Dispatch Math](https://dispatchmath.com/authors/research) Research desk The Dispatch Math research desk publishes source-linked product research and original market analysis. ## Top of field service software [The category page](https://dispatchmath.com/category/field-service-software) - [Arborgold](https://dispatchmath.com/arborgold) · Green-industry job software with plant and tree records, chemical logs and crew time in one account. · Price on request · [Visit](https://dispatchmath.com/go/arborgold) - [Briostack](https://dispatchmath.com/briostack) · Recurring pest and turf treatment software sold by concurrent login, so you pay for staff signed in simultaneously. · Not priced yet · [Visit](https://dispatchmath.com/go/briostack) - [BuildOps](https://dispatchmath.com/buildops) · Field service and project software for commercial mechanical, electrical and plumbing contractors. · Not priced yet · [Visit](https://dispatchmath.com/go/buildops) - [CleanGuru](https://dispatchmath.com/cleanguru) · Janitorial software built around bidding: workloaded cleaning times, price recommendations and ready-made proposals. · Does not apply · No plan schedules jobs on a calendar, dispatches them to technicians in a mobile app, sends quotes and invoices, takes card payments and syncs its invoices to QuickBooks Online. · [Visit](https://dispatchmath.com/go/cleanguru) - [CLIP](https://dispatchmath.com/clip) · Lawn care, landscaping and snow removal software for scheduling, routing, billing and crew tracking. · Not priced yet · [Visit](https://dispatchmath.com/go/clip) - [Commusoft](https://dispatchmath.com/commusoft) · Software for HVAC and generator firms whose maintenance contracts create recurring visits and track response times. · Not priced yet · [Visit](https://dispatchmath.com/go/commusoft) - [Crew Control](https://dispatchmath.com/crew-control) · Aspire's lightweight per-crew job management for growing landscaping and lawn care contractors. · $295 · a month at 5 users, on Crew Control PLUS · [Visit](https://dispatchmath.com/go/crew-control) - All 42 field service software tools · First paid plans from $39 to $528 a month. · [See all 42](https://dispatchmath.com/category/field-service-software) - 25 publish a monthly price - Checked 27 October–14 November 2026 [Show the whole category](https://dispatchmath.com/category/field-service-software) ## More of our research Buyer's guide 10 November 2026 ### [Jobber vs Housecall Pro: what a 5- and 10-person crew pays](https://dispatchmath.com/blog/jobber-vs-housecall-pro) Jobber costs $199 a month for 5 users and $299 for 10. Housecall Pro is $299 and $799 on Essentials. Crew prices and the features that differ, Nov 2026. Buyer's guide 4 November 2026 ### [Best Free Timesheet Software for Small Businesses](https://dispatchmath.com/blog/best-free-timesheet-software-for-small-businesses) Connecteam is the free pick, with its Small Business Plan free for life for small teams; Workyard offers a trial and Swept has no free plan. Buyer's guide 4 November 2026 ### [What Is the Best Timesheet System for Small Businesses?](https://dispatchmath.com/blog/what-is-the-best-timesheet-system-for-small-businesses) Connecteam is free for small crews, Workyard prices per seat with location-checked timesheets, and Swept fits cleaning companies billed per site. Buyer's guide 30 October 2026 ### [What field service software costs and where it jumps](https://dispatchmath.com/blog/what-field-service-software-costs-and-where-it-jumps) Lawn Buddy and ServiceM8 have free plans, several paid plans are cheap to start, and the price jumps with fieldd.