CrewNest vs FieldBased

CrewNest is a field service management platform for pressure washing, lawn care and snow removal businesses. It covers quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payments, with snow-specific records for event timestamps, accumulation totals and service notes. Users can attach weather data and accumulation notes to jobs, while salt and deicer calculators estimate material needs from surface area and conditions. Map-based route dispatch assigns crews to routes and zones. Snow work can be billed per push, per visit, per inch or at a seasonal flat rate; seasonal contracts support fixed monthly or per-event pricing, with invoices generated from contract terms after events. CrewNest is a Progressive Web App that works on iPhone and Android without an app-store download, and it also has web access. The Free Forever plan costs nothing and includes one user, up to three estimates and ten satellite measurements per month, and 50 SMS messages per month. The Pro Plan costs $29.99 a month and includes unlimited estimates, invoices, satellite measurements and team members. CrewNest is headquartered in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

FieldBased is a field operations platform for businesses managing leads, quotes, scheduling, dispatch, invoicing, and payments. It is designed for service work including tree and snow, A/V and installations, cleaning, landscaping, and home services. Its AI assistant can book jobs, draft estimates and invoices, retrieve customer information, log receipts from photos, and set reminders by voice or text. An AI receptionist can respond to inbound leads, answer questions, quote prices, and book jobs through a business text line or Facebook Messenger. Website forms, Facebook lead ads, phone calls, and live web chat feed into a shared inbox. The platform includes route planning, crew scheduling, service logs, invoicing and billing, and a client portal, and runs on Android, iOS, and the web. Starter costs $29 a month for one user and 1,000 emails per month. Pro costs $79 a month for up to 10 users, 5,000 emails, and 500 texts monthly. Card payments settle into the business’s Stripe account, with a 1% platform fee plus standard Stripe fees. Businesses can export or delete data; the company says it does not sell business or customer data.