CrewNest vs Icey

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.

Icey is snow removal and ice management software for handling quotes, dispatch, crew records and invoices. It runs on Android, iOS and web. Its storm board supports route assignment and dispatch, and route optimization is available for planning work. Field Mode gives crews GPS tracking, job timers, photos, navigation and offline use. Icey also displays live conditions and snowfall forecasts; users can attach a weather note to a storm event. A live client link, which does not require a login, shows service status, a client’s place in the storm queue and photos of completed work. Salt and de-icing logs can record material, application rate, timestamp, GPS location and photos for each site and visit. The free plan is for up to 15 active sites and five operator seats, with unlimited admin and office users and clients. Pro is listed at $79 a month, and Season Pass at $790 a year. Icey exports invoices as a CSV that QuickBooks imports, but it does not have direct QuickBooks sync. Card payments are not built in; invoices are marked paid manually.