CrewNest vs Wintertrace
CrewNest
crewnest.appWintertrace
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| Figure | CrewNest | Wintertrace |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $24.17/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Snow Removal Software | 8.5 (#5) | 7.4 (#20) |
| Headquarters | Oakville, Ontario, Canada | Passau, Germany |
| Purpose | CrewNest is a field service management platform for pressure washing, lawn care, and snow removal businesses. | Wintertrace documents winter service operations by capturing GPS tracks, weather data and photos, then generating PDF service proofs. |
| Security | The privacy policy says CrewNest uses HTTPS/TLS encryption in transit, Clerk authentication, role-based access controls, and regular security audits. | Updates are signed with Ed25519 and verified against a root key embedded in the application; admins approve updates manually. |
| Support | CrewNest lists [email protected] as its business support contact and provides support documentation. | Support is by email; the maintainer typically replies within a few days when available, and the free self-hosted edition has no service level agreement. |
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In their own words
CrewNest
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.
Wintertrace
Wintertrace documents winter service work, recording GPS tracks, weather data and photos and turning them into PDF service proofs. It is aimed at operators who need records of completed operations, not tools for order management, route optimisation or ERP. Drivers can send location data from the free OwnTracks app on iOS or Android directly to an installation over HTTPS, without an intermediate cloud. Weather is gathered automatically at the start and end of operations; Open-Meteo is the default provider, with Bright Sky and MET Norway also available. Clients can use a portal to view their operations and weather, optionally see GPS tracks, and download past proofs. Email alerts can cover starts, ends and exceptions, with a notification log. Data tools include driver-data anonymisation, configurable retention, and CSV and PDF export. The self-hosted open-source core is listed at free. Hosting requirements include PHP 8.4.1 or newer, MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+, and a cron job every minute. There are no artificial driver, customer or operation caps; hosting capacity sets the limit.