Lawn Buddy vs Yardbook

Lawn Buddy is software for lawn care businesses to schedule and route work, manage customers, and handle invoices and payments. Its job management covers recurring, one-time, and multi-day jobs, with list, map, and calendar views. Standard and higher plans include project estimates and aerial property measurement for multiple surfaces and irregular shapes. Pro and Exclusive add route optimization, customizable and printable routes, and real-time crew tracking; time tracking is listed only for Exclusive. Lite and Standard are single-user plans, while Pro and Exclusive allow unlimited crew members. QuickBooks Online sync is included on every plan. Customers can pay by card, ACH, Apple Pay, or Google Pay. The service runs on web, Android, and iOS. Lite is free forever; Standard costs $12 per month, Pro $39 per month, and Exclusive $78 per month. The maker says onboarding and customer-list import are free, and phone support is included on all plans, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm Central.

Yardbook is a business application for landscaping companies, covering customer management, estimates, job scheduling, and billing. Its operations tools include routing, timesheets, GPS tracking, and equipment maintenance; finance and records features include invoices, payments, expenses, credit cards, chemical tracking, and a pricing catalog. Yardbook Profiles let landscapers present services and work, set service areas, attract homeowners, and manage incoming leads. A responsive mobile web app provides the full feature set through a browser, and an Android app is available. The iOS app is in beta and requires contacting support for an install link. Starter costs nothing and includes customer management, jobs and scheduling, estimates, invoices, routing, expenses, reports, lot measurement, employee access, credit card payments, snow removal, and a product catalog. Business costs $34.99 a month and adds features including bulk text messages through Twilio and GPS tracking. Enterprise costs $49.99 a month and adds Quickbooks Sync and a branded company portal. QuickBooks syncing is identified as beta. Non-premium accounts, including free trials, incur a 1% Yardbook processing fee on each customer online payment; Business and Enterprise waive it.