What landscaping shops need from field service software
Crew scheduling comes first. A landscaping company assigns jobs to a crew of two to four people with a truck and trailer, and the software has to treat that crew as a unit while still tracking each person's hours. Look at how the app shows a crew's day: the order of stops, drive time between them, and what equipment the property needs.
Recurring work has to be easy to change. Weekly and biweekly mowing visits, monthly bed maintenance, a fall cleanup that happens once. When it rains Tuesday, you need to push Tuesday's route to Wednesday without rebuilding 30 visits by hand.
Installs are a different animal. A paver patio or irrigation job runs several days, uses materials you'll want to track, and usually involves a deposit and a final invoice. The same app needs to handle that job without forcing you to fake it as five separate visits.
Then there's property information. Gate codes, dog warnings, which side of the house the spigot is on, where the septic field sits so the aerator stays off it. That belongs on the property record, visible on the crew lead's phone.
How the picks compare
Jobber and LMN are the two serious choices for most landscaping companies, and they split on how you price. If you quote by experience and mostly run maintenance, Jobber's simpler setup wins. If you build bids from a labor budget, equipment rates and overhead recovery, LMN connects that budget to scheduling and time tracking in a way general apps don't.
Picture a four-crew company in May: three maintenance crews on fixed weekly routes and one install crew on a five-day retaining wall. It rains Thursday. On Jobber, the office drags Thursday's visits to Friday and Saturday and the crew leads see the new order on their phones. On LMN, the same move happens on the scheduling whiteboard, and the install crew's lost day shows up against the job budget so the owner knows the wall is now behind on hours, not just on dates.
Service Autopilot sits between them. It's built for recurring routes and can automate a lot of office work, but expect a longer setup and extra charges for integrations that other apps include.
Housecall Pro, FieldPulse and Workiz are trade-general tools. They're fine for a landscaping company with a residential, call-driven or project-heavy mix, but none has crew budgets or landscaping-specific costing. To compare these systems across other trades, see our roundup of field service management software.
What to look for before you sign
- Move a whole route in the trial. Shift a day of recurring visits by two days and check what customers receive.
- Crew versus user pricing. Count crew leads, crew members and office staff separately, then price each plan.
- Offline mode. Rural and new-build properties often have weak signal. LMN lists offline access for its crew app; ask other vendors directly.
- Multi-day jobs. Book a three-day install with a deposit and confirm it stays one job with one invoice.
- Time tracking by job. Crew hours need to land on the job, not just the timesheet, or job costing is fiction.
- Fees you can't see. Service Autopilot and LMN both charge unpublished setup or onboarding fees. Get the number in writing.
What it costs
Published prices as of October 2026. Workiz and FieldPulse are quote only.
| Company size |
Jobber |
LMN |
Service Autopilot |
| Solo owner |
Core $29/mo (annual) |
Starter $297/mo |
Startup $49/mo (annual rate) |
| 5 people |
Grow, 5 users: $229/mo (annual) |
Starter $297/mo (1 office + 5 crew) |
Pro Plus $499/mo (1 business + 5 mobile) |
| 15 people |
Grow, 15 users: $399/mo (annual) |
Professional $648/mo (3 office + 15 crew) |
Elite, quote only (2 business + 8 mobile) |
LMN and Service Autopilot add one-time fees on top. Jobber's add-ons are the thing to watch: Marketing Suite is $99/mo and AI Receptionist $29/mo, and extra users beyond a bracket cost $29/mo each.
