Arborgold vs Service Autopilot (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Arborgold if

• Fits if you run a tree or landscape company that wants estimates and jobs in one place
• Works for firms that will sign a 12-month term

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you add staff, as office and mobile users are charged on top and the page gives no user prices
• Tight if you need job costing, as it starts on Professional at $299
• Watch out: there is a twelve-month minimum, and cancelling needs 60 days notice
• Watch out: third-party software such as QuickBooks is bought separately at extra cost
• Not for you if you want to try before buying, as no free plan or trial is listed

Pick Service Autopilot if

• Fits if you run a lawn care or cleaning business and are happy to pay for a year up front
• Works for firms that want job costing next to scheduling

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you want to leave: the prices are for annual rates and downgrades happen at the end of the contract
• Pricey if you want texting, QuickBooks or the client portal, which are Elite features or add-ons
• Watch out: every plan carries a sign-up fee, and its amount isn't shown on the pricing page
• Watch out: each plan includes a set number of licences, 1 business and 1 mobile on Startup

Arborgold

• The listed prices are plan bases. Office and mobile users are added on top, and the page gives no user prices, only a request for pricing.
• The page says an annual contract is required, with monthly and annual payment options.
• The pricing page does not label which price column is annual, so that split is inferred from the page layout.
• Job costing, renewals and inventory tools need Professional. Plant and tree inventory mapping needs Enterprise.

Service Autopilot

• Every plan carries a sign-up fee; its amount is not shown on the pricing page.
• Prices are for annual subscription rates and downgrades happen at the end of the contract period.
• Each plan includes a set number of licenses: 1 business and 1 mobile on Startup, up to 2 business and 8 mobile on Elite.
• Two-way texting, QuickBooks integration, client portal and Smart Maps are Elite features, or call-for-pricing add-ons on lower plans.

Arborgold

Estimating and measurements

Bids and estimates with unlimited land measurements, which crews and sales staff can also create in the field from the mobile apps.

Scheduling and routing

Drag-and-drop scheduling and route optimization, with multi-day scheduling for landscape work and recurring service for lawn and tree care.

Invoicing and payments

Invoicing with credit card, debit card and ACH payments, including recurring monthly service invoices, through Arborgold Payments.

Job costing

On Professional and up, job costing tracks labor, materials, equipment and overhead, alongside material and chemical tracking.

Crew and office apps

Office users get the cloud features. Mobile users such as estimators, sales staff and crew leads get apps for bids, jobs, messages and time tracking.

Service Autopilot

Scheduling and dispatch

Schedules and dispatches jobs from every plan; Pro adds route optimization, multi-day jobs and a dispatch calendar.

Invoicing and payments

Instant invoices and integrated payments on all plans, with a mobile app for taking payments in the field.

Customer and lead management

Stores customer and property details and tracks prospects and leads.

Job costing and reporting

Job costing and analysis plus custom reports from the Pro plan up.

Automations

Pro Plus adds workflow automations that run on a schedule you set, with a marketplace for customizing them.

Industry versions

The site has separate pages for lawn care, landscaping, cleaning, snow removal, pest control, pool cleaning and general field service.

Arborgold

• Starter$129

  per month, billed annually ($149 billed monthly)

  CRM, estimating, unlimited land measurements, drag-and-drop scheduling, route optimization, invoicing and e-payments, crew time tracking.

• Professional$299

  per month, billed annually ($343 billed monthly)

  Adds job costing, renewals, material inventory, chemical tracking, an autoprice calculator and advanced integrations.

• Enterprise$499

  per month, billed annually ($573 billed monthly)

  Adds plant and tree inventory mapping, sales automation, custom templates, expense and equipment tracking, project scheduling.

Service Autopilot

• Startup$49

  per month, billed annually, plus a sign-up fee

  Scheduling and dispatch, invoicing with integrated payments, expense tracking, and customer and lead management. 1 business user and 1 mobile license.

• Pro$199

  per month, billed annually, plus a sign-up fee

  Adds multi-day jobs, route optimization, a dispatch calendar, job costing, asset and employee tracking and custom reporting. 1 business user and 2 mobile licenses.

• Pro Plus$499

  per month, billed annually, plus a sign-up fee

  Adds automations, marketplace access and training content. 1 business user and 5 mobile licenses.

• EliteCustom

  Everything in Pro Plus plus two-way texting, QuickBooks integration, client portal and multi-location management; priced on request. 2 business users and 8 mobile licenses.