Arborgold vs SynkedUP (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 SynkedUP if

• Fits if you run a landscape or hardscape firm and know your overhead and rates
• Works for contractors who want job costing tied to the estimate

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you want costing and scheduling, which start at $359 a month
• Watch out: Standard and PRO charge a $1,000 activation fee on monthly billing, waived on annual
• Watch out: extra users are $20 a month each beyond 2 or 5 included
• Tight if you want GPS timesheets, Zapier or MCP access, which are PRO only at $539
• Skip it if you are outside landscaping

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.

SynkedUP

• Standard and PRO include 2 and 5 users; additional users are $20 per month each.
• Standard and PRO carry a $1,000 one-time activation fee on monthly billing, waived with annual billing.
• Starter has no included users, job costing or scheduling; those start at Standard.
• GPS-stamped timesheets, MCP access for AI tools and Zapier automations are PRO only.

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.

SynkedUP

AI estimating agent

Records of a property walkthrough are turned into work areas and line items from the contractor's templates, then priced by a pricing engine using their own rates.

Budgeting and overhead recovery

Budgeting tools set labor rates and overhead recovery so each estimate shows break-even and net profit on every line.

Proposals

E-signature proposals with optional line items, photos and video, automated follow-ups and notifications when a customer opens one.

Scheduling and time tracking

Drag-and-drop scheduling, plus a mobile app with offline mode for time and material tracking that feeds timesheet payroll reports.

Real-time job costing

Each job has a dashboard of labor hours, material costs, visits and profitability, comparing estimated against actual.

Invoicing and QuickBooks

Automated invoicing with card-on-file payments through SynkedUP Payments, and a QuickBooks Online integration.

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.

SynkedUP

• Starter$179

  per month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)

  AI estimating agent and professional proposals; first 50 jobs free.

• Standard$359

  per month, billed annually ($399 billed monthly)

  2 included users, budgeting, estimating, job costing and timesheets. $1,000 activation fee on monthly billing, $0 annual.

• PRO$539

  per month, billed annually ($599 billed monthly)

  5 included users, GPS-stamped timesheets, MCP access for AI tools and Zapier automations. Same activation fee as Standard.

Arborgold

No public discounts listed.

SynkedUP

• Annual discount

  10% off with annual billing

  The pricing toggle labels annual billing as saving 10%, and the $1,000 activation fee on Standard and PRO is $0 on annual plans.

• Other savings

  Black Friday: $2,000 off Annual Pro and Payments

  A site banner advertises $2,000 off SynkedUP Annual Pro and SynkedUP Payments; the pages read give no end date or terms.