Lawn Buddy vs LMN (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Lawn Buddy grades higher than LMN: 2.4 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Lawn Buddy grades higher on value for money and the free plan. LMN grades higher on features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Lawn Buddy
Scheduling, routing and invoicing for lawn care businesses
LMN
Landscaping software with budgeting, estimating and job costing
Which one is for you
Pick Lawn Buddy if
- Fits if you run a one-person lawn business and want free customer and job records
- Works for crews that need route order and a crew app that hides prices
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, with no estimates, routing or branded invoices
- Watch out: card fees are 4.8% + $0.30 on Lite and 2.9% + $0.30 on Pro and above
- Skip it if you need time tracking, as that is the $78 plan
- Too light for trades outside lawn care and outdoor service
- Watch out: the pricing page shows annual totals in its toggle, not monthly figures
Pick LMN if
- Fits if you run a landscape company and want each job priced from your own costs
- Works for firms that invoice and take payment through one tool
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you are small: $297 a month is six times the category's middle price
- Not for you if you want a trial, since none is on record
- Skip it if you also do tree care, as the same company sells SingleOps separately for that
- Watch out: prices include a set number of licences, extra licences cost more, and a one-time onboarding fee is added
- Watch out: Enterprise pricing is sales-only
How we grade them
| 2.4GPALawn BuddyFair | 1.8GPALMNWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BLite is free, Standard is $12 a month, under 60% of the cheaper quarter's $34. But routing and the crew app start at $39 and time tracking at $78. | DStarter is $297 a month and Professional $648, both billed monthly and both above the category's dearest tenth at $208. A one-time onboarding fee applies and its amount isn't shown. |
| Free plan and trial | CLite is free with customers, jobs, invoices and payments. No estimates, branded invoices or routing, and the card fee is 4.8% + $0.30, so you will hit the edge. | FNo free plan and no trial on record, only a demo booking. |
| Features | CScheduling, invoices, estimates with aerial measurement, routes and a crew app, but each is gated: estimates on $12, routes and crews on $39, time tracking on $78. | BBudgeting and estimating, scheduling with a crew app, invoicing with LMN Pay, a CRM and customer portal, job costing and reporting. The listing shows no gap in the landscape job. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. It needs QuickBooks and payments to be connected, and plans to be chosen. | CNo store rating on record. Budgets and estimating rates have to be set up before the numbers mean anything. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb plus phone apps and a separate crew app, with QuickBooks and Global Payments. No desktop app is listed. | BWeb, with QuickBooks, Zapier, LMN Pay and Greenius links. No desktop app, and the pages read name no phone platforms. |
| Best for | scheduling and invoices for small lawn care businesses | landscape companies that budget job by job |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Lawn Buddy and LMN. How we grade
Price against what you get
Lawn Buddy starts at $12 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. LMN starts at $297 a month and scores 2.7.
LMN scores higher, and starts $285 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other field service apps on the chart, 1 scores higher than Lawn Buddy for less, and 4 score higher than LMN for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- LMN also covers dashboards.
At a glance
| Lawn Buddy | LMN | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $12 per month, billed monthly ($140 billed annually) | $297 per month and up, billed monthly, after a one-time onboarding fee |
| Free plan | Lite plan at $0 a month: customer records, messaging, job scheduling, digital payments and subscriptions, with a 4.8% + $.30 card fee. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Lawn Buddy | Granum |
| Price read from | lawnbuddy.com | granum.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Lawn Buddy
- Card processing fees are 4.8% + $.30 on the free plan and fall to 2.9% + $.30 on Pro and Exclusive; the fee can be passed to the payer.
- Time tracking and on-the-way texts are limited to the Exclusive plan, and routes and the crew app start at Pro.
- The pricing page shows annual totals (not monthly figures) in its toggle.
- Built for lawn care and similar outdoor service work.
LMN
- Prices are starting prices that include a set number of licenses; extra licenses are charged separately.
- The pricing page notes a one-time onboarding fee on the listed prices; its amount is not shown.
- Enterprise pricing is available through sales only.
- LMN is landscaping-specific; the same company's SingleOps covers tree care and is sold separately.
Key features
Lawn Buddy
- Job scheduling
- Jobs can be recurring, one-time or multi-day, viewed as a list, map or calendar, with urgent jobs moved to the top.
- Route optimization
- On Pro and above, daily routes are ordered for the shortest drive, adjustable by hand, printable and viewable on a map.
- Invoicing and payments
- Automatic invoices after a job, late fees, resend of overdue invoices, subscriptions and card or ACH payments.
- Estimates with site measurement
- Estimates carry photos and your branding, and a measurement tool uses aerial views of the property.
- Separate crew app
- Crews see jobs, routes and checklists without financial details; crew members are unlimited on Pro and Exclusive.
- QuickBooks integration
- Financial data can be kept in step with QuickBooks, and all data can be downloaded as a CSV file.
LMN
- Budgeting and estimating
- Overhead recovery, customizable price lists, material and labor calculators and automated proposals and job plans.
- Scheduling and crew app
- Scheduling calendars, route optimization, punch-in time tracking, GPS verification and offline access in the LMN Crew app.
- Invoicing and LMN Pay
- Automated invoicing and card, ACH and debit payments through LMN Pay and the customer portal.
- CRM and customer portal
- A landscape-specific CRM, SMS customer messaging and a portal for approving estimates and paying invoices.
- Job costing
- Estimated versus actual hours on Starter, and real-time job costing with equipment, material, vendor bill and subcontractor tracking on Professional.
- Reporting
- Interactive dashboards and sales pipeline analytics; Professional adds advanced reporting.
Plans
Lawn Buddy
Lite$0
Customer management, jobs, invoices and payments; no estimates, branded invoices or routing. Card fee 4.8% + $.30.
Standard$12
per month, billed monthly
Adds custom invoices and estimates with photos, aerial measurement and PDFs. Card fee 3.8% + $.30.
Pro$39
per month, billed monthly
Adds crew assignment, route optimization, a crew app with no pricing shown and unlimited crew members. Card fee 2.9% + $.30.
Exclusive$78
per month, billed monthly
Adds time tracking, timesheets and check-in and out at job sites, plus on-the-way texts. Card fee 2.9% + $.30.
LMN
Starter$297
per month and up, billed monthly
Includes 1 office/crew lead license and 5 crew member licenses; more licenses cost extra. Budgeting, estimating, scheduling, LMN Crew app, invoicing and payments.
Professional$648
per month and up, billed monthly
Includes 3 office/crew lead licenses and 15 crew member licenses. Adds real-time job costing, equipment and material costing, Zapier and files and photos on documents.
EnterpriseCustom
Starts at 100 users. Adds the Enterprise launch package and multi-location management; sold through sales.
Ways to pay less
Lawn Buddy
- Annual discount
Annual plans save up to 23%
Billed annually, Standard is $140, Pro $360 and Exclusive $720 a year, against $12, $39 and $78 a month.
LMN
- Other savings
Black Friday: 4 months free
The pricing page advertises 4 months free of LMN and Greenius plus 4 event tickets on any plan, ending November 30.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Lawn Buddy or LMN?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Lawn Buddy is cheaper to start with: $12 a month, against $297 a month for LMN. Lawn Buddy starts at $12 per month, billed monthly ($140 billed annually), and LMN starts at $297 per month and up, billed monthly, after a one-time onboarding fee.
Which has a free plan, Lawn Buddy or LMN?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Lawn Buddy has a free plan. LMN does not.
Which platforms do Lawn Buddy and LMN run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Lawn Buddy lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.