# ArboStar review (2026): is it worth $149 a month, billed yearly? > Business software and crew app for tree care companies Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. ArboStar is business software for tree care and arborist companies. It combines a CRM, estimates with e-signature, scheduling, invoicing and payments, tree inventory, and an offline crew app for iOS and Android. Setup, data migration and training are included with the plans, and an enterprise tier covers multi-branch and municipal work. - **Category:** Field Service Software - **Made by:** ArboStar - **Website:** https://arbostar.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you are not in tree care, as it is built for that trade. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, ArboStar is a paid product, starting at US$149 per month, billed annually (US$199 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | US$149 per month, billed annually (US$199 billed monthly) | For one truck: 1 office license and 1 crew login, with free data migration, setup and live training. | | Growing | US$249 per month, billed annually (US$332 billed monthly) | 2 full licenses and 3 crew logins, plus a free marketing and lead-gen audit. | | Enterprise | Custom | Custom license counts with volume discounts, multi-branch visibility and a dedicated onboarding manager. | Read from https://arbostar.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ArboStar before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **25% off with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page says annual billing saves 25% against monthly billing; the figures shown are the yearly rates. Source: https://arbostar.com/pricing ## Key features - **CRM and estimates:** A CRM with estimates that carry e-signature, plus follow-ups and sales reporting for tree companies. - **Scheduling and live job map:** Scheduling, task management and a GPS live map of crews, leads and equipment. - **Offline crew app:** iOS and Android app for crews, with an offline mode so work can be logged without a connection. - **Tree inventory and mapping:** A tree inventory and map view, which the vendor also pitches for municipal and utility work such as inspections. - **Invoicing, payments and accounting sync:** Invoices and payments are included, with QuickBooks sync listed on every plan and Xero on the integrations page. - **Business intelligence:** Reports on profit per job, crew utilization and cash flow, plus marketing and sales reporting. ## Good for - Tree care and arborist companies of one to a few crews - Multi-branch tree businesses and municipal tree programs - Owners who want migration and setup done for them ## Worth knowing - The listed price is the annual rate; paying monthly costs about a third more, and extra licenses cost US$95 per office and US$20 per crew login a month on annual billing. - The pricing page says its prices apply to new subscriptions only; existing clients renew on their current agreement. - Unlimited SMS is free only for the first 3 months for new customers. - Built for tree care; other trades are not the target of the product. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. ArboStar is for tree care: a CRM with estimates, scheduling, a live crew map, an offline crew app and a tree inventory. It starts at US$149 a month on yearly billing for one truck, and it is only for tree work. - **Value for money: C.** US$149 a month billed annually for 1 office licence and 1 crew login, $199 billed monthly. That is in the dearer quarter, which starts at $99, for one truck. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial are listed on the pages read, so nothing can be tried without paying. - **Features: B.** CRM and estimates with e-signature, scheduling, GPS live map, offline crew app, tree inventory, invoicing, QuickBooks sync and profit reports. Nothing in the listing is missing from the job for tree work. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. Setup comes with free migration and live training, which implies a fair amount to move. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web plus iOS and Android apps, with QuickBooks and Xero. No desktop app is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ArboStar's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among field service apps - ArboStar's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 31 of the 87 other field service apps we grade, and level with 23. - It stands best on features (B, above 55 of 87) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $149 a month, against a middle price of $50 for the category: 46 of the 53 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/field-service ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of ArboStar you could make: quotes and estimates, invoicing, job scheduling, inventory and sales pipeline. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $1,788 a year. - You could make: Quotes and estimates, invoicing, job scheduling, inventory and sales pipeline: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with QuickBooks, Xero **Tags:** Quotes and estimates, Invoicing, Job scheduling, Inventory, Sales pipeline, Dashboards, Works offline ## Alternatives - [Arborgold](https://toolgpa.com/tools/arborgold): Field service software for lawn, landscape and tree care. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/arbostar-vs-aspire-software) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://arbostar.com/pricing - https://arbostar.com - https://arbostar.com/arborist-software/arbostar-mobile-app - https://arbostar.com/arborist-software/arbostar-integrations Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/arbostar Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).