# SynkedUP review (2026): is it worth $179 a month, billed yearly?

> Estimating, job costing and scheduling for landscape contractors

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

SynkedUP is business software for landscape contractors, including hardscape, maintenance, design/build, snow and sitework firms. It prices estimates from the contractor's own labor rates, overhead and production rates, with an AI agent that builds the estimate from a recorded walkthrough, then adds proposals, scheduling, time tracking, job costing and QuickBooks invoicing. Three tiers are priced per month.

- **Category:** Field Service Software
- **Made by:** SynkedUP
- **Website:** https://synkedup.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you want costing and scheduling, which start at $359 a month.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, SynkedUP is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $179 per month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** Starter plan: first 50 jobs free.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. |

Read from https://synkedup.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with SynkedUP before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **10% off with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing toggle labels annual billing as saving 10%, and the $1,000 activation fee on Standard and PRO is $0 on annual plans. Source: https://synkedup.com/pricing/
- **Black Friday: $2,000 off Annual Pro and Payments** (Other savings): A site banner advertises $2,000 off SynkedUP Annual Pro and SynkedUP Payments; the pages read give no end date or terms. Source: https://synkedup.com/

## Key features

- **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.

## Good for

- Landscape, hardscape and snow contractors who price from their own numbers
- Owners who want estimated versus actual cost on every job
- Small crews that need proposals and time tracking in one app

## Worth knowing

- 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. SynkedUP builds landscape estimates from your own labour rates and overhead, with an AI that drafts one from a walkthrough, then adds scheduling, time tracking and job costing. Starter has none of the scheduling or costing, those begin at $359, and monthly billing carries a $1,000 activation fee.

- **Value for money: D.** Starter is $179 a month, above the dearer quarter's $99, and job costing and scheduling only start at Standard at $359 for 2 users.
- **Free plan and trial: D.** First 50 jobs free on Starter. That is a limited trial, and the page does not say if a card is needed.
- **Features: B.** Estimating, proposals, scheduling, time tracking, job costing and QuickBooks invoicing for landscape firms. Starter only holds the first two.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and rates, overhead and production rates have to be entered before estimates work.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS and Android with QuickBooks Online, Zapier and Claude. No desktop app is listed.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from SynkedUP'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

- SynkedUP'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 value for money (D, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $179 a month, against a middle price of $50 for the category: 47 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.** To replace SynkedUP you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $2,148 a year.

- You could make: Quotes and estimates, job scheduling, time tracking and invoicing: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- 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 Online, Zapier, Claude

**Tags:** Quotes and estimates, Job scheduling, Time tracking, Invoicing, AI features, Workflow automation

## Alternatives

- [LMN](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lmn): Landscaping software with budgeting, estimating and job costing. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lmn-vs-synkedup)
- [Aspire](https://toolgpa.com/tools/aspire-software): Business management software for landscape companies. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/aspire-software-vs-synkedup)
- [Jobber](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jobber): Quotes, scheduling and payments for home service businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jobber-vs-synkedup)
- [Arborgold](https://toolgpa.com/tools/arborgold): Field service software for lawn, landscape and tree care. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/arborgold-vs-synkedup)
- [Service Autopilot](https://toolgpa.com/tools/service-autopilot): Scheduling and invoicing software for lawn, cleaning and pest firms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/service-autopilot-vs-synkedup)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://synkedup.com/pricing/
- https://synkedup.com/
- https://synkedup.com/integrations/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/synkedup
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