As part of the November 2014 cover story “Cracking the code,” LM compiled a list of notable software programs for green industry business, presented in the table below. The original version of this table, which ran in print, comprised 46 programs. This online version lists more programs, per reader input and additional reporting.
Know of a software we missed? Leave us a note in the comments section for us to add it to the table.
|
Functions |
Interface |
Entry Price |
| PROGRAM |
Accouting |
Sales/CRM |
Production |
Design |
Desktop |
Mobile |
Cloud |
Subscription |
Purchase |
| ActiveApplications |
• |
|
• |
|
• |
|
|
$99/month |
|
| Arborgold |
• |
• |
• |
• |
• |
• |
• |
$99/month |
|
| ArborSoftWorx |
• |
• |
|
|
• |
|
• |
|
$2,100 |
| Aspire |
|
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
based on revenue |
|
| Asset/Include |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
|
$5,000 |
| AutoCAD |
|
|
|
• |
• |
• |
• |
$210/month |
|
| BestTools Software |
|
|
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
|
$995 |
| BOSS LM |
|
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
$550/month |
|
| cabinet |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
$50/month |
|
| CLIP |
|
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
$40/month |
|
| CompuScapes |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
|
$3,000 |
| *Definity |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
|
|
N/A |
N/A |
| dESCO |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
|
$2,900/user |
|
| Describeit |
|
• |
|
|
• |
• |
• |
$200/year |
|
| DynaSCAPE |
• |
• |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
|
$1,995 |
| EARTHSCAPES |
|
• |
|
• |
• |
|
|
|
$1,195 |
| EverGreen |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
$55 |
|
| FieldEZ |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
$20/month |
|
| Go iLawn |
|
• |
• |
• |
• |
• |
• |
$150/25 searches |
|
| Gopher |
|
• |
• |
|
• |
|
|
|
$99.95 |
| GreenScapes |
|
|
|
• |
• |
• |
|
|
$500 |
| GroundsKeeper Pro |
|
|
• |
|
• |
|
|
|
$399 |
| HindSite Software |
|
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
|
|
$795 |
| Infusionsoft |
|
• |
|
|
• |
• |
• |
$200/month |
|
| Jobber |
|
• |
|
|
• |
• |
• |
$39/month |
|
| Kickserv |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
$29/month |
|
| Knowify |
|
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
$59/month |
|
| Land F/X |
|
|
|
• |
• |
• |
• |
|
$1,295 |
| Landscape Estimator |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
|
|
$295 |
| Landscape Management Network (LMN) |
|
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
$69/month |
|
| Pro Contractor Studio |
|
|
|
• |
• |
|
|
$30/month |
|
| PRO Landscape by Drafix Software |
|
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
|
|
$1,495 |
| QuickBooks |
• |
|
|
|
• |
• |
• |
$12.95/month |
|
| *QXpress |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
|
$59/month |
|
| Realtime Landscaping Architect |
|
|
|
• |
• |
• |
|
|
$399.95 |
| Sage 50 |
• |
|
• |
|
• |
• |
|
$299/month |
|
| Sage One |
• |
• |
|
|
|
• |
• |
$9/month |
|
| *Salesforce |
• |
• |
|
|
• |
• |
• |
$25/month |
|
| Service Assistant/ Real Green Systems |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
$125/month |
|
| Service Autopilot |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
$47/month |
|
| Service Task |
|
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
$24/month |
|
| SketchUp Pro |
|
|
|
• |
• |
• |
|
|
$590 |
| SLICEplus |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
|
$8,500 |
| Total Office Manager |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
|
|
$10,000 |
| Vectorworks Landmark |
|
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
• |
|
$2,595 |
| VisionScape |
|
|
|
• |
• |
• |
|
$79/year |
|
| VizTerra |
|
|
|
• |
• |
|
|
$95/month |
|
| Yardbook |
• |
• |
• |
|
• |
• |
• |
|
free |
|
SOURCE: ORIGINAL REPORTING
*Derived from website content, not original reporting
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The PDF version of this is unreadable. 🙁
Is it possible to get a better version of it emailed to us at the above email address? Thanks.
We’re in the process of trying to figure out which software to go with and this could be very helpful to us.
The PDF version seems to have a lot more options/features listed than the write up above.
Hi Zita,
Please use this link to access the PDF of this chart:
https://www.landscapemanagement.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/LM1114_032-42CoverStorySPMP.pdf
It should allow you to zoom in and out and see the entire chart.
The link was also updated in the story above for other readers to access as well.
If you have any other problems, please let me know. Thank you!
Best,
Allison
We use Method CRM with the Scheduling & Invoicing for QuickBooks Online (Add-On). Our business uses QuickBooks for accounting, and the Method-Quickbooks sync is fantastic. We use Method for scheduling and invoicing, but actually email invoices out on the QuickBooks side.
If we didn’t use QuickBooks, we would probably use Jobber. Jobber is very impressive but doesn’t have the level of QuickBooks sync that Method offers.
Service Autopilot looks good but doesn’t offer a free trial and doesn’t sync to QuickBooks Online.