Choosing software for a lawn care business usually comes down to two questions: what does it actually cost once your crew grows, and does it do the things this trade needs. We have written side-by-side comparisons against four of the main options — Jobber, Yardbook, Homeworks and LMN — including the parts where they beat us. Every price on these pages is checked against the competitor’s own pricing page and dated, so you can see when we last looked.
Lawn Buddy vs Jobber
Lawn Buddy prices by feature tier with no per-user fees, and QuickBooks sync is included on every plan including the free one. Jobber charges per user — $49/month for a single user on Core, plus $29/month for each additional person — and gates QuickBooks sync behind its $139/month Connect plan. A three-person crew pays $39 here against $199 on Connect. Jobber is the broader platform if you run trades beyond outdoor work.
Lawn Buddy vs Yardbook
Both are built for lawn care and both have a free plan. The differences show up in what the free plan costs you: Yardbook’s is ad-supported and adds roughly 1% on card payments, and QuickBooks sync sits on its $49.99/month top tier. Ours has no advertising on any plan, ever, and syncs QuickBooks on all four. Their support runs through a ticket system; ours answers the phone.
Lawn Buddy vs Homeworks
Route optimization is $39/month here and $299/month on Homeworks. QuickBooks sync is on every Lawn Buddy plan including the free one; on Homeworks it starts at $299/month. Homeworks also caps how many customers you can have — 50 on its free plan, 1,000 at $299/month — where we do not limit customers on any plan. Homeworks is the better fit if you need marketing automation or run several trades from one account.
Lawn Buddy vs LMN
LMN by Granum starts at $297/month plus a one-time onboarding fee of $797, and you have to book a demo before you can see a price. Lawn Buddy starts free, Pro is $39/month with unlimited users, and every price is on our pricing page. The two are built for different work: LMN goes deep on job costing for bid-based construction, where we cover estimating, quoting and aerial measurement for maintenance work — including for companies grossing over a million dollars a year.
More comparisons coming
Two more are on the way. If you are weighing one of these against us right now, call (316) 247-2184 and we will walk you through the differences, including the cases where the other option suits you better.
- Lawn Buddy vs Service Autopilot — for larger operations
- Lawn Buddy vs LawnPro — another lawn-specific option
How we compare
Every comparison covers the same ground, so you can weigh them against each other rather than against marketing copy:
- What it costs as your crew grows. Not just the headline price — the real monthly bill at three, six, and ten people.
- Per-user fees and add-ons. The charges that do not appear on the pricing page until you need them.
- Which plan unlocks what. Route optimization, QuickBooks sync, and crew tracking are often two tiers above the advertised entry price.
- Onboarding and support. Whether help is included, capped, or sold separately.
- Where the other option wins. Every comparison names the cases where you should choose them instead.
Try it instead of reading about it
Our Lite plan is free forever with no credit card, so you can run Lawn Buddy alongside whatever you use now for a few weeks and decide from experience. Onboarding is free on every plan and we will import your customer list for you.