The open ledger for serious landscaping operators.
Real-time crew P&L for you. Performance visibility for your crew leads. Verified work proof for every HOA. Grounds Manager is the operations platform for commercial landscapers who want leverage.
You find out what your business actually costs months too late.
Estimates are built from memory. Job costs reconcile at quarter-end. Crew lead knowledge walks out the door when someone quits. Your HOA calls with a complaint and you have no proof of the work. The operators winning in 2026 see all of this in real time. Most can't.
Profit found at year-end
You discover a contract was losing money 8 months after you bid it. Aspire calls this "post-mortem reporting." Operators call it the reason they have to refinance equipment.
Knowledge that walks out
Your best crew lead quits and takes 200 properties of quirks, customer preferences, and shortcuts with them. The next person rebuilds it from scratch over six months.
Quality you can't prove
When the HOA board claims work wasn't done, you have a verbal denial and a 15-year history. They have screenshots and a vote. Renewal goes to BrightView.
See profit before
the job closes.
Real-time crew P&L, anomaly alerts when actuals exceed estimates, and per-contract profitability roll-up. Stop finding out at year-end which contracts cost you money.
- Real-time crew P&L
- Anomaly alerts vs. estimate
- Per-contract profitability roll-up
Your crew leads run
the business with you.
Performance vs. estimate visibility for crew leads, one-tap property quirk logging, and customer preference capture. Knowledge that survives staff changes.
- Performance vs. estimate for crew leads
- One-tap property quirk logging
- Knowledge that survives turnover
Your HOAs see proof,
not promises.
GPS-timestamped service feed, photo verification, branded customer portal, and automatic vendor portal sync (ServiceChannel, etc.). One expression of customer-side visibility.
- GPS-timestamped service feed + photos
- Branded customer portal
- Automatic vendor portal sync
See profit before
the job closes.
Real-time crew P&L, anomaly alerts when actuals exceed estimates, and per-contract profitability roll-up. Stop finding out at year-end which contracts cost you money.
- Real-time crew P&L
- Anomaly alerts vs. estimate
- Per-contract profitability roll-up
Your crew leads run
the business with you.
Performance vs. estimate visibility for crew leads, one-tap property quirk logging, and customer preference capture. Knowledge that survives staff changes.
- Performance vs. estimate for crew leads
- One-tap property quirk logging
- Knowledge that survives turnover
Your HOAs see proof,
not promises.
GPS-timestamped service feed, photo verification, branded customer portal, and automatic vendor portal sync (ServiceChannel, etc.). One expression of customer-side visibility.
- GPS-timestamped service feed + photos
- Branded customer portal
- Automatic vendor portal sync
One app. Every vendor portal your clients require.
Your property management clients mandate vendor portals like ServiceChannel. Today, your team logs work twice. Grounds Manager eliminates that entirely.
"We were paying $360 a month for Jobber and barely using the calendar. Grounds Manager actually runs the way our crews work — and we set it up in a day, not a month."
How Grounds Manager stacks up
| Grounds Manager | Jobber | LMN | Aspire | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real-time crew P&L | ✓ Live | None | None | Quarter-end |
| Customer-facing work verification | ✓ Branded portal | None | None | None |
| Vendor portal sync | ✓ Auto-sync | None | None | None |
| Data export on cancel | ✓ Yours, always | Limited | Limited | Limited |
| Per-user fees | No — per crew | Per user | Per user | Per user + quote |
| Built for landscaping | ✓ Yes | No — generalist | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Crew-based scheduling | ✓ Native | User-based | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| QuickBooks integration | ✓ Real-time | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Setup time | 1 day | 1–3 days | 1–2 weeks | Weeks–months |
| Contract required | No | Annual discount | Annual | Multi-year |
| Owner has direct line to product team | ✓ Yes | No | No | No |
Same product in every tier. Priced by scale.
One core product. Tiers band by crew count — bigger operations get better per-crew value without losing capability.
Operator
Solo and small crews getting organized.
Billed monthly · no lock-in
Contender
Growing operations standardizing field + office.
Billed monthly · no lock-in
Challenger
Multi-crew shops scaling routes and accounts.
Billed monthly · no lock-in
Enterprise
Multi-location and complex deployments.
Starts $849/mo · volume discounts
No contracts. Self-serve downgrade anytime.
See your business clearly. Starting today.
Real-time P&L, crew accountability, customer verification, vendor portals synced. One app. Start in a day.
Cancel anytime. Your data stays yours.