Service Autopilot has tiers. Route optimization is $199/month. Automations are $499/month. Two-way texting costs even more. SprayBossPro is from $59/month with everything included — plus an accurate lasso, sq ft waiting list, and chemical compliance logs that SA doesn't have at any price.
18 features compared — and the pricing reality that SA's website doesn't make easy to see.
| Feature | SprayBossPro | Service Autopilot |
|---|---|---|
| Sq Ft Waiting List by Service Type | ✓ | ✗ |
| Accurate Lasso Sq Ft Calculation | ✓ | Overstates by service count |
| Chemical Compliance Logs | ✓ | ✗ |
| Route Optimization | ✓ Included | Pro tier — $199/mo |
| Automations & Workflows | ✓ Included | Pro Plus — $499/mo |
| Two-Way SMS Texting | ✓ Included | Elite tier — call for pricing |
| No Sign-Up Fee | ✓ $0 | ✗ Sign-up fee required |
| Unlimited Clients, Every Plan | ✓ | hidden add-on pricing applies |
| Lasso Circle Map Route Selector | ✓ | Map select — inaccurate sq ft |
| Recurring Treatment Waiting List | ✓ | ✗ |
| Package Plans & Renewal Tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Estimates & Online Acceptance | ✓ | ✓ |
| Card-on-File Payments | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mobile App for Technicians | ✓ | ✓ |
| No Annual Contract | ✓ | Varies by tier |
| Entry Price (basic features) | from $59/month | $49/month (very limited) |
| Price with Route Optimization | from $59/month | $199/month (Pro) |
| Price with Automations + SMS | from $59/month | $499+/month (Pro Plus / Elite) |
Service Autopilot has a map selection tool — but it overstates sq ft by counting each service separately. If a property has Lawn Care 4 and Mosquito scheduled, SA counts the sq ft twice. SprayBossPro counts the property sq ft once and breaks down the services separately. The difference is roughly 2x — and it matters when you're pricing and planning routes.
Service Autopilot's pricing looks affordable at the Startup tier — but that tier has very limited functionality. Every major feature that makes SA worth using is locked behind a higher tier.
Even at SA's top published tier ($499/month for Pro Plus), you're still missing the accurate lasso, sq ft waiting list by service type, and chemical compliance logs. Those don't exist in SA at any price. SprayBossPro includes everything at from $59/month with no sign-up fee.
The features that matter most to lawn care and pest control businesses — accurate sq ft tracking, chemical compliance logs, sq ft waiting lists — don't exist in Service Autopilot. You can climb from Startup to Elite and you still won't find them. SprayBossPro was built with those features at its core.
SBP tracks sq ft per property and shows service breakdowns separately. SA counts sq ft per service — so a property with 2 services appears twice as large. That's a real problem when you're planning routes by sq ft capacity.
See exactly how much sq ft is waiting per service type before you build a route. Know your Lawn Care 4, Mosquito, and Insect Control backlog in real time. This workflow doesn't exist in Service Autopilot at any tier.
Log every application with product, mix rate, area, weather, and tech license. Pull compliance reports any time. SA has job records. That's not the same as a dedicated pesticide compliance log built for applicator licensing requirements.
Getting route optimization, automations, and SMS at SA costs $499+/month. SprayBossPro includes all of these at from $59/month — plus the spray-specific features SA doesn't have. It's not even close on value.
SA charges a sign-up fee to get started. SprayBossPro charges $0 to sign up and offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required. You can start today and be scheduling routes this afternoon.
Two-way SMS inbox, automated alerts, estimate follow-ups — all included at from $59/month. SA locks two-way texting behind their Elite tier. At SA, SMS alone costs more than SBP's entire platform.
Service Autopilot serves a wide range of lawn service businesses. SprayBossPro was built specifically around recurring spray routes, sq ft scheduling, and chemical compliance — the things that make lawn care and pest control operations different from general landscaping.
SprayBossPro tracks everything in square feet — waiting lists, route totals, property-level breakdown by service. SA tracks job durations and stop counts. For spray businesses, sq ft is the unit that drives pricing, routing, and capacity planning.
SprayBossPro gives you route optimization, automations, two-way SMS, and chemical logs at from $59/month. SA starts at $49 and charges you more for each major feature until you're at $499+/month before you have what SBP includes at the entry level.
Start a free trial right now — no credit card required, no sign-up fee. SA charges to get started and has an onboarding process. SprayBossPro is self-serve and you can be fully operational today.
When SBP tells you there's 118,400 sq ft of Lawn Care 4 waiting, that's accurate. SA's count is inflated by how many services each property has. You can't plan routes or quote jobs accurately on inflated sq ft numbers.
No sign-up fee. No tier-climbing. No add-ons. Just from $59/month for your entire operation.
Every plan is the same software. The bigger plans lift the limits and turn on the automation — you are never paying for seats you do not have.
Start $59 per month Just getting going | MOST POPULAR Pro $89 per month Small shop, fully equipped | Crew $199 per month Crews and trucks | |
|---|---|---|---|
Users Office logins - the people who schedule, invoice and see the money | 2 | 3 | Unlimited∞ |
Employees Crew-app seats - they run the route and complete jobs, they never see the money. Unlimited on every plan. | Unlimited∞ | Unlimited∞ | Unlimited∞ |
Trucks | 1 | 2 | Unlimited∞ |
Clients & properties | Unlimited∞ | Unlimited∞ | Unlimited∞ |
Texts included (sent + received, US & Canada) 500 extra texts for $15 on any plan. Sent and received both count. A text is 160 characters; a longer one counts as two. | 500 / month500 | 1,000 / month1,000 | 2,000 / month2,000 |
Smart Lasso map selections | Unlimited∞ | Unlimited∞ | Unlimited∞ |
Auto-routing 250 extra auto-routes for $5 on any plan, added automatically when you need them. | 50 / month50 | 100 / month100 | 1,000 / month1,000 |
Scheduling, waiting list & job board | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Package plans & recurring services | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Estimates, templates & follow-ups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Card on file & customer payments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Client app Your customer signs in by text — sees their schedule, invoices, pays, and sets their own alert preferences | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Crew app Route the day, start and complete jobs, before/after photos, area treated, plus write and email estimates, send invoices and collect payment on the spot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Schedule alerts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Estimate alerts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Receive customer replies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Web lead forms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
AI answering service Add-on: a human-sounding AI receptionist that knows your customers & CRM. 49¢ a minute, no monthly fee. | 49¢/min | 49¢/min | 49¢/min |
Free website + domain Or use your own domain. Built for Google SEO, with forms that go straight into SprayBossPro. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Card processing rate Already getting a better rate from another processor? We’ll meet or beat it. | 2.85% + 20¢ | 2.85% + 20¢ | 2.85% + 20¢ |
Zapier & Make integrations Send new leads, jobs, invoices and payments to thousands of apps like Google Sheets, Mailchimp and Slack, or bring leads in. Instant webhooks and an API key. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Facebook & Instagram Messages, comments and lead forms in one inbox, plus posting. Launching soon | Soon | Soon | Soon |
Google Business reviews & posts Read and reply to Google reviews and post updates from the software. Launching soon | Soon | Soon | Soon |
TikTok posting Post videos and photos to TikTok right from the software, along with Facebook, Instagram and Google. Launching soon | Soon | Soon | Soon |
Tech reviews & tips Customers rate the tech after each job and can tip. Tips tracked per employee, minus processing. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Crew splits & bonus goals Tip and gross splits per truck, a bigger share for drivers, and bonuses techs track in the crew app. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Payroll: Gusto, QuickBooks, ADP, Paychex Hours, overtime, tips and bonuses ready for Gusto, QuickBooks, ADP or Paychex, manually or on a schedule. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Meet your tech Customers see who is coming: photo, rating, reviews and an about-me. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Fast Setup Trucks, crew, products, services, pricing and packages in about 10 minutes. Upload what you have. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Sales tax & reporting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
QuickBooks export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Import your existing customers Including Real Green and Service Autopilot exports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Chemical tracking & compliance reports Pesticide application records that satisfy a state request | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Employee time clock & hours | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
"On the way" text Your crew sends it from the truck when the customer is next up | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Reply back to customers | — | ✓ | ✓ |
All other automated alerts Arrived, completed, follow-up, review request and the rest | — | ✓ | ✓ |
Automated invoice sending | — | ✓ | ✓ |
Automatic card charging | — | ✓ | ✓ |
14-day free trial on every plan · no card to start · cancel anytime · move up or down whenever you like.
Need more? 500 extra texts for $15 on any plan · counted sent and received, 160 characters per text.
No contracts. Cancel anytime. No hidden fees — ever.
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