Best Landscape Estimating Software: 12 Picks for 2026

What landscape estimating software has to price

This page covers design build and hardscape work. For mowing routes, see our best lawn care software and best landscaping software lists. Pricing by hand? Use our landscaping estimate template.

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers held 952,640 jobs in May 2025 at an hourly mean of $20.33, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Good software prices that crew cost and tracks job costing against budget.

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Landscape estimating software has to hold both plants and hardscape quantities

Pavers price by the square foot. Plants price per unit.

A worked patio and retaining wall estimate, run through landscape estimating software

Take a 400 square foot paver patio with a 40 foot retaining wall.

1. Take off the patio and wall quantities first

   Enter the patio, the wall, and the base rock as separate quantities, so a taller wall only changes the wall line.

2. Price plants by species and size

   A flat planting allowance loses money once the client starts picking plants at the nursery.

3. Price the crew against the wage floor

   The hourly median was $18.82 in May 2025. That is a wage, so add burden and margin on top.

4. Write the change order the day the wall gets taller

   Two more courses means a new price. Put it on a change order and get it signed that week.

5. Job cost the finished job against the budget

   Check hardscape, plants, and labor against the budget before the final invoice.

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The 12 best landscape estimating software picks, ranked

1. SimplyWise Cost Estimator

   Best when the number has to leave the yard with you. A photo of the patio, wall, or planting bed becomes an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds, with material quantities. No change order feature yet.

   Pricing. $29.99/mo or $239.99/yr, with a 7-day free trial.

2. LMN

   Best for a company with several crews. Estimating, price lists, and real time job costing run on crew hours and overhead.

   Pricing. Starter is $297 a month for 1 to 3 crews. Professional is $648 a month for 10 or more employees.

3. Aspire

   Best for a larger landscape or snow operation. A full management platform with estimating and job costing.

   Pricing. Not published. Request a demo.

4. SingleOps

   Best for a green industry company wanting proposals and scheduling together.

   Pricing. Essential is $200 a month on annual billing.

5. Arborgold

   Best for a tree and landscape company wanting CRM and estimating together. Job costing starts on Professional.

   Pricing. Starter is $129 a month on annual billing.

6. DynaScape Manage360

   Best for a design build company already on DynaScape design software. Costbook estimating pairs with the same drawings.

   Pricing. The Sales and Estimating package is $219 a month.

7. Houzz Pro

   Best for a design build company whose client wants to see the plan first. Takeoffs and change orders start on the Pro tier.

   Pricing. There is a free plan. Design is $99 a month.

8. Buildxact

   Best for a small hardscape crew wanting digital takeoff and a supplier priced catalog. Change orders start on the Pro tier.

   Pricing. Go is free. Foundation is $169 a month on annual billing.

9. JobTread

   Best for an outfit wanting estimating and job costing on one job record.

   Pricing. $199 a month plus $20 a month for each internal user.

10. Contractor Foreman

    Best value for a small shop wanting a broad feature list. Change orders appear from the Plus tier up, and takeoffs only from the Pro tier up.

    Pricing. Basic is $49 a month on annual billing, with a 30 day free trial.

11. Joist

    Best for a solo landscaper wanting a quick branded estimate. It is manual line items, not a takeoff tool.

    Pricing. Basics is $8.34 a month on annual billing, with a 14 day free trial.

12. Jobber

    Best when route scheduling and recurring billing are the bottleneck. It has no photo-to-estimate and no takeoff tool.

    Pricing. Core is $29 a month on annual billing.

How the best landscape estimating software compares

Where SimplyWise Cost Estimator fits

It leads this list on speed and editable lines, at $29.99/mo. It has no change order feature yet, so pair it with a platform above if change orders run your jobs.

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