GroundCut vs Yardbook: A Lawn-Care-First Alternative

You’re not paying for software, you’re paying for time and conversion. Yardbook’s data-entry-heavy workflow means you (or someone) is keying in quotes, sending invoices, and chasing reminders by hand. GroundCut’s polygon quoting, full payment captured at booking, and 22-event notification system replace that work. The math is straightforward: if GroundCut saves you 4 hours a week of quoting and admin at a $50/hr equivalent, $99/mo pays back in the first week of the month. The 14-day trial is free and unlocks every feature.

Yes. Export customers and recurring schedules from Yardbook to CSV, then upload the files at /admin/import. The preview screen lets you map column headers to GroundCut’s fields before confirming. Customer-level fields (name, address, email, phone, notes, tax-exempt) come over directly. Recurring schedules import with frequency and next-visit date; you’ll need the customer to re-enter a payment method on their next visit since payment methods don’t move between providers.

Not as of the last public review. Yardbook’s quoting is form-based: you measure the property yourself or estimate from a phone call, then enter a price. GroundCut’s booking page lets the customer trace their own lawn on Mapbox satellite imagery, applies your pricing rules per quarter-acre, and returns a quote in seconds. The entire booking — quote, schedule, full payment — finishes without operator involvement.

No. We have a 14-day free trial that unlocks every feature with no card required, then $99/mo flat. We chose this model because the cost of running deliverable SMS, Stripe processing, satellite tile traffic, and email sends is real — a perpetually free tier almost always means thin support, slow features, or surprise upcharges. You can cancel during the trial with no charge.

Every paid GroundCut account gets the same support — there’s no premium support tier above the standard plan. Yardbook’s support is community-forum-driven and email-based. We don’t have a 24/7 phone line; most issues are resolved by email within a business day. If real-time support is critical to you, factor that in.