MotionOps vs. Yardbook

Yes, if you’ve grown past what Yardbook covers. Yardbook is free, landscaping-focused software, and for many lawn care and landscaping businesses it’s enough. MotionOps is the better fit when you run another trade, need native iOS and Android apps for your crew, want QuickBooks Online sync on every plan and progress billing, or need HR tools like employee documents, certificates, and time-off tracking.

Usually because the business outgrows a landscaping-only tool. Contractors who add a second trade, hire crews that carry iPhones, or need to track staff documents and time off run into those gaps in Yardbook. MotionOps covers them, plus QuickBooks Online sync from the Solo plan, customer sign-off in the field, and onboarding with real people instead of email-only support.

No. Yardbook’s Starter plan is free with no employee limit, and its Business and Enterprise plans are $34.99 and $49.99 a month on annual plans. MotionOps Solo is $39/mo billed annually, and Go is $119/mo for up to 5 users. What the difference buys is QuickBooks Online sync on every plan, HR tools, progress billing, and native iOS and Android apps. One thing to know: on its free plan, Yardbook adds a 1% fee to online payments, waived on paid plans.

Only on its top plan, and not clearly. Yardbook lists its accounting sync on Enterprise, $49.99/mo on an annual plan. Its help center describes a beta sync of invoices and payments and doesn’t say whether it works with QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop. MotionOps syncs with QuickBooks Online on every plan, starting with Solo at $39/mo.

Yes. MotionOps has native iOS and Android apps at no extra cost, so your crew can see the schedule, clock in, and add photos and notes from the field. Yardbook’s native app is for Android and works offline; its iOS app is a beta you request from support, and it isn’t listed in the US App Store.

Landscaping, lawn care, and snow removal businesses that want free or low-cost software. Yardbook’s free plan includes scheduling, route optimization up to 100 stops, estimates, invoicing, and job costing reports with no employee limit, and it has landscaping-specific tools like satellite lot measurement and chemical application tracking. If that covers your work, staying is a fair call.

No. MotionOps is easy to set up and use from day one, with no steep learning curve. Every account gets a free onboarding session and phone support with real people, and larger teams get white-glove onboarding plus a customer success program. You can try it first with a 14-day free trial before moving anything over.

UPGRADE: You can upgrade anytime. For monthly plans, the new price starts right away. If you choose annual plans, the total amount is charged upfront upon signing up as a client and is non-refundable if you cancel before the year is complete.

DOWNGRADE: For monthly plans, downgrades start with your next billing cycle. For example, if you signed up on the 1st of the month and requested a downgrade on the 15th, the new pricing will apply beginning on the 1st of the following month.

Yes, a 14-day free trial. Yardbook takes a different approach, with a free plan instead of a trial. You can also book a demo first to see how MotionOps handles your specific workflow, crews, and trades before committing.