Snow removal is a strange business to run software for. You sell most of your work in October, do most of it at 3 a.m. in January, and for six months of the year the operation is asleep. Most snow removal scheduling software was built for trades with a steady weekly calendar, so it charges you all year for a tool you use for five months, or charges per user right when you're adding seasonal drivers.
Here's what a snow business needs from scheduling software, how we handle it at ProTyz, and an honest comparison with Yardbook and Jobber.
What a snow removal business needs from software
Seasonal contracts and per-push, side by side
Almost every plow operator sells both. A seasonal contract is a flat price for the winter, whatever falls. Per-push is a price each time you clear. Some clients want a hybrid: a seasonal base with a per-visit charge after a set number of events. Your software has to hold both kinds of client without forcing you to fake one as the other.
Pricing by driveway size, not by the hour
Residential snow pricing is driven by driveway size (single, double, triple, long rural), whether you clear walkways and steps, and whether salting or de-icing is included. You want the client to answer those questions when they sign up, and the price to come out the other end without you doing math on the phone.
A client list that survives the off-season
The most valuable thing a snow business owns is last year's client list. If it lives in a spreadsheet, a chunk of it walks away every fall.
Storm-day routes for more than one crew
On a storm day, you're not scheduling appointments; you're running a route. Which truck takes which streets, in what order, and who's done. Two or three crews need to see their own list on a phone in the cab, not a shared calendar.
Not paying for drivers who work five months
Seasonal drivers are the norm. Per-user pricing punishes you for that.
How ProTyz handles snow removal scheduling
ProTyz is a free CRM plus booking website for local service businesses, and Snow Removal is one of our ten launched service lines. Here's how the pieces above map to it.
Seasonal contracts vs per-push. Set up both as services under your snow line. A seasonal contract is a service with a flat base price and a one-time booking that carries the client through the winter. Per-push is a service with a per-visit price. The pricing engine supports base price plus priced inputs, extras, minimum price, tax, and deposit, and the price is snapshotted on each booking so a rate change mid-season doesn't rewrite what a client already agreed to. Deposits are recorded on the booking; card capture is deferred for now, so you collect the deposit however you do today.
Driveway size pricing. Priced inputs let you ask "driveway size" as a tiered choice and add extras like walkways, steps, and salting. The client sees a live itemized quote before they book.
Quotes for commercial lots. Commercial parking lots and HOAs rarely fit a form. Mark those as quote-first: the client sends a quote request from your site, you reply with a line-item quote, they accept via a link, and it becomes a booking.
Invoicing. Invoicing is free on both plans: raise an invoice from a completed booking, from an accepted quote, or from scratch, email it with a link to a read-only invoice page, send reminders, and record payments as they land. QuickBooks Online sync is on Pro.
Lawn care as a second service line under the same login. This is where a snow business gets real leverage. Add Lawn Care & Landscaping as a second service line and you have one login, one client list, one team, and one website with both offerings. Clients are provider-scoped, which means a client is one record across every line, found or created by email, with addresses, notes, and per-line history. Your summer mowing client is already in the system when you sell them a winter contract, and vice versa. Unlimited service lines are included on the Free plan.
Pre-season reach-out with Top Opportunities. Top Opportunities is a rule engine that flags clients due for re-engagement, including seasonal services done about a year ago. Come September, it surfaces last winter's contract clients, and you press one button to send an editable "ready to renew?" email (SMS on Pro). It never messages anyone automatically; you always press send. There's also a Monday digest so you see the list without logging in.
Storm-day routes and crews. The Routes tab optimizes a day's route, and every team member gets the mobile PWA at /mobile: their job list, GPS check-in with a geofence, photos, start and complete, and earnings. Team members are unlimited on every plan, and the system won't double-book a person across service lines. Payroll turns time entries into payroll runs with overtime and CSV export.
Cost. Free is $0 forever: a booking website on yourbusiness.protyz.com, unlimited bookings, clients, team members, and service lines. Pro is $10 a month flat for SMS and one custom domain. No per-user fees, no contracts, no card to start.
Yardbook vs Jobber vs ProTyz
Prices below are as of mid-2026; check each vendor's pricing page.
| Yardbook | Jobber | ProTyz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free tier (ad-supported); paid $15–60/mo flat | Core $39, Connect $119, Grow $199 for 1 user; Connect $169 for 5 users, Grow $349 for 10; extra users $29/mo | Free $0; Pro $10/mo flat |
| Per-user fees | No | Yes | No |
| Built for | Lawn care first, snow as an add-on | General field service, any trade | Local service businesses; Snow Removal and Lawn Care are dedicated service lines |
| Seasonal contract + per-push | Workable with recurring jobs | Yes, with contracts and recurring visits | Yes, as separate services with snapshotted pricing |
| Online booking with driveway-size pricing | Limited | Online booking available on higher tiers | Yes, priced inputs and extras with a live quote |
| Quote-first for commercial lots | Estimates supported | Strong quoting | Quote request → line-item quote → accept link |
| Storm-day routes | Basic routing | Route optimization on higher tiers | Day-route optimization on every plan |
| Crew mobile app | Mobile web | Mature native apps | Mobile PWA (job list, GPS check-in, photos) |
| Invoicing and card payments | Invoicing included | Strong: invoicing, card payments, QuickBooks sync | Invoicing yes (free); QuickBooks sync on Pro; no card capture (deposits recorded) |
| Re-engagement of last year's clients | Manual | Manual or via campaigns on higher tiers | Top Opportunities flags seasonal clients; one-click editable reach-out |
| Lawn + snow in one account | Yes, lawn-first | Yes, as job types | Yes, as separate service lines sharing one client list |
| Phone support | Limited | Yes | In-app tickets |
Where each one wins
Yardbook is a solid choice if you're lawn-first, snow is a small side line, and you want free or very cheap with invoicing included. The trade-off is a thinner online booking experience and ads on the free tier.
Jobber wins on the money side. If you invoice commercial accounts on net terms, work an AR aging list every month, take card payments in the app, and want someone on the phone when it breaks, Jobber does all of that well, with mature native apps and phone support. The cost is the per-user model: five seasonal drivers on Connect is $169 a month, and you're either paying for those seats in July or removing and re-adding them every year.
ProTyz wins when you want a booking website that prices driveways on its own, one client list shared between snow and lawn, unlimited crews without per-user fees, and a built-in nudge every fall to re-sign last year's contracts. Invoicing is free and QuickBooks sync is on Pro, but we don't take cards yet and the AR side is basic, so if your commercial book runs on net terms and aging reports, that's a real gap.
Who should pick what
- Solo operator, mostly residential, maybe some mowing in summer: ProTyz Free or Yardbook. ProTyz gives you the better booking page and the pre-season reach-out; both include invoicing.
- Two to four crews, residential and small commercial, lawn in summer: ProTyz. Unlimited team members and the shared client list across seasons matter more than anything else at this size.
- Commercial-heavy with net terms, AR aging, and cards taken in the field: Jobber, and budget for the per-user seats.
- Already on Jobber but seasonal seats are getting expensive: run ProTyz for booking, crews, the client list, and invoicing, and keep card payments where they are. There's no contract either way.
FAQ
Can I run seasonal contracts and per-push clients in the same system? Yes. In ProTyz they're two services under your Snow Removal line, each with its own pricing. The price is saved on every booking, so a mid-season rate change doesn't affect existing clients.
Do I pay for drivers who only work in winter? Not on ProTyz. Team members are unlimited on the Free plan and on Pro. Jobber charges per user; Yardbook does not.
How do I get last year's clients to renew? Top Opportunities flags clients whose seasonal service was about a year ago and drafts a reach-out you can edit and send by email (SMS on Pro). It never sends on its own.
Can I add lawn care to the same account? Yes. Add Lawn Care & Landscaping as a second service line. It shares your login, client list, team, and website, and a crew member can't be double-booked across lines.
Does ProTyz do invoicing or take card payments? Invoicing yes, free on every plan, with QuickBooks Online sync on Pro. Card payments no. Deposits are recorded on the booking rather than charged, and clients can't pay an invoice online yet. If taking a card in the field or heavy AR work is central to your business, Jobber is the stronger pick today.
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Start free at protyz.com — no card, about 15 minutes to a live booking page. See the snow removal lander at /for/snow-removal or click through a sample site at /demo/snow-removal.