Comparison · as of October 2026
ZenMaid alternatives: cleaning business software compared
ZenMaid is software built for maid services, and it suits many of them. If you are comparing options, because of your team size, your budget, the features you need or the kind of cleaning you do, this page sets out what ZenMaid and the main alternatives offer, from their own pricing pages, checked on October 4, 2026.
Updated October 4, 2026 · for home and office cleaning businesses with 1 to 20 cleaners
What ZenMaid offers
According to its pricing page, ZenMaid has three plans, shown at $19, $39 and $49 a month, with a calculator that adjusts the price to the number of cleaners and office managers on your team. SMS charges are not included. It runs month to month, with a 14-day free trial.
- Starter: up to 40 appointments a month; scheduling with calendar, dispatch and map views; online payments with Stripe and Square, and invoicing; a mobile app without cleaner GPS tracking.
- Pro: unlimited appointments, booking forms for your website (with ZenMaid branding), payroll, and a tool to find slots for new recurring customers.
- Pro Max: booking forms with your own branding.
If ZenMaid does what you need at a price that works, keep it: switching tools costs time. The rest of this page is for owners who want to compare.
Why cleaning businesses compare alternatives
- Pricing that grows with the team: per-cleaner or per-user pricing is fine at 2 people and adds up at 15. Some tools include unlimited users; others count jobs instead.
- Other services than cleaning: companies that also do carpet cleaning, windows or handyman work may want general field service software.
- A booking website first: some businesses mainly need an online booking form with prices, and fewer office features.
- Commercial cleaning: contracts across many locations, inspections and time tracking call for tools built for janitorial work.
- Budget: very small teams may want a free tier to start.
Maid service and cleaning business software compared
Entry plans and the features each vendor lists for them, from their public pricing pages on October 4, 2026, in US dollars as displayed. Click a tool to check the current offer.
| Software | Entry price | Listed on the entry plan | Built for |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZenMaid | Starter from $19/month, price adjusted to team size; SMS charges not included | Up to 40 appointments a month, scheduling with dispatch and map views, online payments and invoicing | Maid services |
| Jobber | Core $29/month billed annually, 1 user; extra users $29/month each | Online booking and scheduling, quotes, invoices and online payments; automated client reminders from the Connect plan | All home-service trades |
| Housecall Pro | Basic $59/month billed annually, 1 user | Online booking and payment, estimates and invoicing, price book, free mobile app; recurring service plans on the Max plan | Home-service trades |
| Launch27 | Base $75/month, unlimited users and bookings | Booking form, customer login portal, automated email reminders, payroll manager; text reminders from the Pro plan | Maid services with a booking website |
| BookingKoala | Starter from $27/month, up to 5 providers | Booking forms, customer and team dashboards, invoicing with automatic reminders, mobile apps; SMS from the Growing plan | Booking-led home-service businesses |
| Maidily | Free up to 10 jobs a month; paid plans from $29/month (50 jobs a month) | Recurring scheduling, automated reminders, SMS notifications, invoicing, online payments, mobile app; unlimited users | Small maid services |
| ServiceM8 | Free: 1 user, 30 jobs; Starter $29 (50 jobs), unlimited users | Job management for field service teams | Field service trades |
| Swept | Launch from $30/month; all plans start at 15 locations | Scheduling and time tracking, payroll reporting; inspections and client portal on higher plans | Commercial and janitorial cleaning |
| Connecteam | Free for up to 10 users (Small Business plan) | Job scheduling, GPS clock-in and out, payroll integration | Staff scheduling and time tracking |
| Cleaning Crew App (planned) | $25/month for the business, $12.50 for founding members | Instant AI quotes, schedules and routes, client checklists with photos, reminders | Home and office cleaning teams of 1 to 20 |
Prices, limits and features taken from each vendor's public pricing page on October 4, 2026, and may have changed since; plans often include more than listed here. Product names belong to their owners and are used for identification only; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. Cleaning Crew App is not available yet: its row describes what we are building.
Which cleaning business software for which need
| If you mainly need… | Look at |
|---|---|
| Software built specifically for maid services | ZenMaid, Launch27, Maidily |
| An online booking form on your website | Launch27, BookingKoala, ZenMaid Pro |
| One tool for cleaning and other home services | Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceM8 |
| Commercial contracts across many locations | Swept |
| Free staff scheduling and time tracking | Connecteam |
| A free tier while you are very small | Maidily, ServiceM8, Connecteam |
Most of these tools offer a free trial. Use it on a real week: enter your actual clients, book a recurring clean, send a quote and an invoice, and ask a cleaner to use the mobile side.
How to choose the best software for your cleaning business
Write down your week
How many cleaners, how many jobs, how many quotes, what share of recurring clients. This tells you whether per-user or per-job pricing fits you better.
List the three jobs it must do
For most small cleaning companies: quoting, scheduling with recurring visits, and getting paid. Everything else is a bonus.
Price the plan you will need
Check which plan has the features you listed, for your team size, including SMS or add-on fees.
Test with your cleaners
The office side is half the story. If cleaners do not use the mobile side, checklists and time tracking will not happen.
Check how you leave
Make sure you can export your clients and history. It keeps your options open later.
Where Cleaning Crew App fits
We are building Cleaning Crew App for small home and office cleaning teams that still quote by phone and schedule on paper or in a spreadsheet, or want quoting and proof of work in one simple tool. What is planned:
- Instant quotes: from size, rooms and client photos, using your own rates and minimums. You approve every price.
- Schedules and routes: recurring cleans fill in on their own, and each cleaner's day is in driving order.
- Checklists with photos: each client's checklist on the cleaner's phone, with before and after photos.
- Reminders: an automatic text or email to the client before each visit.
- One flat price: $25/month for the business, not per cleaner; founding members keep 50 % off for life.
It is not available yet. It will not have every feature of the established tools above on day one; join the early access list if this is the tool you are missing, and tell us what you need. Want to price jobs in the meantime? Try the free cleaning price calculator.
Questions, answered
What is the best software for a cleaning business?
It depends on what you do most. Maid services often look at ZenMaid, Launch27 or Maidily; companies offering several home services at Jobber or Housecall Pro; commercial cleaners at Swept. Start from the three jobs the software must do for you and test them during a free trial.
Is there free cleaning business software?
Some tools have free tiers, according to their pricing pages in October 2026: Maidily (up to 10 jobs a month), ServiceM8 (1 user, 30 jobs) and Connecteam for staff scheduling (up to 10 users). Check their limits against your volume.
How is Cleaning Crew App different from ZenMaid?
ZenMaid is an established product with booking forms, payroll and a cleaner app. Cleaning Crew App is in development and focuses on instant quotes from size, rooms and photos, schedules with routes, and photo-proof checklists, for one flat price per business. If ZenMaid works for you, keep it.
When will Cleaning Crew App be available?
We are building it now and will open access in small batches to the early access list, in the order people joined. No date is promised until the product is ready.
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More free resources
Cleaning price calculator
Work out the hours and the price of a house or office cleaning job from your own hourly cost and target margin. Free, nothing to sign up for.
Open the calculatorCleaning quote template
A free cleaning services quotation template for Excel, Google Sheets or print, the items every quote should include, and a filled example.
Download the free templateMissing a simple tool for quotes and schedules?
Join the Cleaning Crew App early access list: instant quotes, schedules and photo checklists for one flat price, and 50 % off for life for founding members.