Two lawn-care-first platforms compared on pricing, communication, accounting, and support, including where RealGreen comes out ahead. Every RealGreen fact here comes from RealGreen's own website.
The short answer: both are built for lawn care, and both cover the essentials: treatment programs, chemical tracking, installment billing, price-by-size quoting, and routing. RealGreen is the long-established choice of large franchises.
LawnPro gives you the same core lawn tools with published prices, a free plan, 2-way texting, automatic QuickBooks Online sync, Zapier, and phone support 7 days a week. It's the better fit for owner-operators and crews that want to see the price before they talk to sales.
| LawnPro | RealGreen | |
|---|---|---|
| Prices published? | Yes: Free, $39, $129, $249/mo | No: custom quote, "usage and user-based" |
| Plans | Solo (1 user), Startup (3 employee logins), Grow (7), Plus (15); extra logins $19/mo | Small Business ("ideal for 3 crews or more"), Professional, Enterprise ("unlimited licenses") |
| Try it | Free plan forever, plus free trials of paid plans | Demo |
| Billing | Monthly, or save 20% annually. Cancel any time. | Not published |
| Feature | LawnPro | RealGreen |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-round treatment programs | Yes (Grow & Plus) | Yes |
| Chemical application tracking | Yes | Yes, with applicator reports |
| Installment / level billing | Yes, every plan | Yes, plus prepay |
| Pricing by property size | Yes (Grow & Plus) | Yes |
| Route optimization | Yes (Grow & Plus) | Yes |
| Customer portal & referrals | Yes (referrals on Grow & Plus) | Yes |
| Property measurement | DeepLawn AI measurements (add-on) | Measurement Assistant (draw areas on aerial imagery) |
| 2-way texting | Yes (Plus, add-on on other plans) | Outbound only; two-way "coming" |
| QuickBooks | Automatic QuickBooks Online sync | Manual one-way export (IIF file) |
| Zapier | Yes (Startup & above) | Not listed; API on higher tiers |
| Phone support | 7 days a week, 7am–7pm CT | Monday–Friday, 7am–7pm ET |
Every LawnPro plan and add-on price is on our pricing page, and you can start free without talking to anyone. RealGreen prices every account by custom quote, and its smallest tier is described as ideal for businesses with 3 crews or more.
LawnPro's 2-way texting keeps customer conversations inside LawnPro. RealGreen's FAQ says its texts are currently outbound only, with two-way texting still to come.
LawnPro's QuickBooks Sync pushes customers, invoices, and payments to QuickBooks Online automatically. RealGreen supports a manual one-way export of a General Ledger report. LawnPro also connects to 5,000+ apps through Zapier, and to ChatGPT and Claude through MCP.
LawnPro's US-based phone support answers 7 days a week, 7am–7pm Central, which matters in peak season. RealGreen's phone support runs Monday to Friday, 7am–7pm Eastern.
Choose LawnPro if you're an owner-operator or a crew of up to about 15 who wants lawn care tools at a published price, 2-way texting, automatic QuickBooks Online sync, and weekend phone support.
Choose RealGreen if you run a large or multi-location lawn operation, especially a franchise, and want enterprise-scale tools and marketing automation, priced through a custom quote.
Export your customer list from RealGreen as a CSV file, then import it into LawnPro and map the columns to LawnPro fields. Set up your treatment programs and level billing contracts, start on the free plan, and call our support team at 205-369-7052 for help with larger migrations.
Compare LawnPro with Jobber, Service Autopilot, and Housecall Pro on the full comparison page, or browse all guides.
Sources (checked October 2, 2026): RealGreen pricing, customer communications, CRM & QuickBooks, billing, Measurement Assistant, integrations, history, support hours. LawnPro prices from our pricing page. Prices and features change; check with each company before you buy.
RealGreen doesn't publish prices. Its pricing page describes pricing as "usage and user-based" and asks you to contact the company for a custom quote. Its tiers are Small Business (described as ideal for 3 crews or more), Professional, and Enterprise. LawnPro publishes every price: Solo is free, Startup is $39/month, Grow is $129/month, and Plus is $249/month.
RealGreen offers a demo rather than a self-serve free trial. LawnPro's Solo plan is free forever for up to 25 customers with no credit card required, and every paid LawnPro plan has a free trial.
Not yet. RealGreen's own FAQ says its SMS notifications are currently outbound only, and that two-way texting is coming with its Communication Center update. LawnPro's 2-way texting lets you and your customers text back and forth inside LawnPro; it's included on the Plus plan and available as an add-on on other plans.
RealGreen supports a one-way export to QuickBooks: you manually export a General Ledger report as an IIF file and import it into QuickBooks. LawnPro syncs customers, invoices, and payments with QuickBooks Online automatically, with duplicate prevention. QuickBooks Sync is included on LawnPro Plus and is $15/month on other plans.
Yes. Export your customer list from RealGreen as a CSV file and import it into LawnPro, mapping the columns to LawnPro fields. LawnPro's support team can help with larger migrations, and you can start on the free plan while you move over.