Auto-measure from above.
Click Auto-measure on the property and Shortcut scans the lot for lawn, structures, and driveway. Check the outlines, adjust one if you need to, and accept. Nothing prices from a measurement nobody has reviewed.
Landscape estimating software, for lawn care and landscape companiesMeasure it from the office. Get the yes from their phone.
Most estimates stall on two things: a drive out to measure, and a round of back-and-forth about options. Shortcut measures the lawn from aerial imagery, prices every per-square-foot service from it, and sends an estimate the customer approves from a text or email. Approve it, and the jobs are created and waiting to be scheduled.
Book a demo
A 20-minute call to see if Shortcut fits how you run. Running 1–2 crews? Start a free trial
The problem with estimates
Every drive-by is an hour you're not selling.
A lawn estimate used to mean a drive out with a measuring wheel, numbers on a pad, and typing it up that night. Then the customer asks for a second option, and the quote goes around again. At five crews, someone is doing that all day, and the estimate that waits until Friday is the one that goes to another company.
How Shortcut does it
From an address to an approved job.
Prices that follow the size.
Per-square-foot services take the measured lawn as their quantity, and size tiers pick the right rate for bigger properties. Change the measurement and Shortcut asks before it updates a line.
Four ways to price.
Flat fee, per hour, per square foot, or per man-hour, where the final price follows the crew time the job takes. Set how often each line repeats: one-off, or every so many days, weeks, months, or years.
Options the customer picks.
Mark a line optional and the customer adds or drops it as they read, with the total updating. Add an alternative to offer Gold or Silver, pine or aspen.
Materials with live margin.
Add mulch by the yard, plants, or pavers under a service. Price, cost, and margin show as you quote, and customers never see cost.
Approved online, scheduled from there.
Send by text, email, or both. The customer approves from the link, or you approve it for them when they say yes in person. Approval creates the jobs and runs your automations.
- Templates for the estimates you send every week
- A live preview of exactly what the customer sees
- Estimates expire after 30 days unless approved
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From an address to a yes.
The real product, start to finish, on a demo company's example data.
Book a demo
A 20-minute call to see if Shortcut fits how you run.
Measurement
Measurement is built in, not sold separately.
| Product | How the property is measured |
|---|---|
| Shortcut | Auto-measured from parcel data and imagery, built in, no per-measure fee |
| Service Autopilot | Smart Maps add-on; you draw the lines1 |
| RealGreen | Measurement Assistant, sold as a separate subscription2 |
| LMN | A SiteRecon add-on3 |
| Aspire | PropertyIntel, a separate product at $199 to $499 a month4 |
Competitor rows reflect their own product and pricing pages as of October 2026.
Pricing
Measurement included. So is everything else.
One price per crew, with unlimited users and every feature. No add-ons, no per-measure fees, no onboarding fee.
$180per crew
per month
Save 20%Pay yearly: $144 per crew per month. That's $432 back per crew, every year.
Running 1 or 2 crews? Start a 14-day free trial, no card.
Landscape estimating software questions, answered.
Pricing, switching, and what Shortcut does today, in plain words.
What is landscape estimating software?
Software that measures the property, prices the work from your services, and sends a quote the customer can approve online. Shortcut does all three, and an approved estimate puts the work on the schedule.
How does Shortcut measure a lawn?
From parcel data and aerial imagery. Auto-measure finds the lawn, structures, and driveway; you review the outlines and accept them before any price uses them. You can also draw the areas yourself.
Can I price installs and cleanups by the man-hour?
Yes. Quote the hourly rate and an estimated number of man-hours. The invoice follows the crew time the job takes, and a job that runs long can continue the next day and bill once.
Can customers choose between options?
Yes. Customers can add or drop optional lines while they read, and alternatives let them pick one version of a service, with the total updating as they choose.
Can I add materials like mulch, plants, or pavers?
Yes. Products sit under a service with their own price, cost, and tax setting. You see the margin as you quote; the customer sees the price.
What happens when the customer approves?
The jobs are created and wait to be scheduled, your automations run, and the estimate locks. Products wait on the job and attach to its first visit.
Do estimates expire?
After 30 days if they're not approved. You can void one sooner.
How much does it cost?
$180 per crew per month, or $144 billed yearly, with estimates, measurement, every other feature, and unlimited users included.
See it on a business like yours.
Book 20 minutes with the team that built Shortcut. Bring an address you quoted last week, and we'll measure and price it on the call.
- 1Tell us about your business. Name, crews, what you run today. Thirty seconds.
- 2Pick a time. Chance's calendar opens right here, with your details already filled in.
- 3See it work. Twenty minutes, live, with the team that built it. We'll show you the board and tell you straight if it fits.
Rather skip the form? Open the calendar. Running 1 or 2 crews? Start a 14-day free trial, no card.
Sources
- 1Smart Maps checked
- 2Measurement Assistant · its subscription plans checked
- 3SiteRecon integrations · A measurement tools guide checked
- 4Capterra: PropertyIntel checked