Two settings first.
Set your route start and end address, so routes are planned from the yard and back. A stop that can't be placed on the map shows on Needs attention with a Fix address button, and the optimizer leaves it where it was.
Lawn care routing software, for 3 to 30 crewsRoute optimization for one crew or the whole fleet.
Routing one truck is a puzzle. Routing six is a different problem: the shortest route for Crew A might leave Crew D with eleven stops across town. Shortcut optimizes one crew's route, or plans the whole day at once and moves stops between crews when that shortens the day overall. You see miles and drive time before and after, and nothing changes until you apply it.
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 at five crews
Per-truck routing leaves the imbalance alone.
Per-crew routing tools optimize each truck in isolation. Hand-built routes drift as customers come and go. Either way, the office spends an evening a week dragging stops around, and the drive time still lands on the one crew that always runs late.
How Shortcut does it
Optimize, preview, apply.
One crew.
Open the crew's lane and choose Optimize. Its stops go into the shortest driving order, and nothing moves to another crew. Use it for crews whose stops must stay with them, like the spray truck.
All crews.
Plan the whole day at once. Shortcut can move a stop to a different crew when that shortens the day, and no crew gets much more than the larger of its own plan and an even share.
The preview.
One row per crew: miles and drive time, before and after, with the difference, and an All crews total. Drive time is time on the road only. Apply it, or close the window and nothing has changed.
Keep what you fixed.
Drag to reorder a route for today or for good. A standing route order per weekday survives the next optimization of another crew.
The map and the lasso.
Lasso a neighborhood, move it to another day or crew, and text every affected customer in one step. Every change has an undo. More on the board.
Compared
Compared with other lawn care software.
| Feature | Shortcut | Service Autopilot | RealGreen | LMN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route optimization | One crew or the whole fleet, balanced, included | Google routing capped at 23 stops per crew, TrackRoad credits, or AI routing1 | Dynamic Routing honors time windows, certifications, capacity, revenue targets3 | One crew at a time, from the Whiteboard4 |
| Map | Included, with lasso | Smart Maps add-on2 | — | — |
Competitor cells reflect public pages and help documentation as of October 2, 2026.
Lawn care routing questions, answered.
Pricing, switching, and what Shortcut does today, in plain words.
Does Shortcut optimize routes across all my crews or one at a time?
Both. Optimize one crew to put its stops in the shortest driving order without moving anything to another crew. Optimize all crews to plan the whole day at once, which can move a stop to a different crew when that shortens the day overall.
Will it move my spray tech's stops to a mowing crew?
The all-crews optimizer treats crews as interchangeable. If a crew's stops must stay with that crew, optimize that crew on its own.
Can I see what I'll save before anything changes?
Yes. The preview shows miles and drive time before and after for each crew, and an All crews total. Nothing changes until you click apply.
What if an address can't be found?
The optimizer skips it and it stays where it was. It appears on the Needs attention tab as Missing coordinates with a Fix address button.
Does the route order stick?
Drag to reorder for today or for good. A standing route order per weekday is kept.
Do crews get the new order automatically?
Yes. Crews see their stops for the day in the app, in the order you set, with directions. If the office changes the route during the day, the card says Added or Moved.
Is routing an add-on?
No. Route optimization and the map are included at $180 per crew per month.
How does it compare to RealGreen Dynamic Routing?
Shortcut optimizes one crew or the whole fleet with a preview you apply or undo, keeps a standing route order per weekday, and lets you lasso stops on the map. Dynamic Routing honors customer time windows, tech certifications, vehicle capacity, revenue targets, and hours.
See your routes on it.
Book 20 minutes with the team that built Shortcut. Bring one week of routes and we'll optimize them in front of you.
- 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
- 1New Dispatch Board user guide, 2024 checked
- 2Smart Maps checked
- 3RealGreen Dynamic Routing checked
- 4LMN help: Schedule Tab checked