What a lawn care company pays per month, from the published tiers and termsService Autopilot pricing, worked out.
Search for Service Autopilot pricing and you get six pages with six different numbers. Most are a tier price with nothing added. Below is what the published pricing page and the terms of service say, line by line, and what that comes to for a 5-, 10-, and 30-crew company. Where a number is not published, we say so.
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The published tiers
Four tiers, billed yearly, with a sign-up fee.
As of October 2, 2026, Service Autopilot's pricing page lists these1. It lists two-way texting, Smart Maps, the client portal, and QuickBooks as Elite features or paid add-ons on the tiers below1, 8. Extra mobile license prices are not published.
| Tier | List price | Office users included |
|---|---|---|
| Startup | $49 a month | 1 |
| Pro | $199 a month | 1 |
| Pro Plus | $499 a month | 1 |
| Elite | Quote | 2 office users and 8 mobile licenses; extras not published |
What the terms add
Their contract, in their words.
- Section 2.3
A 7 percent increase each year on the prior year's fees. Larger increases need 45 days' notice and give you ten days to cancel.
- Section 2.2
The term auto-renews unless you give written notice 30 days before it ends.
- Section 13.4
Leaving early costs the remaining months.
- Special terms
Payment services run through Clearent only.
At the 7 percent maximum, Pro goes $199, $213, $228 over three years and Pro Plus $499, $534, $571. Arithmetic on the published list price and the clause1, 2; the clause sets a ceiling, not a schedule.
5 crews, 3 office users
The math for 5, 10, and 30 crews.
Each Service Autopilot receipt lists what is published, then what is not. Add your own quote for the unpublished lines.
- 5 crews × $180
- $900 / mo
- 3 office users
- $0
- Texting, map, portal, QuickBooks Online
- $0
- Sign-up and migration
- $0
- Year 2
- $900 / mo
- Billed yearly
- $720 / mo
- Pro Plus tier
- $499 / mo
- 2 extra office users
- not published
- Mobile licenses beyond the tier
- not published
- Texting, Smart Maps, portal, QuickBooks
- add-ons, not published
- Sign-up fee
- not published
- Year 2
- × 1.07
- Published
- $499 / mo + extras
10 crews, 4 office users
Ten crews.
- 10 crews × $180
- $1,800 / mo
- 4 office users
- $0
- Texting, map, portal, QuickBooks Online
- $0
- Sign-up and migration
- $0
- Year 2
- $1,800 / mo
- Billed yearly
- $1,440 / mo
- Elite tier
- quote
- 2 office users beyond the 2 included
- not published
- 2+ mobile licenses beyond the 8 included
- not published
- Sign-up fee
- not published
- Year 2
- × 1.07
- Published
- quote
30 crews, 6 office users
Thirty crews.
- 30 crews × $180
- $5,400 / mo
- 6 office users
- $0
- Texting, map, portal, QuickBooks Online
- $0
- Sign-up and migration
- $0
- Year 2
- $5,400 / mo
- Billed yearly
- $4,320 / mo
- Elite tier
- quote
- 4 office users beyond the 2 included
- not published
- 22+ mobile licenses beyond the 8 included
- not published
- Sign-up fee
- not published
- Year 2
- × 1.07
- Published
- quote
Before you renew
What to ask Service Autopilot for in writing.
- The price per extra office user.
- The price per extra mobile license.
- Each add-on you use: texting, Smart Maps, the client portal, QuickBooks.
- The sign-up fee.
- Whether section 2.3's increase will be applied at renewal, and by how much.
Then you have your number.
Why Shortcut's line is one line
Per crew, and nothing else.
A crew is a team you dispatch with at least one active person. You pay for each active crew and nothing else: no base fee, no per-user fee, no add-ons, no sign-up fee, no per-transaction fee, and no yearly increase. Add or remove crews any time and the bill adjusts. Payments run on your own Stripe account. Migration from Service Autopilot is done by our team overnight at no fee. Full pricing · How the switch works
Service Autopilot pricing questions, answered.
Pricing, switching, and what Shortcut does today, in plain words.
How much does Service Autopilot cost per month?
Startup $49, Pro $199, Pro Plus $499, and Elite by quote, billed yearly with a sign-up fee, as of October 2, 2026. Those are tier prices. Extra office users, extra mobile licenses, texting, Smart Maps, the client portal, and QuickBooks are added on the tiers that don't include them, and their prices are not published.
How many users does Service Autopilot include?
One office user on every tier below Elite. Elite includes two office users and eight mobile licenses.
Does Service Autopilot have a setup fee?
The pricing page lists a sign-up fee. Its amount is not published there.
Does Service Autopilot raise prices every year?
Its terms allow a 7 percent increase each year on the prior year's fees. Larger increases need 45 days' notice and give you ten days to cancel.
Is Service Autopilot a monthly or yearly contract?
Yearly, auto-renewing unless you give written notice 30 days before the term ends. Leaving early costs the remaining months.
Can I use my own card processor with Service Autopilot?
Its terms require Clearent for payment services. Shortcut runs on your own Stripe account.
What does Shortcut cost for the same company?
$180 per crew per month, or $144 billed yearly, with unlimited users and every feature included. Five crews is $900 a month, ten is $1,800, thirty is $5,400, with nothing added and no yearly increase.
How do I switch from Service Autopilot?
A 20-minute call, an overnight migration done by our team at no fee, two weeks side by side, then your crews go live on a Monday. Plan it before your renewal notice window.
Bring your Service Autopilot invoice.
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- 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.
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Sources
- 1Service Autopilot pricing checked
- 2Service Autopilot terms of service checked
- 6Capterra: Service Autopilot pricing checked
- 8Smart Maps checked