--- title: Yardbook Alternative for a Growing Crew | DoneOnce description: When a lawn crew outgrows a free tool — what Yardbook's free plan costs in card fees, what its premium plans cost (not published), what changes with a second person and online payment, and when to stay on Yardbook. snippet: When a lawn crew outgrows a free tool: Yardbook's card fees on the free plan, its unpublished premium prices, and what a second person changes. updated: 2026-09-30 keywords: yardbook alternative, yardbook alternative for growing crew, yardbook free plan, yardbook processing fee, yardbook premium price, lawn care software after yardbook faq: Questions --- # When your lawn crew outgrows Yardbook Yardbook is free, and for an owner with a mower and a notebook that is hard to beat. Its home page says it is paid for by sponsored ads, with optional premium features for larger companies. This page is for the crew that has grown past one truck and is asking what free is costing it. It is fair about when Yardbook is still the better choice. Lawn care is the example here; DoneOnce is built for any business whose week repeats. Yardbook was read on its own site on 2026-09-25, and its terms and pricing page again on 2026-09-30 with the same result: the home page, https://www.yardbook.com/ (features, and "Why is it free?"), its Terms of Service on the same page, and its help center, https://support.yardbook.com/. Its public pricing page, https://www.yardbook.com/pricing, answered "not found" that day. ## What each one costs | | DoneOnce | Yardbook | |---|---|---| | Monthly price | $69 for up to 3 people, +$15 per person to the 10th, +$10 after | $0 on the Basic plan | | Premium plans | None: one plan, everything included | Business and Enterprise; prices not published on yardbook.com or support.yardbook.com | | Fee on each online card payment | Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢, no platform commission | Stripe's fees plus a 1% Yardbook processing fee on free and trial accounts; waived on Business and Enterprise | | Price per extra user | $15, then $10 | Not published | Prices as published by Yardbook on 2026-09-30. Yardbook is a trademark of its owner; DoneOnce is not affiliated with it. Yardbook's terms, read on 2026-09-25, say: "The Yardbook processing fee for non-premium accounts is 1% of each transaction," and that it is waived on the Business and Enterprise plans. Its help center marks text-message templates, Mailchimp and customized quote pages as premium features. We did not find a published price for either premium plan; if you need one, Yardbook shows it inside the account. ## What free costs once customers pay online The 1% is small on one invoice and large on a season. A crew that collects $6,900 a month by card pays Yardbook $69 a month in that fee, the price of DoneOnce for a team of three. At $10,000 a month it is $100. The alternative on Yardbook is a premium plan whose price is not on its public site. On DoneOnce the money goes to the business's own Stripe account at Stripe's standard 2.9% + 30¢, and DoneOnce takes nothing from it. ## What changes with the second person A free tool built for one owner starts to strain when a second person needs their own route, their own clock-in and their own language. On DoneOnce each person has their own login and role; each technician gets one route per day in driving order, sent to Google Maps, Waze or Apple Maps; zones by ZIP code put a new client on the right day by themselves; the crew clocks in and the weekly timesheet feeds pay; and the owner, the crew and the customer can each work in English or Spanish. Two and three people cost the same $69 as one. The full seat table is on the [pricing page](/pricing). ## Stay on Yardbook if - You work alone or with one helper, most customers pay by check or cash, and $0 is the deciding number. - You use expense tracking, equipment maintenance or chemical tracking. Yardbook lists them; DoneOnce does not have them. - New customers find you through your Yardbook profile. - It already does what you need. A switch costs a week of attention; make it for a reason. ## Switch to DoneOnce if - You have two or more people on the route, or are about to, and want each one on their own day and their own timesheet. - Your customers pay online, and a fee on every payment bothers you more than a flat subscription. - Your crew or your customers speak Spanish. - You want the setup done with you: the client spreadsheet imported and the zones drawn together. The buyer guide for the whole category is [best software for a lawn care route](/compare/best-software-for-a-lawn-route). ## Questions ### Is Yardbook really free? Its Basic plan is, paid for by sponsored ads according to Yardbook's home page. Online card payments on a free or trial account carry a 1% Yardbook processing fee on top of Stripe's fees, per its terms read on 2026-09-25; the fee is waived on the premium Business and Enterprise plans. ### How much do Yardbook's premium plans cost? Not published. On 2026-09-25 neither yardbook.com nor support.yardbook.com showed a price for the Business or Enterprise plan, and yardbook.com/pricing answered "not found". DoneOnce is $69 a month for up to 3 people, everything included. ### When does DoneOnce cost less than Yardbook's free plan? When a business collects more than $6,900 a month by card: from there, Yardbook's 1% fee is more than DoneOnce's $69 for a team of up to 3. ### Can I move my Yardbook clients to DoneOnce? Yes. Put the client list in a spreadsheet (name, address, phone, email) and import it with Clients → Import CSV, or send it to hello@doneonce.app and the import is done with you. The first 2 months are free and no card is required. Start free at https://app.doneonce.app/signup — two months, no card.