For HOA Snow Removal Contractors
CrewNest is snow removal software for HOAs that keeps every community you service under one login. Track per-storm service logs, bill seasonal contracts, route crews across multiple properties, and hand boards clean, itemized invoices. No per-seat fees for every plow driver and shoveler you add during a storm.
Free plan to start. $29/month flat, or $290/year. Unlimited team members.
Snow software for HOA contracts
CrewNest is field service CRM software that HOA snow removal contractors use to run every community they plow from one login. Each community is set up as its own site, so per-storm service logs, seasonal contract billing, and invoicing stay scoped to the right association and roll up into board-ready reports. Pricing is flat: a free plan to start, then $29/month (or $290/year) with unlimited users, so your bill does not spike when you add drivers for a storm. Competitors like Jobber ($49/month plus $29/user) and Housecall Pro (from $79/month) charge per seat, which punishes the spiky headcount snow work needs. CrewNest has no bespoke HOA module: the per-storm log is a timestamped job record with notes and photos, and board reports are the standard per-site invoicing and reporting.
Most field-service platforms are built for a single service address and a fixed crew. HOA snow work is the opposite: many communities under separate contracts, headcount that balloons the night a storm lands, and boards that want a documented record of every push. Here are the four places generic CRMs break down for an HOA snow operation.
In a slip-and-fall claim the question is always "who serviced this property, and when." If your only record is a text thread and a memory, that is a problem. Generic CRMs rarely capture a defensible per-push record without extra work, so the timeline gets reconstructed after the fact. CrewNest logs the site, timestamp, service, crew, and photos on every push as it is marked done, so the record exists before a board or an insurer asks for it.
Most HOA snow contracts are a flat seasonal rate with the work expected on demand, but many CRMs are built to bill one job at a time. You end up tracking the recurring seasonal charge in one place and the pushes in another. CrewNest bills the seasonal contract on its schedule while logging every push underneath it, so the flat-rate revenue and the service record live together instead of in two systems.
When one storm means plowing a dozen communities in a set order, your crews need a route, not a flat job list. Most CRMs make you sequence the night manually. CrewNest groups the storm's work by community and sorts each crew's stops into a lowest-drive-time route so nothing gets missed at 3 a.m.
An HOA board wants a clean record for their community: what was serviced, when, and what it cost. Generic CRMs lump every job into one list, so you export to a spreadsheet and rebuild a per-community summary by hand each month. CrewNest treats each community as its own site, so invoicing and reporting roll up per property without the spreadsheet step.
CrewNest's multi-property features exist because snow removal for homeowners associations is a different job than plowing one commercial lot. These are the operational needs that decide whether you keep the contract at renewal, and how CrewNest maps to each of them.
Each HOA you plow is set up as its own site with its own contract terms, service scope, and contacts. Jobs, logs, and invoices are scoped to the right community, but you work from one login and one dashboard. See revenue, open invoices, and completed pushes rolled up across every community or drilled into a single one, without maintaining a separate account per property.
When a storm lands, CrewNest turns the night's work into routes per crew instead of a flat list. Stops are grouped by community and sequenced into the lowest-drive-time order, so a crew clears its assigned properties in the right sequence. Tracked drive time between sites feeds back into your labor cost per community, which makes seasonal contract pricing next year an evidence-based number rather than a guess.
Every push is logged with the community, the date and time, the service performed (plow, shovel, salt, or de-ice), the crew on site, and any photos you attach. That log is a timestamped job record, not a separate HOA product, and it is the defensible backup HOAs need for slip-and-fall exposure and the evidence that makes a seasonal invoice easy to stand behind. Nothing depends on someone remembering to write it down after a long night; the record is captured as the work is marked done.
Most HOA snow contracts are seasonal: a flat rate for the winter with the work expected on demand. CrewNest bills that recurring seasonal contract while still logging every push underneath it, so you keep the flat-rate revenue and the service record at the same time. Communities that prefer per-push or per-event billing can be set up that way instead, and both models roll into the same per-community reporting.
HOA boards approve payments in a meeting, so the invoice has to stand on its own. The board report is the same per-site invoicing and reporting CrewNest gives every trade, scoped to one community: a statement showing each service event, the date, the scope performed, and the amount, plus a season-to-date summary. Export it as a PDF or CSV for the board packet. The line items and the service log line up, so a board member can reconcile the bill against what actually happened on their property.
Not everyone needs to see per-community financials. CrewNest scopes access by role - owner, admin, manager, and technician - so a plow driver opens the app to tonight's route and assigned properties, while managers and admins see schedules, invoices, and the per-community reporting. You decide who sees the money and who just needs the stops.
On top of the multi-property setup, CrewNest carries the outdoor-trade tools a generic CRM does not, because generic CRMs serve every home-service trade with one interface.
A timestamped record on every push: community, time, service, crew, and photos. It is a standard job record built for slip-and-fall documentation and clean seasonal billing, so the moment a board or an insurer asks what happened on a given night, the answer is already in the system.
Draw parking lots, drive lanes, and sidewalks on satellite imagery to get accurate square footage without a site visit. For HOA snow bids across several communities, that measured area is the basis for a seasonal price you can actually defend to a board.
For a crew clearing many communities in one storm, CrewNest sorts the night's stops into the lowest-drive-time route. Tracked drive time between properties feeds straight into your per-community labor cost, so seasonal contract math gets easier every winter.
From setup through the board's invoice, here is the sequence a contractor servicing several associations follows for a single storm.
Add every HOA or condo association you service as a separate site with its own contract terms, billing model, contacts, and service scope. This is the setup that keeps jobs, logs, and invoices from bleeding across communities later.
Use Satellite Scout to measure each community's lots, lanes, and sidewalks from satellite imagery, then set the community up on a seasonal flat rate, per-push, or per-event billing model. The measured area gives you a defensible basis for the seasonal price.
When snow is coming, turn the night's work into routes per crew. Stops are grouped by community and sequenced into the lowest-drive-time order so each crew clears its assigned properties in the right sequence instead of guessing at 3 a.m.
Crews open the app to their assigned route and mark each push complete as they finish. Marking a push done captures the timestamped job record automatically, so nothing depends on someone remembering to write it up after a long night.
On each push, record the service performed (plow, shovel, salt, or de-ice) and attach notes or before-and-after photos. That is the per-storm record boards and insurers ask for, captured while the work is fresh.
Bill the seasonal contract on its recurring schedule (or the per-push charges for communities set up that way), then export the per-community statement and service log as a PDF or CSV for the board packet. The invoice line items and the log reference the same events, so the bill reconciles against the record.
All three can schedule jobs, log work, and invoice. For a snow crew servicing several HOAs, the deciding factor is usually the pricing model as the storm crew grows.
| Dimension | CrewNest | Jobber | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat (unlimited users) | Per-user | Tiered + per-seat |
| Starting price | Free, then $29/mo | $49/mo (Core) | $79/mo (Basic) |
| Each additional user | Included | $29/user/mo | Not disclosed (MAX: $35/user/mo) |
| Free tier | Yes | No (14-day trial) | No |
| Flat pricing (no per-user climb) | Yes | No | No |
| Satellite property measurement | Yes | No | No |
Competitor figures are the vendors' published starting prices, verified from their pricing pages. ServiceTitan is not shown because it is enterprise, quote-only software with no public pricing; it is aimed at larger operations than most HOA snow contractors need.
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$29/month
Or $290/year. Unlimited team members. Every HOA community you service lives on one plan, not a separate bill per property.
How the pricing models compare for an HOA snow operation:
Competitor figures are the vendors' published starting prices; the difference that matters here is the model, per-seat versus flat, as your storm crew grows.
An honest read on where CrewNest fits and where a different tool is the better call.
Yes. Each community is set up as its own site with its own contract terms, contacts, and service scope. Jobs, service logs, and invoices stay scoped to the right community while you work from one login. Revenue, open invoices, and completed pushes roll up across every community or drill into a single one, so you never keep a separate account per property.
Yes, and it helps to know exactly what that is: the per-storm log is a timestamped job record, not a separate HOA module. Every push records the community, the date and time, the service performed (plow, shovel, salt, or de-ice), the crew on site, plus any notes and photos you attach. You can export that record per community as a PDF or CSV for a board packet or an insurer, and the log and the invoice line items reference the same events so a board member can reconcile the bill against what happened on their property.
Yes. Communities on a flat seasonal contract are billed on that recurring schedule while every push is still logged underneath it, so you keep the flat-rate revenue and the service record at the same time. Communities that prefer per-push or per-event billing can be set up that way instead. Both models roll into the same per-community reporting, so a portfolio with a mix of seasonal and per-event contracts reports cleanly in one place.
CrewNest is flat at $29/month (or $290/year) with unlimited users, so adding plow drivers and shovelers does not change the bill. It is not a per-seat plan like Jobber, which starts at $49/month for one user and charges $29/month per additional user, or Housecall Pro, which starts at $79/month on Basic. That matters most for snow, where headcount spikes for a storm and drops after. There is also a free plan so you can start before you commit.
Yes. Board reports in CrewNest are the standard per-site invoicing and reporting applied to a community: a per-community statement listing each service event, the date, the scope performed, and the amount, plus a season-to-date summary. Export it as a PDF or CSV for the board packet. It is not a bespoke HOA reporting engine, it is the same invoicing and reporting CrewNest gives every trade, scoped to one association.
Yes. CrewNest has role-based permissions: owner, admin, manager, and technician. A technician opens the app to the jobs and route assigned to them, while managers and admins get the fuller view of schedules, invoices, and per-community reporting. You decide who can see per-community financials and who just needs tonight's stops.
The defense in a slip-and-fall claim is a clear record of who serviced the property and when. Because every push is logged as it is marked done, with the site, timestamp, service, crew, and any photos, the record exists before anyone asks for it rather than being reconstructed from a text thread and memory. Export the community's log for the date in question and you have a defensible timeline to hand to a board or an insurer.
Yes. CrewNest includes Satellite Scout property measurement: draw parking lots, drive lanes, and sidewalks on satellite imagery to get square footage without driving out. For an HOA snow bid across several communities, that measured area is the basis for a seasonal price you can defend to a board with a number rather than a guess.
CrewNest is a progressive web app with an offline mode, so crews can view their route and mark work done even where connectivity drops mid-storm, and the records sync when the connection returns. That keeps the per-push log intact even on a bad night in a dead zone between communities.
The main differences are the pricing model and the multi-property fit. CrewNest is flat at $29/month with unlimited users, versus Jobber's per-user model ($49/month plus $29 per added user) and Housecall Pro's tiered plans (from $79/month). CrewNest also offers a free plan neither competitor has, and adds satellite property measurement for remote bidding. For the actual field work, all three can schedule, log jobs, and invoice; the deciding factor for a spiky snow crew servicing several associations is usually whether the software bill grows every time you add a driver.
Per-storm service logs, seasonal contract billing, multi-property routing, and board-ready invoicing on flat pricing. Start with one community free and add the rest as your snow routes grow.
Free plan to start. $29/month flat, or $290/year. No per-seat fee for storm crews.
