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 send boards clean, itemized invoices. No per-seat fees for every plow driver and shoveler you add during a storm.
Free plan to start. $29.99/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 customer, so per-storm service logs, contracts, and invoices stay attached to the right association. Pricing is flat: a free plan to start, then $29.99/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 dated service record with notes and photos, and there is no dedicated board report; boards get itemized invoices.
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 per-push record without extra work, so the timeline gets reconstructed after the fact. CrewNest's Snow Log records the times, material, weather snapshot, and photos for each push as it is logged, 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. In CrewNest the seasonal contract and every push logged under it live on the same record, so the flat-rate amount and the service history sit 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 sorts the night's stops into an efficient driving order with Google Maps 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. In CrewNest each community is its own customer, so its invoices and job history are already in one place. There is no dedicated board report yet.
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 customer with its own service addresses, contract terms, and contacts. Jobs, logs, and invoices attach to the right community, and you work from one login without a separate account per property. The dashboard shows totals for the whole business, not a per-community breakdown.
When a storm lands, pick the night's properties and CrewNest puts the stops in an efficient driving order with Google Maps, then you dispatch them to a crew. Each crew sees its assigned jobs on the phone instead of a flat list.
Each push logged in the Snow Log carries the community, start and finish times, the treatment and amount applied, a weather snapshot, and any photos you attach. It is a dated service record, not a separate HOA product, and it makes a seasonal invoice easier to stand behind.
Most HOA snow contracts are seasonal: a flat rate for the winter with the work expected on demand. A flat-rate contract stores that amount and you send the invoices on your schedule, while every push is still logged underneath it. Communities on per-event billing get an invoice created automatically each time a service is logged.
HOA boards approve payments in a meeting, so the invoice has to stand on its own. CrewNest invoices are itemized and download as a PDF for the board packet. There is no dedicated board report or season-to-date statement; export jobs and invoices as CSV if the board wants a summary.
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 the jobs assigned to them, while managers and admins see schedules and invoices. You decide who sees the money and who just needs the stops.
CrewNest also carries outdoor-trade tools a generic CRM does not, because generic CRMs serve every home-service trade with one interface.
A dated record on every logged push: community, start and finish times, material, weather snapshot, and photos. When 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 gives you a number to base a seasonal price on.
For a crew clearing many communities in one storm, CrewNest sorts the night's stops into an efficient driving order with Google Maps.
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 customer, with each lot or building as a service address, plus its contacts. This keeps jobs, logs, and invoices attached to the right community later.
Use Satellite Scout to measure each community's lots, lanes, and sidewalks from satellite imagery, then create the community's contract on a flat seasonal rate or a per-event rate. The association can sign it online.
When snow is coming, pick the night's properties, let CrewNest put the stops in an efficient driving order, and dispatch them to a crew, instead of sequencing the night by hand at 3 a.m.
Crews open the app to their assigned jobs and mark each push complete as they finish, so each job carries its completion time.
For each push, log the service in the Snow Log with start and finish times, the material applied, a weather snapshot, and before-and-after photos. That is the per-storm record boards and insurers ask for, captured while the work is fresh.
Per-event contracts invoice automatically as each service is logged. For flat seasonal contracts, send the invoice on your schedule. Each invoice downloads as a PDF for the board packet.
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 $29.99/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.
Flat Monthly
$29.99/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. Add each association as a customer, with its lots, lanes, and buildings as separate service addresses, its own contract, and its own contacts. Jobs, service logs, and invoices are attached to the right community while you work from one login. CrewNest does not build a combined per-community report; each community's invoices and job history sit on its customer record, and you can export jobs and invoices as CSV.
Yes, and it helps to know exactly what that is: the per-storm log is a dated job and Snow Log record, not a separate HOA module. Each logged service records the community, start and finish times, the service performed, the material applied, a weather snapshot, plus any notes and photos you attach. It lives on the community's contract and customer record.
Yes, with one manual step. A flat-rate contract stores the seasonal or monthly amount, and you send those invoices yourself while every push is still logged underneath the contract. On a per-event contract, logging a service creates the invoice at the contract's per-event rate automatically.
CrewNest is flat at $29.99/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.
Not as a dedicated report. What you can hand a board is the community's itemized invoices (each one downloads as a PDF) and its job history, which you can export as CSV and summarize. CrewNest does not generate a per-community board statement or season-to-date summary.
Yes. CrewNest has role-based permissions: owner, admin, manager, and technician. A technician opens the app to the jobs assigned to them, while managers and admins get the fuller view of schedules and invoices. You decide who can see financials and who just needs tonight's stops.
A slip-and-fall question usually comes down to who serviced the property and when. Because each service is logged as the work is done, with start and finish times, the material applied, a weather snapshot, and any photos, the record exists before anyone asks for it rather than being reconstructed from a text thread. CrewNest is software, not legal advice, and cannot promise any outcome.
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 gives you a number to base a seasonal price on.
No. CrewNest is a progressive web app that installs on any phone, but it needs an internet connection to load and save jobs. Full offline mode is not available, so crews in a dead zone should log the service once they are back in coverage.
The main difference is the pricing model. CrewNest is flat at $29.99/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 contracts, multi-property routing, and itemized invoicing on flat pricing. Start with one community free and add the rest as your snow routes grow.
Free plan to start. $29.99/month flat, or $290/year. No per-seat fee for storm crews.
