MowNext vs SingleOps
SingleOps is now clearly built for arborists. We're built for mowing crews.
SingleOps now sits inside Granum and the pricing page is explicit about the audience: tree care. For a solo operator or small mowing crew, the big question is whether you need an arborist platform or whether you just need routing, scheduling, and customer comms without a $220/$385/$550 plan stack.
The short version
MowNext vs SingleOps, in a paragraph.
- $19 / $49 flat. SingleOps monthly pricing is $220 / $385 / $550.
- Route optimization in every tier. SingleOps still puts route optimization on Premier.
- Built for mowing crews, not arborist-specific operations.
- No implementation cycle required to get started.
- Mobile-first and simpler to learn.
- Granum now positions SingleOps specifically as tree care business management software.
- All crew users are included; office and sales users are priced separately.
- Options-based proposals, map-based scheduling, and arborist workflows.
- Dedicated implementation specialist included on every plan.
- Premier adds route optimization; Plus adds advanced estimating and map tools.
Side by side
MowNext vs SingleOps — feature by feature.
No cherry-picking. Where SingleOps wins, we say so.
| MowNext | SingleOps | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing (2026) | ||
| Starting price | $19/mo | $220/mo monthly or $200/mo annual |
| Plus tier | $49/mo Crew | $385/mo monthly or $350/mo annual |
| Top tier | $49/mo + $9/seat | $550/mo monthly or $500/mo annual |
| Crew users | Included in plan limit | Included on all plans |
| Office / sales users Granum lists lower annual office-user pricing at $50 / $100 / $125. | $9/mo each | $55 / $115 / $150 monthly |
| Implementation SingleOps advertises a dedicated implementation specialist. | None required | Included on all plans |
| Features by tier | ||
| Route optimization SingleOps still locks route optimization to the top tier. | Every tier | Premier ($500+/mo annual, $550 monthly) |
| Map-based scheduling | Plus and up | |
| Integrated email & texting | Crew ($49/mo) | Essential and up |
| Options-based proposals Honest: SingleOps wins for design-build firms with good/better/best quoting. | Plus and up | |
| Tree inventory + arborist workflows Honest: this is what the product is now centered around. | ||
| Operator fit | ||
| Built for solo operators Granum markets SingleOps directly at arborists and tree care teams. | ||
| Built for crews under 10 | Possible, but not the core positioning | |
| Built for tree care / design-build | ||
| Dedicated implementation specialist | ||
| Cancellation | ||
| Cancel from settings page | ||
| Pricing published without demo | ||
The pricing reality, now that Granum owns it
Granum's current SingleOps pricing page shows Essential at $220/mo monthly or $200/mo annual, Plus at $385/mo monthly or $350/mo annual, and Premier at $550/mo monthly or $500/mo annual.
Two things that matter for accuracy here: crew users are included, and office/sales users are priced separately at $55 / $115 / $150 on monthly billing depending on tier, with lower annual equivalents. SingleOps also says every plan includes implementation services with a dedicated implementation specialist.
MowNext is $19 or $49 a month. You can pay annually for a discount if you want — it's never a requirement. Cancel from a settings page and keep moving.
Route optimization — at the $550/mo tier
The thing that's striking about SingleOps's tier structure: route optimization is locked to the Premier tier. Map-based scheduling sits on Plus and up. On a mowing operation where the route is the day, that's a lot of money to gate basic logic behind.
MowNext ships drag-to-reorder routes with auto-sort by drive time on every tier — Free, Solo, and Crew. We don't believe scheduling is a premium feature. It's the product.
Where SingleOps genuinely wins
SingleOps is now marketed straight at tree care and the depth shows: tree inventory, mapping, arborist workflows, and a product language that assumes you are running tree work, not just mowing routes.
The same is true for options-based proposals (good/better/best) on design-build work. If your sales process is custom landscape proposals with structured pricing tiers — and you close 5-figure jobs that way — SingleOps's quoting flow is genuinely useful.
You also get a dedicated implementation specialist on every plan, which is the right model if you are buying a heavier system for a larger, more complex operation.
If your business is at $1M+ revenue, runs tree care or design-build, and wants an arborist platform with guided onboarding — go with SingleOps. We're not the right tool for that workload.
Where MowNext wins for lawn-only operators under 10 employees
You do not need an arborist platform to run a mowing route
The core mismatch is not just the dollar figure. It is that Granum is now openly selling SingleOps as tree care business management software. If you mow lawns for a living, you are buying a lot of conceptual overhead before you even get to the route.
Route optimization does not require Premier
On MowNext, route optimization is not reserved for a $500/$550 plan. That matters more to a mowing operator than options-based proposal builders or arborist job structures.
Mobile-first by design
SingleOps was built desktop-first with a mobile companion. We were built phone-first because that's where lawn operators actually work. The PWA loads in 1.2s, runs offline, one-thumb design.
Migrating from SingleOps
Export customers, properties, and recurring schedules from SingleOps. We map them into MowNext. Free if you have 100+ customers. If you are mid-rollout on SingleOps, we can run MowNext in parallel while you decide whether you really need the heavier Granum stack.
From the field
What operators say.
Real comments from operators who used SingleOps. We linked the source.
"Steep learning curve, with some employees finding it difficult when not comfortable using computer programs to do estimates."
— Capterra — SingleOps reviewer"Nothing but problems with SingleOps syncing to QuickBooks, with support team involvement for at least 6 months."
— Capterra — SingleOps reviewer"We had a nightmare with SingleOps … the company has no idea how to perform job costing. The software showed profit on jobs we actually lost money on."
— Lawnsite forum — SingleOps thread
Honest fit
Who should pick which.
We mean it. If you fit the SingleOps list, stay where you are. We'd rather you find the right tool than churn in 90 days.
Pick MowNext if you…
- Run mowing as the primary service and do not need an arborist system.
- Need route optimization without paying for the $500/$550 Premier tier.
- Want simpler pricing than office-user math plus high base plans.
- Want to get started without a full implementation cycle.
- Care more about field speed than options-based design-build proposals.
Stay with SingleOps if you…
- Run a $1M+ tree-care, arborist, or design-build operation.
- Need options-based (good/better/best) estimating with structured proposals.
- Use tree inventory, mapping, and arborist workflows daily.
- Want all crew users included and have office staff who can own the system.
- Value the included implementation specialist.
- Need the Granum SingleOps platform more than you need a lighter mowing tool.
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