Crew Control

Lightweight crew scheduling and tracking for field service

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Price band $ โ€” under ~$100/mo
Rough cost Per-crew pricing, commonly $50โ€“$200/mo
Company size 1โ€“20 crews
Category Time & crew, Job management

What Crew Control is

Crew Control, from the Aspire family, is a simpler product aimed at smaller landscape and service companies: schedule crews, dispatch a daily route to a mobile app, capture time and job notes, and invoice. It gives you crew-level visibility without the weight of a full operating platform.

Best for

Small landscape and recurring-service companies wanting crew scheduling that is easy

Watch out

Not an estimating or job-costing platform; it manages the day, not the margin.

What it does well

  • Quick daily crew scheduling and dispatch
  • Simple mobile app for crew leads
  • Time capture against jobs
  • Easy onboarding without training

Integrates with

QuickBooks Online ยท Aspire

Integration lists change often and "integrates" can mean anything from a real two-way sync to a one-way push through Zapier. Ask the vendor which fields move, in which direction, and how often.

Before you commit

  • Geofencing and GPS need a clear written policy. Document it, have it signed, and keep it reasonable.
  • Check break and overtime rules for your state are enforced automatically โ€” this is a wage-claim risk, not a convenience.
  • Cost codes are what turn time tracking into job costing. Make sure techs can pick one in two taps.
  • Offline capture is essential. Basements and new construction have no signal.
  • Confirm it exports to your payroll provider in a format that imports cleanly.

How to judge it in a trial

Run one real job through it end to end โ€” not the demo data. Quote it, schedule it, do it, invoice it, take the payment. Then ask the only question that matters on day 400: did the people who have to use this every day find it faster than what they do now? Friction you notice in week one compounds forever, and tool-hopping costs more than any feature gap.

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