For lawn care operators
Lawn care software that's actually free
Forty lawns a week, a rain day that shoves them all into Thursday, and $50 invoices that cost more to chase than they're worth. Paying $100/mo for software on mowing margins never made sense. MakeHay is $0, no ads, no paid tiers.
Free forever. No credit card. Set up in minutes.
Free forever. No monthly plan, no seat fees, no trial clock.
Built for lawn care
What a lawn care operator gets, for $0.
Recurring routes
Weekly, every other week, or monthly visits generated for the season, with an end date.
SchedulingRain flags per property
Each visit carries the forecast for its own address; your mowing rule flags the wet days ahead of time.
SchedulingDry day after for applications
A separate rule for fertilizer and weed control checks the day after the app.
SchedulingOne-click visit invoices
Every visit becomes an invoice in a click, with a card or bank pay link.
Invoicing & paymentsReminders you don't send
Overdue reminders go out automatically, three at most, in your wording.
AutomationsLawn size from satellite
Trace the turf on satellite view and the square footage becomes the quantity.
Satellite measurementDay-before reminders
Customers get a reminder the day before, so gates are unlocked and dogs are inside.
AutomationsReview requests
A review request goes out when an invoice is paid in full, with your review link.
Automations
What changes with MakeHay
Quote, schedule, get paid, come back.
Schedule around the weather, not despite it
Rain doesn't cancel lawn care, it reshuffles it: mowing soaked turf leaves clumps and ruts, so a wet Tuesday shoves the whole route into an already-full Wednesday. MakeHay puts the forecast on every scheduled visit, so you see the rain day coming and rework the route the night before.
- Rain flags on each day's visits, per property address, from the rule you set once
- The week's forecast next to the week's schedule, on one calendar
- Reshuffle before the day starts instead of apologizing from the curb
Quote it before you leave the site
Trace the turf on satellite view for square footage, then price a new lawn on the spot (mow, edge, and trim as line items, or one flat rate for the visit) and send the quote before you're back in the truck. New customers approve with a tap, and one repeat setting puts them on a weekly or every-other-week schedule.
Get paid without chasing
Every visit becomes an invoice in a click, customers pay by card or bank online, and automatic reminders chase the stragglers for you. It's the difference between mowing lawns and running a collections desk for $50 tickets.
Keep every customer for the re-do
Lawn care is a keep-the-customer business. The money is in the account that stays all season and comes back in spring. MakeHay keeps every customer's visit and payment history, so renewals, fall cleanups, and next year's route are already half-built.
Give every customer a portal
One private link per customer: messages with photos, documents you request, a heads-up on any contract waiting for their e-signature, and invoices they pay. No app, no password, free.
Want a website too? Our team of experienced web developers builds one from your account: a page per service in your price book, a page per town you serve, your photos, and your request form as the contact page, so every lead lands in Requests. Optional, $197 a month, your domain free for the first year. See the Website add-on
Set up in ten minutes
What a lawn care business puts in on day one.
A starting point that matches how the trade bids and runs. Every item, rule, and follow-up is yours to rename, reprice, or switch off.
Price book
- Weekly mow, edge, and blowflat
- Mowing by lawn sizeper sq ft
- Fertilizer or weed control applicationper sq ft
- Mulch, installed per yardeach
- Spring or fall cleanupflat
- Aeration and overseedper sq ft
Weather rules
- Mowing: flag the day when rain is over 60%
- Fertilizer and weed control: rain under 30% the day of and the day after
- Cleanups: no rule, leaves get picked up wet or dry
Follow-ups that run themselves
- Visit reminder the day before, so gates are unlocked and dogs are inside
- Overdue invoice reminders, three at most, a week apart
- Review request once an invoice is paid, to build the neighborhood referrals
The honest math
Compare the bill, not the brochure.
MakeHay
$0/mo
Free is the plan, not a trial of one
- Every feature, every user, from day one
- No per-seat pricing, no feature gates
- No credit card to sign up, nothing to cancel
The usual field-service subscription
$29 to 399/mo
plus per-user fees on top
- Per-seat pricing that climbs as your crew grows
- The features you actually need gated to higher tiers
- An annual bill whether it rained all month or not
FAQ
Lawn care questions, answered straight.
Is it really free for lawn care operators?
Yes. Unlimited customers, properties, quotes, scheduling, and invoices, free forever, not a trial. No monthly plan, no seat fees, and no credit card to start.
What's the catch for a lawn care business?
There isn't one. Software features cost us almost nothing to run, so they're free. If customers pay you online by card or bank, those payments carry processing costs, as they would with any provider.
What happens to my route when it rains?
MakeHay pulls the forecast for every property on the schedule and flags the wet days, so you can see the reshuffle coming and move visits the night before. You still can't stop the rain. You just stop finding out about it at the first stop.
Does it handle weekly and biweekly routes?
Yes. Set a job to repeat weekly or every other week and the visits generate onto your calendar automatically. Drag any of them when the rain reshuffles the week, mark each one done or skipped, and send day-before reminders if you want them. Put a price per visit on the repeat and every visit you mark done becomes its own invoice, or charges the card the customer saved for autopay.
Can I measure a lawn without visiting?
Yes. Trace the lawn on satellite view and the square footage drops into your quote as the quantity. Try it free, no account, at makehay.io/satellite-measurement-tool.
Can a lawn care company take its data if it leaves?
It's yours. Ask and we'll export everything (customers, properties, visit history, invoices, payments) and we delete what's left as laid out in our privacy policy.
Do I need a credit card to start quoting lawns?
No. Sign up with an email and quote your first lawn the same day. There's no trial clock, because there's no paid plan behind it.
See every trade we build for on the industries page, browse the full feature list, check pricing (it's free), or measure your next job on the free satellite measurement tool, no account needed.
Keep the route full and the software bill at zero.
Fast quotes, rain-day route visibility, and online payments sized for lawn care margins. Free forever.
Free forever. No credit card. Set up in minutes.