For snow & ice contractors

Snow removal software that's actually free

No trade lives and dies by the forecast like snow. The storm sets the schedule, 2am sets the alarm, and the paperwork after every event buries you worse than the driveways did. MakeHay is built around the weather, and costs $0.

Start free, no card required

Free forever. No credit card. Set up in minutes.

Free forever. No monthly plan, no seat fees, no trial clock.

Built for snow removal

What a snow contractor gets, for $0.

A forecast per property
Every property on the schedule carries the National Weather Service forecast for its own address.
Scheduling
Your event rule
Set the precipitation and temperature limits; days that cross them flag per site, days ahead.
Scheduling
E-signed seasonal contracts
Send the agreement for signature in the fall; it lives on the customer's record.
Customers & portal
Per-push lines
Plowing per push, salt per application, sidewalks per foot, seasonal contracts per month, from your price book.
Quoting
Visits per property
Log the push, the salting, and the sidewalks against each property as they happen.
Scheduling
Dated photos from the lot
Send a photo from the cleared lot; the customer gets an email and the portal keeps it with the date.
Customers & portal
Event invoicing
Turn the event into invoices in clicks, with card and ACH pay links and automatic reminders.
Invoicing & payments
Team colors
Each route's truck has a color on the calendar.
Scheduling

What changes with MakeHay

Quote, schedule, get paid, come back.

Schedule around the weather, not despite it

Every other trade schedules around bad weather; you schedule because of it. MakeHay pulls the National Weather Service forecast for every property on your list, not one city-wide guess, so when a system shows up, you're looking at the event against every site you're committed to: trigger accounts, priority lots, pre-treat candidates, days before the first flake.

Forecasts per property address, not one guess for the whole metro
See the incoming event against every contract on your calendar
Plan pre-treat and plow order while the storm's still on the map

Step 1

Quote it before you leave the site

Quote seasonal contracts, per-push rates, salting, and sidewalks as line items, with plow and salt or plow, salt and walks as packages side by side: one document the property manager approves with a tap in October, before your competitors' proposals thaw out of their inbox.

A MakeHay quote for a seasonal snow removal contract with its packages side by side, Plow and salt at $8,400 and Plow, salt and walks at $10,080 marked recommended, above the first line: a seasonal contract at a monthly rate for 6 months, shared by all packages.

Step 2

Get paid without chasing

After the event, turn the work into invoices in clicks instead of a lost weekend. Per-push invoices go out with card and ACH pay links while the storm's still in the news, and automatic reminders handle the follow-up while you sleep off the night shift.

A snow removal invoice as the customer sees it: 2 plowing pushes, 380 linear feet of sidewalk clearing, 2 salt applications and a pre-treatment, the balance due, and a Pay online button.

Step 3

Keep every customer for the re-do

Snow is a renewal business: the accounts you keep this winter are next winter's revenue, signed early. Every property's service and invoice history lives in MakeHay, so October renewals close on the record, and the March "you never came" call is settled by it too.

A property management customer in MakeHay with the Jobs tab open: lifetime value, a weekly ice check and salting job that repeats every week, a scheduled pre-treatment, and three completed snow removal jobs with their amounts.

Step 4

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.

A job update in the customer's MakeHay portal: the note on a plaza cleared after a storm, and photos of a plow truck pushing snow, a sidewalk machine plowing a walk and a compact tractor with a salt spreader.

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 snow removal 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

Seasonal contract, per montheach
Plowing, per pusheach
Salt or de-icer applicationeach
Sidewalk clearingper linear ft
Pre-treatmenteach
Hauling and stackingflat

Weather rules

Event rule: flag days with precipitation over 50% or a high above 34°F
Salt-only accounts: flag days with a high above 32°F
Hauling: no rule, stacking happens whatever the sky does

Follow-ups that run themselves

Visit reminder the day before a scheduled pre-treat or cleanup
Overdue invoice reminders after the event invoices go out
Quote follow-up on unanswered contract renewals in the fall

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

Snow removal questions, answered straight.

Is it really free for snow contractors?

Yes. Unlimited properties, contracts, 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 snow removal business?

No catch. Software features cost us almost nothing to run, so they're free, and they stay free all winter. Online card and ACH payments carry processing costs, as they would with any provider.

Snow is the most weather-dependent trade there is. How does MakeHay actually help?

By putting the forecast where your commitments are. Every property on your schedule carries its own National Weather Service forecast, so an incoming event shows up against every account you're responsible for. You plan pre-treat, plow order, and crew callouts from one calendar instead of a radar app and a legal pad.

Can a snow contractor take its data if it leaves?

It's yours. Ask and we'll export everything (accounts, properties, contracts, service history, invoices) and we delete what's left as laid out in our privacy policy.

Do I need a credit card to start sending snow contracts?

No. Sign up with an email and send your first snow contract the same day. No trial clock. Winter has enough deadlines.

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.

Let the storm run the schedule, not the office.

Per-property forecasts, contract and per-push quoting, and event invoicing that doesn't eat your weekend. Free forever.