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Tree service software that's actually free

Wind days ground the climbers, storm weeks flood the phone, and the crane's booked whether your job's ready or not. You quote at the base of the tree. Your software should keep up from there, for $0.

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

Tree service work in progress

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

Built for tree service

What a tree company gets, for $0.

  • Removal, stump, cleanup as tiers

    Three packages on one quote, sent from the driveway; the homeowner picks from their phone.

    Quoting

  • Deposits on big jobs

    Require a deposit at approval, collected by card and credited against the invoice.

    Invoicing & payments

  • Requests with photos

    The form on your website takes photos of the tree and the address; one click starts the quote.

    Customers & portal

  • Before-and-after photos

    Send photos from the job; the customer gets an email and the portal keeps them with the date.

    Customers & portal

  • Rain and cold flags

    Each job carries the National Weather Service forecast for its own address. Wind stays your call.

    Scheduling

  • Crane by the hour

    Crane time and storm call-outs as each-unit and flat lines in your price book.

    Quoting

  • Ground work in the tray

    Unscheduled grinding and cleanup wait in a tray, ready to drag onto a rained-out day.

    Scheduling

  • Review requests

    A request with your review link goes out when the invoice is paid.

    Automations

What changes with MakeHay

Quote, schedule, get paid, come back.

Schedule around the weather, not despite it

Wind is your rain: gusts ground climbers and make crane picks unsafe, and the same storm system that cancels today's removals brings next week's flood of calls. MakeHay puts the National Weather Service forecast on every scheduled job (rain and temperature flags right on the calendar), so you see the bad stretch coming, slide the crane job, backfill with ground work and grinding, and keep the crew earning.

  • Rain and temperature flags on every scheduled job, per address
  • See rough-weather days against the crane bookings they threaten
  • Shuffle climbs and ground work around what the sky allows
Two weeks of a tree service crew's MakeHay calendar with eight days of forecast: six green days with low rain chances, two red 60% rain days, a rain flag on the visit booked on the first one, and visits booked through the second week.
Step 1

Quote it before you leave the site

Quote at the base of the tree: removal, pruning, stump grinding, and hauling as line items, with removal only, removal and stump, and a full cleanup as packages side by side. Email it before you're out of the driveway, and the homeowner picks one from their phone.

A MakeHay quote for a tree removal with its packages side by side, Removal only at $2,400 and Removal and stump at $2,695 marked recommended, above the first line: one large tree removal in the Removal only package.
Step 2

Get paid without chasing

Big removals deserve deposits and storm work deserves fast invoices. Collect by card or ACH through pay links, turn approved quotes into invoices in one click, and let reminders chase the balance while you're up the next tree.

A tree service invoice as the customer sees it: a large tree removal, 4 hours of crane time and a large stump ground below grade, the $4,275 balance due, and a Pay online button.
Step 3

Keep every customer for the re-do

Trees grow back. Pruning runs on a two-to-three-year cycle, and the customer who trusted you with a removal owns more trees than that one. MakeHay keeps every property's history, so the callback comes to you instead of the next yard sign.

A homeowner in MakeHay with the Jobs tab open: lifetime value, stump grinding scheduled at her rental house, and four completed tree jobs with their amounts, from a removal and oak pruning to a fallen limb and a plant health treatment.
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 finished tree removal and stump grinding, and photos of a climber taking a tree down in sections, the trunk cut into rounds and a stump grinder at work.

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

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What a tree service 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

  • Tree removal, by size classeach
  • Pruning and crown reductioneach
  • Stump grinding, by diametereach
  • Crane, per houreach
  • Haul-away and chippingflat
  • Emergency storm call-outflat

Weather rules

  • Climbs and crane picks: rain under 30% on the day
  • Stump grinding and ground work: no rule, it runs in the rain
  • Plant health treatments: dry the day of and the day after

Follow-ups that run themselves

  • Quote follow-up three days after a storm-week estimate goes quiet
  • Visit reminder the day before, so cars are out of the drop zone
  • Review request once the invoice is paid

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

Tree service questions, answered straight.

Is it really free for tree service companies?

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 tree service business?

No catch. The software costs us almost nothing per company to run, so it's free. If customers pay online by card or ACH, those payments carry processing costs, as they would with any provider.

Can it help me plan around bad-weather days?

Yes. Every scheduled job carries the National Weather Service forecast for its own address, with rain and temperature flags on the calendar. When a stormy stretch shows up, you move the climbs and crane picks early and fill the gap with ground work, before the crane slot is wasted.

Can a tree service company take its data if it leaves?

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

Do I need a credit card to start quoting tree work?

No. Sign up with an email and send your first tree quote the same day. There's no trial, because there's nothing it converts into.

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 crew climbing and the overhead at zero.

Driveway quoting, forecast-aware scheduling, and online deposits and payments for tree crews. Free forever.

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