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Software for cleaning services

Cleaning business software

Describe how your cleaning services business runs, and Unstack's AI builder sets up the software for it: customers, jobs, quotes, invoices, a customer portal and the automations between them, in one workspace for your whole team.

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From one sentence to software you run on

Describe it, or pick a template from the marketplace.
The AI builds the tables, pages and automations.
Change anything, anytime, by asking.
Bring the whole team: pricing is per workspace, not per user.

What cleaning services software has to do

Online booking & quotes

Instant-price booking form by bedrooms, bathrooms or square footage. The customer picks bedrooms, bathrooms or square footage on a website form and sees a live price: each step adds a fixed rate (e.g. $25 per bedroom, $35 per bathroom) on top of a base price, with a minimum booking price that overrides lower totals. Launch27 also prices by hour, square feet or metres, or custom rates. Built for you by the AI builder.
Extras and recurring-frequency discounts on the booking form. Add-on extras (fridge cleaning, dishes, deep clean, laundry) are linked to the services they apply to, and frequency options (weekly, biweekly, monthly) apply a discount to win recurring customers. Built for you by the AI builder.
24/7 online booking with real-time availability. Customers book from the company's website or a hosted booking page around the clock, choosing from open slots, and the booking lands on the calendar without a phone call. Install the Calendar & Scheduling template.
Pricing and availability by zip code or location. The booking form uses the customer's zip/postal code to set prices and appointment schedules per service area, with sales tax set per location. Built for you by the AI builder.
Commercial bid workloading with production rates. Builds a janitorial bid from measured areas, the tasks and frequencies for each area and floor type, and built-in production rates, producing hours per visit and a monthly price. Janitorial Manager calculates against ISSA 612 time and task standards or your own, and can work backwards from a target margin. Built for you by the AI builder.
Consumables calculator for commercial bids. Estimates a building's monthly cost of toilet paper, hand towels, soap and other restroom/kitchen supplies from average occupancy and preloaded usage rates, then adds markup to set the monthly consumables charge. Built for you by the AI builder.
Quote templates with optional line items and automatic follow-up. Preloaded services and prices make quotes consistent; optional add-ons update the total when the client selects them, and email/text reminders nudge leads to approve. Built for you by the AI builder.

Scheduling & recurring cleans

Recurring cleans that generate visits automatically. Set weekly, biweekly, monthly or a custom pattern with a start and end date; the system creates each visit with its line items, checklist and instructions, and single visits can be changed without touching the series. Built for you by the AI builder.
Drag-and-drop calendar with map view. Jobs appear on a calendar or map; dragging a job onto a team's slot dispatches it and notifies the cleaner and client. Built for you by the AI builder.
Backfilling cancelled slots. When a recurring client cancels or reschedules, suggests another customer to drop into the open spot (ZenMaid's 'Spotfinder'). Built for you by the AI builder.
Shift scheduling for commercial sites and one-time work orders. Assigns cleaners to recurring shifts at client buildings, and schedules one-off jobs (strip-and-wax, special projects) as work orders against the same site. Built for you by the AI builder.

Staff & teams

Cleaner availability and time-off tracking. Cleaners request time off in the mobile app and the office sees availability and PTO when scheduling. Built for you by the AI builder.
Hiring and onboarding funnels. Applicant forms that auto-reject unqualified prospects, auto-graded quizzes, interview scheduling and tracked contracts, then convert hires into providers. Built for you by the AI builder.
Multilingual cleaner app and translated instructions. Cleaners see checklists and instructions in their own language (Swept translates into 100+ languages; others offer Spanish apps or translated checklists). Not on Unstack yet.

Field app & checklists

Cleaner mobile app. Shows each cleaner their schedule, directions, job notes and photos, lets them clock in and out, send on-my-way alerts and complete checklists. Built for you by the AI builder.
Room-by-room digital checklists. The office builds checklists in sections by area (Kitchen, Bathrooms) and assigns one per appointment or to all future visits of a recurring clean; cleaners check items off, the system records who completed each item and when, and the office can share a read-only progress link with the client. Built for you by the AI builder.
Mandatory checklist items before clock-out. Admins mark tasks mandatory so a provider must finish them (or mark 'Does Not Apply') before clocking out; customers with permission can follow checklist progress and leave notes. Jobber marks questions required and prompts the cleaner before completing the visit, but still lets the visit be completed. Built for you by the AI builder.
Key and property-access management. Each customer's location record stores whether a key must be picked up from or returned to the office plus free-text access notes (keypad codes, gate, parking); cleaners see a key icon on the appointment and get pick-up/drop-off reminder texts. 'Must Read' notes must be opened before the cleaner sees the rest of the job. Built for you by the AI builder.
QR-code proof of service at commercial sites. Cleaners scan a QR code or NFC tag in each area to log the service performed and see step-by-step instructions; clients can see the cleaning activity. Not on Unstack yet.

Quality & inspections

Site inspections with weighted scoring. Supervisors run inspection templates per location in the app, rating each area pass/fail or by percentage, with restrooms or lobbies weighted more heavily; photos are attached, inspections can start from a QR/NFC scan, and they work offline and sync later. Built for you by the AI builder.
Inspection reports sent to clients. Sends the client a report with timestamped photos, quality scores and notes by email, secure link or PDF as proof of service; Swept says many customers send these monthly as a retention tool. Built for you by the AI builder.
Inspection forms generated from the bid, with follow-up tickets. Builds the inspection form from the areas in the customer's janitorial bid, collects cleaner/inspector/client signatures, and automatically opens follow-up work tickets for deficiencies; a dashboard shows average scores by month. Built for you by the AI builder.
Customer ratings of each clean and cleaner ratings. After each appointment the client gets an email asking them to rate the service and leave feedback; ratings roll up by provider and can be shown to customers. Built for you by the AI builder.

Customer communication

Automated confirmations, reminders and on-my-way texts. Sends booking confirmations, reminders before the clean, on-my-way notices and post-job follow-ups by email and SMS. Built for you by the AI builder.
Customer self-service portal. Customers log in to view, reschedule and rebook cleans, update cards on file, buy gift cards and pay; commercial portals let clients request supplies and submit work orders. Install the Customer Portal template.
Referrals, gift cards and review requests. Rewards customers who refer others (e.g. give $50 / get $50), sells gift cards with tracked balances, and automatically asks for Google, Yelp or Facebook reviews after a job. Built for you by the AI builder.
Email and SMS campaigns. Sends manual or automated promotions to rule-based contact lists, with daily discounts and coupons to fill slow days. Built for you by the AI builder.
Client and cleaner messaging. Keeps cleaner, supervisor and client conversations (with photos) in the app, tied to the location, instead of personal texts. Built for you by the AI builder.

Invoicing & payments

Card on file with pre-authorization hold and auto-charge. Stores the client's card, places a hold for the booking amount on a set schedule (e.g. 7 AM the day before) and charges it on or after the cleaning day; declined cards trigger an email asking the client to update billing. Not on Unstack yet.
Batch and recurring invoicing. Invoices many visits or clients at once, or bills a recurring account per visit or a fixed amount per period, with automatic reminders for unpaid invoices. Built for you by the AI builder.
Tips and cancellation fees. Lets customers tip the cleaner, and charges a cancellation fee (with a required cancellation reason) for late cancellations. Built for you by the AI builder.

Payroll & time

GPS clock in/out with geofence. Cleaners clock in on their phone at the site; a mandatory geofence blocks clock-ins outside the boundary (with per-user exemptions), and buildings without phone signal can use a call-in PIN. Not on Unstack yet.
No-show and late-arrival alerts. Notifies supervisors when a cleaner is late, misses a clock-in or signs in outside the geofence; Swept also emails admins a 6 a.m. digest of no-shows, late arrivals, unassigned shifts, open supply requests and schedule variance. Built for you by the AI builder.
Revenue-share, flat or hourly cleaner pay. Calculates each cleaner's pay per job as a percentage of the booking price, a flat amount or hourly, splits a percentage across a team, and lists a pay period's completed jobs with adjustments for payout outside the system. Built for you by the AI builder.
Payroll reports and payroll-system export. Supervisors approve timesheets and export hours as payroll reports or to QuickBooks Online payroll or Gusto. Built for you by the AI builder.

Commercial sites & supplies

Site supply requests. Cleaners request supplies from a site's product list; supervisors complete requests one at a time or in bulk, and reports grouped by supplier (a shopping list) or by location (a drop-off list) export to CSV or PDF. Built for you by the AI builder.

Reporting

Job costing and site profitability. Compares labour and other costs with revenue per job or building so the owner sees which accounts make money. Built for you by the AI builder.
Business dashboards. Reports on revenue by location or service, booking frequency, retention and churn, provider payments, ratings, cancellation reasons and busiest/slowest times. Built for you by the AI builder.

Integrations

QuickBooks sync. Syncs revenue, invoices or timesheets to QuickBooks so they are not entered twice. Built for you by the AI builder.
Zapier and API. Connects bookings and customers to other tools through Zapier or an API; usually on a higher plan. Built for you by the AI builder.

What the alternatives charge

Product	Published price	Contract
ZenMaid	Starter $19/mo (up to 40 appointments a month). Pro $39/mo (unlimited appointments). Pro Max $49/mo (unlimited appointments). All billed monthly; SMS charges not included and not priced on the page.	Month-to-month, no contract or long-term commitment, no signature required; cancel the trial or subscription anytime from account settings. 14-day free trial on all plans. Upgrades take effect immediately from billing settings.
Launch27	Base $75/mo or $765/yr. Pro $150/mo or $1,530/yr. Plus $299/mo or $3,049.80/yr. No add-on prices listed.	Not stated on the pricing page (monthly and annual options; '14-Day Risk-Free Trial' advertised).
BookingKoala	Starter from $27/mo (5 providers or 5 GB). Growing from $57/mo (15 providers or 15 GB). Premium from $197/mo (50 providers or 50 GB, 5,000 campaign contacts). Larger plans from $237/mo (60 providers or 60 GB, 10,000 contacts); calculator shows options up to $597/mo. Billed monthly; sales tax extra.	FAQ: no contracts or commitments; cancel anytime from inside the account; upgrade or downgrade anytime with the price difference adjusted. Card is charged after the free trial ends. The page states the trial length inconsistently (header vs. a '14-day free trial' in the FAQ).
Jobber	Billed annually, per month: Core $29 (1 user); Connect $99 (1 user), $149 (5), $229 (10), $299 (15); Grow $149 (1), $229 (5), $299 (10), $399 (15); Plus $399 (5), $449 (10), $529 (15). No-commitment monthly: Core $49; Connect $139-$399; Grow $199-$499; Plus $499-$699. 1-year commitment billed monthly: Core $39; Connect $119-$339; Grow $169-$429; Plus $439-$599. Additional users $29/mo. Add-ons: Marketing Suite $99/mo, AI Receptionist $29/mo, Pipeline $49/mo. Card processing 2.9% + 30c; Tap to Pay 2.7% + 30c; ACH 1%; instant payouts +1%.	No-commitment monthly: cancel anytime, ends at close of billing period. 1-year commitment: 12-month minimum billed monthly; cancelling mid-year keeps billing until term ends. Annual prepaid: initial payment non-refundable. All subscriptions auto-renew. 14-day free trial on Grow, no credit card.
Housecall Pro	Basic $59/mo billed annually ($79 monthly), 1 user. Essentials $149/mo annually ($189 monthly), 5 users. Max $299/mo annually ($329 monthly), 8 users, +$35/mo per additional user. Card processing from 2.59%; bank payments 1%. Add-on prices (CSR AI, Pipeline, Payroll, Accounting, Voice, Campaigns, GPS/dashcams, Websites, etc.) not shown.	FAQ: no long-term contract required; upgrades immediate; downgrades take effect at the end of the current monthly or annual billing period. 14-day free trial of Max, no credit card.
MaidCentral	Starter from $450/mo (calculator default); calculator shows $1.50 per job; final pricing confirmed at sign-up. Onboarding fee amount not stated.	FAQ: no long-term contracts; cancel at any time. One-time onboarding fee. No free trial (live demo instead).
Swept	Launch from $30/mo. Optimize from $150/mo. Scale from $225/mo. These are starting prices for the lowest location band (Launch's starting band covers up to 15 locations); prices for higher bands are not shown.	Not stated on the pricing page (monthly or annual billing; 'longer commitments can save up to 20%').
Janitorial Manager	Small Operations from $1,000/mo. Growing, Multi-Building and Multi-Site & Multi-State: Not published (quote on request).	Not published; the page says terms, including cancellation, are set in the proposal and agreement. No free trial listed. Training, onboarding and updates included; migration services at unstated rates.
CleanGuru	Basic $79/mo (5 users, 1 module). Guru $129/mo (10 users, all modules). Guru Plus $159/mo (15 users, all modules). 'Additional cleaners, just $5/mo' (the page does not say which plans this applies to). Billed monthly.	Not stated on the pricing page. 14-day free trial.

Prices are each vendor's own published figures, read on 2026-10-14.

The workspace brings the rest

Automations, phone, email, a website, a customer portal, invoices and payments, banking, chat, docs, version history and apps for iPhone, Mac and Windows come standard. Start from a template in the marketplace, and bring your data in from a CSV. AI employees answer calls, book jobs and work your records alongside the team. Roles decide which pages each teammate can open.

Integrations

Keep the tools that work. Your books stay in QuickBooks or Xero, payments in Stripe, your calendar in Google.

One price for the whole crew

Priced per workspace, not per user. Start free and move up when the business needs it.

Free: $0 a month, or $0 a month billed annually.
Starter: $49 a month, or $41 a month billed annually.
Business: $149 a month, or $124 a month billed annually.

Comparing? See what Jobber, Housecall Pro and ServiceTitan cost.

Cleaning business software questions

What is Unstack?

A workspace your business runs in: the software your team uses every day, plus a phone line, email, a website, a customer portal, payments, team chat and AI employees. Start from a template or describe how you work, and the AI builder sets it up. One price per workspace, with unlimited users.

Is there a ready-made cleaning services template?

Not yet. You describe how your cleaning services business runs, from how jobs come in to how you get paid, and the AI builder sets up the tables, pages and automations in your workspace. Change anything later the same way.

Can Unstack track crew location in real time?

Staff can share their location from their phone, so you can see who is nearest to a job. There's no GPS route tracking or live ETA. Crews can also log start and end times on each job.

Does Unstack send automatic invoices to clients?

Yes. An automation can create and email a Stripe invoice with a payment link when a job is marked complete.

Can clients book and pay online?

Yes. Clients can book through an online scheduling page, sign in to the customer portal to see their visits and invoices, and pay through Stripe. If you use QuickBooks Online or Xero, payments can be synced there.

How does Unstack handle recurring cleaning contracts?

Store each contract with its frequency and assigned crew, and have a scheduled automation create the next visit and send its reminder. Recurring billing can run as a Stripe subscription.

Does Unstack integrate with QuickBooks or accounting software?

Unstack syncs with QuickBooks Online and Xero. Connect your account and the builder can set up an automation that sends invoices and payments across, so they aren't typed in twice.

Can crew members see their jobs on a mobile app?

Yes. Crews use Unstack in their phone's browser or the iPhone app to see assigned jobs, get a notification when one is assigned, open the address in their maps app, and mark jobs complete with photos and notes.

What happens if a client doesn't pay their invoice?

The builder can set up an automation that emails or texts a payment reminder with the pay link after the number of days you choose, and flags the invoice as overdue so the office can follow up.

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