COMPARE

Crayon versus the software you are probably using.

Every page here lists what the other product is genuinely good at, what it costs today, and when it is the better buy. Prices come from each vendor’s own pricing page on the date shown.

Last checked 17 September 2026

THE DIFFERENCE

The difference is what happens when it does not fit.

Every product on this page is a fixed shape. Where it matches how you work, it works well. Where it does not, you change how you work, pay a developer, or bolt on another tool. Crayon is the proven core for bookings, customers and payments, and the AI changes it when you ask. Rename what things are called. Add the field every job has to carry. Change what a button says.

BUILT FOR CLEANING

Products made specifically for cleaning and maid services.

Crayon vs ZenMaid

The scheduling-first maid service standard. Cheap, focused, and hard to beat until your process stops fitting it.

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Crayon vs BookingKoala

The best consumer booking experience in cleaning. Priced by provider count, and fixed in shape.

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Crayon vs Automaid

Launch27, renamed in May 2026 and pointed at automation. Same product, same owner, new direction.

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Crayon vs MaidCentral

The enterprise end of residential cleaning. From $450 a month plus $1.50 a job.

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GENERAL FIELD SERVICE

Broad home service platforms that cleaning businesses also use.

Crayon vs Jobber

Quote and CRM first, across every home service trade. Large, proven, and not built for cleaning specifically.

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Crayon vs Housecall Pro

Broad North American home services platform. Strong product, generic to cleaning, priced by user.

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TRADES AND FIELD SERVICE

Trade platforms that cleaning businesses are pushed toward locally.

Crayon vs ServiceM8

Strong local trades product with unlimited users. Priced by jobs per month, which is the wrong meter for recurring cleaning.

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Crayon vs Fergus

Auckland built, 25,000+ trades businesses. Excellent at trade jobs, generic at cleaning.

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Crayon vs Tradify

Auckland built and well liked, priced per user. A cleaning team is the most expensive kind of team to buy seats for.

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Crayon vs Simpro

Commercial and project heavy. Publishes no prices at all: every number comes from a sales conversation.

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Crayon vs ServiceTitan

The biggest name in the trades. Does not list cleaning among the industries it serves, and does not publish a price.

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RENAMED PRODUCTS

Still searching for a name that moved.

Launch27

Renamed Automaid in May 2026. What changed, what did not, and what to do about it.

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Every one of them is a fixed shape.

Tell us where yours stopped fitting. We will show you the core, then change it while you watch.

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NOT OPEN YET

We are building the founding group.

Crayon is not taking general signups. We are picking a small first group of service businesses, setting their platform up with them, and opening properly after that. Founding customers hold the founding price.

We will reply by email. Nothing else happens, and you are not signing up for anything.

Or just email hello@crayon.software