FieldPulse is field-service software aimed at commercial trades — HVAC, electrical, plumbing, garage door, locksmith — with quote-only, seat-based pricing ("Pricing is customized to your team setup. Contact us for a quote."). BY5 is built for cleaning, landscaping, carpet, pressure washing, pest, pool, and construction, with published prices and self-serve signup. Here is an honest side-by-side.
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| FieldPulse | BY5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | No published prices — "Pricing is customized to your team setup. Contact us for a quote." Seat-based: full-access seats for the office, field-only seats for the crew. | Flat plans $0–$299/mo (Free $0 · Solo $39 · Starter $99 · Pro $199 · Premium $299). Free tier included. Every plan includes unlimited crew users — no per-user fees. |
| Trying it out | No self-serve trial advertised — the path in is "Book a demo." | Self-serve signup with a permanently free plan — no demo call and no credit card required. |
| Trade fit | Aimed at commercial trades — HVAC, electrical, plumbing, garage door, locksmith, and similar. Cleaning and landscaping aren’t among its named industries. | Vertical-specific pricebooks out of the box — carpet & rug cleaning, cleaning, landscaping, pressure washing, pest control, pool service, and construction — priced the way each trade actually bids. |
| Scheduling & dispatch | Scheduling and work orders from the Essentials tier. | Scheduling & calendar on every plan, including Free. Dispatch board from Starter, route optimization from Pro, AI crew load scoring from Premium. |
| Invoicing & payments | Estimates and invoicing in the core tiers; Payments is listed separately on their pricing page as an add-on module. | Invoicing on every plan, including Free — send an invoice and take online payment (Stripe/Square) from day one. Card-on-file and autopay from Solo. |
| Client portal | Customer portal listed as a feature. | Client portal on every plan, including Free — clients see their quotes, invoices, and job status, and pay online. |
| Mobile crew app | Mobile app included; pricing is seat-based, with field-only seats for mobile-only team members. | Mobile crew app with GPS and job photos from Solo — and unlimited crew users on every plan, so a growing crew never raises the software bill. |
| Review automation | Not listed among their published features. | Post-job review requests with one-tap star ratings built in, plus Google review automation with AI-drafted replies (always operator-approved) from Pro. |
| Inventory & equipment | Inventory management listed as a feature; Fleet Tracking is a separately listed add-on. | Inventory from Starter — stock levels, low-stock alerts, and chemical mixing charts with printable QR cards — plus fleet meters, preventive maintenance, and work orders. |
| Add-ons | VoIP (Engage), Operator AI, Pricebook, Payments, Financing, Fleet Tracking, and Custom Forms are listed as separate add-on modules. | The tier price is the whole price: features listed on a plan are included in that plan. |
Competitor pricing and details are drawn from published pricing pages and public user reviews as of July 2026, and may have changed since — always confirm current pricing with the vendor. BY5 pricing is our published plan catalog.
Moving from FieldPulse means bringing over your client list, job history, and price list. With concierge setup we do that migration for you — clients, jobs, and pricing — and configure your pricebook and payments before your first login.
Switching from another tool? Your concierge setup is free.
The whole catalog is public: Free $0 · Solo $39 · Starter $99 · Pro $199 · Premium $299, plus a free tier and a custom Scale tier. Every plan includes unlimited crew users — there are no quoted seats.
No — you can sign up on the free plan with no credit card, or click around the public live demo first. FieldPulse’s site routes visitors to "Book a demo" and quotes pricing per team.
FieldPulse names HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and similar commercial trades as its industries. BY5 is built for cleaning, landscaping, carpet & rug cleaning, pressure washing, pest control, pool service, and construction — if you’re in one of those, the pricebook is already built for how your trade bids.
Yes — the concierge setup service imports your existing clients, jobs, and pricebook from your old tool, configures your services and rates, connects payments, and walks your crew through the field app.
No. FieldPulse prices by seat, including field-only seats. On BY5, crew users are unlimited on every plan — including Free — and admin seats scale with the tier.
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