GorillaDesk is pest-first field-service software with published pricing of $49–$149/mo per route — the bill scales with how many routes you run. BY5 covers pest control (plus six other trades) on flat plans that don’t change as you add trucks, with chemical mixing charts, inventory, and a crew app included. Here is an honest side-by-side.
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| GorillaDesk | BY5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Basic $49/mo, Pro $99/mo, Growth $149/mo — priced per route, so the bill scales with how many routes you run. SMS is a $5/mo add-on plus message credits. | 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. |
| Contract terms | Month-to-month, no contracts, no setup fees. | Monthly plans — no annual contract required, and a free tier to start on. |
| Trades covered | Pest-first field-service software — pest control leads its pitch, with lawn and cleaning alongside. | 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 dispatching on all plans; basic routing caps at 25 stops, advanced routing starts on Pro. | 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 on all plans; subscription billing starts on Pro. | 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 starts on the Pro plan ($99/mo per route). | Client portal on every plan, including Free — clients see their quotes, invoices, and job status, and pay online. |
| Mobile crew app | GPS mapping from Basic; device tracking and time clocking start on Pro. Users assigned to a schedule need a paid seat. | 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 | Review generation starts on the Pro plan. | 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 | Material tracking included from the Basic plan. | Inventory from Starter — stock levels, low-stock alerts, and chemical mixing charts with printable QR cards — plus fleet meters, preventive maintenance, and work orders. |
| Support & onboarding | No setup fees advertised; support channels aren’t itemized on the pricing page. | Concierge setup — we migrate your clients, jobs, and pricebook and configure payments — free when you switch from another tool. Dedicated account manager on the Scale 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 GorillaDesk means bringing over your client list, route schedules, and service pricing. With concierge setup we do that migration for you — clients, jobs, and pricing — and configure your services and payments before your first login.
Switching from another tool? Your concierge setup is free.
Yes — pest control is a core BY5 vertical, with a pest-specific pricebook, recurring service scheduling, route optimization, and chemical inventory with mixing/dilution charts you can print as QR cards for the truck.
GorillaDesk publishes $49–$149/mo per route, so the bill grows with every route you add — three routes on Growth is $447/mo. BY5 plans are flat: the tier price is the same whether you run one truck or ten, and crew users are unlimited on every plan.
Yes — inventory ships from the Starter plan: stock levels, low-stock alerts with an estimated-jobs-left forecast, and chemical mixing charts with printable QR cards. Equipment and fleet maintenance (meters, preventive maintenance, work orders) is included too.
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. Every BY5 plan — including the free tier — includes unlimited crew users. Admin seats scale with the plan tier, and there is never a per-tech or per-route fee.
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