RealGreen Review
Lawn care, landscaping, irrigation and tree care business software, sold as RealGreen by WorkWave
Fit Score
Fit Score
▸ How we scored RealGreen: 8.3/10
| Factor | Weight | Sub-score |
|---|---|---|
| Vertical fit (best trade) | 60% | 10.0/10 |
| Pricing transparency | 20% | 5.0/10 |
| Integration coverage | 20% | 6.7/10 |
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Quick verdict
RealGreen is best for Lawn care, landscaping, irrigation and tree care companies with several crews that want scheduling, routing, billing and built-in marketing in one system. Pricing is quote-only (no published price). Trade fit of 8/10 or higher: Landscaping & Lawn Care, Pest Control.
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About RealGreen
RealGreen is business management software for lawn care, landscaping, irrigation and arbor (tree) care companies, now sold as RealGreen by WorkWave. It comes from Real Green Systems, founded by Joe Kucik, and RealGreen says it was created by lawn professionals and has served the green industry since 1984. WorkWave, a field service software company headquartered in Holmdel, New Jersey, announced its acquisition of Real Green Systems, then based in Walled Lake, Michigan, on June 22, 2021, and said RealGreen and its pest control product PestPac would remain separate.
The core program is Service Assistant 5, which runs customer records, scheduling, billing and crew coordination. Around it, RealGreen offers Dynamic Routing for route optimization, Measurement Assistant for measuring properties and producing estimates and quotes, Mobile Live for crews in the field, Customer Assistant websites where customers can request service and pay, an Automated Marketing Assistant for automated emails, texts and customer communications, custom digital forms, and Wavelytics for business analytics. RealGreen says nine of the top 10 lawn care franchises choose it.
Payments run through WorkWave's payment service, which supports credit card auto-billing, prepayment discounts, ACH, online payments, invoice consolidation and payments by text. For accounting, RealGreen offers a one-way export: you export the general ledger report from Service Assistant as an IIF file and import it into QuickBooks. Reports can also be exported to Excel, CSV, PDF, XML and Constant Contact. Listed partners include Wisetack, Coalmarch, Waypoint Analytical (soil testing), Voice for Turf, Slingshot, YouLend, Applause and American Profit Recovery.
Pricing is by quote. The pricing page lists three packages with no prices: Small Business (which RealGreen says is ideal for 3 crews or more), Professional and Enterprise (unlimited licenses), and says it offers 'both usage and user-based' pricing options. Small Business includes CRM, scheduling, routing, the mobile app and marketing tools; Professional adds pay-over-time and capital solutions, advanced reporting and API integration; Enterprise adds advanced API and analytics integrations and professional services. RealGreen offers a free demo; no free trial is advertised.
The trade-off: you need a sales call to see a price, the QuickBooks link is a manual one-way file export rather than a live sync, and integrated payments run through WorkWave's own service. RealGreen's comparison page names Service Autopilot, LMN, Jobber, Yardbook, Aspire and FieldRoutes as alternatives, and lawn and landscape companies may want to demo one or two of them alongside it.
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Small Business | Custom quote | |
| Professional | Custom quote | |
| Enterprise | Custom quote |
Custom quote. The pricing page lists three packages with no prices: Small Business ('Ideal for 3 crews or more': CRM, scheduling, routing, mobile app, marketing tools), Professional (adds pay-over-time and capital solutions, advanced reporting, API integration) and Enterprise (unlimited licenses, advanced API and analytics integrations, professional services). RealGreen says it offers 'both usage and user-based' pricing options. Free demo; no free trial advertised. Verified against realgreen.com/pricing 2026-09-29.
RealGreen does not publish a price, so you need a quote before you can compare it (49 of the 127 tools we list are quote-only). A missing price is not evidence of a high one. Get the quote in writing and confirm what it includes (number of users, integrations, onboarding, support) before you sign.
Pricing verified 2026-09-29. Prices can change, so confirm them with RealGreen before purchasing.
What the quote depends on
Usage-based or user-based options, by package.
Source: realgreen.com/pricing, read 2026-10-08.
RealGreen has no published monthly price we can model at your team size, so we do not estimate one: any figure here would be a guess. Ask RealGreen for a quote.
Key features
Integrations
Pros
- + Long history in lawn care
RealGreen says it was created by lawn professionals in 1984, and it says nine of the top 10 lawn care franchises choose it.
- + Marketing built in
The Automated Marketing Assistant sends automated emails, texts and customer communications from the same system that runs your schedule and billing.
- + Measuring, estimating and routing
Measurement Assistant produces estimates and quotes from property measurements, and Dynamic Routing builds optimized routes.
- + Autopay and prepay tools
Credit card auto-billing, prepayment discounts, ACH and online payments through Customer Assistant websites. RealGreen says companies using the portal have 12% more customers on autopay.
- + Owned by WorkWave
WorkWave, which also makes PestPac, owns RealGreen and says it has served more than 8,000 companies across its products.
Cons
- − No published prices
All three packages are quote-based, and RealGreen advertises a free demo rather than a free trial.
- − One-way QuickBooks export
You export an IIF general ledger file from Service Assistant and import it into QuickBooks. There is no live sync, and no other accounting package is listed.
- − Payments tied to WorkWave
Integrated payments run through WorkWave's payment service; Stripe and other outside processors are not listed as partners.
- − API and advanced reporting cost more
API integration and advanced reporting start on the Professional package, and advanced API and analytics integrations need Enterprise.
Implementation
Book a demo and ask for quotes on the Small Business, Professional or Enterprise package, and ask whether your price will be usage-based or user-based. Before migrating, export customers, properties, service programs, service history and balances from your current system and ask RealGreen what its team handles during import and training. Set up service programs, routes and billing (auto-billing, prepay discounts and the Customer Assistant website) before go-live, and plan a regular general ledger export to QuickBooks if you use it. Then roll out Mobile Live to crews and turn on the marketing automation once your customer data is clean.
Best for / Watch out for
Best for
Lawn care, landscaping, irrigation and tree care companies with several crews that want scheduling, routing, billing and built-in marketing in one system
Watch out for
No published prices or trial; QuickBooks is a one-way file export; integrated payments run through WorkWave's own payment service.
Available for these trades
WrenchStack Awards
Editorial recognitions RealGreen received in our 2026 awards. See full methodology →
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Frequently asked questions
Who owns RealGreen?
WorkWave. WorkWave announced its acquisition of Real Green Systems, then based in Walled Lake, Michigan, on June 22, 2021, and the product now trades as RealGreen by WorkWave. WorkWave is headquartered in Holmdel, New Jersey, and also makes PestPac, which it said would remain a separate product.
How much does RealGreen cost?
RealGreen does not publish prices. Its pricing page lists Small Business, Professional and Enterprise packages, says its pricing options are both usage-based and user-based, and asks you to contact sales for a custom quote.
Does RealGreen integrate with QuickBooks?
Only through a one-way export. You export the general ledger report from Service Assistant as an IIF file and import it into QuickBooks.
What trades does RealGreen serve?
Lawn care, irrigation, landscaping and arbor care. When WorkWave bought it in 2021, it described Real Green Systems as serving lawn care, landscaping, arbor care and pest control companies.
How does RealGreen compare to Service Autopilot?
Both serve lawn and landscape companies. RealGreen is quote-only and includes marketing automation, measuring and routing modules. RealGreen's own comparison page names Service Autopilot, LMN, Jobber, Yardbook, Aspire and FieldRoutes as alternatives; check each one's current pricing on its own site.
Does RealGreen handle commercial landscaping?
RealGreen markets to lawn care, landscaping, irrigation and arbor businesses from single locations to multi-franchise operations. Commercial landscape contractors may also want to compare Aspire, which ServiceTitan describes as software for commercial landscaping businesses.
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