Platy OS vs Arborgold
An Arborgold alternative with no annual contract.
Arborgold plans run from $129 to $499 a month, require an annual contract, and add office and mobile users as separately priced licenses. Platy OS is $297 a month, month to month, with unlimited users and every feature included.
$297/month, per company, unlimited users, no per-seat pricing. 14 days free, then month to month. Card required at signup, no charge until the trial ends. Cancel anytime. No setup fee.
Platy team · Updated October 27, 2026 · Arborgold details checked October 19, 2026 on Arborgold’s own website
Platy OS vs Arborgold at a glance
Arborgold’s published plans, read on its pricing page, next to Platy’s one plan.
| What you get | Platy OS | Arborgold |
|---|---|---|
| What a 10-person company pays each month | $297 a month | A plan from $129 to $499 a month, plus a license for each office and mobile user |
| How the price works | One plan with every feature, per company, unlimited users, no per-seat pricing | Starter $129, Professional $299 and Enterprise $499 a month, plus office and mobile user licenses |
| Contract and setup fees | Month to month, cancel anytime, no setup fee | Annual contract required, with monthly or annual payment |
| Free trial | 14 days free | Book a demo |
| Built for | Lawn care and landscaping companies, and nothing else | Lawn, tree and landscape companies |
| Crew app | The Platy app for iPhone and Android, or Platy in any phone’s browser: the day’s route in order, clock in and out, job photos | Yes, with mobile user licenses |
| Routes | Book the work, assign a crew, and the day’s stops order themselves into a drivable route. | Route optimization |
| Quotes | Quotes your clients approve online, plus AI quoting: describe a job to the AI assistant you already use and get a priced draft built from your own costs | Estimating, with unlimited land measurements |
| Texting clients | Two-way texting from your own business number, assigned after the free trial, with every reply next to the client’s jobs | Email and text communications |
| Client portal | Every customer gets their own login to approve quotes, pay invoices, save a card and ask for more work. | Customer portal |
| Books and accounting | Your books build themselves from your bank feed: P&L, balance sheet, cash forecast and a clean export for your CPA. | Connects to QuickBooks Desktop or QuickBooks Online |
| Crew hours | Your crew clocks in and out on their phones, and the hours land on a timesheet with overtime and labor cost for you to approve. | Crew time tracking |
Arborgold prices and features are as listed on Arborgold’s website on October 19, 2026, in US dollars before tax; the sources are at the foot of this page. Plans change, so check their site for today’s price.
What Arborgold does well
Arborgold is deep software, especially for tree care and plant health care companies.
- Unlimited land measurements on every plan, for measuring a property before you price it.
- Chemical tracking and renewals on Professional, which suits plant health care and lawn treatment work.
- Material inventory and an autoprice calculator on Professional.
- Route optimization and crew time tracking from Starter.
Where Platy OS pulls ahead of Arborgold
No annual contract
Arborgold’s pricing page says an annual contract is required. Platy OS is month to month: cancel anytime, with no setup fee.
Every user included
Arborgold adds office and mobile users as licenses on top of the plan. Platy OS is $297 a month for the whole company with unlimited users, so adding a crew member costs nothing.
Books built in
Your books build themselves from your bank feed: P&L, balance sheet, cash forecast and a clean export for your CPA.
AI quoting from your own numbers
Describe a job to the AI assistant you already use and get a priced quote back, built from your own material costs and your own crew’s speed, saved straight into Platy as a draft.
Switching from Arborgold to Platy OS
Start the 14-day free trial, add your clients and properties, and invite your crews. There is no contract to sign and no license to buy per person.
Questions while you move over? Email hello@getplaty.com.
Questions owners ask about Arborgold and Platy OS
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Sources
Read on October 19, 2026. Platy OS details come from the product itself; Arborgold details come from the pages below. Arborgold is a trademark of its owner, named here only to compare.
Skip the annual contract.
14 days free, then $297 a month for the whole company.