Updated 2026-09-07. No ranked winner.
CrewNest sells a wash-native Free/Pro stack with unlimited Pro seats. Opervo sells a flat Solo or Team bill with every feature claimed on both. Those units are not interchangeable, so this page does not name a cheaper product or a winner. Figures are from vendor pages checked 2026-09-07. We have not tested either app.
Published 2026-09-07. Last checked 2026-09-07.
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Two products
This is a pressure-wash-only CRM with a capped $0 floor versus a horizontal field-service app with a published $24.99 Solo floor. The products do not sell the same units.
See the CrewNest and Opervo profiles for documented functions, still without a field test. Soft-wash chemistry notes for the wider set stay on the soft wash guide. $0 language stays on the free software guide. Wash-native versus QuoteIQ stays on CrewNest vs QuoteIQ. QuoteIQ versus Opervo stays on QuoteIQ vs Opervo. QuickBooks direction and Desktop stay on the QuickBooks guide. This page is a two-product comparison only.
CrewNest’s CRM page also prints a franchise / per-territory claim of $29/month per active territory. That is a separate offer on the CRM page. It is not the solo Free or Pro floor on the pricing page. Do not merge franchise dollars into the Free/Pro table.
How you pay
CrewNest sells Free Forever plus Pro, with estimate and satellite caps on Free and unlimited team members on Pro. Opervo sells Solo or Team, claims every feature on both, and charges no per-user add-on. You cannot subtract one published dollar from the other and get a breakeven.
| Plan | Users | Monthly | Yearly (as published) | Caps / extras |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Forever | 1 | $0 | n/a | Up to 3 estimates/mo; up to 10 satellite measurements; customer management; scheduling; basic invoicing; offline PWA |
| Pro | Unlimited team members, no per-user fees | $29 | $290/year | Unlimited estimates and satellite; booking portal; SMS included; email estimates/invoices; route optimization; advanced analytics |
The live pricing FAQ (retrieved 2026-09-07) states unlimited team members and no per-user fees. That supersedes older “3 seats then +$5” copy. Every account is advertised with 14 days of Pro. Cancel before day 14 and you are not charged. The pricing page also states a 30-day money-back guarantee on Pro.
| Plan | Users included | Monthly | Yearly (as published) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | Operator + 1 helper (2 users) | $24.99 | $249/year |
| Team | Up to 10 | $54.99 | $549/year |
The Solo floor is $24.99/month or $249/year. Team is $54.99/month or $549/year. The pricing page states a 14-day trial with no credit card. If you do not subscribe, data is saved for 30 days. Annual Solo is described as saving $51 versus monthly; Team annual as saving $111.
The homepage also advertises Lifetime Passes ($499 Solo / $1,499 Team) and a Founding 50 Solo lock at $15/month. Those are launch promotions, not a third pricing column. Confirm which offer is still open before you model it.
Worked examples (published units only)
These rows use only the subscription cards above. They are arithmetic on published floors, not a field test and not a winner.
A. CrewNest Free $0 versus Opervo Solo $24.99. Free is 1 user, up to 3 estimates/month, and up to 10 satellite measurements. Solo is $24.99/month (or $249/year) for the operator plus one helper, with every feature claimed on Solo. A $0 capped floor is not the same stack as a paid Solo card.
B. CrewNest Pro $29 unlimited seats versus Opervo Solo $24.99 / 2 users. Pro is $29/month or $290/year with unlimited team members and no per-user fees. Solo is $24.99/month for 2 users. A $4.01 monthly gap is not a like-for-like ops stack: seat count, estimate caps, and claimed tools differ.
C. CrewNest Pro $29 / $290 year versus Opervo Team $54.99 / $549 year for a 3-10 crew. Pro stays $29/month (or $290/year) at any published seat count. Team is $54.99/month or $549/year for up to 10 members. For 3 to 10 people, the published subscription cards are those two rows. That is not a claim that either product fits a 10-person wash shop.
Soft-wash / satellite / chem
The chemistry tools are different shapes. Do not equate them.
Payments
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QuickBooks Online
Schedule, route, and apps
Trials
Those offers are not interchangeable refund guarantees. A Pro trial that becomes a paid Pro bill is not the same as a no-card Solo preview.
When each fits
These are fit notes against published units and documented claims. They are not awards.
CrewNest is for a shop that wants a published $0 Free Forever floor (1 user, 3 estimates/month, 10 satellite measurements) or Pro at $29/month or $290/year with unlimited team members and no per-user fees, and that wants the CRM page’s Soft Wash Chef mix calculator and satellite claims. The 14-day Pro trial and 30-day money-back line are on the pricing page. Native iOS/Android store apps and QuickBooks are not documented on the fetched pricing or CRM pages. Stripe markup % is unpublished.
Opervo is for a shop that wants a published Solo floor at $24.99/month (operator plus helper) or Team at $54.99/month (up to 10), with supplies cost/profit logging, satellite sketch, and Route My Day claimed on Solo, Square or Stripe at 0% Opervo markup, and store-listed iOS / Google Play plus a PWA. QuickBooks is conflicted (prefer features: one-way invoices). Offline payments are not a full offline FSM. Soft Wash Chef-style mix ratios are not the published Opervo chem tool.
This page does not rank a winner. Quote both at the plan that lists the feature you need, then compare the written totals. CrewNest versus QuoteIQ stays on CrewNest vs QuoteIQ. CrewNest versus Housecall Pro stays on CrewNest vs Housecall Pro. CrewNest versus Workiz stays on CrewNest vs Workiz. QuoteIQ versus Opervo stays on QuoteIQ vs Opervo. The wider solo set, including $0 tools and tools with pricing on request, stays on the solo operator guide. A 2-to-5 tech soft-wash crew bill stays on Best soft-wash CRM for a small team.
What we did not do
We have not run these products on a live wash route. We are not recommending a single product. We are not publishing star ratings.
We did not redo the solo operator guide, the free software guide, the soft wash guide, CrewNest vs QuoteIQ, QuoteIQ vs Opervo, or the QuickBooks guide. Those pages stay the workflow, $0 taxonomy, soft-wash taxonomy, other two-product bake-offs, and QuickBooks taxonomy. This page is the CrewNest versus Opervo bake-off only.
We did not import Opervo competitor price tables as our facts. We did not treat CrewNest’s franchise / per-territory $29 claim as the solo Free/Pro floor. We did not assume CrewNest QuickBooks from pages that do not list it. We did not invent a CrewNest Stripe markup. We did not equate Soft Wash Chef mix ratios with Opervo’s supplies cost/profit log. We did not treat Founding 50 or Lifetime Pass as the default Opervo bill.
PressureWashStack does not earn commissions or affiliate revenue. Links on this page are ordinary vendor URLs, not tracking links. See the affiliate disclosure. Other directory listings stay on the directory.
Sources
- CrewNest pricing: retrieved 2026-09-07
- CrewNest pressure washing CRM: retrieved 2026-09-07
- Soft Wash Chef: retrieved 2026-09-07
- Opervo pricing: retrieved 2026-09-07
- Opervo home: retrieved 2026-09-07
- Opervo features: retrieved 2026-09-07
- Opervo pressure washing: retrieved 2026-09-07