Updated 2026-09-05. Author: PressureWashStack editorial team. No ranked winner.
Free in wash software is five different bills. Forever-free plans can be capped. Free today can become paid. Calculators are not a field-service suite. Trials expire. Cheap paid plans are contrast, not free software. Figures are from vendor pages checked 2026-09-05. This page does not rank a winner.
Published 2026-09-05. Last checked 2026-09-05.
What free means here
These five buckets are not interchangeable. Mixing them is how a $0 search turns into a card on file or a $49 invoice.
- Forever-free. A published $0 plan that can stay $0. Caps may apply (estimates, satellite measurements, users).
- Free today / paid later. $0 on the fetched page, with a stated future price and notice. Not a forever-free SLA.
- Free utilities. Calculators and playbooks. Not a full field-service suite.
- Trials. Time-boxed Pro or Grow access. A trial is not a free plan, even when it later drops to a free tier.
- Cheap paid contrast. Published floors near $25 to $30. Useful as a bill you might actually pay. Not free software.
Solo-operator workflow notes stay on the solo operator guide. Seat-versus-plan math for two named generalists stays on QuoteIQ vs Jobber. This page only sorts the $0 language.
Forever-free plans and their caps
Only two products in this set publish a $0 plan that is not framed as a launch-era “free today.”
| Product | Published $0 plan | Caps as published | Trial relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| CrewNest Free Forever | $0/month | 3 estimates/month, 10 satellite measurements, 1 user, offline mode as a PWA, customer management, job scheduling, basic invoicing | 14-day Pro trial (card required). After day 14 the account drops to these Free caps. |
| PowerWashOffice Owner Operator | $0/month | Job management for 1 user | Not a trial. Paid Teams and add-ons sit beside this floor. |
MakeWash is not in this table. It is free today, not forever-free.
CrewNest Free Forever
PowerWashOffice Owner Operator
There is no PressureWashStack vendor profile for PowerWashOffice yet.
Free today, paid later
MakeWash
Do not copy MakeWash’s on-page competitor comparison as our prices or feature scores.
Free utilities are not a field-service suite
Those pages are utilities. A no-signup calculator is not CrewNest Free, not PowerWashOffice Owner, and not a Jobber or QuoteIQ trial.
Trials are not free software
A trial is a countdown. It is not a forever-free plan and not a free-today launch price.
| Product | Published trial | Card | What happens after |
|---|---|---|---|
| CrewNest | 14 days of Pro | Required | Drops to Free Forever caps (see above). Still a trial, not the Free plan. |
| QuoteIQ | 14 days | Required | Paid plan. 250 IQ credits on the trial, not the paid allotment. |
| Opervo | 14 days | No card | Paid Solo or Team. Data kept 30 days if you do not subscribe. |
| Jobber | 14 days on Grow | No card | Paid plan. |
| Housecall Pro | 14 days on MAX | No card (marketing) | Paid plan. |
| Workiz | 7 days | No card | Request pricing. No official monthly dollar on the fetched page. |
QuoteIQ card rules and Jobber seat bands live on QuoteIQ vs Jobber. Do not treat those pages as a free-plan catalog.
Cheap paid contrast
These are published paid floors, not free plans. They exist here so a $0 search is not mistaken for the cheapest bill that actually buys a full month of paid software.
- Opervo Solo: $24.99/month (14-day trial, no card)
- QuoteIQ Essentials: $29.99/month or $299.99/year (14-day trial, card required)
- CrewNest Pro: $29/month or $290/year (14-day Pro trial, card required, then Free caps if you do not pay)
What those floors include, and what they do not, stays on the solo operator guide. QuoteIQ versus Jobber units stay on the comparison.
SoftWash Systems Keap is not free
This is a paid network product. It is contrast only. It does not belong in the forever-free, free-today, utility, or trial buckets.
15-minute choose checklist
Use this on a timer. It is a filter, not a ranking.
- Write the bucket you mean: forever-free, free today, calculator, trial, or cheap paid.
- If forever-free, write the cap you will hit this month (3 estimates, 10 satellite measurements, 1 user).
- If you will open CrewNest, decide whether you are evaluating the 14-day Pro trial (card required) or the Free caps after day 14.
- If MakeWash, model $0 today and $49/month after a month of notice. Do not file it next to CrewNest Free Forever.
- If you only need a number, use the MakeWash tools calculators. That is not a CRM.
- If the offer is 7 or 14 days, it is a trial. Stop calling it free software.
- If you will pay a published sub-$30 floor, leave this page and read the solo operator guide.
- If you are comparing QuoteIQ seats to Jobber seat bands, use QuoteIQ vs Jobber.
- If you are inside the SoftWash Systems network, price Keap as $99/week for 52 weeks, not as a free CRM.
- On any $0 or trial account, send one real driveway quote, then ask what you can export if the free tier or trial ends.
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 or QuoteIQ vs Jobber. Those pages stay the workflow and two-product comparisons. This page is the free-software taxonomy only.
We did not import vendor competitor tables as our facts. We did not invent a Workiz monthly total. We did not add pool-route vendors. We did not create a vendor collection file for PowerWashOffice or SoftWash Keap.
Affiliate programs stay off. Links in this guide are ordinary vendor URLs, not tracking links. See the affiliate disclosure. Other directory listings stay on the directory.
Sources
- CrewNest pricing — retrieved 2026-09-05
- CrewNest pressure washing CRM — retrieved 2026-09-05
- MakeWash software — retrieved 2026-09-05
- MakeWash about — retrieved 2026-09-05
- MakeWash tools — retrieved 2026-09-05
- PowerWashOffice pricing — retrieved 2026-09-05
- QuoteIQ Pricing Plans 2026 (Help Center) — retrieved 2026-09-05
- Opervo pricing — retrieved 2026-09-05
- Jobber pricing — retrieved 2026-09-05
- Housecall Pro pricing — retrieved 2026-09-05
- Workiz pricing plans — retrieved 2026-09-05
- SoftWash Systems Keap CRM Weekly — retrieved 2026-09-05