Miami, FL
LANDSCAPING / LAWN CARE ESTIMATING.

## Landscaping Estimating in Miami Is a Different Animal Miami's year-round growing season means you're bidding jobs 52 weeks a year, not 30. That volume is an opportunity. It's also where sloppy estimates catch up with you fast. St. Augustine and Zoysia sod pricing swings with the heat cycles. Sabal palm installations require Miami-Dade County permit pulls on commercial properties. Irrigation work that crosses into reclaimed water zones triggers separate Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department sign-offs. If your estimate doesn't account for those line items before you send it, you're eating the cost. Estimate.Pro is built so you don't miss those details on a 90-degree walkthrough. --- ## How the App Handles a Miami Landscape Job **Walkthrough capture.** Open the app on your phone, walk the property, and record scope as you go — turf areas, bed square footage, tree placements, hardscape zones. On supported devices, the ONNX-assisted AR measurement tool reads dimensions live from your camera. On any other device, photo-based measurements are flagged clearly as estimates so you're never guessing which number is which. **AI scope-of-work draft.** The app converts your walkthrough notes into a line-item scope in plain English. Sod type, install method, plant count, irrigation head zones, mulch depth — all pulled out and formatted. Median time from walkthrough to a sendable bid is 8 minutes. **Your material costs, your numbers.** Miami sod supply prices are not Tampa prices. Estimate.Pro stores your material costs in a saved workspace you control. Change your St. Augustine pricing when your supplier adjusts the pallet rate. Every estimate recalculates automatically. **25 trades in one login.** If you also bid pavers, concrete, or irrigation as separate contracts, all 25 supported trades live under the same account. No switching apps. --- ## What Miami Landscapers Are Bidding Right Now The residential market in Miami-Dade is dense and competitive. Coral Gables and Coconut Grove clients expect detailed, professional-looking bids, not a number on a napkin. Hialeah and West Miami smaller commercial accounts move faster but still require signed scopes for permitting. Common Miami scope items Estimate.Pro handles: - **Sod installation** — St. Augustine, Zoysia, Bahia; square footage takeoff with prep and disposal - **Palm and tropical tree installation** — Sabal palm, Royal palm, Fishtail palm; plant cost plus craning where applicable - **Irrigation systems** — zone layout, head count, backflow preventer callout, reclaimed water notation - **Mulch and ground cover** — bed square footage, depth in inches, material type - **Lawn maintenance contracts** — recurring mow, edge, blow; weekly or bi-weekly cadence with annual escalation clause - **Hardscape** — paver patios and driveways using ICPI installation standards for base depth and joint sand spec --- ## Pricing That Makes Sense for a Field Operation Estimate.Pro has a free forever tier — no credit card, no expiration. You can build and send bids today at no cost. When you're ready for more: - **Pro** — $39 per seat per month. Removes platform fees on payments processed through Stripe Connect (3% on Free, 0% on Pro and above). - **Elite** — $79 per seat per month. Adds Stripe Connect invoicing exports and advanced workflow tools. - **Crew** — $399 per month flat. Covers your entire crew, no per-seat math. There is no platform fee on payments at Pro tier and above. On a $12,000 sod job, the 3% free-tier fee is $360. Pro pays for itself in the first payment. --- ## Miami-Specific Code and Permitting Notes Built Into Your Workflow When you build a scope in Estimate.Pro, you can flag permit requirements as line items with a cost attached. For Miami landscapers, that means: - Miami-Dade County tree removal permits for regulated species (live oaks, gumbo limbo, mahogany) can be noted and passed through to the client - Irrigation permits required for new system installation in Miami-Dade go in as a billable line, not an afterthought - Florida-friendly landscaping guidelines from the South Florida Water Management District can be referenced in your scope notes to differentiate your bids on HOA and commercial accounts You write the scope once. The estimate reflects it. The client sees a professional document that shows you know the local rules. --- ## Start Without a Credit Card Create your free account, walk your next job, and have a bid ready before you get back to the truck. If the 8-minute target sounds aggressive, run it once and check the clock yourself.