San Francisco, CA
LANDSCAPING / LAWN CARE ESTIMATING.

## Landscaping Estimating Software Built for San Francisco Contractors San Francisco is not a flat-lawn market. You are bidding terraced hillside gardens in Bernal Heights, drought-tolerant redesigns in the Sunset, and rooftop planting installations in SoMa. Each job carries its own slope calculations, irrigation constraints, and Bay Area water district rules. Generic spreadsheet templates were not built for this. Estimate.Pro gives you a field operating system built around the way landscapers actually work — on-site, phone in hand, client waiting. ### Why San Francisco Landscaping Bids Are Harder Than Average The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and the Bay-Friendly Landscaping guidelines from StopWaste directly affect what you can install and what you can charge. Jobs over 2,500 square feet of new or replaced landscaping must comply with California's Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO), which requires a water budget calculation — not a line item you can skip. If you are planting turf, you need to know the ETAF (evapotranspiration adjustment factor) limits before you price the irrigation system. Permit requirements add another layer. Landscape work that includes grading over 50 cubic yards, retaining walls over 4 feet, or irrigation connections to the city water supply typically requires a permit through the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (DBI). Permit fees here run higher than most California cities — budget accordingly when building your overhead into a bid. Labor costs in the Bay Area are among the highest in California. San Francisco's minimum wage is above the state floor, and skilled irrigation and hardscape crews command rates that reflect the cost of living. If your estimate uses statewide average labor rates, you are probably underpricing every job. ### What the App Does for a San Francisco Landscaper **AR Measurement on Site** Use your phone camera to measure irregular planting beds, lawn areas, and hardscape zones with ONNX-assisted live AR on supported devices. Camera and photo measurements are marked as estimates in the output so the client knows what was field-verified versus approximated. No measuring wheel required on a sloped Noe Valley terrace. **Scope-of-Work in Your Own Words** Walk the property, record notes, and let the AI turn your walkthrough into a structured scope of work. Sod removal, decomposed granite pathways, drip irrigation retrofit, native planting — the app knows the vocabulary of the trade. You review, edit, and send. **Saved Material Cost Workspace** Store your actual Bay Area supplier pricing — whether you source from a wholesale nursery in Brisbane or a hardscape supplier in South San Francisco — and the app applies your numbers, not national averages. Your margin is built on your real costs, not a guess. **Median Time to Sendable Bid: 8 Minutes** That is the measured median across the platform. For a landscaper doing multiple site visits per day across San Francisco's 49 square miles, that matters. You close the bid while you are still in the neighborhood. **25 Trades, One Platform** If you carry irrigation, hardscape, or tree-care work alongside general landscaping, all of it runs inside the same system. No switching apps between a paver install estimate and an irrigation bid. ### Pricing That Works for a Solo Operator or a Crew - **Free tier**: no credit card, no expiration, real bids - **Pro at $39/seat/month**: includes 0% Stripe Connect platform fee on payments you collect - **Elite at $79/seat/month**: adds invoice exports and full payment workflow - **Crew at $399/month flat**: covers your entire team, no per-seat math The Free tier is permanent. Start building bids today without a trial clock running. ### Local Codes and Standards You Should Know California MWELO (23 CCR §490 et seq.) governs water budgets on qualifying landscape projects. Bay-Friendly Landscape guidelines from StopWaste cover plant selection and soil amendment standards on municipal and commercial work. San Francisco DBI Bulletin 3B covers permit thresholds for grading and retaining structures. Know these before you bid a job — the estimate that wins and then fails inspection is worse than no job at all. ### Start Without a Sales Call Create your account, load your material costs, walk your next job, and send the bid. No demo required. No platform fee until you choose to charge clients through the app.