San Jose, CA
LANDSCAPING / LAWN CARE ESTIMATING.

## Landscaping Estimates in San Jose Move Fast — Your Bidding Should Too San Jose sits in the heart of Santa Clara County, where a drought-tolerant front yard renovation in Willow Glen and a full hardscape build in Almaden Valley can be quoted the same week. The range of work is wide. Your bids need to match that range without burning hours on spreadsheets. Estimate.Pro is built for working landscapers, not office managers. You do a walkthrough, the app builds a scoped estimate, and you send a priced bid — median time is 8 minutes. --- ## What Makes Landscaping Estimating Different in San Jose **Water-wise requirements are real job scope.** Santa Clara Valley Water District pushes Bay-Friendly and water-efficient landscape standards. When you're bidding a turf-removal project or installing a drip system, your estimate needs line items for soil amendment, mulch depth, and controller upgrades — not just sod removal. Estimate.Pro's landscaping trade workflows include those line items by default. **Permit thresholds catch contractors off guard.** San Jose requires a grading permit for earthwork disturbing 50 or more cubic yards on most residential parcels. A hillside property in Evergreen or Almaden can hit that threshold fast. The app prompts you to flag permit cost as a line item before you send the bid, so you're not absorbing that cost later. **Hardscape is a growth category here.** Santa Clara County's dry summers mean homeowners are replacing lawn with pavers, decomposed granite, and concrete. ICPI installation specs for interlocking concrete pavers and ANSI A108 standards for tile and stone apply to a significant share of the work you're pricing. Estimate.Pro carries those material categories with saved cost workspaces you control — you set the numbers, the app holds them. **Labor rates run high.** The San Jose metro consistently posts landscaping and groundskeeping wages well above the California average. Your estimate needs to reflect actual crew costs, not national defaults. You set your labor rate once in the app; it carries through every line item on every bid. --- ## How the App Works for You **AR Measurement on the Job.** On supported devices, Estimate.Pro uses ONNX-assisted live AR to measure turf areas, bed borders, and hardscape zones while you walk the property. Camera and photo measurements are marked as estimates so you know which numbers to verify. Either way, you're not pacing off square footage by hand. **Scope-of-Work Generation.** After your walkthrough input, the app drafts a scope covering demo, grading, planting, irrigation, edging, mulch, and hardscape — whatever applies to the job. You review, adjust, and approve. It takes minutes, not an evening. **Saved Material Cost Workspace.** You control your material costs. Set prices for sod, DG, pavers, drip emitters, bark mulch, and plant material from your actual supplier relationships. The app uses your numbers every time. **Stripe Connect — No Platform Fee on Pro+.** When you invoice through Estimate.Pro on the Pro or Elite plan, Stripe Connect handles the payment. The platform fee is 0% on Pro+ plans. On the Free tier it's 3%. You keep more of what you bill. **Pricing That Fits a Solo Operator or a Full Crew.** - Free forever, no credit card required - Pro: $39/seat/month - Elite: $79/seat/month — adds Stripe Connect and invoice exports - Crew: $399/month flat for the whole team --- ## Built for 25 Trades, Including Yours Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. Landscaping is one of them — not a workaround using a generic template. The scope logic, line item categories, and calculators reflect actual landscaping and lawn care work: irrigation zone sizing, plant material quantities, cubic yard calculations for soil and mulch, and hardscape square footage pricing. If you also sub out or coordinate concrete, drainage, or fencing on the same job, those trades are in the same app. --- ## Start Without Committing Anything The Free tier costs nothing and requires no credit card. Build a real bid for a real job in San Jose and see where the 8-minute target lands for you. If the number is close, the math on the paid plans pays for itself in the first week.