Choosing landscaping software: test a maintenance round and a garden project

Use AxiomBlue for maintenance beside a garden refresh before comparing alternatives

1. In AxiomBlue Professional, create the maintenance Job Series, then create a separate garden-refresh quote for the same customer/site. Convert its acceptance to a job with distinct project material and visit instructions.
2. Preview assignments in Auto Schedule. Mark the relevant outdoor jobs weather-sensitive and preview a wet-day reschedule; inspect unplaced work, extra travel and the effect on the regular round before applying.
3. Record an approved mulch addition as a Professional variation and check it in the project invoice/claim. Inspect the separate maintenance billing to make sure project materials have not become a repeat-visit charge.

Use two different types of work at the same property

Illustrative test: a fortnightly maintenance client accepts a garden refresh. Keep the repeat service agreement and one-off project scope distinct. Ask a field worker to identify which tasks belong to today’s visit. Check whether materials for the project can be mistaken for the maintenance charge.

Change the weather and the crew

Move one outdoor visit after rain, substitute a crew member and inspect the proposal before applying. Check the effect on the wider round and the work not placed. Recorded skills and leave should be kept current; route or calendar features alone do not establish a suitable assignment.

Add a material and follow it to the invoice

Record a sample extra load requested by the client, its approval, cost and charging basis. Review the project invoice separately from repeat billing. Check the site history, phone instructions and export with multiple properties for one customer. The test should reveal where a manual review is still needed.

Price the roles and required plan, then check the handover

Ask each shortlisted vendor for the plan and total cost for your actual office and field users, workload, billing interval and devices. Include tax basis, optional messaging, payment charges, training and exports. Keep a written result for each test: worked, needs a manual step, or unavailable. A feature-list tick is not a completed test.

AxiomBlue’s Free plan supports one user within usage limits and has no uploads. Basic adds uploads; Professional adds crew skills and leave, recurring job series, variations and project tools. Check the current pricing page for the team total. Try a required Professional process in the demo and confirm access before choosing a plan.