Arb Astra vs Field Promax for tree services

Where Field Promax is ahead today

Field Promax lists scheduling, dispatch, GPS tracking, work orders, estimates and invoicing, a two-way sync with QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop and Xero, and mobile apps for iOS and Android where technicians can take photos, collect signatures and take payments (its home page and pricing page, read 10 November 2026). Its pricing page also lists Stripe payments and says no contract is required. Arb Astra has no QuickBooks sync (it exports CSV), no native app-store download and no online card payments switched on yet. If an accounting sync or store apps are central to how you work, that is a real advantage for Field Promax.

What tree work needs that general field service software does not

A tree company sells to a customer at a property about particular trees, often over years. Arb Astra keeps per-tree records (species, DBH, height, condition, GPS position), risk assessments and plant health care treatment logs, and maintenance plans that bring recurring work back round. Field Promax's home page lists 27 industries and describes no tree-specific features (read 10 November 2026), so ask them how they handle tree records and risk assessments.

Estimating in Arb Astra is spoken: the estimator describes the job out loud and the customer, address, services and line items fill in, presented on the company's own branded paper for signature, even without signal. Leads from Facebook lead ads, forwarded emails and your website land in one pipeline with their source, and reports show cost per lead and per job by source.

How the pricing works

Field Promax prices by team size, billed annually: Light is US$99 a month for one user, Standard US$239 for two to five users and Premium US$319 for six to eight users, then US$40 per extra user. Standard and Premium are 20% off in the first year, and monthly billing is listed at US$299 for Standard and US$399 for Premium (its pricing page, read 10 November 2026). Arb Astra is C$249 to C$999 a month by team size, with every feature on every plan and the first month free. Field Promax does not say on its pricing page which features each plan includes in a form we could read, so check the plan you need.

Switching from Field Promax

Export your customers, jobs and invoices as CSV and Arb Astra's importer maps the columns onto its own fields, linking jobs and invoices back to the right customer.

Which to choose

Choose Field Promax if a QuickBooks or Xero sync, store apps and a low per-team entry price are what you need today. Try Arb Astra if tree records, spoken estimates and tracing marketing to paid jobs matter to how you run the business, starting with a free month of every feature.