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Joist vs Arborgold pricing (2026)

Joist starts at $10 a month and Arborgold at $149. Every figure below was read from the two companies' own pricing pages on September 28 and 29, 2026.

The Joist homepage
The Joist homepage on September 6, 2026. Visit Joist
The Arborgold homepage
The Arborgold homepage on September 16, 2026. Visit Arborgold

Side by side

Price both for your crew

Every line is a figure one of the two publishes, or the words not published.

Starts at
Joist$10 a month
Arborgold$149 a month
A crew of 5 pays
JoistNot published
Arborgold$149 a month
Plans published
JoistBasics, Pro, Elite, Run
ArborgoldStarter, Professional, Enterprise
Entry plan seats
Joist1 user
ArborgoldNot published
Free trial
Joist14 days, no card
ArborgoldNot stated on the pricing page
Card rate
Joist3.49% plus $0.49 a transaction
Arborgold2.9% plus $0.20 a transaction
Bank transfer
Joist1%, capped at $15 a payment
Arborgold1%, capped at $15 a payment
Priced by
JoistFlat, seats included
ArborgoldFlat, seats included
Crew size
Joist1 to 3 people
Arborgoldcrews of 1 and up
Trades named
JoistHandyman, Roofing, Painting, Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC, Landscaping, Construction
ArborgoldTree care, Landscaping, Lawn care, Pest control, Snow removal

Every Joist plan

All Joist pricing

  • Basics

    Up to 5 documents a month

    Billed monthly
    $10 a month
    Billed annually
    $8.34 a month
    Seats included
    1 user
    One more costs
    Not published

  • Pro

    Unlimited documents and clients

    Billed monthly
    $17 a month
    Billed annually
    $14.17 a month
    Seats included
    1 user
    One more costs
    Not published

  • Elite

    Adds change orders and reporting

    Billed monthly
    $32 a month
    Billed annually
    $26.67 a month
    Seats included
    1 user
    One more costs
    Not published

  • Run

    For managing several jobs at once

    Billed monthly
    $70 a month
    Billed annually
    $58.33 a month
    Seats included
    1 user
    One more costs
    Not published

Every Arborgold plan

All Arborgold pricing

  • Starter

    CRM, estimating, scheduling, route optimization and invoicing. User licences priced on request

    Billed monthly
    $149 a month
    Billed annually
    $129 a month
    Seats included
    Not published
    One more costs
    Not published

  • Professional

    Starter plus job costing, renewals, material and chemical tracking. User licences priced on request

    Billed monthly
    $343 a month
    Billed annually
    $299 a month
    Seats included
    Not published
    One more costs
    Not published

  • Enterprise

    Professional plus plant and tree inventory mapping, sales automation and equipment tracking. User licences priced on request

    Billed monthly
    $573 a month
    Billed annually
    $499 a month
    Seats included
    Not published
    One more costs
    Not published

What the prices do not tell you

Joist
This is a quoting and invoicing app, not a field service platform: there is no dispatch board and no crew scheduling. For a solo contractor who only needs to look professional on paper it is a tenth of the price of everything else here.
Arborgold
Every plan is a twelve month contract, so there is no month to month option: $149, $343 and $573 are the monthly payment on that contract, and paying for the year up front brings them to $129, $299 and $499 a month. Office and mobile user licences are priced on request, so the plan price is not the whole bill, and the page asks for 60 days notice to cancel. Plan prices re-read in Chrome on 2026-09-29 on both the annual and monthly toggles and unchanged.

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Where the numbers came from

Every figure above was read from Joist and Arborgold on their own pricing pages on September 28 and 29, 2026. Nothing here ranks the two, because the ranking would be ours and you could not check it. These prices change, so check the current number with both before you buy.

Full pricing for Joist and Arborgold. To put your own crew size, add-ons and what you take on cards against both, open the true cost calculator with the two already side by side. To start from your trade and crew size instead of from these two, open the picker with Joist pinned, and it will say whether Joist makes the list for your answers.