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This calculator vs. Aspire
Two different shapes: Aspire is an account-based platform for running a landscape or irrigation company's whole operation, including scheduling and invoicing a job once it is priced. This page is a free, private worksheet for one question — what should this sprinkler-system install cost, before you offer it to the customer.
What each tool is for
Aspire is a field service business management platform built for landscape, irrigation, lawn-care, and snow-and-ice removal companies (a product of ServiceTitan). It is used to run CRM and lead tracking, estimating and proposal generation, crew scheduling and routing, purchasing, invoicing, payroll and accounting integration, and job costing across a whole operation, tied to one account used on an ongoing basis across every job the company runs. Aspire's own site does not publish a fixed price list — it prices by company size and complexity on a sales call — so no dollar figure for it appears on this page; only its well-documented identity and category are stated here. Public descriptions of that estimating and scheduling software describe building, tracking and billing a job once its scope and price already exist; none describe working out what a new sprinkler-system install should cost from zone count, trench footage, soil, and backflow device before you quote it — which is the one thing this calculator does.
This calculator does none of what Aspire does. It does not track a lead, schedule a crew across a season, or run payroll. It takes one install's zones, extra heads, trench footage and soil (dirt versus rock/clay), controller, backflow device (a 3/4-inch PVB versus a 1.5-inch RPZ), drip conversion, rain sensor, and master valve, plus loaded crew cost, overhead and target margin, and turns that into the recommended price, the walk-away floor, the price per zone, and the effective crew hourly rate — plus, if you already have a number on the table, a check of whether it clears your own break-even floor, and a printable customer proposal. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| I need to track leads, schedule crews, run payroll, and invoice customers for landscape and irrigation jobs across my whole business. | Aspire, or a comparable landscape-industry platform — running that ongoing operation is not something this calculator does. |
| What should I charge for this sprinkler-system install, given the zone count, trench footage, soil, and backflow device? | This calculator — free, instant, private, no account. |
| My customer wants a drip conversion, a rain sensor, and a master valve added — how much does that actually add to the price? | This calculator's per-extra hour and price breakdown. |
| A customer's budget is below what I'd normally quote. Does it still clear my walk-away floor? | This calculator's proposed-price check — it flags a price below break-even before you agree to it. |
| I already have installs priced and need to schedule, invoice, and run payroll across many customers, over a season. | Aspire — built as an ongoing, account-based platform for exactly that job. |
| How does the math behind an irrigation-install price actually work? | This calculator's own bidding walkthrough. |
| Do I need to create an account or sign up to use the tool? | This calculator: no. Aspire is sold through a sales-qualified, paid account. |
Most irrigation and landscape shops get different value from each: Aspire (or a comparable landscape-industry platform) for running leads, crews, payroll and invoicing across an ongoing business as an account, and a private calculator like this one for an instant, no-login answer to what a new sprinkler-system install should cost before it is offered. This page's own figures are a pricing model, not a signed proposal, an invoice, or an irrigation design.
This tool needs no account and no sign-in: it is a static page, the arithmetic runs in your browser, and once it has loaded it keeps working with the connection off.
Common questions
Should I use this calculator or Aspire?
They do different jobs, and an irrigation or landscape business of any size will likely end up touching both. Aspire is a field service business management platform built for landscape, irrigation, lawn-care, and snow-and-ice companies, used to run CRM and lead tracking, estimating and proposals, crew scheduling and routing, purchasing, invoicing, payroll and accounting integration, and job costing across a whole operation, on an ongoing paid account. This calculator does one narrower thing: it takes one install's zones, extra heads, trench footage and soil, controller and backflow device, drip conversion, rain sensor, and master valve, plus loaded crew cost, overhead and target margin, and turns that into the recommended price, the walk-away floor, the price per zone, and the effective hourly billing rate, before you have quoted anything. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type. A company already tracking leads, scheduling crews and running payroll and accounting across many jobs is better served by Aspire or a comparable landscape-industry platform; a contractor who needs an instant, private answer to what one sprinkler-system install should cost before it is offered is in the right place here.
Is this page affiliated with Aspire?
No. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Aspire (a product of ServiceTitan). Aspire is a trademark of its owner, named here only to describe what this calculator is and is not.
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