← Window Cleaning Bid Calculator
This calculator vs. ServiceMonster
Two different shapes: ServiceMonster is account-based field-service management software for running a window cleaning company's whole operation. This page is a free, private worksheet for one question — what should this one visit cost, given its panes, glass type, and travel, before you quote it.
What each tool is for
ServiceMonster is field-service management software that markets specifically to cleaning-industry businesses — window cleaning, pressure washing, carpet cleaning, and related exterior and interior cleaning trades. Its roots go back to 2002 as software built for carpet cleaners, and it is headquartered in Bellingham, Washington. It combines customer and account management, job scheduling and technician routing, estimates and invoicing, and automated marketing campaigns into one subscription system, with a mobile app for crews in the field. ServiceMonster's own marketing says it is trusted by thousands of service pros, and industry coverage reports it was acquired in 2023 by Teamfront. It is sold as an ongoing subscription account. ServiceMonster's own pricing page is not reachable from this session to confirm today's exact plan names or dollar figures, so no price for it is invented here: only its well-documented identity and category — cleaning-industry field-service management software, sold as a subscription account — are stated, and no dollar amount for ServiceMonster appears on this page.
This calculator does none of what ServiceMonster does. It does not manage customer accounts, route technicians across a schedule, or run marketing campaigns, and it stores no customer or job record on a server. It takes one visit's panes, grouped by glass type — ground-floor, French or divided-light, second- and third-story access, storefront plate, skylights, screens, and hard-water or restoration glass — with minutes per pane and sides, plus travel and setup time, cleaner wage, payroll burden, supplies, fuel, overhead, target margin, and a minimum job charge, and turns that into the per-visit price, the price per pane, the effective hourly rate, and the walk-away price below which the visit loses money — plus, if you already have a price on the table, a check of whether it clears that walk-away floor, and a single printable customer proposal for that one stop. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| I run a window cleaning company and need customer accounts, routing, scheduling, invoicing, and marketing campaigns in one system across every crew and every stop. | ServiceMonster, or a comparable cleaning-industry platform — running a whole company is not something this calculator does. |
| What should I charge for this one visit, given its pane count, glass type, access, and travel, before I quote it? | This calculator — free, instant, private, no account. |
| How much extra does third-story or bosun-chair access actually add next to a ground-floor stop? | This calculator's per-glass-type minutes and labor split, not a flat surcharge. |
| Is the price I'm about to quote still above my walk-away cost for this stop? | This calculator's compare-to-proposed-price check. |
| I need one shared account so my whole crew is scheduling, invoicing, and marketing the same way. | ServiceMonster, or a comparable cleaning-industry platform. |
| How does the math behind a window cleaning bid actually work? | This calculator's own pricing walkthrough. |
| Do I need to create an account or sign up to use the tool? | This calculator: no. ServiceMonster is used through a subscription account. |
Most window cleaning operators get different value from each: ServiceMonster (or a comparable field-service platform) for running customer accounts, routing, scheduling, and marketing across a whole company as an ongoing subscription, and a private calculator like this one for an instant, no-login gut-check on what one stop should cost from its panes and access before a business system is involved. This page's own figures are a pricing model, not a scheduled job, an invoice, or a signed proposal.
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 ServiceMonster?
They do different jobs, and a window cleaning company of any size will likely end up touching both eventually. ServiceMonster is field-service management software built for cleaning-industry businesses — it markets specifically to window cleaning, pressure washing, and carpet cleaning companies, and has roots going back to 2002 as carpet-cleaning-industry software, headquartered in Bellingham, Washington. It combines customer and account management, scheduling and routing, estimates and invoicing, and automated marketing campaigns into one subscription system, and it says it is trusted by thousands of service pros. It is sold as an ongoing subscription account, and industry coverage reports it was acquired in 2023 by Teamfront. This calculator does one narrower thing: starting from panes grouped by glass type — ground-floor, French or divided-light, second- and third-story access, storefront, skylights, screens, and hard-water or restoration glass — with minutes per pane and sides, plus travel and setup, loaded wage, supplies, fuel, overhead, and target margin, it turns that into the per-visit price, the price per pane, the effective hourly rate, and the walk-away price below which the visit loses money, before any of it touches a business-management system. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type. A window cleaning company that already manages accounts, routing, and marketing campaigns across every crew and every stop is better served by ServiceMonster or a comparable field-service platform; a cleaner who wants an instant, private gut-check on what one stop should cost from its pane count and access before opening a business system is in the right place here.
Is this page affiliated with ServiceMonster?
No. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ServiceMonster. ServiceMonster is a trademark of its owner, named here only to describe what this calculator is and is not.
Open the Window Cleaning Bid Calculator to price your own stop.