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Send a per-room or per-sqft bid with the pet-stain and upholstery add-ons stacked, take the deposit before you fire up the truck-mount, see when the homeowner opens the quote, and let Menutize text the customer a one-tap Google review the second the carpet dries. $0/month. Forever.

Free CRM, invoicing & payments — forever. Save $300–$1,000/yr vs the $49/mo platforms.

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What's Free, Forever

Everything you need to run a residential and commercial carpet cleaning business — and not a feature gated behind an upgrade. No credit card to start. No "trial expired" emails in 14 days.

Customer CRM

Every home, recurring schedule, before/after photo, pet-stain note, and chemical record in one place. Searchable. No per-seat fees.

Tier-Pricing Estimates

Send branded 3-area / 5-area / whole-home or per-sqft estimates with pet-stain and upholstery add-ons. Customer approves with one tap.

Invoicing

Auto-generate clean invoices the moment a job closes. No QuickBooks license required.

Card & ACH Payments

Customers pay online or via card on file. Money lands in your account in 1-2 business days. Standard processing rate, no monthly fee.

Google Review Requests

Auto-text every happy customer a one-tap review link the moment you mark the job done.

Tip Collection

Built-in 15/20/25% tip prompts at checkout. Tips route straight to the operator, not a platform skim.

Built for the way carpet cleaning actually works.

Carpet cleaning isn't generic home services. You're juggling 5-area specials against whole-home jobs, stacking pet-stain surcharges and upholstery add-ons at the door, running a sister service in tile and grout, taking emergency post-flood calls at 9pm, and trying to lock annual residentials onto autopay so January doesn't go quiet. The free plan accounts for all of it.

Most "free" small-business software is a generic invoice template with a Stripe button bolted on. It works fine for a freelance designer and falls apart the second a homeowner with three pet-urine spots and a cat-scratched sofa is on the phone, you're on a 5-area special you priced before you saw the dining-room traffic lane, and a property manager wants a quarterly fleet of move-out turns starting next Monday. Menutize was built around the four workflows below — the ones that actually decide whether a carpet operation makes money this year or just runs the truck-mount a lot.

Tier Pricing: 5-Area Special, Whole-Home, Per-Sqft

A 5-area special at $149 prices differently than a whole-home at $199 differently than a per-sqft commercial job at $0.30/sqft — and the homeowner who called for the special almost always has a sixth area, a hallway, or a set of stairs you need to upsell into. Build a branded estimate menu once with the pricing model you actually use, stack add-ons (pet-stain $25-$40/spot, upholstery sofa $89, loveseat $69, stairs $3-$5/step, scotchgard $35/room) as line items the customer opts into at approval, and the math is right every time. Customers see exactly what they're getting and tap to approve. Operators report close rates climb sharply the month they switch from texting back a number to sending a real itemized bid.

Estimate & Invoice Open-Tracking

Carpet cleaning is a high-bid-volume business: most operators send 30-60 quotes a week and close maybe a third. The single biggest lift in close rate is knowing which prospects opened the bid, which opened it twice, and which never saw it at all. Menutize logs every estimate email open, every estimate page view, every invoice email open, and every invoice view, and notifies you the moment it happens. The whole-home quote that's been viewed three times but unsigned is the one to call right now — the spouse is comparing to one other quote and you're top of mind. The one that hasn't been opened in 5 days is a deliverability problem, not a "they're thinking about it" problem. Most field-service tools gate this behind a paid tier; we ship it free because nothing else moves estimate close-rate as much for carpet operators.

Recurring Annual & Biannual Residentials on Card on File

Annual and biannual residentials are how carpet cleaners stop selling from scratch every Monday morning. Set the cadence on each customer record (every 12 months on a low-traffic empty-nester home, every 6 months on a young family, every 3 months on the heavy-pet household), require a card on file, and Menutize charges automatically on the renewal date and rebooks the next slot. Eighty doors at $199/yr each is $16,000/yr in autopilot recurring revenue that mostly schedules itself. The fully automated multi-step Stanley-Steemer-style 'your annual cleaning is due' SMS-and-email drip sequence is on the optional $19/mo Automations add-on; the base recurring billing on card on file is free.

Before/After Photo Log for Stain Documentation

A red-wine spill, a cat-urine corner, a high-traffic walkway between the kitchen and the back door — these jobs close on the before/after, not the price. Snap a before shot from your phone the moment you walk in, snap the after when the truck-mount's done, attach both to the customer record. Date-stamped photos settle the 'the spot is wicking back two weeks later' callback (because most pet-urine and red-wine wicking is honest physics, not bad work). They're also gold for property-manager move-out turns where the manager wants documented before/after before they cut the final, and for the emergency post-flood job where the homeowner is calling their insurance the next day and wants visual evidence of what got extracted. Photos live on the customer record forever — never have to dig through three years of texts to find the one from the Mitchells' basement flood again.

Three Things Every Carpet Cleaning Pro Wishes They Had

Most "free" software either nags you to upgrade or leaves out the features that actually move the needle. We made the three biggest ones core to the free plan.

Auto Google Reviews

The moment you mark a carpet job complete, the customer gets a one-tap review link by text. No copy-paste. No awkward ask at the door. Carpet cleaning is one of the fastest trades to climb the local map pack because the work is visually dramatic — most operators see their Google rating climb half a star in the first 60 days, and in residential carpet, the next homeowner three streets over picks you on the map pack ranking and the star count.

Included free, forever.

Tip Requests at Checkout

Customers see a 15/20/25% tip prompt right at payment — same flow they're used to from Square or DoorDash. About 12-18% of carpet jobs come back tipped, usually $20-50 a clean. Especially common after a successful pet-urine treatment or a panic post-flood call where the customer feels you saved their basement.

Included free, forever.

Google Calendar Two-Way Sync

Every booking lands in your real Google Calendar. Block time on your phone — Menutize sees it and won't let customers book over you. The free plans on most carpet CRMs don't include calendar sync. Ours does.

Included free, forever.

Why Carpet Cleaning Businesses Pick Menutize Over the $49/mo Platforms

The legacy field-service tools were built for 20-truck shops. You're a one-truck-mount or two-rig operator pulling 60-80 residentials a month plus a property manager or two. You don't need a dispatch board with seven-figure routing — you need invoicing, tier pricing, and recurring billing that doesn't cost $588/year.

Feature $49/mo platform Menutize Free
CRM, booking & invoicing Included Included — $0
Card & ACH payments Standard processing Standard processing — no platform markup
Google review automation Often $20+/mo add-on Included free
Estimate & invoice open-tracking Higher tier only Included free
Tip collection Rarely supported Included free
Google Calendar two-way sync Higher tier only Included free
Recurring billing on card on file Higher tier only Included free
Per-seat fees $29-49 / user / mo $0
First-year cost (1 owner, 1 helper) ~$1,176 $0

Comparison reflects published pricing from common field-service platforms as of May 2026. Card-processing fees still apply on both sides; Menutize uses standard Stripe rates with no platform markup.

“I was paying $69 a month for software that didn't even tell me when a customer opened the bid. Switched to Menutize free, set every annual residential on card-on-file autopay, and built the pet-stain and upholstery add-ons as line items right on the estimate. The open-tracking is what changed the business — I called three folks last week who'd opened the whole-home quote twice and closed two of them. Pet-stain surcharges stopped getting written off because they're pre-approved before the truck-mount fires up. Google rating went from 4.5 to 4.8 in two months on the auto review request.”

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Patrick Thibodeaux
Dixieland Carpet Cleaning · Birmingham, AL

Carpet Cleaning Software Questions, Answered

The ones operators actually ask before they sign up.

Is Menutize really free for carpet cleaning businesses? What's the catch?
Yes, free forever. CRM, branded estimates with tier pricing, invoicing, online card and ACH payments, recurring annual and biannual billing on card on file, before/after photo logs, estimate and invoice open-tracking, automated Google review requests, tip collection, and two-way Google Calendar sync are all included on the free plan. The only thing you ever pay is standard payment processing on cards (~2.9% + 30¢, same as Stripe direct) and ACH (0.8%, capped at $5). No monthly fee, no per-seat fee, no credit card required to sign up.
Can I price by the room or by the square foot on the same booking page?
Yes — most carpet cleaners price one of three ways and Menutize handles all of them. Per-room (3 rooms $99, 5 rooms $149, whole home $199), per-square-foot (about $0.30-$0.45 a sqft on residential), or hybrid (a 5-area special as the headline, then per-room overage above that). Build the menu once with the pricing model you actually use, and the customer sees the math line by line on the bid. Save the most common configurations as default services and they auto-populate on the next quote.
How do I add pet-stain surcharges and upholstery line items without a separate quote?
Pet-stain treatment ($25-40/spot) and upholstery (sofa $89, loveseat $69, recliner $49) are line-item add-ons stacked on top of the base carpet job. The customer sees the base 5-area special, then a $30 pet-stain charge for the kid's bedroom, then a $89 sofa add-on, all on the same bid. They tap to approve and pay the deposit. No more "we got there and the dog stains were way worse than the phone call let on" write-offs — the surcharge is pre-approved before you walk in the door.
Can I see when a customer opens an estimate or invoice?
Yes — Menutize logs every estimate email open, estimate page view, invoice email open, and invoice view, and notifies you the moment it happens. You stop guessing whether the homeowner has actually seen the whole-home quote before you call to follow up. The estimate that's been viewed three times but unsigned is the one to call now; the one that hasn't been opened in 4 days is the one to re-send. Most field-service tools either don’t ship this or gate it behind a paid tier; we ship it free.
How do I bill recurring annual and biannual residential cleans?
Set the cadence on each customer record (annual, biannual every 6 months, quarterly for high-traffic homes with kids and pets) and Menutize charges the card on file on the renewal date and rebooks the next slot. Recurring residential cleans are the lifeblood of a carpet operator who wants to stop selling from scratch every Monday — a $199 annual home is a real $199/yr per door, multiply by 80 doors and you've got a $16,000/yr book of business that mostly schedules itself. The fully-automated multi-step "your annual cleaning is due" SMS-and-email drip sequence is on the optional $19/mo Automations add-on; the base recurring billing on card on file is free.
How do you handle post-flood and water damage emergency calls?
Publish a separate emergency tier on the same booking page — same-day or evening response with a flat $200-$400 mobilization premium plus per-square-foot extraction pricing. Customers see the urgent tier next to standard at the moment of crisis (broken washer hose, basement flood, leaking roof) and self-select. Deposit hits before you load the truck-mount, so a 10pm callout is paid before it's a callout. Most operators on Menutize quietly net an extra $1,500-$3,000 a month from a properly-priced emergency tier they didn't have before.
Can I document before/after stain photos so customers stop disputing the result?
Yes. Snap before/after shots from your phone — the red wine traffic lane, the pet-urine corner under the dining table, the path between the kitchen and the back door — and attach them to the customer record. Date-stamped photos settle the "the spot is still there a week later" callback when the wicking comes back, and they're gold for property-manager move-out work where the manager wants documented turnover before they cut the final check.
How does Menutize handle property-manager and commercial B2B accounts?
Property managers, restaurant groups, and office-park managers are the highest-margin commercial recurring B2B in carpet cleaning — one mid-sized property manager with 30 turnover units a year is steady $300-$600 invoices on autopay, and a restaurant chain wanting quarterly carpet refresh on six locations is $7,000+ a year locked in. Save them as a customer with their preferred contact, store the standard scope as a saved estimate template, and put the manager's company card or ACH on file. New unit comes up, you swap the address and send the estimate, they approve in two taps, you get paid 1-2 days after the clean.
Can I upsell scotchgard and protector packages at the point of service?
Yes — and the highest-converting place to do it is on the on-site invoice, after the customer is standing in the freshly-cleaned room watching the difference. Add scotchgard ($35/room or $0.10/sqft) and traffic-lane protector as optional line items on the invoice, mark them as "add to job before final", and the customer can opt in with a tap before you leave. Most operators report 30-40% take rate on scotchgard when it's offered visually at the moment of the clean vs ~10% when the upsell is a phone call before the appointment.
Does my truck-mounted vs portable rig matter for any of this?
Not to Menutize — you publish whichever methodology and pricing you actually use. That said, truck-mount operators tend to charge 15-25% more per room than portable-extraction operators because the heat, recovery, and dwell time produce a measurably better result on heavy soil and pet-urine work. Build that into your standard pricing once and it stops being a per-call negotiation. Customers see the price they're getting; you don't need to defend it on every booking call.
Do customers really tip on carpet cleaning?
More than you'd think. When the 15/20/25% tip prompt is on the payment screen — same flow customers see at restaurants and Square — about 12-18% of carpet jobs come back tipped, usually $20-50 a clean. On a $250 average ticket that's $30-50 extra; over a 4-job day, $120-200 in tips that net straight to the operator instead of the customer guiltily forgetting. Especially common after a successful pet-urine treatment or a panic post-flood call where the customer feels you saved their basement.
Does Menutize sync with my Google Calendar?
Yes — two-way sync, included in the free plan. New bookings on your Menutize page show up on your Google Calendar instantly, color-coded by service type if you want. Block time on your phone (chemical pickup, equipment service, lunch, your kid's soccer game) and Menutize won't let customers book over you. Move a job on the Google Calendar app and Menutize updates the customer's confirmation. Most free CRMs in this space lock calendar sync behind a $29/mo upgrade. We don't.
How does the automated Google review request work?
The moment you mark a carpet job complete in Menutize, the customer gets an SMS with a one-tap link straight to your Google Business Profile review screen — no copy-paste, no hunting for the business name. You connect your Google Business Profile once during onboarding (about two minutes). Carpet cleaning is one of the fastest trades to climb the local map pack because the work is dramatic and customers love showing off the before/after — most operators see their Google rating climb half a star within 60 days.
Can I publish a real online booking widget on my own custom website domain?
You get a hosted booking page on Menutize for free, where existing customers and Google-search traffic can request appointments — share the link from your Google Business Profile, your Instagram bio, your Nextdoor post, or text it to a referral. If you want a fully native online booking widget embedded directly in your own custom website domain, that's the optional $39/mo Site Builder add-on. The free hosted page handles the 90% of customers who find you on Google or referral, not your own domain. Most carpet operators run for years on the free hosted page without ever needing the upgrade.
How does Menutize compare to the $49–$79/mo carpet cleaning platforms?
For a one-truck or one-rig operator, the answer is you stop paying $588 to $948 a year. The legacy field-service platforms were built for 20-truck enterprise shops and bake routing, dispatch boards, and inventory tracking nobody on a small crew uses. Menutize Free does the parts that move money: tier pricing estimates, invoicing, payments, open-tracking, recurring billing, photo logs, reviews, calendar. If you ever outgrow it, our paid add-ons cover drip email/SMS sequences ($19/mo Automations) or a public booking website ($39/mo Site Builder) — but the core CRM stays free.
What happens to my customer data if I leave Menutize?
You own your data. Export your customer list, recurring agreement schedule, jobs, before/after photos, and invoice records to CSV at any time, no upgrade required, no waiting period, no support ticket. We've never built clunky exports on purpose to lock people in — that's the kind of thing we built Menutize to get away from. Cancel any time and walk out with everything.
How long does setup take for a carpet cleaning business?
About 10-15 minutes to be ready to send your first estimate: sign up (no credit card), connect Stripe for payments, connect your Google Business Profile for the auto review request, hook up your Google Calendar, and add your service menu. Most carpet operators start with six to eight items: 3-area special, 5-area special, whole-home, per-room overage, upholstery (sofa/loveseat/recliner), tile and grout, scotchgard add-on, and a separate emergency post-flood tier.

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