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Lock your weekly and biweekly clients onto card-on-file autopay, send a tiered estimate by bedroom or square foot from your phone, see when the customer actually opens the quote, and let Menutize text a one-tap Google review the second the front door clicks shut. $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 house cleaning or maid service 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, lockbox code, photo, and note in one place. Searchable. No per-seat fees.

Tiered Estimates

Send branded standard / deep / move-out estimates from your phone, priced by bedroom or square footage. Customer approves with one tap.

Invoicing

Auto-generate clean invoices the moment a clean 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 clean done.

Tip Collection

Built-in 15/20/25% tip prompts at checkout. Cleaning averages 15-25% — tips route straight to the operator.

Built for the way house cleaning actually works.

House cleaning isn't general handyman work. Recurring weekly and biweekly clients are the lifeblood, deep cleans subsidize the slow weeks, move-out turns for property managers are the steady commercial B2B, and one no-show on a Friday torches the cleaner's whole day. 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 you've got 35 weekly clients on autopay, a property manager wanting four move-out turns this month, a "you missed the guest bedroom we just added" call on the way to lunch, and a deep clean inquiry from someone who hasn't had professional cleaning in three years. Menutize was built around the four workflows below — the ones that actually decide whether a maid service has a steady year or just runs the truck a lot.

Recurring Weekly / Biweekly / Monthly Billing on Card on File

Recurring is where house cleaning makes its money. A weekly $150 home is roughly $7,800/yr in lifetime value; a one-shot $350 deep clean is one paycheck. Set the cadence on each customer record (every week, every other week, every 4 weeks), require a card on file at first booking, and Menutize charges automatically the day of each clean and rebooks the next slot. You stop hand-invoicing 40 customers every Monday morning, you stop being the awkward one asking for the check at the door, and the no-show problem largely disappears because the customer knows there's real money committed before the truck rolls.

Tiered Estimates: Standard, Deep, Move-Out

A 3-bed/2-bath standard biweekly clean prices differently than the deep clean for that same home, which prices differently than the move-out turn for the rental down the street. Build line items by bedroom and bathroom (1/1, 2/2, 3/2, 4+) or by square-footage band (under 1,500, 1,500-2,500, 2,500-3,500, 3,500+) for the standard rate, then publish deep clean as its own tier at 1.7-2.2x standard, and move-in/move-out as a flat-rate or hourly tier with supplies-included or supplies-extra toggles. Add-ons for oven ($35), inside fridge ($35), inside windows, baseboards, and garage are line items the customer opts into at approval. The customer sees the math line by line, taps to approve, and pays the deposit.

Estimate & Invoice Open-Tracking

A $480 move-out quote sitting unread is a different problem than one the property manager has opened twice but hasn't approved. Menutize logs the moment the customer opens the estimate email, the moment they view the live estimate page, and does the same on every invoice through to the moment they pay. You stop guessing whether the spouse has actually seen the deep-clean quote, you stop chasing leads who already moved on, and your follow-up calls land on the right people at the right time. Most field-service tools gate this behind a paid tier; we ship it on the free plan because nothing else moves estimate close-rate as much for cleaning operators.

Tip Prompts at Checkout (Cleaning Averages 15-25%)

House cleaning is one of the highest-tipping service trades in the country, especially among the recurring relationship clients who genuinely love their cleaner. The customer just walked in to a spotless home, the cleaner spent two hours on it, and they want to say thank you — if you give them the way to do it. Customers see a 15/20/25% tip prompt right at the payment screen, same flow they're used to from Square and DoorDash. Average tip in cleaning runs 15-25% of the ticket. On a $150 biweekly home that's $22-37 a visit; on a 4-house day, $90-150 in tips you would have left on the table. Tips route straight to whichever account the operator picks — no platform skim, no "we'll process this next month."

Three Things Every House 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 clean complete, the customer gets a one-tap review link by text. No copy-paste. No awkward ask at the door. Most operators see their Google rating climb half a star in the first 60 days — and in residential cleaning, the next homeowner two 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. House cleaning averages 15-25% tips, especially on recurring relationship clients. On a $150 biweekly clean that's $22-37 a visit; on a 4-house day, $90-150 in tips that net straight to the cleaner instead of the customer guiltily forgetting.

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 cleaning CRMs don't include calendar sync. Ours does.

Included free, forever.

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

The legacy field-service tools were built for 20-truck shops. You're a one-to-three truck maid service running 30-60 recurring weekly and biweekly homes. You don't need a dispatch board with seven-figure routing — you need recurring billing and invoicing 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 (15-25% avg in cleaning) 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 June 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 cleaning software that still made me hand-invoice 38 weekly and biweekly clients every Monday. Switched to Menutize free, set every recurring home on card-on-file autopay, and Mondays just… happened. The tip prompt added about $110 a day on a 4-house route I didn't realize was sitting there, and the open-tracking on a $480 move-out quote let me follow up with the property manager at the right moment instead of guessing. Google rating went from 4.6 to 4.8 in two months on the auto review request alone.”

KH
Kayla Hutchins
Sparkle & Shine Cleaning · Raleigh, NC

House Cleaning Software Questions, Answered

The ones maid service owners actually ask before they sign up.

Is Menutize really free for house cleaning businesses? What's the catch?
Yes, free forever. CRM, branded estimates, invoicing, online card and ACH payments, recurring weekly/biweekly/monthly billing on card on file, automated Google review requests, tip collection, estimate and invoice open-tracking, 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 auto-charge my weekly and biweekly recurring clients without chasing them?
Yes — recurring billing on card on file is the headline workflow on the free plan. Set the cadence on the customer record (every week, every other week, every 4 weeks) and Menutize charges the card on file the day of each clean and rebooks the next slot. Recurring clients are the lifeblood of a maid service — a weekly $150 home is roughly $7,800/yr in LTV vs a one-shot $350 deep clean. Locking them on autopay means you stop hand-invoicing 40 customers every Monday and you stop being the awkward one asking for the check at the door.
How do I price by bedroom, bathroom, or square footage on the same booking page?
Build your estimate menu once with bedroom-and-bathroom tiers (1 bed/1 bath, 2 bed/2 bath, 3 bed/2 bath, 4+ bed) or by square-footage bands (under 1,500 sq ft, 1,500-2,500, 2,500-3,500, 3,500+) — most maid services use one or the other, some price both ways depending on the home. Each tier holds the standard clean rate, and you stack add-ons (oven $35, inside fridge $35, inside windows $4/pane, baseboards $40, garage sweep $50) as line items. The customer sees the math, taps to approve, pays the deposit. Save the most common configurations as menu items and they auto-populate on the next quote.
How do I handle deep clean vs. standard clean tier pricing?
Build deep clean as its own service tier, typically 1.7-2.2x the standard rate (a home that's $150 standard biweekly is usually $260-$330 deep). On a new client's first booking, default them to the deep clean tier — it's industry standard because the home hasn't been touched professionally and there's a year of buildup the standard 90-minute clean wasn't scoped for. After the deep, the recurring schedule drops them to standard. Most maid services book about 1 in 3 new clients into a deep first; setting it as the default on the booking page surfaces it without an awkward upsell call.
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 $480 move-out 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 5 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 you handle move-out cleans for property managers?
Property manager move-out work is the highest-margin commercial recurring B2B in residential cleaning — one mid-sized property manager with 30 turnover units a year is steady $400-$700 invoices on autopay. Save them as a customer with their preferred contact, store the standard move-out scope as a saved estimate template, and set 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. The photo log on every job protects you from move-out damage disputes that property managers occasionally float to push back on the final.
How does Menutize handle the lockbox / key code / empty house situation?
Most recurring clients aren't home when the cleaner arrives — that's the whole point of hiring a maid service. Each customer record has a free-text access notes field for the gate code, lockbox combo, alarm code, location of the spare key, dog name and crate location, parking quirks, and the door the cleaner should use. Notes show up automatically when you pull up the customer for the next visit, so a backup cleaner walking the route for the first time has everything they need without calling you for the lockbox code at 8:47am. Searchable too — pull up every Tuesday-route lockbox home in one click.
Do customers really tip on house cleaning, and how much?
Cleaning is one of the highest-tipping service trades in the country — average tip runs 15-25% of the ticket on residential cleans, especially on the recurring relationship clients who genuinely love their cleaner. On a $150 biweekly home that's $22-37 per visit; on a 4-house day, $90-150 in tips you were leaving on the table when there was no prompt. Menutize shows the 15/20/25% tip buttons right on the payment screen — same flow customers see at restaurants and Square checkouts. Tips route to whichever account the operator picks, so a cleaner running their own truck actually nets the cash.
Does Menutize sync with my Google Calendar?
Yes — two-way sync, included in the free plan. Every booking lands on your real Google Calendar instantly, color-coded by service type if you want. Block time on your phone (kid's appointment, parts run, lunch, pulling a no-show off the schedule) 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 cleaning lock calendar sync behind a $29/mo upgrade because they know it's the feature operators won't quit over. We don't.
Can I document a job with photos so customers stop disputing what got cleaned?
Yes. Snap before/after shots from your phone — the matted oven, the streaked shower glass, the master bedroom that's actually clean — and attach them to the customer record. Date-stamped photos settle the "you didn't dust the bookshelves" callback two weeks later. The photo log is also gold for move-out work where the property manager wants documented turnover before they cut the final check, and for first-time deep cleans where the homeowner forgets how bad it was when they're judging the result against an unrealistic memory of the after.
Does Menutize send my recurring clients a "your clean is tomorrow" SMS reminder automatically?
The recurring schedule itself and the card-on-file billing are 100% free, and every booking lands on the customer's calendar invite when they confirm. For a fully automated drip SMS sequence — a 24-hour-out "your clean is tomorrow at 10am, here's your cleaner's name" text and same-week follow-up — pair the free plan with the optional $19/mo Automations add-on. Most maid services running 30-60 recurring slots see the no-show rate drop sharply once the reminder drip is on; without it, the booking is on the calendar and that's where it sits.
Can I publish a real online booking widget on my own website?
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 maid services run for years on the free hosted page without ever needing the upgrade.
Are supplies included in the price, or do I bill extra?
Either way. Most maid services bake supplies into the standard rate (it's simpler and customers prefer it), but if you run supplies-extra — common for property manager move-out work where the manager wants the line-item visibility — you can add a flat $15-$25 supplies fee or pass through actual cost. Save the version you use most as the default on each customer record, override it on the one-offs. Menutize doesn't force you to pick one model and rebuild your menu around it.
Can my crew lead or office spouse get separate access without per-seat fees?
Yes — unlimited users on the free plan. The legacy field-service tools charge per seat ($29-$49 per user per month), so even a two-person operation ends up at $58-$98/mo just to let the crew lead see the schedule. Menutize Free doesn't charge per seat, ever. Add the crew lead, the office spouse, the apprentice cleaner, the part-time dispatcher — same $0. Different roles get different permissions, so the cleaner can mark jobs complete and trigger the auto review request, but only the owner sees the bank deposit data.
What happens to my customer data if I leave Menutize?
You own your data. Export your customer list, recurring agreement schedule, jobs, 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. The customer phone numbers, email addresses, lockbox codes, and recurring schedule are all still yours.
How long does setup take for a house 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 maid services start with five to seven items: standard clean (by bedroom tier or sq ft band), deep clean (1.7-2.2x standard), move-in/move-out clean, post-construction clean, plus add-ons for oven, inside fridge, inside windows, and baseboards. Import your existing customer CSV later, or just let your customer list build naturally as new bookings come in.

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