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For landscaping contractors

Patios, walls and plantings, planned and paid on one record.

Measure the patio, price the stone three ways, order it against the job and move the crew when it rains.

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A landscaper sets pavers for a new patio.

In Optracs

The same job, in Optracs.

The office sends the estimate; the crew opens the job on site. Recreated from Optracs with sample data.

Sample workspace

Sample workspace. An estimate for paver patio and walkway built from catalog line items: Tumbled pavers, 320 sf, $5,120; Compacted base, 6 in, 320 sf, $1,760; Walkway pavers, 80 sf, $1,280; Edge restraint, 96 lf, $576; Install labor, 40 hr, $2,800, and 2 more lines, for a total of $12,400. Its timeline shows it sent and viewed, and not yet accepted. On a phone, the same job shows its address, 3 tasks with 1 ticked off, and 2 files.

  • An estimate in minutes

    Standard line items from your catalog, quantities from the takeoff, and a profit slider that reprices the estimate to your margin.

  • A takeoff for landscaping

    The Crew plan's hardscape takeoff, typed in or imported from a supported report or a CSV.

    Paver area Walkway Base depth Edge restraint Retaining wall face Steps

  • The crew's day, on the job

    Tasks with a person and a due date. Photos, notes and files go onto the job as the work happens.

    Mark utilities before digging Compact the base Photograph the finished patio

Documents

The paperwork, on the job.

Written from your own templates, signed by the customer from one link, kept with the job.

  • Estimate

    Lines from your catalog, priced to your margin, with pavers or stone as options when you want to offer both.

  • Takeoff

    On the Crew plan: paver area, walkway, base depth, retaining wall face and steps.

  • Purchase orders

    On the Crew plan: stone, base and plants ordered against the job.

  • Work agreement

    From your template, signed by the customer typing their name.

  • Photos

    The yard before, the base, the finished job. All on the job record.

A day in the trade

A job, start to finish.

  1. Monday

    Back yard

    Paver area, walkway length and wall height go into the takeoff, with photos of the grade.

  2. Tuesday

    Office

    Pavers, base and edging come from your catalog with the areas from the takeoff. The customer accepts from the link and the job unlocks.

  3. Wednesday

    Office

    On the Crew plan, a purchase order for the pavers and base goes out against the job.

  4. Next week

    Schedule

    Rain on Thursday. Move the job on the schedule and the crew sees the new date.

  5. Install

    Back yard

    The crew ticks off base, edging and sand, and adds photos of the finished patio.

The trade, by the numbers.

From the US Census Bureau. More in our research.

117,969

Landscaping services: US establishments with paid employees.Source: Census CBP 2023. Data as of March 2023 (released June 2025).

85.0%

Of those establishments, the share with fewer than 10 employees.Source: Census CBP 2023. Data as of March 2023 (released June 2025).

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