SecureCrews vs. GorillaDesk
GorillaDesk is purpose-built for pest control, lawn care, and pool service, route-based businesses with recurring stops. If you run project-based crews in roofing, painting, fencing, concrete, or any construction trade, you need a platform designed for how you actually work.
30 days free. No credit card. Unlimited users.
Flat fee. Every feature on. Unlimited users, zero card-processing fees.
Base plan, then per-user and card-processing fees stack on top. Shown at 10 users, $50,000 a month in card payments.
Move the sliders below to run your own numbers.
What GorillaDesk costs once the fees are in
GorillaDesk charges per technician schedule: $49/schedule (Basic), $99/schedule (Pro), or $299/schedule (Growth). Admins and sales staff are free. The calculator uses Pro pricing since Basic lacks QuickBooks, route optimization, and the customer portal.
GorillaDesk
$698/mo
SecureCrews
$129/mo
You keep $569 a month, $6,828 a year.
at 10 users and $50,000 a month in card payments.
* GorillaDesk pricing from Capterra and ITQlick as of March 2026.
* Calculator assumes ~70% of team members need their own technician schedule.
* SMS texting is $5/mo add-on plus per-message bulk packages.
* Admins, managers, and sales staff are free on GorillaDesk. Only technician schedules cost.
What each plan includes
Emerald marks a SecureCrews advantage. Red marks a fee, a limit, or a feature GorillaDesk does not include.
Why contractors leave GorillaDesk
The complaints we hear most from teams that switched, and what changes when you move.
It only works for route-based service businesses
GorillaDesk was built for pest control, lawn care, pool service, and cleaning. businesses that run recurring routes with individual technicians making stops. If you're a roofer, painter, fencer, or concrete contractor sending crews to job sites for multi-day projects, GorillaDesk's workflow doesn't fit.
SecureCrews works for every trade and any job length, a 1-day handyman call or a multi-week roofing project. Assign crews, track progress, manage subcontractors, and handle insurance claims all in one platform.
Per-schedule pricing adds up with more techs
GorillaDesk charges $49-99 per technician schedule. A 10-tech operation on Pro pays $990/month. That's before SMS add-ons. Costs increase quickly when adding team members, even though admins are free.
Unlimited users on every plan. Your 10th technician costs the same as your 1st: $0 extra. Add crew members, office staff, and subcontractors without watching costs climb.
Reporting is basic
GorillaDesk gives you the essentials: revenue by route, technician productivity, customer retention, but advanced business intelligence requires exporting data to spreadsheets. No industry benchmarks, no trend analysis.
Industry benchmarks on Business and Enterprise plans let you compare your win rates, close times, and estimate values against similar contractors in your trade and region. Real data, not spreadsheet guesswork.
No crew-level management
GorillaDesk tracks individual technician routes, not multi-person crews. There's no way to assign a team of 3 roofers or 4 painters to a single job and track each person's attendance and work.
Crew management is core to SecureCrews. Create crews, assign them to jobs, track each member's GPS-verified clock-in, and require photo documentation before marking work complete.
Run your first job on SecureCrews this week
Every feature is on from day one: GPS clock-in, tiered proposals, photo-verified milestones, and the dispute vault. No add-on catalog to buy up.
30 days free. No credit card. Cancel anytime.
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GorillaDesk is a registered trademark of GorillaDesk LLC. SecureCrews is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by GorillaDesk LLC. All pricing and feature information on this page is drawn from publicly available materials and was last verified in May 2026. Pricing and features may have changed since this page was last updated.