Cleaning business software that runs the whole company, not one spreadsheet of it
One place for contracts, schedules, crews, proof of service, inspections, client reporting and invoices. Built by a cleaning company, free for your first two buildings.
Most cleaning companies under about 25 people run on three tools that do not talk to each other: a calendar or spreadsheet for the schedule, a group chat for the crew, and an accounting app for invoices. Proof of service lives in someone's photo roll. When a client asks whether anyone came on Tuesday, the answer takes twenty minutes to assemble.
Cleaning business software replaces that stack with one record per visit. The contract says how often you clean and for how much; the software generates the visits; the cleaner checks in with GPS and works through a checklist; a supervisor inspects; the client sees all of it in a portal; and the invoice is built from what actually happened. Nothing has to be re-typed between steps, which is where most small companies lose money and credibility.
Who it is for, and who it is not
Honest scoping saves you a trial you will abandon.
A good fit if
Commercial cleaning and janitorial companies from a single owner-operator up to a few dozen cleaners across 2–40 buildings.
Owners who are quoting new contracts and need to look as organised as the larger firm bidding against them.
Companies whose clients ask for proof: who came, when, what was done, and what the last inspection scored.
Startups picking their first system, because the Free plan covers two buildings and five people with no card and no time limit.
Teams whose cleaners speak different languages: the app is in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian and German.
Look elsewhere if
Residential maid services that need online booking widgets, customer self-scheduling and route optimisation across a city. Look at residential-specific tools.
Companies that need payroll, timesheet-based wage calculation or HR onboarding. Connecteam or a payroll provider covers that; FacilityCare IQ records visit times, not wages.
Large contractors with hundreds of sites and an RFP-driven procurement process. Janitorial Manager and Otuvy sell into that segment with implementation teams.
Anyone who needs a general accounting ledger. Invoices and payments live here; the books still live in QuickBooks or Xero.
The connected workflow, from contract to invoice
Every feature below exists because the previous step produces the data the next one needs. That is the difference between cleaning business software and a bundle of apps.
01Contract
Each client site is set up once: address, access notes, scope, frequency and price. The contract is the source of truth for everything that follows.
02Recurring visits
Visits are generated from the contract's frequency: a 3x-a-week office produces three visits a week, on the days agreed, assigned to the crew you choose.
The cleaner checks in from the crew app when they arrive and out when they leave. Location and time are stored against the visit, so proof of service is a record, not a memory.
Invoices are built from the visits that actually happened, including extras added mid-month. Clients pay online; the platform fee is the only per-invoice cost.
How it compares to Swept, Jobber, Otuvy and Connecteam
You will meet these four names in the same search. Each is a good product for someone; here is who that someone is, with vendor-published prices as of September 2026.
Swept
Pricing as of September 2026: Launch from $30/month, Optimize from $150/month, Scale from $225/month, each priced per band of locations. No free plan.
Choose Swept if you want the longest-established janitorial-only vendor, your priority is time tracking and crew messaging, and you already invoice elsewhere.
Choose FacilityCare IQ if you want invoicing and a client portal in the same system, a free plan to start on, and pricing that does not step up by location band.
Pricing as of September 2026: Core $49/month ($29 annual) for 1 user, Connect $139 ($99) for 5 users, Grow $199 ($149) for 10 users, Plus $499 ($399); extra users $29/month each. 14-day trial, no free plan.
Choose Jobber if you run a mixed field-service business (cleaning plus lawn care, handyman or similar) and polished quoting and payments matter more than cleaning-specific inspections.
Choose FacilityCare IQ if you only clean, you need inspection reports and zone checklists, and you do not want to pay $29 per extra user every month.
Pricing as of September 2026: QM Inspect $150/month for 5 users plus $25 per extra user, QM Pro $250/month plus $45 per extra user, and a one-time implementation fee. No free plan.
Choose Otuvy if your clients require a formal quality-assurance programme with deep inspection analytics and you already have scheduling and billing tools you like.
Choose FacilityCare IQ if you want inspections as part of the operating system rather than a separate $150-a-month product, and you do not want an implementation fee.
Pricing as of September 2026: Small Business plan free for up to 10 users. Above that, each hub is priced separately: Operations Basic $29/month billed annually ($35 monthly) for the first 30 users plus about $0.80–$1.00 per extra user, Advanced $49 ($59), Expert $99 ($119).
Choose Connecteam if what you mainly need is scheduling, a time clock, chat and HR forms for any kind of workforce, and your clients never ask for proof-of-service reports or a portal.
Choose FacilityCare IQ if the thing you sell is a clean building and you need buildings, recurring contracts, inspections, client proof and invoicing modelled as first-class objects.
Answered directly, with prices dated September 2026.
What is the best software for cleaning companies with scheduling and billing?+
The best fit for a small commercial cleaning company is software where the schedule and the invoice come from the same contract, so nothing is re-typed. FacilityCare IQ generates recurring visits from each contract and builds invoices from the visits that were completed, with GPS check-ins and photos attached as proof. Jobber also pairs scheduling with billing but is built for general field service, and Swept schedules and tracks time but does not invoice.
What is the best cleaning company software for a small business?+
For a company with one to a few dozen cleaners, look for software with no per-user fees, a real free tier and a crew app your cleaners will actually open. FacilityCare IQ's Free plan covers 2 buildings and 5 people with no time limit; Pro is $29/month for 15 buildings and 30 people. Per-seat products such as Jobber ($29 per extra user) and Otuvy ($25–$45 per extra user) get expensive as soon as you hire.
Is there cleaning business startup software that is free?+
Yes. FacilityCare IQ is free for up to 2 buildings and 5 team members with no credit card and no expiry, which covers most first-year cleaning businesses. Connecteam is also free for up to 10 users, but it is workforce management (time clock, chat, forms) rather than client-facing cleaning software: it will not produce an inspection report, a client portal or an invoice.
What is cleaning workforce management software, and do I need it?+
Workforce management software handles the people side: shifts, time clock, availability, chat and HR paperwork. Cleaning business software handles the service side: which building, what scope, proof it was done, what the client sees and what they are billed. Under about 25 employees most companies only need the second, because FacilityCare IQ already records who checked in where and when. Add a dedicated workforce tool when you need payroll-grade timesheets or HR onboarding.
How much does janitorial software cost?+
As of September 2026, published prices run from free to about $250 a month for small companies. FacilityCare IQ is $0 for 2 buildings and $29/month ($23 annual) for 15; Swept starts at $30/month per location band; Jobber runs $49–$499/month plus $29 per extra user; Otuvy's QM Inspect is $150/month for 5 users; Connecteam is free to 10 users then from $29/month per hub. Janitorial Manager starts at $1,000/month and is aimed at larger contractors.
Does cleaning business software replace QuickBooks?+
No. FacilityCare IQ creates and sends invoices and takes online payment, but it is not an accounting ledger: your books, taxes and payroll stay in QuickBooks, Xero or your accountant's system. What it replaces is the manual step of working out what to invoice each client from a calendar and a stack of photos.
Do my cleaners need to install an app, and is it on Android?+
Cleaners use the FacilityCare IQ crew app for GPS check-in, checklists, photos and issue reports. Crew app on iOS today. Android is coming soon. Managers and clients use the web app on any device. If most of your crew is on Android right now, the web app works in their phone's browser for check-ins and checklists in the meantime.
What is the difference between cleaning business software and commercial cleaning software?+
In practice they describe the same product from two angles. 'Cleaning business software' is the company-wide view: scheduling, crews, clients, billing and reporting for any cleaning company. 'Commercial cleaning software' narrows to the contract-cleaning workflow, where the client is a building owner or property manager on a recurring contract and proof of service and inspections carry more weight. FacilityCare IQ is built for the second and covers the first.
This page covers running the whole cleaning company. If your work is recurring commercial contracts with property managers, where proof of service and inspections decide renewals, the commercial cleaning software page goes deeper on that workflow. Commercial cleaning software