A lawn, landscape or pest shop looking at RealGreen by WorkWave alternatives gets seasonal programs, route order with drive time, application records and invoicing in one place with TradesBackbone. RealGreen, part of WorkWave, is all-in-one business software for lawn care, landscaping and other green industry companies, including Service Assistant. A lawn care or landscaping company of 3 to 25 people looking at alternatives usually needs seasonal programs, routes and application records, plus reviews, posts and a front desk that knows the business. Martello's answer is one connected stack: TradesBackbone for programs and routes, Mycel as the brain, ReputeLift for reviews and SynthPrism for posts.
Who Real Green fits, in its own words
RealGreen says it is "all-in-one business software for lawn care, landscaping and other green industry companies" and that it is part of WorkWave.
It lists lawn care, landscaping, tree and arbor care, irrigation, snow removal, holiday lighting and exterior pest control, and says it supports "growing local operators as well as large, multi-location businesses and consolidators."
Its products include Service Assistant 5, Measurement Assistant, Dynamic Routing and the Wavelytics analytics platform.
From Real Green's own public site, read October 28, 2026. Products change; check their site for the current picture.
What a shop of 3 to 25 people actually needs
Every field service app schedules, estimates and invoices. The work that slips in a small shop is around the app: the missed call, the review nobody asked for, the post nobody wrote. Here is how the jobs side runs in TradesBackbone.
Seasonal programs that schedule themselves
On Pro, set a customer on a Seasonal Program or Per Application cadence and the next visit is generated when it is due.
Route order with drive time
On Pro, assign a crew to a day and route order proposes the sequence with drive time per leg.
Application record on every visit
The lawn setup adds an Application Record (product, rate, target) to each job, and the Application Summary Report pulls it together.
Invoice per application or per month
Invoice each application as it is done, or invoice every completed visit at month end in one pass, with card and bank payment links.
One connected stack, with Mycel as the brain
TradesBackbone runs the jobs: scheduling, dispatch, estimates, invoices, card payments and follow-ups. Mycel is the brain, the shop's memory and the owner's desk, and with Mycel connected, the AI front desk answers customers from what you choose to share there. ReputeLift asks for the review when a job is marked complete and works on getting you found in Google and AI search. SynthPrism drafts your social posts and publishes them.
Mycel
The brain
Your business's memory and the owner's desk: notes, files and what your shop knows, in one place. With Mycel connected, TradesBackbone's AI front desk can answer customers from what you choose to share there.
TradesBackbone
Customer ops for the trade shop
Scheduling, dispatch, estimates, invoices, card payments and follow-ups, with the office at a desk and techs on a phone working the same records.
ReputeLift
Reviews and getting found
Review asks at the right moment, replies in your voice, and getting found in Google and AI search. Marking a job complete in TradesBackbone can hand the review ask to ReputeLift.
SynthPrism
Posts, drafted and published
Drafts your social posts and publishes them, so the shop keeps showing up without anyone sitting down to write.
Moving your records over
There is no Real Green preset on the import screen. Export your accounts as a CSV or Excel file, upload it, and confirm the column matching: any header layout works. You see every row before anything is saved, and importing the same file twice updates records instead of making duplicates.
Real Green alternatives: questions shop owners ask
What are the alternatives to Real Green for a small lawn care company?+
Smaller lawn care and landscaping companies often compare a few field service apps. Look for seasonal programs, route order and application records, then ask what happens around the app: calls, reviews, posts. Martello's answer is one connected stack, TradesBackbone for programs and routes with Mycel as the brain, ReputeLift for reviews and SynthPrism for posts.
Who is Real Green built for?+
By its own description (read October 28, 2026), RealGreen is business software for lawn care, landscaping and other green industry companies, part of WorkWave, supporting growing local operators as well as large, multi-location businesses and consolidators.
Can I bring my Real Green customers into TradesBackbone?+
Yes, as a file. There is no Real Green preset, so export your customers as CSV or Excel, upload the file and confirm the column matching. You see every row before anything is saved.
Can TradesBackbone run a multi-step fertilization program?+
Yes, on Pro and Elite. A recurring program carries the cadence, price and route day, and the next visit is generated when it is due. The Program Progress Report shows where each customer is in the program.
How do I find out if it fits my company?+
Start a free trial and look around, or book a 15-minute walkthrough of TradesBackbone first.