Aspire is the better pick for a large landscaping company that runs maintenance, construction and snow in one system, with job costing, purchasing and a subcontractor portal. Icey is the better pick for a snow and ice company that wants to start free, sign up without a demo, and see its price before it talks to anyone.
We make Icey Software, so read this with that in mind. Aspire, part of the ServiceTitan family, describes itself as a platform “designed for enterprise-level landscape businesses”, and snow and ice is one of the industries it serves. Every Aspire fact below is from Aspire’s own website, checked on October 27, 2026. Plans change, so confirm with Aspire before you decide.
Quick answer
- Pick Aspire if you are a large landscape company with snow as one of your services, and you want estimating, scheduling, job costing, purchasing and invoicing for every season in one system, with implementation and a customer success manager included.
- Pick Icey if snow and ice is the business. Free forever up to 10 sites and 5 crew. Every feature. You sign up yourself, with no demo call, and quote per-event rate cards with de-icing as its own visit, with the salt included in the price or listed separately.
- Price: Aspire doesn’t publish prices; it quotes by company size and complexity. Icey is free for up to 10 sites and 5 crew; above that, paid plans are priced by sites, from $119 CAD a month for 11–35 sites, with every driver included.
Side by side (as of October 2026)
| Icey Software | Aspire | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Snow and ice contractors | Landscaping and commercial cleaning businesses — “enterprise-level landscape businesses”; snow and ice is one of its industries |
| Free plan | Free forever up to 10 sites and 5 crew. Every feature. Unlimited admin and office users and unlimited clients. | None listed on its site |
| Price | Published: free, then from $119 CAD a month for 11–35 sites, every driver included — see the pricing page | Not published: “Pricing varies based on company size, complexity, and what solution best fits your business.” One licence fee, billed monthly |
| Plans | Free, then one monthly price by your number of sites | Named by annual revenue on its snow page: Aspire Growth ($1 to $5 million), Aspire Enterprise ($5 to $13 million), Aspire Corporate (over $13 million) |
| Users | Unlimited admin and office users; every driver on paid plans | “There is no limit to the number of users.” |
| Currency | Prices are in CAD; companies in the United States pay USD prices | Not named on its site |
| Getting started | Sign up yourself — no credit card, no demo call | Book a demo; one-to-one implementation, training and a dedicated customer success manager are included |
| Terms | Monthly, no contract; cancel and you are back on Free with nothing deleted | A contract, with the price protected for its term and a service-level agreement in it; some services, electronic payments and GPS fleet management among them, are quoted separately |
| Quotes and estimates | Per-event rate cards (plowing and de-icing priced as separate visits) or a seasonal contract paid in monthly instalments, with the salt included in the price or listed separately; the client reviews and signs on their phone from the email | Estimating templates and kits built on your production factors; takeoffs measured with its PropertyIntel integration |
| Site maps | Each site’s service area drawn on satellite imagery | Plans from aerial imagery; site maps with directional arrows and snow pile storage marked |
| Dispatch and routes | Storm board to dispatch the storm; routes optimized for traffic with priority sites first | Real-time scheduling across one or more crews with visual routing; crews and subs scheduled on the fly |
| Crew app | Field Mode: GPS, one-tap job timers, photos at every site and material logs; keeps recording with no signal. iPhone app; Android crews use the web app (the Android app is in testing) | Aspire Mobile on Apple and Android, with offline use; geotagged clock-in and clock-out; hours and materials logged to each work ticket; issues reported with photos and video |
| Salt and de-icing | A material log per site at every visit — what went down, how much and when — kept in your own records | Crews log the materials used on each work ticket, for job costing |
| Proof of service | A site report for every completed visit, with the time it was completed and the photos | Text or email to the customer when a job is completed; issue reports with photos and video through the customer portal |
| Subcontractors | No subcontractor tools for new accounts | A subcontractor portal for schedules, work tickets and quantities for each visit |
| Customer updates | You email each site report with a tap, or switch on a once-a-day email | SMS reminders the day before a visit, completion messages by text or email, and a customer portal |
| Payments | Recorded by hand; card payments are not built in | Card or ACH bank transfer through the customer portal (electronic payment services are quoted separately) |
| Accounting | Invoice drafts from the visits your crews logged; CSV export in the format QuickBooks imports, no direct sync | Integrations with QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online and Acumatica, among others, and an open API |
| Job costing | No job-costing tools; Icey records each visit’s times, photos and materials | Real-time job costing against your estimates |
| Landscaping | No — snow and ice only | Yes — maintenance and construction |
| Based in | North Vancouver, BC | Chesterfield, Missouri |
Where Aspire is stronger
- Every season in one system. Aspire runs landscape maintenance, construction and snow from one platform, so the same clients, crews and job costs carry through the year. Icey is for snow and ice only.
- Job costing and purchasing. Aspire compares actual job costs with your estimates as the work happens, and includes purchasing, inventory and equipment tools. Icey has no job-costing tools.
- Winter subcontractors. Aspire’s subcontractor portal carries schedules, work tickets and quantities for each visit. Icey has no subcontractor tools for new accounts.
- Android and offline. Aspire Mobile works on Apple and Android phones and offline. Icey’s Android app is still in testing, so Android crews use Icey in the phone’s browser.
- Customers and payments. Aspire texts customers the day before a visit, tells them by text or email when a job is done, and lets them pay by card or ACH through its customer portal. In Icey you email each site report with a tap, or switch on a once-a-day email, and mark an invoice paid by hand.
- Accounting and support. Aspire integrates with QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online and Acumatica, and its fee includes implementation, training and a dedicated customer success manager. Icey exports a CSV file in the format QuickBooks imports.
Where Icey is stronger, or simply different
- A price you can see, and a free plan. Free forever up to 10 sites and 5 crew. Every feature. Paid plans are on the pricing page. Aspire quotes each company after a demo and lists no free plan.
- Start today, by yourself. Sign up, add your sites and run the next storm. There is no demo or implementation project to schedule first.
- No contract. Icey’s paid plans are monthly, so you can drop back to Free for the summer and nothing is deleted. Aspire is sold on a contract.
- De-icing priced as its own visit. Per-event rate cards price plowing and de-icing as separate visits, with the salt included in the price or listed separately. Accepting the quote makes the site active for the season.
- Built around storms. A storm board dispatches the whole storm, and the crew app records GPS, times, photos at every site and the salt and de-icer put down, with a site report for every completed visit. See proof of service and salt tracking.
- Weather on every plan. The Weather Center shows the forecast for your service area, with a “Notify me” alert you can switch on for when it crosses your snowfall trigger.
- The currency on the price. Prices are in CAD; companies in the United States pay USD prices. Aspire’s site names no price, and so no currency.
We have not run a storm on Aspire, so we can’t tell you how Aspire Mobile feels in a storm or what Aspire would quote you. If Aspire’s approach appeals but your company is smaller than its plans are named for, ask Aspire about Crew Control, which it describes as “lightweight business management tools for small to medium businesses”. We haven’t compared Crew Control here.
Who should pick which
- A landscape company in the revenue range Aspire’s plans are named for, with snow as one service: Aspire.
- You run many winter subcontractors: Aspire.
- You want job costing, purchasing and accounting integrations in the same system: Aspire.
- Your crews carry Android phones and want a store app: Aspire.
- Snow and ice is the whole business: Icey.
- A small crew that wants to start free (Icey: up to 10 sites and 5 crew): Icey.
- You want to see the price and sign up without a sales call: Icey.
Sources
- Aspire plans, checked October 27, 2026: “designed for enterprise-level landscape businesses”, “No limits on users”, the pricing FAQ (priced by company size and complexity, one licence fee billed monthly, the price protected for the contract’s term, services quoted separately), what is included, live support hours and the Chesterfield, MO address.
- Aspire snow removal software, checked October 27, 2026: the snow features, Aspire Mobile on Apple and Android with offline use, the plans by annual revenue, and the accounting integrations.
- Aspire and Aspire Mobile, checked October 27, 2026: who it serves, the ServiceTitan family, Crew Control, and the mobile app.
- Icey Software pricing and what Icey does.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Aspire cost?
Aspire doesn’t publish prices. As of October 27, 2026, its plans page says pricing “varies based on company size, complexity, and what solution best fits your business”, billed as one monthly licence fee with no limit on users, under a contract. You book a demo to get a quote.
Does Aspire have a free plan or a free trial?
None is listed on its site, checked October 27, 2026; you start by booking a demo. Icey’s Free plan is free forever for up to 10 sites and 5 crew, with every feature.
Is Aspire good for snow removal?
For a larger landscape company that does snow, yes: Aspire builds snow plans from aerial imagery, marks snow pile storage on site maps, schedules crews and subcontractors, logs hours and materials to work tickets, and compares job costs with estimates. For a snow-only company it may be more system than you need.
Can a small snow company use Aspire?
Aspire’s snow page names its plans by annual revenue, starting with Aspire Growth for companies generating $1 to $5 million. Ask Aspire about a smaller company; its family also includes Crew Control, which it describes as lightweight business management tools for small to medium businesses.
Which one works on Android?
Aspire says Aspire Mobile works on Apple and Android phones and offline. Icey has an iPhone app on the App Store; its Android app is still in testing, so Android crews sign in at iceysoftware.com and use Field Mode in the phone’s browser.
Does Icey connect to QuickBooks like Aspire?
Not directly. Icey exports invoices as a CSV file in the format QuickBooks imports, and you import it yourself. Aspire lists integrations with QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online and Acumatica.
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