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ZenMaid and Maidily are both built specifically for cleaning businesses and both avoid per-user pricing. The difference is what their tiers meter: ZenMaid meters appointments on its entry tier and bills SMS separately; Maidily meters monthly job count on every plan — and each occurrence of a recurring clean counts as a job.
How they differ
Read each pricing page for what it measures, not what it charges — that is where these two diverge.
On Maidily, each scheduled cleaning appointment is a job — including every occurrence of a recurring clean. One weekly customer consumes four to five jobs a month, so plan caps arrive faster than they look.
ZenMaid caps appointments only on its $19 Starter tier — 40 per month, about one cleaner's workload. Above that, the meter moves to SMS: usage is billed separately on every ZenMaid plan.
Maidily offers a free plan with 10 jobs a month and a $29 Start plan with 50 — genuinely useful for a brand-new solo cleaner. ZenMaid's floor is $19 with the appointment cap.
Maidily brings customer self-booking, automated reminders, two-way messaging, QuickBooks, short-term-rental calendar integrations, and API access, varying by plan. ZenMaid answers with booking forms, its message template library, payroll reports, and an advertised free 1:1 data transfer.
The math
Three cleaners on weekly and biweekly routes run roughly 180 cleans a month. On Maidily's counting, that is 180 jobs — far past the Free and Start caps — so the realistic tiers look like this.
| Plan | Monthly | Per year | What the price leaves out |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZenMaid Pro | $39 | $468 | SMS charges billed separately; booking forms carry ZenMaid branding. |
| ZenMaid Pro Max | $49 | $588 | SMS charges billed separately. |
| Maidily Free | $0 | $0 | 10 jobs/month — two to three recurring customers. A trial, not a team plan. |
| Maidily Start | $29 | $348 | 50 jobs/month — one cleaner's volume at most. |
| Maidily top advertised tier | $99 | $1,188 | Confirm the job allowance for your volume on Maidily's pricing page. |
| Cleanr — the third option | $39, or $24.92 effective on yearly billing | $299 flat | Cleaning-only software; whole crew included. Card processing applies only when customers pay invoices online. |
For a solo cleaner just starting out, Maidily's free and $29 tiers are the cheapest real options in the category. For a working team, the job-count math flips it: ZenMaid Pro at $468 a year undercuts Maidily's upper tier by more than half — before SMS usage, which is ZenMaid's own asterisk.
Feature by feature
Drawn from each product's published pricing and feature pages. Both vary features by plan — verify the tier that fits your volume.
| Capability | ZenMaid | Maidily |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Maid services specifically | Maid services specifically |
| Pricing model | Three flat tiers, $19–$49/month; SMS charges extra on all | Job-count tiers, $0–$99/month; unlimited users on every plan |
| What the tiers meter | Appointments on Starter (40/month); SMS usage on all plans | Monthly job count — each recurring occurrence counts as a job |
| Free entry point | None — Starter is $19/month | Free plan with 10 jobs/month |
| Customer self-booking | Booking forms on Pro and higher, ZenMaid branded | Self-booking included, varying by plan |
| Messaging | Email and SMS template library; SMS billed separately | Automated reminders and two-way messaging by plan |
| Integrations | QuickBooks and Zapier | QuickBooks, short-term-rental calendars, and API access by plan |
| Migration help | Free 1:1 transfer of contacts and calendar advertised | Confirm onboarding options with Maidily |
The honest comparison
You run steady recurring volume and want costs that do not move with job count, plus the deeper maid-service toolkit — message library, payroll reports, guided transfer. Budget SMS honestly; it is the variable line on every ZenMaid plan.
You are early — a solo cleaner or a very small team inside the job caps — or you specifically want its free entry, self-booking, two-way messaging, short-term-rental integrations, or API access at a lower entry price than the established players.
The third option
Cleanr prices like neither: no job counting, no SMS meter, one flat plan for the whole crew. If your volume is past Maidily's caps and you do not need ZenMaid's messaging library, it is the simplest total cost in this pairing.
$299 per year or $39 per month, with the same Cleanr feature set on both plans and the whole crew included. Card processing applies only when customers pay invoices online; cash and check cost nothing extra.
Recurring scheduling, staff dispatch, time on site, before-and-after photos, home access notes, quotes, and invoices — the workflow a cleaning company runs every day, with nothing gated behind a higher tier.
Both plans start with a 7-day free trial. Rebuild one representative week of cleans, dispatch a cleaner, send a test invoice, and see whether it fits before you commit either way.
Keep comparing
Read the full ZenMaid comparison and Maidily comparison, browse the cleaning software alternatives hub, or see ZenMaid vs. Launch27 for the booking-first pairing.
FAQ
Each scheduled cleaning appointment counts as one job, including every occurrence of a recurring clean. A weekly customer therefore consumes four to five jobs each month, so a three-cleaner team running about 180 cleans a month sits far beyond the Free plan's 10 jobs and the Start plan's 50.
For a team, ZenMaid. Its Pro tier costs $468 per year at $39 per month plus SMS charges, while a team past Maidily's lower caps lands on its top advertised tier at $99 per month — $1,188 per year. For a solo cleaner inside the caps, Maidily's free and $29 tiers are cheaper than anything ZenMaid offers. Prices checked August 2026.
As a trial of the real product, yes — it includes unlimited users. But 10 jobs a month covers only two to three recurring customers, so an active cleaner outgrows it almost immediately by design.
Cleanr is a cleaning-only option at $299 per year or $39 per month with the same Cleanr feature set on both plans and no job counting. It covers recurring scheduling, staff dispatch, time on site, photos, quotes, invoices, and online payment links after connecting Cleanr Pay through Stripe, with a 7-day free trial.
ZenMaid pricing and plan limits were verified against its official pricing page on August 9, 2026. Maidily pricing reflects its official pricing page, checked August 2026; Maidily counts each scheduled appointment, including recurring occurrences, as a job. Plans, limits, and fees change; confirm current details with each vendor before deciding. Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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