Comparison
ArborNote alternative for the plant health care side.
ArborNote maps trees, builds proposals, and runs crews. It is built for the big commercial and residential tree services and it is good at inventory. What it does not do is the clinical work: diagnosis, product and rate, label check, prescription. If you are searching for an ArborNote alternative because PHC is the part that is still on paper, this is the honest version.
Jobber sync
ConnectedTwelve Jobber event types are handled, and each one can be forwarded to your own webhook endpoint.
Short version
ArborNote will put every tree on the property on a map and turn that map into a proposal. It will not tell you what is wrong with tree 14, what to put in it, how much per inch, or whether the label allows it. PHC Rx starts where the map stops.
ArborNote
Tree care and landscape business software built around a GPS tree inventory. Map trees in the field from the mobile app, build branded proposals off the inventory, manage a CRM with multi-year contracts, run an estimator and crew calendar, push work orders with JSA forms and compliance checklists to a separate crew app, take payments, and sync to QuickBooks and HubSpot. Priced per user; third-party listings show an Essential plan and an Enterprise plan with a free trial.
Best for: a larger tree service or landscape maintenance company that sells off a property inventory, runs multi-year contracts, and wants the map at the center of the sale.
PHC Rx
Diagnosis, species-specific treatment, label check, and a prescription the client approves. It sits beside your scheduling tool rather than replacing it.
Best for: companies that sell plant health care and need the clinical record behind it.
Feature by feature
What each one does
GPS tree inventory
ArborNote
Core product; rapid mapping in the field
PHC Rx
Every plan: species, DBH, GPS, photos, diagnostic state, treatment history
Proposals
ArborNote
Branded proposals built off the inventory
PHC Rx
Prescriptions with a finding, confidence, product, timing, and price per inch; client approves from a link
CRM and contracts
ArborNote
CRM with multi-year contracts, HubSpot sync
PHC Rx
Clients and properties shared with the team; no CRM
Estimating and crew scheduling
ArborNote
Estimator and crew calendar
PHC Rx
Follow-up and retreat visits only; sync to Jobber or your scheduler
Crew app and work orders
ArborNote
Separate crew app, JSA forms, compliance checklists, upsell line items
PHC Rx
The prescription is the work order: product, dose, injection sites, label notes
Diagnosis
ArborNote
Not offered
PHC Rx
Five-step weighted diagnosis with a confidence rating
Treatment library with rates
ArborNote
Not offered
PHC Rx
220+ species, 138 pests and diseases, rate per inch of DBH from the label
Pesticide label compliance
ArborNote
Not offered
PHC Rx
Five label checks before the prescription goes out, with documented overrides
Chemical application records
ArborNote
Not offered as a feature
PHC Rx
Product, EPA number, rate, applicator, weather, REI on every application
Tree Risk Assessment
ArborNote
Not offered
PHC Rx
Nine-step wizard, matrices built in, branded report
Accounting
ArborNote
QuickBooks sync, payments
PHC Rx
Invoicing stays in your business tool
Pricing
ArborNote
Per user. Listings show Essential $240/user/mo and Enterprise $350/user/mo; 10% off annual; free trial
PHC Rx
Solo $99/mo, Teams 5 $199/mo, up to $699/mo unlimited. Month to month, 7-day trial
Choose ArborNote if
- You sell large commercial and HOA properties off a tree inventory and the map is the sales tool.
- You run multi-year contracts and need the CRM to track renewals.
- You want JSA forms and compliance checklists on every crew work order.
- HubSpot and QuickBooks sync matter to the office.
Choose PHC Rx if
- You sell plant health care and need the diagnosis, the rate per inch, and the label check documented, not just mapped.
- The PHC tech decides treatments from experience and you want that on the record with a confidence number.
- You already have an inventory or scheduling tool and want to add the clinical layer instead of replacing anything.
- You want a price per company, not per user.
Where ArborNote is the right call
A company that manages 300 trees for an HOA needs every one of them on a map with a condition and a history, needs to turn that map into a proposal for the board, and needs the crew app to know which tree is which when the truck shows up. ArborNote is built for that, and the compliance checklists and JSA forms on the work order are the kind of thing a commercial client asks for. If the pain is the inventory and the proposal, that is where the money should go.
What it does not do, and why it matters for PHC
ArborNote's product pages describe mapping, proposals, CRM, estimating, scheduling, and the crew app. They do not describe diagnosis, treatment selection, rates, or label checks. So the inventory says tree 14 is a 22 inch red oak in fair condition, and the proposal says "PHC treatment, $396", and what goes in the tree is still whatever the tech remembers from the last one. Nothing checked whether the finding was borer or oak wilt, whether emamectin is labeled for it, or whether the tree was injected last spring.
That is the part PHC Rx runs: a weighted diagnosis with a confidence, a product off the label table, a rate per inch, and a label check before the client sees a price.
Diagnosis — 12 Oak Ridge Ln
Confidence 86%Add a second positive ID to raise confidence above 90%.
Running both
PHC Rx syncs two-way with Jobber and has a REST API with webhooks. Companies on ArborNote keep the inventory and proposals there and run the PHC trees through PHC Rx; the prescription number goes on the ArborNote line item and the clinical record lives on the tree in PHC Rx. A direct ArborNote sync is on the list; ask and it moves up.
Pricing side by side
ArborNote figures from the GetApp listing, September 2026; the vendor site publishes plans by request. PHC Rx from the pricing page.
Entry plan
- ArborNote
- Essential, listed at $240 per user per month
- PHC Rx
- PHC Solo, $99/mo, 1 seat
Top plan
- ArborNote
- Enterprise, listed at $350 per user per month
- PHC Rx
- Teams Unlimited, $699/mo
Five seats
- ArborNote
- About $1,200/mo on Essential
- PHC Rx
- Teams 5, $199/mo
Contract
- ArborNote
- Monthly; 10% off a 12-month subscription
- PHC Rx
- Monthly, cancel any time; annual is ten months for twelve
Trial
- ArborNote
- Free trial (14 days per the vendor)
- PHC Rx
- 7 days, no card
FAQ
Questions arborists ask
Is PHC Rx a replacement for ArborNote?
Not for tree inventory, proposals, CRM, or crew scheduling. It replaces the notebook, the rate PDF, and the guesswork on the plant health care side. Companies that need both run both.
Does PHC Rx integrate with ArborNote?
Not directly today. It syncs two-way with Jobber and has a public REST API and webhooks. If an ArborNote sync matters to you, tell us; demand moves it up the list.
How does ArborNote pricing compare?
ArborNote is priced per user; third-party listings show $240 per user per month on the entry plan. PHC Rx is priced per company: $99 a month for one seat, $199 for up to five, month to month, with a 7-day trial. For a five-person PHC crew the difference is large.
ArborNote or Arborgold?
Both are business management systems with a tree inventory and PHC as a service line, and both leave the same gap on diagnosis, rates, and label compliance. The Arborgold and SingleOps comparisons are on their own pages.
Can I try PHC Rx while keeping ArborNote?
Yes. The 7-day trial does not touch your existing system. Run one property through the diagnosis and prescription flow and see whether the client approves faster.
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