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Tradework Labs vs Briostack

Both built pest-first. One is deep field-service software you configure yourself. One is the flat-price back office — CRM, AI receptionist, and marketing — we run for you.

Briostack is pest-and-lawn-specific field service software — routing, a technician app with chemical tracking, and a sales CRM, built by a former pest control operator. It doesn't publish pricing or include a phone or chat AI. Tradework Labs is the alternative for the owner-operator shop that wants the CRM and a 24/7 AI receptionist already wired together: $187/mo flat, listed on the homepage, no demo required to find out what it costs.

Pricing and feature claims on this page were verified against briostack.com on July 28, 2026. Briostack doesn't publish prices and packaging changes from time to time — if anything looks off, the live site (or your sales rep) is the source of truth.

At a glance

The honest side-by-side

Where each one wins, in plain language. No asterisks, no marketing math.

Pricing model
Briostack
Not published — a demo is required to get a quote
Tradework Labs
$187/mo flat — all in
Public price
Briostack
Not published
Tradework Labs
On the homepage
Setup
Briostack
Demo and sales-led onboarding
Tradework Labs
Done-for-you, live in under a week
Field technician app
Briostack
Brio Tech — offline-capable, chemical tracking, service history, route optimization
Tradework Labs
Web-based, mobile-friendly — not a dedicated tech app yet
Sales & lead-gen tools
Briostack
Brio Sales — territory management, leaderboards, lead generation
Tradework Labs
Customer, job, and quote history in one CRM
Bids & diagramming
Briostack
Satellite-image annotation for pest proposals
Tradework Labs
Not offered
AI voice receptionist
Briostack
Not offered
Tradework Labs
Included, 24/7
AI chat for website
Briostack
Not offered
Tradework Labs
Included, 24/7
Missed-call text-back
Briostack
Not offered
Tradework Labs
Coming soon
Marketing automation
Briostack
Playbooks — a separate add-on for email/text campaigns
Tradework Labs
Included — campaigns, follow-ups, review requests
Monthly tuning
Briostack
Support tied to your plan, not published
Tradework Labs
Real-person tuning call every month
Built for
Briostack
Pest control & lawn care companies of any size — Briostack claims 3,700+ customers
Tradework Labs
Owner-operator pest shops, 1–15 techs

Briostack does not publish pricing on its website — a demo is required to get a quote. The $187/mo Tradework Labs plan is the same flat price regardless of technician count or customer volume.

Where Briostack wins

Built by pest people, for the field

Briostack is a serious pest-specific product. If these are the things that matter most in your shop, it's worth weighing.

A mature, pest-built field app

Brio Tech is purpose-built for pest and lawn work — offline mode, chemical usage tracking, and route optimization baked in from a company founded by a pest control operator, not a generic trades app retrofit. If your techs need a dedicated mobile app today, this is a real edge.

Built-in sales and territory tools

Brio Sales adds lead generation, territory management, and rep leaderboards on top of the CRM — useful if you run an outbound sales team chasing new accounts, not just inbound calls.

Bids with satellite diagramming

Draw a treatment plan straight onto a satellite image of the property when building a proposal. It's a nice touch for termite and perimeter jobs that Tradework Labs doesn't offer.

Pest-industry pedigree

Briostack was founded by a pest control company CEO, and the product reads like it. If deep pest-specific field tooling from an industry insider matters more to you than a bundled AI front desk, that history counts for something.

Where Tradework Labs wins

For the shop that needs the phone answered, not just the field app

We're not trying to out-build a dedicated pest field-ops tool. We're the back office — CRM, AI front desk, marketing — set up and tuned for the 1–15-tech owner-operator.

Transparent flat pricing

Tradework Labs is $187/mo flat, listed on the homepage. Briostack doesn't publish pricing anywhere — you book a demo before you know what you'll pay. Predictable beats a sales call when you're running the books from the truck.

AI voice + chat receptionist included

Briostack is field-service software — dispatch, billing, a tech app. It doesn't answer the phone. Tradework Labs picks up every inbound call and chat 24/7 and tees up the booking for your team to confirm, on the same flat $187.

Owner stays on the truck

No demo-and-onboarding process to sit through, no separate module to configure for marketing. We set it up, train the AI on your services and pricing, and tune it with you each month — built for the shop where the owner is still doing the work.

Marketing included, not an add-on

Briostack sells its email/text campaign tool, Playbooks, as a separate add-on. Automated review requests, seasonal follow-ups, and recurring campaign blasts are built into the $187/mo at Tradework Labs — nothing extra to turn on.

Month-to-month, no long contract

Field-service software sold through a sales process tends to land on an annual agreement. Tradework Labs is month-to-month with no minimum term. If we stop earning the seat, you walk.

A monthly call, not a support queue

Tradework Labs gives every customer the same thing: a real person on a monthly call to review what the AI took, what it missed, and what to fix before next month.

Best for…

Pick the one that fits how you actually run

Briostack is right if

  • You run an outbound sales team and want leaderboards, territory management, and lead-gen tools
  • Your techs need a dedicated offline mobile app with built-in chemical usage tracking
  • You want satellite-image diagramming for treatment plans and bids
  • You don't mind a demo and a sales process to find out what it costs

Tradework Labs is right if

  • You're an owner-operator pest shop with 1–15 techs
  • You'd rather see a flat price on the homepage than book a demo to find one out
  • You're losing jobs to missed calls and need an AI receptionist that books, not a field-ops upgrade
  • You want CRM + AI + marketing handled and tuned for you, not three modules to configure

Coming off Briostack?

We'll move your customers, jobs, and history over for free

Send us your export and we handle the migration in your first week — customers, recurring contracts, treatment history, and warranty dates included. You don't lift a finger and nothing gets left behind.

  • Customer records & contact info
  • Recurring service contracts (quarterly, bi-monthly, annual)
  • Treatment history & service notes
  • Warranty dates
  • Outstanding balances

Ready when you are

See it tuned for your shop. 15 minutes. No pressure.

Tell us about your services, route, and what you're using now — we'll show you what flat-price, done-for-you looks like for your exact operation. If Briostack is the better fit, we'll say so.

Questions? Email support@tradeworklabs.com