Tree surgery software in the UK
Software for UK tree-surgery businesses, from small domestic operators to multi-crew commercial contractors. The market spans tree-specific quoting and crew handoff, job management, and specialist safety/compliance systems for high-risk arboricultural work.
9 product records checked against primary sources · 6 in the main tree surgery market · 3 adjacent · 4 buyer situations · last researched
What kind of business are you running?
Choose the closest example to narrow the list.
- Small domestic tree-surgery businessA sole trader or very small company that needs to turn a site visit into a professional quote, schedule the work, retain customer and tree information, invoice, and keep straightforward job records without a large-company implementation.5 products
- Established crew-based tree contractorA business with an office or surveyor-to-crew handoff where tree-specific site information, work descriptions, risk documents and resources need to reach one or more working teams cleanly.8 products
- Compliance-first tree contractorA tree-surgery company that may already have quoting and accounting covered but needs one auditable system for high-risk site work, people, equipment and evidence.4 products
- Commercial / multi-crew tree contractorA larger contractor running several crews and/or commercial, council, estate or facilities work where job cost, permissions, site evidence and organisational visibility matter.8 products
The wider market
The 6 records in the main tree surgery market, including those that do not fit the situation selected above. Prices are the lowest publicly verified starting price.
| Product | Starting price | UK fit | Scale | Relevance | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arb Pro | From £60 monthly contractor tiers by included desktop, quoting and work-app licences; VAT extra | Strong UK fit | Solo, Small team, Mid-market, Larger contractor | Core | |
| ArbHub | From £48 user-band plans; lowest amount is monthly equivalent on annual billing | Strong UK fit | Solo, Small team, Mid-market, Larger contractor | Core | |
| ArboStar | From £109 tiered by office and team licences; starting amount is monthly equivalent on annual billing | Strong UK fit | Small team, Mid-market, Larger contractor, Multi-location, Enterprise | Core | |
| ArbScribe | Unknown | Strong UK fit | Solo, Small team | Core | |
| ClearCut | From £19 RAMS-only entry plan or full compliance platform tiered by user count | Strong UK fit | Solo, Small team, Mid-market, Larger contractor | Core | |
| Treetask | From £0 promotional free access until 30 November 2026; then monthly team-size plans from £35 + VAT | Strong UK fit | Solo, Small team, Mid-market | Core |
Adjacent and excluded products
3 adjacent and 0 explicitly excluded records, recorded outside the main tree surgery market, with the reason in each case. An adjacent product may still fit one of the buyer situations above.
Why it is not in the main set: A contractor looking for tree-specific site surveying, quoting, crew job packs and invoicing in one arboriculture-first operating system.
UK tree-surgery firms wanting structured compliance sharing, tickets, RAMS, assets, training and tender-readiness without replacing their operational CRM.
Why it is not in the main set: A buyer that specifically wants tree-inventory/tree-species data, arboriculture-native survey templates or deep LOLER/HAVS/equipment compliance.
Small and growing UK tree-surgery teams that want a modern general trade platform with quoting, crew scheduling, profitability, RAMS, invoicing and payments.
Why it is not in the main set: Businesses whose priority is tree inventory/mapping, arborist-specific compliance libraries or larger multi-branch controls.
Solo and small-team contractors that care about quote-to-invoice workflow, subcontractors and seeing real labour/plant/disposal margin on tree jobs.
How this market was researched
- Last systematic research
- Research rounds
- 3
- Product records published
- 9 product records checked against primary sources
- Classification breakdown
- 6 in the main tree surgery market · 3 adjacent
- Buyer situations identified
- Small domestic tree-surgery business · Established crew-based tree contractor · Compliance-first tree contractor · Commercial / multi-crew tree contractor
Coverage
Three research passes converged on a compact specialist core: Arb Pro, ArbScribe and Treetask for UK contractor operations; ArboStar as the strongest UK-supported international specialist; and ClearCut/ArbHub for compliance-first arborist workflows. Broader trade and compliance platforms are retained as adjacent alternatives.
Research rounds
- Tree-surgery contractor software is distinct from arboricultural survey/tree-asset software. BS5837/BS3998 survey, GIS and estate-tree-management products are retained for a separate future market.
- The contractor workflow is commonly enquiry -> site survey -> tree-specific quote -> permissions/risk -> crew job pack -> work -> completion evidence -> invoice.
- Compliance-first is a real buyer situation rather than merely a feature checklist: specialist products exist for RAMS, PUWER/LOLER, HAVS, equipment inspections, qualifications and auditable site evidence.
- Current ArbHub product pages are compliance-first. Older ArbHub policy text referring to quotes/invoices is retained as historical research evidence but is not used as the current product description.
- ArbScribe exposes Starter/Pro/Enterprise in-app purchase amounts in the UK App Store, but the billing period is not established in current primary evidence, so the canonical starting-price claim remains unknown.