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Templates for Service Businesses.

Job, route and pricing tools for cleaning companies, maid services, janitorial and commercial cleaners, turnover crews, and anyone else running a route of recurring clients out of one van. Work out what an hour of your own time costs, charge every visit the drive it really consumes, and find out which clients and which days actually make money.

The drive is part of the job

Almost every template built for this trade prices the hours you spend on site. But a two-hour job forty minutes away does not cost you two hours — it costs most of a morning, and the difference lands quietly in whatever is left at the end of the year. The tools here price the whole clock: overhead, the van, your own pay, the crew, the supplies, and the driving between stops.

New to the numbers? Start free with the recurring job schedule planner — no signup — then read what route density is and why it sets your real hourly rate.

Weighing your options? Compare a spreadsheet vs field-service software for the stage your business is at. Quoting fixed prices for plumbing, electrical or HVAC work instead? The service-trades hub is the one you want.

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5 templates

A job-and-route manager that costs every recurring client including the drive, a flat-rate pricing book for the fixed-price side of the work, and the shift and time tools behind the labor — in Excel and Google Sheets.

Where we fit

Compare the setup effort, collaboration, and automation you need. Ardent Workshop sells ready-made templates; a custom spreadsheet or software platform may fit better depending on the job.

  1. Blank spreadsheet

    Build the structure around your own process, with time set aside for formulas, layout, and maintenance.

    • Flexible structure
    • You build it
    • Software costs vary
  2. You are here

    Ardent Workshop

    Owned, structured, connected workbooks — a one-time price, yours to keep.

    • One-time price
    • Structured & connected
    • Yours to own
  3. Software platform

    Consider a platform when you need shared workflows, automation, or integrations. Check the specific plan, permissions, and export options.

    • Features vary
    • Check total cost
    • Check data portability

Running an operation that's genuinely outgrown the file? Ardent Seller isn't the generic SaaS app this ladder warns about — it's maker-first software built by the same workshop: your data stays yours, you can start free or pay as you go with no subscription required, and it's sized for your operation, not someone bigger. The platform to graduate to when a spreadsheet honestly can't keep up.

Reading list

Where a defensible hourly rate comes from when half the paid week is spent driving, stocking and invoicing.