ZenMaid vs Maidily: Which Cleaning Software Fits Your Crew?

ZenMaid charges $19, $39, or $49 a month plus $4, $14, or $24 per team member, and it is the deeper maid-service tool: checklists, cleaner GPS, payroll reports, and cleaning-specific messages. Maidily charges $0, $29, $49, or $99 a month by jobs completed with unlimited users, which makes it cheaper for any crew of three or more. Prices verified September 10, 2026.

This comparison is for solo cleaners and crews of 2 to 5 in the US and Canada. It is based on both vendors’ public pricing and feature pages, not hands-on testing; see how we compare software. For each tool on its own, read the ZenMaid pricing breakdown and the Maidily pricing breakdown.

ZenMaid vs Maidily at a glance

Prices verified September 10, 2026 against the vendor pages listed under Sources checked.

Pricing: who wins at each crew size?

Maidily wins on price for any crew of three or more, and the two are close for one or two people.

Prices verified September 10, 2026 against the vendor pages listed under Sources checked.

Two things drive the difference. ZenMaid’s per-member fee rises with the plan ($4, $14, or $24), so a crew on Pro, which is the plan with checklists, GPS, and booking forms, pays $14 a month per cleaner. Maidily charges nothing per person and instead caps jobs: 50 on Start, 150 on Grow, with extra packs of 50 jobs at $3 or $8 a month.

The comparison that matters most for a crew is ZenMaid Pro against Maidily Grow, because those are the plans with the team features. An owner plus three cleaners pays $81 on ZenMaid Pro and $49 on Maidily Grow, and the gap widens with each hire. ZenMaid Starter is cheaper than Maidily for a crew on paper, but it caps appointments at 40 a month and lacks checklists, GPS, and booking forms, so it rarely fits a crew for long.

Both add SMS and payment processing. ZenMaid bills text messages in bundles starting at $14 for 125 messages, which for a crew sending reminders and confirmations can add $14 to $40 a month. Maidily lists SMS notifications on every plan with no per-message price published; confirm whether volume is capped before relying on it. Both process cards through Stripe or Square at the processor’s rates, compared in the invoicing guide.

Running the crew: where ZenMaid is deeper

ZenMaid is the more complete tool for running a maid service from the office. Pro includes digital checklists for every appointment, cleaner GPS tracking in the mobile app, booking forms for your website, payroll reports, and more automated message templates; Pro Max adds all templates, cleaner availability and PTO tracking, customer service ratings, Mailchimp and Zapier, and data export. For an owner who dispatches teams every morning and wants proof of arrival and a consistent checklist in every home, that set is hard to beat.

Maidily covers the same ground more simply: a team calendar on every plan, team scheduling, time tracking, and PTO tracking on Grow, and team location tracking on Scale. It does not list checklists or payroll reports on its pricing page. Where Maidily is ahead is the customer side and integrations: a customer portal on Grow, QuickBooks on Grow (ZenMaid lists QuickBooks as coming soon), and Airbnb and VRBO calendar integration on Scale for turnover cleaning.

Online booking and customer communication

ZenMaid’s booking forms start on Pro, with ZenMaid branding, and Pro Max removes the branding. Maidily’s hosted booking form starts on Start, its branded form and customer portal start on Grow, and its Free plan lists online booking with quote request forms. For instant online booking at the lowest price, Maidily Start at $29 beats ZenMaid Pro at $39 plus per-member fees. If online booking is the centre of your business rather than a feature, BookingKoala is built around it, and the online booking guide compares the approaches.

On messaging, Maidily offers two-way texting with customers from Start with a $10 a month dedicated number, and custom message templates on Grow. ZenMaid’s strength is one-way automation: a large library of cleaning-specific templates to customers and cleaners, with SMS billed by volume.

Which should you choose?

Choose ZenMaid if:

• You run the business from the office and want checklists, cleaner GPS, and payroll reports in one cleaning-specific tool.
• You are solo or have one cleaner and want the deepest maid-service workflow for $19 to $53 a month.
• You send a lot of automated, cleaning-specific messages and are fine paying for SMS by volume.

Choose Maidily if:

• You have three or more people, where unlimited users make it about half the price of ZenMaid Pro.
• You want to start with software at no cost and see whether it helps, using the Free plan.
• You need QuickBooks now, a customer portal, or Airbnb and VRBO integration.
• Your job volume is steady and predictable, so a job-based plan is easy to size.

For a crew of 2 to 5 doing recurring residential cleaning, Maidily Grow at $49 is the value pick and ZenMaid Pro at $67 to $109 is the depth pick. Run both trials in the same two weeks with your real schedule; the best scheduling software guide puts both alongside BookingKoala, Zenbooker, Jobber, and Housecall Pro.

Key takeaways

• ZenMaid costs $19, $39, or $49 a month plus $4, $14, or $24 per team member; Maidily costs $0, $29, $49, or $99 a month by jobs with unlimited users, as of September 10, 2026.
• For an owner plus three cleaners, ZenMaid Pro is about $81 a month and Maidily Grow is $49.
• ZenMaid is deeper for running the crew: checklists, cleaner GPS, payroll reports, and cleaning-specific message templates.
• Maidily is stronger on price for crews, the free plan, QuickBooks, a customer portal, and vacation-rental integrations.
• Both send reminders; ZenMaid bills SMS by bundle, Maidily lists SMS on every plan without a per-message price.