WorkBee

WorkBee is field-service software for UK trades, with a particularly strong fit for window-cleaning businesses running repeat visits. It combines route-based scheduling, mobile job updates, collections and reporting; the main question is whether your operation needs Growth-level round management or can work within simpler job limits.

Overview

WorkBee is designed around recurring work rather than one-off jobs. Customer schedules can repeat weekly, fortnightly, every four weeks, monthly or on custom days; the system then generates visits and orders stops. That makes it a sensible choice for businesses maintaining regular rounds, while companies with occasional jobs may not benefit as much from paying for the higher-tier round tools.

Route optimization, estimate building, crew management, recurring jobs, online payments and accounting sync are all supported capabilities. The free tier is deliberately small, however: ten jobs per month and one engineer. It is suitable for evaluating the workflow or running a very small operation, not for a growing multi-person round.

Key features

Rounds and field work

The Rounds module turns customer frequencies into ordered visits. In the WorkBee Field app, staff can mark a stop complete or skipped, record a reason for skipping and navigate to the address from a phone. The maker says jobs, photos and signatures can be captured offline and synchronized when connectivity returns, which is useful where crews encounter weak mobile coverage.

Round reports show revenue per round, skipped-stop analysis and payment success rates. Those measures help an owner identify underperforming routes and recurring service problems instead of relying only on a completion count. The Rounds module itself starts at Growth, so Starter users get unlimited jobs without this central window-cleaning workflow.

Payments, accounting and security

Growth includes native GoCardless Direct Debit collection when a stop is completed, with failed payments flagged. WorkBee also lists Xero, QuickBooks, GoCardless and Stripe as accounting and payment integrations. This is a practical combination for businesses that want completed visits connected to collection and bookkeeping, but the automatic GoCardless round process is not part of Starter.

The maker says it uses TLS in transit, encryption at rest, row-level database security, role-based access controls and regular security reviews. Its privacy policy says customer data is not sold and deletion requests are supported. Supabase database and authentication are identified in EU data centres, with Vercel hosting at EU/UK edge locations. WorkBee is operated by Xymel Ltd, registered in England and Wales.

Pricing

Plan	Price	What you get
Free	£0.00 per free, billed forever	Up to 10 jobs per month, 1 engineer, basic invoicing and email support
Starter	£25.00 per month	Unlimited jobs, 3 engineers, 2 trade modules, invoicing and quotes, SMS notifications and compliance tracking
Growth	£59.00 per month	Everything in Starter, 10 engineers, 5 trade modules, Rounds, customer portal, GoCardless Direct Debit, eight certificate types and priority support
Pro	£119.00 per month	Everything in Growth, unlimited engineers, Buzz AI Receptionist, AI voice notes and summaries, API access, custom integrations and dedicated support

Paid plans begin with 30 days free, require no credit card and can be cancelled at any time. Free is appropriate for a solo operator with very low volume. Starter removes the job quota and supports a small crew, but omits Rounds and GoCardless collection. Growth is the meaningful choice for a round-based window-cleaning business, while Pro is aimed at larger teams or companies needing unlimited engineers, API access and custom integrations. WorkBee’s pricing model is freemium, with paid plans from £25 per month.

Platforms

WorkBee supports Android, iOS, web and an API. The Field app is described as coming soon to the App Store and Google Play, so businesses should confirm mobile-store availability before relying on a particular installation route.

Who it's for

Choose WorkBee if you run UK trade work with repeat customer schedules, need ordered rounds and want field completion tied to payment collection or accounting. Growth is the best fit for window cleaners whose daily operation depends on rounds and Direct Debit. A solo trader with fewer than ten monthly jobs can start free; a small team that only needs general job administration may find Starter sufficient. Businesses that do not need recurring routes, or that require the mobile app immediately through a public app store, should look elsewhere.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Customer-specific recurring frequencies and ordered stops suit repeat-service rounds.
• Offline capture of jobs, photos and signatures supports field work in poor connectivity.
• Growth combines round reporting with GoCardless collection and failed-payment flags.
• Plans scale from one engineer to unlimited engineers, with API and custom integration options at Pro.
• EU data locations, stated encryption controls and deletion requests provide clear privacy and security commitments.

Cons

• The free plan allows only 10 jobs per month and one engineer, limiting it to very small operations.
• Starter has unlimited jobs but no Rounds module, making Growth a necessary £59.00-per-month step for round-led businesses.
• The Field app’s App Store and Google Play availability is still described as coming soon.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison of this niche, see Window Cleaning Software.

• Fieseros is a paid product with a free plan capped at 100 lifetime jobs and includes leads, quotes, invoices, payments and before/after photos; choose it when those basics matter more than WorkBee’s recurring-round structure.
• NSuite Solo offers a free plan for up to 25 clients with scheduling, catalog, inventory, invoicing and online collection; it is better suited to a solo service business focused on client and stock management.
• Work Planner has a free, no-time-limit tier for 20 jobs, one user and one business, making it a lower-volume alternative.
• RoundRun is an Android and web option with a free founding-member beta for eligible UK window-cleaning businesses.
• Scrubix provides a free core app with unlimited customers and team users, with SMS credits charged separately.
• Squeegee is another freemium option available across Android, iOS, macOS, web and Windows.
• Blueworks CRM is a paid Android, iOS and web product built for window-cleaning crews.
• SquadwareOne is a paid Android, iOS and web alternative.

Verdict

WorkBee is a strong choice for UK window-cleaning and other trade businesses where recurring rounds, field updates and payment collection belong in one system. Growth is the practical sweet spot because it adds the Rounds module and GoCardless; choose Starter only if unlimited jobs and basic team administration are enough. Look elsewhere if your workload is too small for the paid tiers, your needs centre on inventory rather than rounds, or you need confirmed public-store access to the Field app now.