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Crew Active vs Craftnote
Crew Active is the Craftnote alternative for small teams in cleaning, landscaping, construction, winter service, and home care: from €69 net a month, every feature in every package, 1-month free trial, no minimum term.
According to its website, Craftnote is trade business software with an app for office and site: construction documentation, project chats, a planning board, and project time tracking, priced per user with a one-year contract term. Crew Active is scheduling and time tracking software with GPS proof, time accounts, and absences in every package, at a fixed package price with no minimum term.
Crew Active and Craftnote Compared
Target audience according to the vendor: Trade businesses of every trade and size, including plumbing and heating, structural, civil, and drywall construction, painters, electricians, roofers, and carpenters
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As stated by Craftnote on its own website, not a complete list. As of October 2026. Sources: craftnote.de/, craftnote.de/preise/, craftnote.de/funktionen/, craftnote.de/zeiterfassung/, craftnote.de/plantafel/, craftnote.de/chat/, craftnote.de/buero-plus/, craftnote.de/fahrzeuge/, craftnote.de/schnittstelle/, craftnote.de/gewerke/, craftnote.de/agb/
What Crew Active Offers
Every feature is included in every package.
Scheduling
- Drag & drop calendar
- Planning board: employees and resources as rows, days as columnsNew
- Recurring jobs
- Fixed tours with a team, weekdays and stops in your orderNew
- Planning check: warns about too many weekly hours or two customers at once
- Job requests to chosen employees, who accept or decline
- Public holidays per German state
- Photos on the job
Resources
- Plan vehicles, machines, and accommodation
- Warning when a resource is double-booked
- Accommodation per employeeNew
- Record where machines areNew
Time Tracking
- Start, pause, and stop via app or browser
- GPS location proof as PDF with map and accuracy
- Clock in offline in the app
- Automatic break deduction (30 min after 6 h, 45 min after 9 h)
- Office can add or correct hours
- Time tracking can be switched on or off per companyNew
Time Account & Absences
- Target hours per weekday and overtime balanceNew
- Carry over overtime from your previous systemNew
- Vacation requests with approval
- Sick leave
- Time off in lieuNew
- Employees report when they are not availableNew
- Remaining vacation, pro rata from start date
Reports & Billing
- Reports per employee and per customer as Excel
- DATEV export: monthly hours as a LODAS file for your payroll office and tax advisorNew
- Paid vacation and sick leave in hours and moneyNew
- Overview with hours, labour costs, and plan vs. actual
- Billing proposal per customer as PDF
Communication & Documents
- Chat with photos and read receipts
- Push notifications in the app
- Share documents such as payslips with employees
App & Data
- App for iOS and Android, web interface for the office
- Customers with multiple addresses
- Map with running jobs and planned routes
- 5 languages: German, English, Italian, Turkish, Romanian
- Servers in the EU
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between Crew Active and Craftnote?
According to its website, Craftnote focuses on project work in the trades: construction documentation, project chats, and project time tracking; working hours, vacation, and overtime for the whole team come with the time module as an add-on. Crew Active includes scheduling, time tracking with GPS proof, time accounts, absences, and chat in every package.How much does Craftnote cost?
According to Craftnote's pricing page (as of October 2026): Baustelle €14.90, Büro €29.90, and Büro Plus €49.90 (instead of €69.90) per user per month, plus VAT, billed annually; at least one Büro package is required. The time module costs €49.90 a month for the whole business. The contract term is one year. Craftnote offers a 30-day free trial without a payment method.Is Crew Active a good Craftnote alternative?
Yes, for small teams in cleaning, landscaping, construction, winter service, and home care that schedule jobs at customer sites: scheduling with a planning board, time tracking with GPS proof and offline clock-in, time accounts, absences, reports, and chat are included in every package, from €69 net a month for up to 5 employees, with no minimum term. The app comes in 5 languages. Good to know: chat in Crew Active is direct messaging between two people; there are no group chats.How much does Crew Active cost?
Crew Active charges fixed package prices instead of per-user prices: from €69 net per month for up to 5 employees, tiered up to €379 net for up to 50 employees. Every feature is included in every package, with no minimum term.Can I try Crew Active for free?
Yes. You can try Crew Active for 1 month with every feature, no credit card needed.Where does Crew Active store data?
Crew Active hosts your customer, employee, and time data in an EU data centre and signs the data processing agreement with you on request, at no extra cost. To be straight about it: a few add-on features (maps, push, email) use named providers, some of which process outside the EU. If your client specifically requires a German server location, we do not meet that today, so ask us before you commit to it.
Try Scheduling & Time Tracking Free for 1 Month
Try Crew Active free for 1 month. No credit card required.
GDPR Compliant
Servers in the EU
Support in German, English and Italian