What is the difference between Crew Active and Crewmeister?

According to its website, Crewmeister is cross-industry time tracking for businesses with 1 to 50 employees. Absences come with the Easy plan, the shift planner as an add-on. Crew Active targets cleaning, landscaping, and construction, schedules jobs at customer sites including vehicles, machines, and accommodation, and includes every feature in every package.

How much does Crewmeister cost?

According to Crewmeister's pricing page (as of October 2026): Go from €1.50, Easy from €2, and Pro from €3 per user per month billed annually, plus VAT. Crewmeister says the starting price applies to 50 employees; with fewer employees the price per user is higher. The shift planner costs extra from €2 and the DATEV interface from €0.60 per user per month. Crewmeister offers a 14-day free trial that ends automatically.

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.

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Crew Active vs Crewmeister

Crew Active is the Crewmeister 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.

Crewmeister describes itself as cross-industry time tracking for businesses with 1 to 50 employees. According to its website, Crewmeister offers time tracking via app, tablet, PC, or terminal, absences from the Easy plan, and a shift planner as an add-on, priced per user depending on plan and headcount. Crew Active is scheduling and time tracking software built for cleaning, landscaping, and construction, at a package price.

Crew Active and Crewmeister Compared

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Target audience according to the vendor: cross-industry for businesses with 1 to 50 employees, e.g. hospitality, facility management, construction, trades, clubs, and medical practices

Crew Active and Crewmeister by topic
Topic	Crew Active	Crewmeister per its website
Scheduling	Drag & drop calendar Planning board: employees and resources as rows, days as columns Recurring jobs	Online shift planner with templates and drag & drop, available as an add-on Shift planner add-on from €2 per user per month
Time tracking	Start, pause, and stop via app or browser Automatic break deduction (30 min after 6 h, 45 min after 9 h)	Time tracking via app for iOS and Android, tablet, PC, or terminal
GPS	GPS location proof as PDF with map and accuracy	GPS location when clocking in and out, optional
App and offline	App for iOS and Android, web interface for the office Clock in offline in the app	Offline mode: time tracking without internet, synced later
Chat	Chat with photos and read receipts Push notifications in the app	Not stated on the pages we checked
Absences	Vacation requests with approval Sick leave	Vacation planner, sickness, and other absences from the Easy plan
Integrations and export	Reports per employee and per customer as Excel Billing proposal per customer as PDF	Excel export and DATEV interface (an add-on in Go and Easy) DATEV interface add-on from €0.60 per user per month
Hosting	Servers in the EU	Servers in German data centres
Pricing model	from €69 net / month for up to 5 employees Fixed package prices instead of per-user pricing, e.g. €379 net for up to 50 employees (€7.58 per employee) All features in every package	from €1.50 per user / month, billed annually, at 50 employees Go from €1.50, Easy from €2, Pro from €3 per user per month billed annually, plus VAT; the fewer employees, the higher the price per user
Free trial	1-month free trial, no credit card	14-day free trial, ends automatically, no payment details
Minimum term	No minimum term	Cancel any time, use continues to the end of the current period (month or year)
Other statements	Plan vehicles, machines, and accommodation Target hours per weekday and overtime balance Map with running jobs and planned routes	Crew time tracking: foremen record time for the whole team Night, Sunday, and holiday premiums in the Pro plan

As stated by Crewmeister on its own website, not a complete list. As of October 2026. Not stated: not mentioned on the Crewmeister pages we checked. That does not mean the feature is missing. Sources: crewmeister.com/de, crewmeister.com/de/preise, crewmeister.com/de/funktionsuebersicht, crewmeister.com/de/dienstplaner, crewmeister.com/de/zeiterfassung/mobil, crewmeister.com/de/branchen

What Crew Active Offers

Every feature is included in every package.

PlanningTimeMore

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
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between Crew Active and Crewmeister?
According to its website, Crewmeister is cross-industry time tracking for businesses with 1 to 50 employees. Absences come with the Easy plan, the shift planner as an add-on. Crew Active targets cleaning, landscaping, and construction, schedules jobs at customer sites including vehicles, machines, and accommodation, and includes every feature in every package.
How much does Crewmeister cost?
According to Crewmeister's pricing page (as of October 2026): Go from €1.50, Easy from €2, and Pro from €3 per user per month billed annually, plus VAT. Crewmeister says the starting price applies to 50 employees; with fewer employees the price per user is higher. The shift planner costs extra from €2 and the DATEV interface from €0.60 per user per month. Crewmeister offers a 14-day free trial that ends automatically.
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.

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