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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

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
TopicCrew ActiveCrewmeister 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
  • DATEV export: monthly hours as a LODAS file for your payroll office and tax advisor
  • 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

All features in every package, from €69 net / month for up to 5 employees.

Planning
  • Drag & drop calendar
  • Planning board: employees and resources as rows, days as columnsNew
  • Recurring jobs
  • 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
  • Customers with multiple addresses
Resources & Tours
  • Plan vehicles, machines, and accommodation
  • Warning when a resource is double-booked
  • Accommodation per employeeNew
  • Record where machines areNew
  • Fixed tours with a team, weekdays and stops in your orderNew
  • Map with running jobs and planned routes
Time Tracking & GPS Proof
  • 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
  • Photos on the job
  • Time tracking can be switched on or off per companyNew
Staff & Leave
  • Target hours per weekday and overtime balanceNew
  • Carry over overtime from your previous systemNew
  • Vacation requests with approval
  • Remaining vacation, pro rata from start date
  • Sick leave
  • Employees send a sick note as a photo from the app
  • Time off in lieuNew
  • Employees report when they are not availableNew
Team & Communication
  • Chat with photos and read receipts
  • Push notifications in the app
  • Share documents such as payslips with employees
Export & Billing
  • Reports per employee and per customer as Excel
  • DATEV export: monthly hours as a LODAS file for your payroll office and tax advisorNew
  • Overview with hours, labour costs, and plan vs. actual
  • Paid vacation and sick leave in hours and moneyNew
  • Billing proposal per customer as PDF
  • Your own hourly price per customer, carried into the billing proposal
Languages & Apps
  • App for iOS and Android, web interface for the office
  • 5 languages: German, English, Italian, Turkish, Romanian
  • Servers in the EU

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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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