The Sweptworks alternative built for growing cleaning operators

What is Sweptworks?

Sweptworks is janitorial software built for commercial cleaning companies, focused on time tracking, scheduling, inspections, and team communication.

Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sweptworks (often searched as "Swept") gives cleaning managers GPS-verified clock-ins, location-based cleaning instructions, multilingual messaging, and quality inspections. It's a capable, established platform with hundreds of millions of cleaning hours logged, and it's a reasonable fit for operators who already run a large, stable portfolio of fixed client locations.

Where it tends to lose growing operators is the pricing model. Sweptworks charges by location rather than by team — so the more sites you run, the higher your monthly bill, regardless of how lean your back office is. That per-site math is the most common reason cleaning operators start shopping for a Sweptworks alternative, and it's the gap ProTeams was built to close.

Sweptworks pricing

Sweptworks (also searched as Swept) prices by location band — you pay one price for any number of sites within a band (1–15, 16–25, 26–30, and up), and the price steps up as you cross into the next band. Plans start at 15 locations. Below, each plan shows its entry price and the rate at 25 sites.

Two things to watch. First, the entry band covers 1–15 locations at one price — so a five-site operator pays the same as a fifteen-site one ($30 / $150 / $225 depending on plan). Second, the bill steps up each time you cross a band: at 25 sites it's $50 / $250 / $375, and it keeps climbing into the $500s at higher site counts. Inspections and GPS geofencing only unlock at Optimize (from $150/mo), and the client portal and supply tools require Scale (from $225/mo). An operator who wants quality control and proof of service from day one is effectively starting at the Optimize tier. Annual billing saves 20%.

Why operators look for a Sweptworks alternative

We built ProTeams as operators, not just engineers — running two commercial cleaning companies across multiple states. We built it for mornings like the one when a scheduled cleaner didn't show: ProTeams flagged the no-show within 15 minutes of the start time, alerted our Verdant ops team by text and email, and the shift got reassigned before the client ever saw a gap. When we look at Sweptworks, we see the same friction our own teams would have felt. Three things come up again and again when cleaning businesses go looking for a Sweptworks competitor:

1. Banded pricing that steps up as you grow

Swept's price is tied to how many locations you clean, in bands. The entry band covers up to 15 sites, then the bill steps up at 16–25, again at 26–30, and so on. If you're winning new accounts, you cross those thresholds and your software cost jumps with them — on the popular Optimize tier, that's $150/mo for up to 15 sites and $250/mo by 25. Pricing should reward you for scaling, not tax you for it.

2. Proof of service locked behind a higher tier

Quality control is the thing that keeps a cleaning contract alive. Putting inspections on the Optimize tier — roughly $250/month at 25 sites — means the operators who most need proof of service are paying a premium for it. We think proof of service belongs on every plan, including a free one.

3. Messaging and geofencing gated the same way

In-app messaging and GPS geofencing both sit behind Optimize too. For a cleaning crew spread across sites at night, communication and location verification aren't premium features — they're the baseline. They shouldn't require the Optimize tier to switch on.

Who should use Sweptworks, and who should choose an alternative

Sweptworks makes sense if you run a large, stable portfolio of fixed client locations, the per-location math is predictable for you, and you want a long-established vendor with mature multilingual messaging and a native QuickBooks integration.

A Sweptworks alternative like ProTeams makes more sense if you're a growing operator who doesn't want a bill that steps up every time you cross a location band, you want proof of service and team chat included from the start rather than gated behind the Optimize tier, and you'd rather see a transparent price and start free than build around a model priced for large portfolios.

The honest summary: Sweptworks is a capable tool priced for businesses that have already scaled. ProTeams is priced and built for the operators still getting there — with proof of service on every plan, unlimited sites, and a free way to start today. Considering newer cleaning-specific platforms? See the BrightGo alternative.