FieldRoutes vs. PestPac vs. Briostack: Which Pest Control Software Fits Your Crew?
All three run routing, recurring billing, and scheduling for the same job. The fork is technician count, whether EPA/chemical documentation is non-negotiable, and whether fleet tracking is part of the plan — because Samsara only talks to two of the three.
FieldRoutes $400/mo vs. PestPac $350/mo vs. Briostack $300/mo — Samsara only connects to two of the three
Pricing and integration data from the StackMatch pest control vertical dataset.
FieldRoutes, PestPac, and Briostack all optimize the same routes, bill the same recurring plans, and run a technician's day off the same phone app — which is exactly why comparisons of the three usually collapse into a features checklist that never actually tells you which one to buy. The real fork isn't features. It's technician count, whether chemical/EPA documentation is a hard requirement, and a constraint most comparisons skip entirely: Briostack doesn't integrate with Samsara at all, so if fleet tracking is part of your plan, that rules out the cheapest option before price even enters the conversation.
Monthly platform cost
FieldRoutes: $400/mo — built for 5-150 employees
FieldRoutes carries the deepest feature set of the three — route optimization, recurring billing, a technician mobile app, and door-to-door sales tracking — and integrates with QuickBooks Online, Samsara, Google Local Services Ads, and Gusto, the widest integration list in the category. The failure mode isn't a bad platform, it's a bad fit: a 6-technician residential-only shop on FieldRoutes is paying $400/mo for door-to-door sales tracking and route-optimization depth built for a much larger operation, and rarely touches most of what makes it worth the premium.
PestPac: $350/mo — built for 5-150 employees
PestPac (by WorkWave) covers identical core ground — scheduling, routing, recurring billing — but adds chemical usage and EPA compliance tracking as a built-in workflow rather than a bolt-on. The failure mode of skipping this when you need it is concrete: a commercial contract or state licensing audit that requires chemical application records, and a shop reconstructing them from paper logs or a technician's memory instead of pulling a report. At $50/mo less than FieldRoutes, it's the right anchor for any shop where that documentation isn't optional.
Briostack: $300/mo — built for 2-75 employees
Briostack is the lower-cost, faster-to-onboard option — routing, scheduling, and recurring billing without FieldRoutes' sales-tracking depth or PestPac's compliance workflow. Its real constraint shows up at two edges: the 75-employee ceiling means a growing shop will eventually face a forced migration, and the lack of a Samsara integration means fleet tracking, if you ever want it, runs as a disconnected app rather than a synced part of dispatch. Neither is a reason to avoid it at 2-25 employees; both are reasons to have a plan for what happens after.
Each platform stacks the same core job differently — the extras are where the real decision lives.
Full feature comparison
| Feature | FieldRoutes | PestPac | Briostack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $400/mo | $350/mo | $300/mo |
| Employee range | 5-150 | 5-150 | 2-75 |
| QuickBooks Online integration | |||
| Samsara (fleet tracking) integration | |||
| Gusto (payroll) integration | |||
| EPA/chemical compliance tracking | |||
| Door-to-door sales tracking |
Check which integrations actually matter to your workflow before the sticker price decides for you.
All-in cost with fleet tracking
| Build | FieldRoutes | PestPac | Briostack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform alone | $400 | $350 | $300 |
| Platform + Samsara | $620 | $570 | Not available |
A Briostack shop that wants Samsara can't have it natively — the fleet data has to be reconciled by hand between two tools that don't talk to each other, which defeats most of the point of buying GPS tracking in the first place.
The actual decision rule
Where your technician count sits on the growth curve matters more than which platform has the longer feature list.
- Under ~8 technicians, residential focus, no near-term fleet-tracking plan: Briostack wins on pure fit-for-cost.
- 8-25 technicians, or any commercial contracts requiring chemical/EPA documentation: PestPac's built-in compliance workflow justifies the $50/mo premium over Briostack outright.
- 25+ technicians, a door-to-door sales program, or fleet tracking is a firm requirement: FieldRoutes' sales-tracking depth and full integration list justify the premium over both.
Questions to ask before signing with any of the three
- Will we still be under 75 employees three years from now, or are we buying a platform we'll outgrow mid-contract?
- Do any current or prospective contracts require documented chemical application records?
- Is fleet tracking a real near-term plan, or a someday maybe — because that answer alone rules out one of the three?
- What does migrating off this platform actually cost in staff hours and data-history loss if we pick wrong?
For 8-25 technician crews with any compliance exposure, PestPac's chemical tracking justifies the $50/mo over Briostack — and rules out Briostack's Samsara gap as a non-issue, since PestPac supports it natively.
Our engine ranks these purely on your crew size, compliance needs, and fleet-tracking requirement against the vertical data above — it has no visibility into which vendor pays the biggest affiliate bounty. Run the free audit to see which one fits your pest control company, plus the rest of your stack.