Questions and answers

About PestLynx, the free trial, plans, payments, texting and your data.

Getting started

What is PestLynx?

PestLynx is field-service software built only for pest control: customers and properties, recurring service plans, the schedule and routes, the technician's phone screens, chemical logs, service reports, invoices, card payments and customer texts — in one place.

Who is it for?

Pest control companies, from an owner-operator with one truck to a company with a few dozen techs. The office works on a computer; technicians work on their phones.

How does the free trial work?

You get 14 days with every feature and no card needed. Your company starts completely empty, and the trial includes up to 100 text messages. When it ends, pick a plan to keep working; until then your data stays and you can still view and export it.

Can I move my customers over, and take them with me?

Yes. You import your own CSV file from your current program or a spreadsheet, see a preview first and can undo an import. Your customers stay yours: the Owner can export customers, visits and invoices as CSV files at any time.

How moving over works

Daily work

What does the technician see on the phone?

My Visits: today's stops in route order, with the next stop on top. Big buttons for On My Way, Navigate, Start Service and Stop Service, the products used, photos, notes and the amount to collect (only for techs allowed to see amounts). It works in a phone's browser and can be added to the home screen like an app.

What if there's no signal or a weak one?

Today's visits are saved on the phone. With no signal, My Visits and the visit screens open from that saved copy, and Start Service, products used, notes, extra services, Stop Service and the time clock are saved on the phone and sent when the signal comes back. On My Way texts, photos and payments need signal.

Is PestLynx in Spanish?

Yes. Every screen is in English and Spanish, and each person picks their own language. Each customer also gets texts, emails, invoices and service reports in their own language.

Does it keep chemical logs and service reports?

Yes. At each visit the technician records the products used (with the EPA registration number, amount and where it was applied), and the service report goes to the customer when the visit is done. Completed visits are locked: a later change is kept in the history, never made silently.

Can I do Florida WDO inspection reports?

Yes. PestLynx fills in the Florida FDACS-13645 wood-destroying organism inspection report: a step-by-step form on the phone, a phrase library, a finger signature, a PDF and a private link to send it.

Money

How much does PestLynx cost?

Solo $49/month (1 tech), Pro $99/month (up to 3 techs), Team $249/month (10 techs, then $25/month per extra tech up to 15) and Fleet $399/month (11 to 25 techs, set up with us). Owner, Admin and Office users are always free. Paying yearly is 20% off.

Is there a founding member offer?

Yes: the first 25 companies to subscribe get 30% off.

How do card payments work?

Each company connects its own Stripe account (Settings → Payments). Customers pay by card from the invoice's Pay link, and the money goes straight to your Stripe account. Cash and checks are recorded too. Card numbers never touch PestLynx's servers.

Does PestLynx handle sales tax?

It can add sales tax to invoices for commercial customers: the Owner turns it on, types the state and county rates, and marks which customers are taxable. A sales tax report shows what was invoiced and collected. PestLynx doesn't file or pay the tax for you.

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What's included

Every plan has every feature. Plans differ only in how many techs and texts they include.

PlanSoloProTeamFleet
Price$49/month$99/month$249/month$399/month
Techs included1 techUp to 3 techsUp to 10 techs11–25 techs
Extra techs——$25/month each, up to 15 techs—
Owner, Admin and Office usersFree, unlimitedFree, unlimitedFree, unlimitedFree, unlimited
Text messages each month500 text parts1,500 text parts5,000 text parts12,000 text parts
Every featureIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Yearly20% off20% off20% off20% off

Texting

Do texts come from our own number?

Yes. Each company gets its own text number (toll-free is recommended), set up in Settings → Texting. Customers see your company name in every text, and their replies come to your Messages inbox.

Is texting included? Who pays for the number?

Yes. Texting is included in every plan, within the plan's monthly text parts. We set up your texting number for you as part of your plan — there's nothing extra to buy for the number.

What about consent and STOP?

PestLynx only texts customers whose consent is recorded (when, how and by whom). A customer who replies STOP gets no more texts until they reply START, and anyone marked Do Not Text gets email only.

Why does texting take a while to start?

Phone carriers review every business that sends texts before its number can be used. PestLynx sends the registration for you, and the review can take from a few days to a few weeks. Until it's approved, everything else works and customers still get emails.

Trust

Is my data kept separate from other companies?

Yes. Everything in PestLynx belongs to one company, every screen and search only reads your own company's records, and automated tests check that a second company can never see the first one's data.

Is my data backed up?

Yes. Once a week a copy of each company's data is saved separately from the live database, and the last 8 copies are kept.

Who owns the data?

You do. Your customers, visits and invoices are yours. If your trial ends or you stop paying, the account becomes read-only — nothing is deleted, and you can still export. After cancelling, your data is kept for 90 days.

How do I export my data?

The Owner can download customers, visits and invoices as CSV files (Excel, Google Sheets) from Settings → Data → Export your data, at any time, even when the account is read-only.

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