ClaroDone vs Swept for Cleaning Companies (2026 Comparison)
One proves every job was done. The other runs the whole janitorial operation. Here is the honest breakdown.
Here is what nobody else will tell you
We are going to be straight with you: Swept is a good product. It was built specifically for commercial cleaning companies, it handles scheduling, time tracking, and inspections across dozens of sites, and plenty of janitorial operators run their business on it.
But this page exists because cleaning company owners keep asking us: should I pick Swept or ClaroDone?
The answer depends entirely on one question:
What is costing you more money right now? Running a multi-site operation without enough management depth, or losing contracts because you cannot prove the work was done?
If your answer is "I run 15-plus commercial sites and I need scheduling, time tracking, inspections, and payroll in one system," pick Swept. Seriously. They are better at that stuff, and their location-based pricing was designed exactly for your shape of business.
If your answer is "I am losing thousands a month to callbacks, credits, and cancelled contracts because clients dispute the work," keep reading. That is the problem ClaroDone was built to solve, and it is the one thing Swept treats as a feature instead of the product.
ClaroDone vs Swept: side by side
| Feature | ClaroDone | Swept |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Cleaning companies losing money to unproven work | Multi-site commercial janitorial operations |
| Core focus | Photo proof of every job, automatic client reports | Workforce scheduling, time tracking, inspections |
| Photo proof | Every job. Cleaner captures it, GPS and timestamp auto-stamped | Inspections with photo proof (Optimize plan and up) |
| Automatic client reports | Included on every plan. Job marked done, report sent | Client portal and shared inspection results on Scale plan |
| GPS verification | Per-photo geotagging at capture | GPS site verification |
| Scheduling and shifts | Basic scheduling included | Full shift management, clock in/out, late-arrival alerts |
| Time tracking and payroll | Not included | Mobile time tracking, payroll audit, break compliance |
| Inspections and QA | Photo checklists per job | Full inspection program with scoring and templates |
| Profitability reporting | Not included | Profit and loss by location (Scale plan) |
| Accounting integration | Not included | QuickBooks Online payroll integration (Scale plan) |
| Languages | Native English/Spanish build | 150+ languages via translation |
| Pricing model | Flat tiers, no per-user fees | Location bands, unlimited users |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial | No free trial listed |
| Setup | About 10 minutes, self-serve | Self-serve signup; white-glove onboarding on Scale |
| Industry focus | Residential and commercial cleaning | Commercial and janitorial only |
What each one actually costs
| Plan | ClaroDone | Swept |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free 30-day trial, then $9.99/mo (Starter) | Optimize from $150/mo (up to 15 locations) |
| Small team | $29.99/mo flat. No per-user fees | $150/mo Optimize. Location band, unlimited users |
| Larger operation | $74.99/mo flat. No per-user fees | $225/mo Scale. Adds client portal, P&L by location |
| Pricing model | Flat tiers | Location bands. Swept's own guides note the average customer pays $360/mo |
| Photo proof tier | Included on every plan | Inspections with photo proof from $150/mo; sharing results with clients from $225/mo |
Pricing note
Swept prices verified on sweptworks.com/compare-plans, November 2026. Their guides also reference a $30/mo Launch tier for up to 15 locations.
Where ClaroDone wins
Proof on every job, not just inspections
Swept has photo proof. That is worth saying plainly, because a lot of comparison pages pretend it does not. Their Optimize plan includes inspections with photo proof and GPS site verification.
But notice the shape of it: inspections. A supervisor runs a QA pass, takes photos, scores the site. That is quality control, and it is good at what it does.
ClaroDone was built backwards from a different moment: the dispute call. Your cleaner finishes the job, takes a photo with one tap, and the photo is stamped with GPS and timestamp at capture. When the job is marked done, the client automatically gets the report.
The difference is who captures the proof and when. Swept's proof comes from scheduled inspections. ClaroDone's proof comes from every single job, captured by the person who did the work, minutes after they did it.
If your problem is "my supervisor needs to audit quality across 30 sites," Swept's inspection program is the deeper tool. If your problem is "my client says the bathrooms were not done last Tuesday," you want proof from last Tuesday, not from the last inspection.
Your client sees the proof without you lifting a finger
This is the gap owners feel most painfully. In Swept, getting proof in front of a client means running an inspection, then sharing the results through the client portal or DMs, which live on the Scale plan at $225/mo.
ClaroDone does it automatically, on every plan. Job marked done, report sent. Photos, timestamps, GPS. Your client sees a clean professional summary instead of a text thread.
If you run 5 to 20 jobs a day, that is 5 to 20 manual proof deliveries you are not assembling. The report is the product working while you do something else.
Flat pricing for companies Swept was not designed around
Swept's pricing is honest about who it serves: location bands, unlimited users, an average customer paying $360/mo by their own account. If you run 30 sites with a rotating crew of part-timers, that model is genuinely cheaper than per-seat pricing. It is smart design.
But if you run a 5-person residential crew, or a small commercial crew with a handful of accounts, you are buying into a model built for bigger operations. The proof features start at $150/mo. Client sharing starts at $225/mo.
ClaroDone is flat: $9.99/mo to start after a free 30-day trial, $29.99/mo for a team, no per-user fees, no location math. Proof on every plan. Ten-minute setup.
One honest note on language: Swept works in 150+ languages. If your crew needs Vietnamese, Portuguese, or Amharic, Swept covers it and we do not. Our bilingual build is English and Spanish, native from day one, because that is who cleans homes and offices in Houston, Miami, and Los Angeles. We are not claiming a language advantage. We are claiming a focus advantage.
Where Swept wins
Built for the 30-site janitorial contract
If you manage cleaning crews across office buildings, medical facilities, and schools, Swept was designed for exactly your workflow. Location-based pricing means you pay for sites, not heads, and you can flex a rotating crew of part-timers underneath without the bill moving.
ClaroDone does not do this. We are not a multi-site operations platform, and we are not going to pretend location-band economics is our game.
Scheduling, time tracking, and payroll in one system
Swept's Optimize plan covers shift scheduling, mobile clock in and out, missed-shift and late-arrival alerts, break and lunch compliance, payroll audit and approval. That is a real operations stack.
ClaroDone includes basic scheduling. If your bottleneck is "who is working where, and did payroll come out right," Swept is the deeper tool by a wide margin.
Inspections with scoring, not just photos
Swept's inspection module lets supervisors build templates and track quality over time. For operators whose contracts live or die on QA scores, this is the feature that matters.
Our photo checklists per job are simpler. They prove the work happened. They do not run a quality program.
Portal, profitability, and integrations
On Scale, Swept gives your clients their own portal, profit and loss by location, work orders, supply requests from the field, and QuickBooks Online payroll integration. If you report to clients and track margin by account, that is the package.
ClaroDone sends the client proof. We do not run their portal or your P&L.
Which one should you pick?
I keep losing contracts over disputes
If your biggest revenue leak is callbacks, credits, and lost contracts because clients question the work, that is not a scheduling problem. It is a proof problem. You need evidence from every job, automatically in your client's hands.
I run a multi-site commercial operation
If you manage 15 or more commercial sites and need scheduling, time tracking, inspections, and payroll in one system with location-based pricing, Swept was built for your exact shape of business.
I am a small crew and I hate pricing math
If you run a small residential or commercial crew and want proof on every job for a flat monthly price with no location bands and no per-user fees, that is the company ClaroDone was built for.
I want both
Some companies run Swept for scheduling, time tracking, and payroll, and use ClaroDone for the on-site proof workflow. They are not mutually exclusive. Swept runs the operation. ClaroDone proves the work.
Common questions
Can I use ClaroDone and Swept together?
Does Swept have photo proof?
Is Swept only for commercial cleaning?
How does Swept's location-based pricing work for a small crew?
Does ClaroDone replace Swept's scheduling and payroll?
You don't need 15 features. You need proof your team arrived, the work was done right, and the client can't argue it.