Switching from GorillaDeskA GorillaDesk alternative built around scooping routes
GorillaDesk grew up in pest control and does that job well. Scooping shares the trucks and the recurring visits, but not much else about how the business actually bills and grows.
Where GorillaDesk is genuinely good
GorillaDesk is straightforward, affordable, and quick to learn. Scheduling, invoicing, and route views cover the basics of recurring service work, and pest control operators in particular get a tool shaped around their treatments and compliance needs.
Where it stops for this trade
It was not built for this trade. Per dog pricing does not exist, skip reason billing does not exist, and there is nothing for the commercial side of scooping: no per unit HOA billing, no waste station routes, no DNA compliance. The growth tools stop at basic marketing, with no canvassing pipeline or AI layer. HoundStack covers the same basics and then keeps going where scooping actually needs it.
What the same crew costs, in dollars
An owner and two solo techs: 2 paid routes, monthly billing.
GorillaDesk
HoundStack
Credit where due: GorillaDesk gives you unlimited free office users, and only techs with schedules need a paid route. Their Basic tier is $49 a route, but it caps routing at 25 stops and drops the customer portal.
Every new solo tech is another $99 route each month. On HoundStack a new teammate is $10 flat once you are past your included 3.
GorillaDesk prices as published on gorilladesk.com/pricing, July 2026, monthly billing (annual is lower). Check their page for current numbers.
Side by side, honestly
| Capability | GorillaDesk | HoundStack |
|---|---|---|
| Simple, affordable recurring service basics | Yes, quick to learn | Yes, plus the trade specific layer |
| Free office users | Unlimited, genuinely good | First 3 teammates of any role included |
| Per dog pricing | No | Native |
| Skip reason billing | No | Yes, rules per reason |
| HOA per unit billing, stations, DNA compliance | No | Built in |
| Growth tools | Basic marketing | Canvassing map, referrals, AI layer |
What the migration actually looks like
GorillaDesk has a named, dedicated import tool in HoundStack. Four steps, and nothing is written to your account until you have seen a dry run summary.
- 1
Upload or connect
Export your data from GorillaDesk and hand it to the GorillaDesk importer. It knows GorillaDesk's export format, so there is no reshaping files by hand.
- 2
Preview the mapping
Every field is shown mapped to its HoundStack destination before anything happens. Adjust the ones that need it.
- 3
Dry run
A full trial pass produces a summary of what would be created, changed, and flagged. Nothing is written yet.
- 4
Confirm
Happy with the dry run? Confirm, and the real import runs. Clients, dogs, schedules, and balances arrive ready to route.
Bring your book over without a lost weekend
Start today and run the GorillaDesk importer with a dry run, seeing your own clients on the dispatch board before you commit to anything.
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