Zaras for Snow Removal

Signed in August for a storm at 2 a.m. One record holds the proof.

Seasonal and per-event contracts, storm dispatch, and salt tracked site by site.

Seasonal contractsStorm dispatchCommercial lots

March plows as hard as January.

The plowable season is a plateau from December through March — March ties January at plowable depth and beats December, in one hundred twenty seasons of the Minnesota DNR’s own record for a single metro. The number of storms swings sixteen times over between the best season on record and the worst. The contracts that decide who carries that risk were signed six months before the first flake. Snow fills the winter calendar; it does not de-risk the year.

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDECthe recordthe plateaubest seasonworst seasonlowest on recordRFPs openawardedJFMAMJJASONDthe recordthe plateaubest seasonworst seasonRFPs openawardedlowest on record

What carries season to season: the route list service times last storm’s salt.

One storm in March. Three sites, one record.

A dispatch at 2 a.m., a second pass at the retail lot, an invoice that closes without a dispute — the schedule for the crew, the history for the office, one thread for the account.

Sat 2 AM

Dispatch goes out

The route list wakes with the storm — each site’s map, obstacles, and stack zones already on it, not radioed in from memory.

Record holdsroute listsite map
Sat 9 AM

Second pass at the retail lot

A per-event invoice is only as good as its record — each pass timed and logged against the site as it happens.

Record holdspassestimestamps
Mon

Invoice and the dispute that doesn't happen

Service times, salt tonnage, and photos attached before anyone asks — the record answers the question before it's a callback.

Record holdssaltphotosNET terms

The signed route and the storm log.

Snow removal money comes from two engines — the contracts closed for weather nobody can forecast, and the storm log that turns a 2 a.m. dispatch into a paid invoice. Zaras runs both from the same record.

The signed route

Contracts closed in summer for weather nobody can forecast — the risk lives in how they were written.

Contract typesseasonal, per push, per event, or time and materials on one record
Route listssites, maps, obstacles, and stack zones before the first flake
Renewalsthe selling season opens in May, not November

The storm log

What turns a 2 a.m. dispatch into a paid invoice.

Service times and passeslogged per site, per event
Salt and materialstonnage tracked to the site that used it

What Zaras runs for snow removal.

The record, not the whiteboard — every route from first call to paid, with nothing re-keyed into a second system.

Contract managementseasonal, per-push, per-event, and time-and-materials work on one record.

Route lists and site mapsobstacles and stack zones attached to the address, ready before the storm.

Storm dispatch across crewsthe route list wakes with the storm, every truck assigned from one board.

Per-site service times and pass logsevery pass timed and logged against the site it happened on.

Salt and material trackingtonnage attached to the site and the storm that used it.

Before/after photo documentationthe proof attached before anyone asks for it.

NET-terms commercial billingwith post-season inspection notes, ready for the joint walk-through.

Invoicing, payments, QuickBooks syncevery storm closes the loop without leaving the operating record.

Sign → dispatch → log → bill — every storm, one record.

Straight answers.

What does it cost?

Plans and prices are public on the pricing page — no sales call to get a number.

Does it work with QuickBooks?

Yes. Invoices and payments flow straight into QuickBooks — no double entry, no bookkeeper fights.

What happens to my data?

It’s yours, both directions. Customers, site maps, and service logs come in with you when you join — and everything exports, any time.

Can it run commercial work?

Yes — retail, industrial, and property-management portfolios with per-site logs, contract-type flexibility, and NET-terms billing live beside your seasonal route book.

What size shop is this for?

Snow and ice contractors running 1–40 crews — from an owner-operator to a multi-truck shop.

What does private beta mean?

We onboard a limited number of shops at a time. Request an invite, fit is reviewed within 24 hours with a reply either way, and accepted shops get guided onboarding — pricebook and customer list loaded with you, not dumped on you.

Private beta

The price is the price.

Every plan runs the full operating system for Snow Removal — contracts, dispatch, storm logs, invoicing, payments. Pick the size that fits the routes you run today.

Solo

$49/ month

One truck, one storm. Run the route, log the pass, close the invoice before the dispute starts — the record keeps the account straight.

  • Seasonal and per-event contracts on one record
  • Route lists and site maps ready before the storm
  • Per-site service times and pass logs
  • Salt and material tracking by site
  • Invoices, payments, QuickBooks sync
Request Solo access

Team

from$149/ month

Dispatch at the desk, crews on the route. Storms, renewals, and salt tickets triaged from one board, every driver walking in with the site's own history.

  • Dispatch board built for the signed-route-and-storm-log stack
  • Roles for CSRs, drivers, and the office
  • Commercial contracts, NET-terms accounts, and renewals in one view
  • Everything in Solo, for the whole shop
Up to 5 techs$149Up to 15 techs$299Up to 40 techs$599
Request Team access

Free trial first, month-to-month after — cancel anytime. Full plan detail on the pricing page.

  1. Request an invite
  2. Fit reviewed within 24 hours
  3. Guided onboarding