Pinecone vs Jolly Lights
Jolly Lights is a design app for Christmas light installers — drag-and-drop mockups on a photo of the home. It's a mockup tool, not a business system: no quoting, invoicing, scheduling, crews, or payments, and it runs on iPhone and iPad only. Pinecone includes mockups and everything you need to run the jobs around them.
Pinecone pricing
Simple seasonal pricing — one plan, no per-user fees or add-on creep. See the homepage for the current rate.
Jolly Lights pricing
Unknown pricing
Feature by feature
| Feature | Pinecone | Jolly Lights |
|---|---|---|
| Customer database management | ✓ | ✗ |
| Job completion tracking | ✓ | ✗ |
| Built specifically for Christmas light companiesNot a general trades tool with holiday wording added. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Photo light mockups on the house | ✓ | ✓ |
| Christmas-light price estimator / calculator | ✓ | ~ |
| Quotes & invoices | ✓ | ✗ |
| Card & ACH payments — money straight to youStripe plus PayPal / Venmo / Cash App; funds never routed through us. | ✓ | ✗ |
| Route optimization & maps | ✓ | ✗ |
| Live weather while you plan the schedule | ✓ | ✗ |
| Printable route-ready install packets | ✓ | ✗ |
| Takedown / removal scheduling & tracking | ✓ | ✗ |
| Inventory & storage tracking | ✓ | ✗ |
| Crew hours, payroll & bonuses | ✓ | ✗ |
| Leads pipeline with source tracking | ✓ | ✗ |
| In-season service tickets | ✓ | ✗ |
| Automatic install-to-takedown season pipeline | ✓ | ✗ |
| Text customers from your own number | ✓ | ✗ |
| Built-in AI assistant for your data | ✓ | ✗ |
| Multi-market (run several metros in one workspace) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Works on any device — nothing to install | ✓ | ✗ |
| Phone & tablet appInstall Pinecone to your iPhone, iPad or Android home screen — full-screen, one tap, always up to date. | ✓ | ✓ |
| QuickBooks accounting integration | ✗ | — |
| Marketing automation & review collection | ✓ | ✗ |
| Customer self-serve portal | ~ | — |
Customer database management
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Job completion tracking
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Built specifically for Christmas light companies
Not a general trades tool with holiday wording added.
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✓Photo light mockups on the house
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✓Christmas-light price estimator / calculator
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights~Quotes & invoices
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Card & ACH payments — money straight to you
Stripe plus PayPal / Venmo / Cash App; funds never routed through us.
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Route optimization & maps
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Live weather while you plan the schedule
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Printable route-ready install packets
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Takedown / removal scheduling & tracking
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Inventory & storage tracking
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Crew hours, payroll & bonuses
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Leads pipeline with source tracking
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗In-season service tickets
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Automatic install-to-takedown season pipeline
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Text customers from your own number
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Built-in AI assistant for your data
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Multi-market (run several metros in one workspace)
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Works on any device — nothing to install
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Phone & tablet app
Install Pinecone to your iPhone, iPad or Android home screen — full-screen, one tap, always up to date.
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✓QuickBooks accounting integration
Pinecone✗Jolly Lights—Marketing automation & review collection
Pinecone✓Jolly Lights✗Customer self-serve portal
Pinecone~Jolly Lights—
Competitor pricing is approximate, shown per year, and from public information as of 2026 — it may change.
Where Jolly Lights has an edge
A couple of areas where Jolly Lights currently leads:
- An App Store listing
The honest bottom line
Choose Pinecone if you want to run the business — mockups plus quotes, payments, routes, crews and the whole season in one place.
Choose Jolly Lights if all you want is a mockup on an iPhone or iPad and you run everything else somewhere else.