Compare · Light Ops vs LightMaster
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LightMaster is a broad platform built for the holiday lighting trade. Light Ops connects your office, your customers and your crew on one Job, and you can try it free.
| What you get | Light Ops | LightMaster |
|---|---|---|
| Built for Christmas and holiday lightingMade for one kind of business: lighting installers and their season. | Built for the holiday lighting trade | |
| Customers design their own lights on your websiteHomeowners see their own house lit in one of six looks, then press Send. | Not listed on their site | |
| Photo measured into a priced quoteFeet from the house photo become C7s, clips, minis and strands from your price list. | Photo and satellite measuring | |
| Website quote form into the officeRequests from your website land in the office with the project details. | Not listed on their site | |
| A customer page that follows the seasonQuote, deposit, install countdown, crew on the way, lights up, take-down notice. | Customers approve, pay and track jobs | |
| Customers report outages with photos“Something’s out?”: where, what and a photo. The fix stays on the same job. | Service requests with up to 6 photos | |
| Gate codes sent to the crew on arrivalCodes pop up on the crew’s lock screen when they tap On my way or get close. | Not listed on their site | |
| QuickBooks Online syncCustomers, invoices and payments go into your books automatically, included in every plan. | On the Professional plan | |
| Guided setupA setup list walks you through your logo, prices, customers, card payments and team. | Not listed on their site | |
| Made by lighting installersBuilt and used at The Light Guys, a working Christmas lighting business. | Built by holiday lighting installers |
LightMaster details come from lightmaster.io, checked October 30, 2026. Sources: LightMaster homepage, LightMaster features, LightMaster client portal, LightMaster pricing. Features change, so check their site for the latest.
LightMaster is a broad platform for the holiday lighting trade. Light Ops is narrower on purpose: one Job per house, from the website request to the last repair.
Design Your Lights
LightMaster has your team measure from a photo or satellite view. In Light Ops, the homeowner adds a photo on your website, picks one of six looks and sees their own house lit. They press Send, and the office gets a new customer and a Job with the design, the photo and the measurements. See Christmas light design software
Their photoTheir designPhoto to Quote
Light Ops measures the homeowner’s photo, with the garage door as the ruler. The quote opens with the lines already in: C7s with clips, minis for trees, cords, a timer, install and removal, priced from your own list. See Christmas light quoting software
One Job
Customer, quote, invoice, payments, install date, gate code, photos and repairs live on one record. You move it through the stages yourself, in two clicks. Money updates itself. See the Christmas light CRM
Customer Page
LightMaster takes service requests with up to 6 photos. In Light Ops, customers tap “Something’s out?” on the same page that showed their quote and install countdown, and the fix lands on the Job it belongs to.
Install Day
Codes pop up as the crew arrives. Stops go in best order by drive time, the truck load list builds itself, ladders are checked back in before a job closes, and it all works with no signal. See Christmas light scheduling software
“I run a Christmas lighting company. Every software I tried was built for plumbers or lawn crews, so I built Light Ops inside The Light Guys. One Job holds everything, from the homeowner designing their lights on our website to the last repair in December.”
LightMaster says it is built for the holiday lighting trade, from solo installers to multi-crew operations, and built by holiday lighting installers. Its features page lists fourteen tools, including CRM and pipeline, proposals and estimates, invoicing and payments, scheduling, crew management, a client portal and an AI assistant called LumenAI.
It also supports permanent, year-round lighting work. The site lists a mobile app for iOS and iPad as coming soon, with Android to follow. Its pricing page lists a free plan and paid plans from $24.99 to $99.99 a month, with a 7-day trial of the top plan.
Light OpsEvery featureFrom$29.99/ month
Billed annually. $25 a month for each additional user.
Book a 20-minute callWe’d rather you pick the right tool. Here’s where it fits better.
You want to text customers. LightMaster’s LumenAI assistant can text them. Light Ops reaches customers by email only.
You also run a permanent lighting side. LightMaster lists tools for permanent installs, controllers and maintenance visits.
With Design Your Lights, the homeowner does the first design on your site. They pick one of six looks, add palms, stakes or wreaths, and send it. The photo is measured with the garage door as the ruler, so your quote starts with real footage.
The quote form on your website feeds Ops with the project details. The same Job carries the quote, the deposit, the install countdown and the crew's day, so the customer page always matches what the office sees.
Crews get gate codes on their lock screen as they head out. Ladders are checked out and back before a job can close, and a "Before you leave" list covers lights on, timer set and site clean.
A setup list walks you through your logo, prices, customers, card payments and team. Try it free.
Yes. Both are made for holiday lighting businesses. Light Ops connects your office, customer portal and crew app on one Job, with Design Your Lights for your website.
Yes. Start a free trial and follow the setup list, or book a call if you want help.
We build and use it at The Light Guys, a working Christmas lighting company in Bakersfield.
Every plan includes every feature. That covers hosting, storage and email. All the prices are on the Pricing page.
Coming from LightMaster? Start a free trial, or book a call about how your season runs.