- For a commercial cleaning company, the features that decide the software are options on one estimate, recurring service plans, crew scheduling.
- Koira covers that list on Front Office ($499 flat), with no per-person fee.
- Prices and card rates for Jobber, Service Autopilot and Markate are from each company's own pages.
- Count the people who will use it before you compare prices.
What a commercial cleaning company needs from software
Commercial cleaning is a contract business. A small company wins an office or a clinic on a bid, cleans it several nights a week, and bills it every month. Growth means more contracts, and more crews to run them.
That makes bids, recurring billing and crew hours the core of the software, plus a way to find the next account without a sales team.
- Options on one estimate. Office managers compare frequency and scope, and three options make the bid easy to approve.
- Recurring service plans. Commercial contracts are monthly money, billed on a schedule.
- Crew scheduling. Night crews across several buildings need their lanes and stops.
- Time tracking. Hours by building tell you which contract actually pays.
- Automatic estimate follow-ups. Commercial bids wait on a manager's approval, and polite follow-ups keep yours alive.
- Seasonal email and text campaigns. Past clients hear from you when you add a service, such as a deep clean or floor care, and one reply books it.
A plain checklist for commercial cleaning software
- Bids with frequency and scope options
- Recurring billing on a schedule
- Crew lanes by building
- Hours by person and by job
- Follow-ups on open bids
- Outreach to nearby businesses
- A customer page with invoices
- No per-person fee as crews grow
How Koira covers the list
Options on one estimate. Up to three options on one estimate, signed and paid on one page.
Recurring service plans. On Front Office, plans bill on the card on file, monthly or yearly.
Crew scheduling. On Front Office, each person gets a lane with their stops in driving order.
Time tracking. On Front Office, crew clock in and out of each job and hours add themselves up by person and by job.
Automatic estimate follow-ups. On Grow, Koira nudges every open estimate on day two and day four, then stops.
Seasonal email and text campaigns. On Grow, texts and emails go to past clients in your name, with one tap to book. On Front Office, commercial outreach reaches businesses near your work.
What to compare
The features that matter most to a commercial cleaning company, and where each first appears on each company's public pricing page, then the people, usage, card and add-on rows every company gets. It is not a full feature list for anyone, including us.
| What you need | Koira | Jobber | Service Autopilot | Markate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Options on one estimate | Office, up to three | Grow (optional line items) | Not listed | Listed (option or package estimates) |
| Recurring service plans | Front Office | Connect (automatic payments for recurring work) | Not listed | Not listed |
| Crew scheduling | Front Office | Plus (crew scheduling) | Startup (scheduling and dispatch) | Not listed |
| Time tracking | Front Office | Connect | Pro (employee tracking) | Not listed |
| Automatic estimate follow-ups | Grow, on day two and day four, then it stops | Connect | Pro Plus (automations) | Not listed |
| Seasonal email and text campaigns | Grow | Marketing Suite add-on, $99 a month, included on Plus | Not listed | SMS and email blasts, paid per message |
| People, usage and card fees | ||||
| Extra people | No per-person fee; one or fifteen people, the same price | $29 a month each | Added app licenses through its team, no price listed | $5 a month per employee |
| Usage or credits | None on Office, at cost on Grow, included on Front Office | None on the pricing page | None on the pricing page | Kate AI receptionist $1 a call; texts 5 or 10 cents each; email $10 per 2,000 |
| Card payments | 2.9% + 30¢ (Stripe) plus 2%, 1% or 0.5% by plan (Koira) | 2.9% + 30¢ online, 2.7% + 30¢ Tap to Pay, 1% bank (ACH) | Not published on its pricing page | Not published; payments run through Square at Square's rate |
| Add-ons | None; postcards are a flat price per card | Receptionist $29, Pipeline $49, Marketing Suite $99 a month (all three in Plus) | Two-way texting, QuickBooks sync, client portal, Smart Maps, email integration, GPS, all call for pricing | Most extras $10 a month each (online booking, portal, review asks, phone number); API $50 |
From Jobber pricing, checked October 8, 2026; Service Autopilot pricing and Markate pricing, checked October 9, 2026. Jobber's pricing page blocks a plain fetch and changes its prices with a team size picker, so we read it in a real browser. The $29 a month per added user is in the note behind each plan's user count. A cell names the lowest plan that lists the feature; "Not listed" means we did not see it, so ask. Prices change often, so check the page before you buy.
What each one costs
Every plan in the same columns: price, people, usage, card rates and add-ons. Koira has no per-person fee on any plan, and Office costs nothing a month.
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | People included | Usage or credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koira | ||||
| Office | $0, free | Monthly, no contract | One or fifteen, the same price | None charged on Office |
| Grow | $249 a month | Monthly, no contract | One or fifteen, the same price | Texts, call minutes and emails at cost, nothing added |
| Front Office | $499 a month, flat | Monthly, no contract | One or fifteen, the same price | Included in the $499 |
| Jobber | ||||
| Core | $49 a month | $29 a month billed yearly | 1 user | None on the pricing page |
| Connect | $139 a month for 1 user, $199 for 5 | $99 a month for 1 user, $149 for 5, billed yearly | 1, 5, 10 or 15 users | None on the pricing page |
| Grow | $199 a month for 1 user, $299 for 5 | $149 a month for 1 user, $229 for 5, billed yearly | 1, 5, 10 or 15 users | None on the pricing page |
| Plus | $499 a month for 5 users | $399 a month for 5 users, billed yearly | 5, 10 or 15 users | None on the pricing page |
| Service Autopilot | ||||
| Startup | $49 a month plus a sign-up fee | Yearly rate | 1 business user, 1 mobile license | None on the pricing page |
| Pro | $199 a month plus a sign-up fee | Yearly rate | 1 business user, 2 mobile licenses | None on the pricing page |
| Pro Plus | $499 a month plus a sign-up fee | Yearly rate | 1 business user, 5 mobile licenses | None on the pricing page |
| Elite | Priced on request | Priced on request | 2 business users, 8 mobile licenses | None on the pricing page |
| Markate | ||||
| Owner Operator | $49.95 a month | $45.95 a month ($551.40 a year) | The owner | Kate AI receptionist $1 a call; texts 5 or 10 cents each; email $10 per 2,000 |
| Team | $49.95 plus $5 a month per employee | $45.95 plus $5 a month per employee | The owner plus employees | Kate AI receptionist $1 a call; texts 5 or 10 cents each; email $10 per 2,000 |
What comes on top: people, card payments and add-ons
| Company | Each extra person | Card payments | Add-ons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koira | No per-person fee on any plan | 2.9% + 30¢ (Stripe) plus 2% on Office, 1% on Grow, 0.5% on Front Office (Koira); on Office that share replaces a monthly fee | None; postcards are a flat price per card |
| Jobber | $29 a month each | 2.9% + 30¢ online, 2.7% + 30¢ Tap to Pay, 1% bank (ACH) | Receptionist $29, Pipeline $49, Marketing Suite $99 a month (all three in Plus) |
| Service Autopilot | Added app licenses through its team, no price listed | Not published on its pricing page | Two-way texting, QuickBooks sync, client portal, Smart Maps, email integration, GPS, all call for pricing |
| Markate | $5 a month per employee | Not published; payments run through Square at Square's rate | Most extras $10 a month each (online booking, portal, review asks, phone number); API $50 |
From Jobber pricing, checked October 8, 2026; Service Autopilot pricing and Markate pricing, checked October 9, 2026. Jobber's pricing page blocks a plain fetch and changes its prices with a team size picker, so we read it in a real browser. The $29 a month per added user is in the note behind each plan's user count. A cell names the lowest plan that lists the feature; "Not listed" means we did not see it, so ask. Prices change often, so check the page before you buy.
Card rates as each company publishes them, checked October 9, 2026. Koira's is Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ for a US card plus Koira's share, which pays for Office in place of a monthly fee.
How to choose
If you add cleaners every few months, a per-person fee adds up; Koira has none. Recurring billing, crew lanes, hours and commercial outreach are on Front Office at $499 flat. Koira does not do supply inventory or payroll.
Whichever you try, put one real week of jobs through it before you commit. Koira has a free plan, and the others offer free trials or demos, so ask.
Sources, each checked October 8, 2026: Jobber pricing, Jobber industries, Service Autopilot pricing (checked October 9, 2026), Markate pricing (checked October 9, 2026), Stripe pricing (checked October 9, 2026), and Koira pricing. We read each page's own text; we did not use summaries or third-party price lists.