- A page for every customer with visits, estimates and invoices, every call and text in one place, and follow-ups on open estimates matter most.
- Koira covers it with no per-person fee: customer page or portal (Office (free)); automatic estimate follow-ups (Grow, on day two and day four, then it stops); two-way texting (Office (an inbox you answer), Grow (text-back on a Koira number)).
- Prices and card rates for JobNimbus, JobTread, Markate are from each company's own pages.
What contractor crm does
A CRM is the record of every customer: who they are, what you quoted, what they paid, and when to talk to them next. In a sales team it is a pipeline. In an owner-run trade business it is mostly memory you no longer have to keep.
The useful part is what the CRM does with that record: follows up on the estimate, reminds the customer before the visit, brings them back when the season turns, and asks for the review after they pay.
What to look for
- A page for every customer with visits, estimates and invoices
- Every call and text in one place
- Follow-ups on open estimates
- Reminders before visits
- Seasonal reminders to past customers
- Review asks after paid jobs
- Referral asks from happy customers
- Nothing for the customer to download
How Koira does it
In Koira every customer has a page, on every plan including the free one: the visit, the estimate to sign, the invoice to pay, the receipt and a way to book again, all from one link in every text, with no app or password. You see the same history from your side, and text Koira "who owes me" to get the answer in a line.
Grow, $249 a month plus usage at cost, puts the CRM to work: calls answered on a Koira number, missed calls texted back, open estimates nudged on day two and day four, and past customers texted and emailed when the season turns, with one tap to book. Review asks go out after every paid job on every plan.
Side by side
Where each feature 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 | JobNimbus | JobTread | Markate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer page or portal | Office (free) | Not listed | Included (customer portals) | Branded portal add-on, $10 a month |
| Automatic estimate follow-ups | Grow, on day two and day four, then it stops | Essentials (10 automations a month) | Not listed | Not listed |
| Two-way texting | Office (an inbox you answer), Grow (text-back on a Koira number) | Communications Bundle add-on, priced on request | Not listed | Not listed |
| Calls answered by AI | Grow | Not listed | Not listed | Kate AI receptionist, $1 a call |
| Seasonal email and text campaigns | Grow | Marketing Bundle add-on, priced on request | Not listed | SMS and email blasts, paid per message |
| Review requests | Office (free) | Not listed | Not listed | Review ask add-on, $10 a month |
| Day-before reminders | Office, the day before | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Customers book online | Office (free) | Not listed | Not listed | Online booking add-on, $10 a month |
| Estimates | Office (free) | Essentials (estimates) | Included (estimating) | Listed (standard, option or package estimates) |
| People, usage and card fees | ||||
| Extra people | No per-person fee; one or fifteen people, the same price | Move up a plan; priced on request | $20 a month each (users 2 to 10), $15 (11 to 20), $10 (21 to 30), $5 after | $5 a month per employee |
| Usage or credits | None on Office, at cost on Grow, included on Front Office | Automations: 10 a month on Essentials, 30 on Pro, 100 on Premium | 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) | 3.2% + 29¢ a card, ACH 1% (capped at $50) | 2.95% + 30¢ a card, ACH $1 plus 1% (capped at $15) | Not published; payments run through Square at Square's rate |
| Add-ons | None; postcards are a flat price per card | Marketing Bundle, Communications Bundle, Professional Services, priced on request | None; the page says every feature is included | Most extras $10 a month each (online booking, portal, review asks, phone number); API $50 |
From JobNimbus pricing, JobTread pricing and Markate pricing, checked October 9, 2026. 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 |
| JobNimbus | ||||
| Essentials | Not published, priced on request | Not published | Up to 3 users | Automations: 10 a month on Essentials, 30 on Pro, 100 on Premium |
| Pro | Not published, priced on request | Not published | Up to 10 users | Automations: 10 a month on Essentials, 30 on Pro, 100 on Premium |
| Premium | Not published, priced on request | Not published | Up to 19 users | Automations: 10 a month on Essentials, 30 on Pro, 100 on Premium |
| Enterprise | Not published, priced on request | Not published | 20 users and more | Automations: 10 a month on Essentials, 30 on Pro, 100 on Premium |
| JobTread | ||||
| One plan | $199 a month | 20% off billed yearly | 1 internal user, unlimited customer and vendor portal users | 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 |
| JobNimbus | Move up a plan; priced on request | 3.2% + 29¢ a card, ACH 1% (capped at $50) | Marketing Bundle, Communications Bundle, Professional Services, priced on request |
| JobTread | $20 a month each (users 2 to 10), $15 (11 to 20), $10 (21 to 30), $5 after | 2.95% + 30¢ a card, ACH $1 plus 1% (capped at $15) | None; the page says every feature is included |
| 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 JobNimbus pricing, JobTread pricing and Markate pricing, checked October 9, 2026. 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 (also JobNimbus payments, JobTread online payments), 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 have salespeople working leads through stages, a pipeline CRM fits. If you are the salesperson, the CRM that sends the follow-ups and reminders for you saves more than one you have to update.
Koira's plans and prices are on one page, and Office is free with no time limit.
Sources, each checked October 9, 2026: JobNimbus pricing, JobNimbus payments, JobTread pricing, JobTread online payments, Markate pricing, Stripe pricing, and Koira pricing. We read each page's own text; we did not use summaries or third-party price lists.