- For a deck builder, the features that decide the software are options on one estimate, deposits at signing and customer financing.
- Koira covers that list on Office (free), with no per-person fee.
- One company we checked names this trade on its own site: QuoteIQ.
- Prices and card rates for QuoteIQ, Jobber and JobTread are from each company's own pages, checked October 8, 2026.
What a deck builder needs from software
Deck season is short and everybody wants theirs before summer. A deck builder's spring is a stack of quotes, most of them for the same choice between wood and composite, and a calendar that fills in a few weeks.
The builders who do well in that rush send one clear estimate with every material on it, take the deposit when the customer signs, and keep framing instead of returning calls.
- Options on one estimate. Pressure-treated, composite or a premium build is the choice almost every deck sale comes down to.
- Deposits at signing. A deck's lumber and hardware is a real bill, and it should be paid by the customer before the truck is loaded.
- Customer financing. Composite costs more up front, and paying over time is often what makes it the one they pick.
- Calls answered by AI. Spring calls come in while you are framing, and the season is too short to lose them.
- Automatic estimate follow-ups. Deck quotes wait on a spouse, a budget or a second quote, and a polite nudge keeps yours in the running.
- Review requests. A new deck is shown off at the first cookout, which is the best time to ask for a review.
The jobs on a deck estimate
These are the lines a deck estimate is built from, from the price list in our free deck estimate template.
| Job line | Priced by | What the line says |
|---|---|---|
| Footings, dug and poured | each | Depth to your local frost line and the inspector's rule. |
| Framing: posts, beams and joists | sq ft | Lumber grade and joist spacing. |
| Ledger with flashing | ft | Attached to the house with the fasteners code calls for. |
| Decking, pressure-treated | sq ft | Board width and fastening. |
| Decking, composite | sq ft | Brand, color and hidden or face fasteners. |
| Railing | ft | Wood, composite, aluminum or cable. |
| Stairs | each | Per step; width and landing. |
| Tear-out of old deck | sq ft | Demolition and haul-off. |
| Post caps and lighting | each | Low voltage or solar. |
| Skirting or lattice | ft | Around the base. |
In Koira these go on your price list once. Every estimate, instant price and invoice pulls from it, so a deck builder never types the same line twice, and Koira never writes a number that is not in your records.
A plain checklist for deck software
- Wood, composite and premium on one estimate
- Deposit at signing for lumber
- Pay over time for bigger decks
- Calls answered while you frame
- Follow-ups on spring quotes
- Railings, stairs and lighting as their own lines
- The permit as a line the customer sees
- Postcards to the neighbors after the build
How Koira covers the list
Options on one estimate. Put pressure-treated, composite and a premium build as good, better and best on one page. The customer picks one, signs and pays. That is on Office, the free plan.
Deposits at signing. Your deposit rule is applied to every estimate, so the lumber order is covered at signing.
Customer financing. The pay page offers Affirm or Klarna. They apply on their own phone and you are paid as usual.
Calls answered by AI. On Grow, Koira answers every call and books the look into your real day.
Automatic estimate follow-ups. On Grow, every open estimate is nudged on day two and day four, then the nudges stop.
Review requests. After every paid job Koira asks for the review. Neighbor postcards tell the homes around a new deck who built it.
Which software companies list deck work
We read the industries pages of the companies we compare on koira.ai and noted which ones name this trade. QuoteIQ is in the tables below.
- QuoteIQ names it as Deck Building. Read on QuoteIQ industries.
Read on October 9, 2026 from each company's own page. A company not named here may still serve deck builders; it just does not name the trade on that page, so ask.
What to compare
The features that matter most to a deck builder, 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 | QuoteIQ | Jobber | JobTread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Options on one estimate | Office, up to three | Essentials (options estimates) | Grow (optional line items) | Not listed |
| Deposits at signing | Office, at signing | Essentials (partial payments) | Not listed | Not listed |
| Customer financing | On the pay page, every plan | Essentials (via Stripe or Whop) | Not listed | Included (homeowner financing) |
| Calls answered by AI | Grow | Essentials (AI Virtual Call Team, uses IQ Credits) | Receptionist add-on, $29 a month, included on Plus | Not listed |
| Automatic estimate follow-ups | Grow, on day two and day four, then it stops | Pro (email and text automation) | Connect | Not listed |
| Review requests | Office (free) | Essentials (Review Multiplier) | Not listed | Not listed |
| People, usage and card fees | ||||
| Extra people | No per-person fee; one or fifteen people, the same price | $25 a month each | $29 a month each | $20 a month each (users 2 to 10), $15 (11 to 20), $10 (21 to 30), $5 after |
| Usage or credits | None on Office, at cost on Grow, included on Front Office | 500 to 8,000 IQ Credits a month by plan, extra credits billed separately | None on the pricing page | None on the pricing page |
| Card payments | 2.9% + 30¢ (Stripe) plus 2%, 1% or 0.5% by plan (Koira) | Not published; Stripe's processing plus a QuoteIQ platform fee | 2.9% + 30¢ online, 2.7% + 30¢ Tap to Pay, 1% bank (ACH) | 2.95% + 30¢ a card, ACH $1 plus 1% (capped at $15) |
| Add-ons | None; postcards are a flat price per card | AI Website Builder below Max, extra IQ Credits and storage, priced separately | Receptionist $29, Pipeline $49, Marketing Suite $99 a month (all three in Plus) | None; the page says every feature is included |
From QuoteIQ pricing and Jobber pricing, checked October 8, 2026; JobTread 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 |
| QuoteIQ | ||||
| Essentials | $29.99 a month | Two months free, paid up front | 1 user | 500 IQ Credits a month, extra credits billed separately |
| Beginner | $99.99 a month | Two months free, paid up front | 2 users | 1,500 IQ Credits a month, extra credits billed separately |
| Pro | $199.99 a month | Two months free, paid up front | 4 users | 3,000 IQ Credits a month, extra credits billed separately |
| Elite | $299.99 a month | Two months free, paid up front | 10 users | 5,000 IQ Credits a month, extra credits billed separately |
| Max | $699.99 a month | Two months free, paid up front | 20 users | 8,000 IQ Credits a month, extra credits billed separately |
| 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 |
| JobTread | ||||
| One plan | $199 a month | 20% off billed yearly | 1 internal user, unlimited customer and vendor portal users | None on the pricing page |
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 |
| QuoteIQ | $25 a month each | Not published; Stripe's processing plus a QuoteIQ platform fee | AI Website Builder below Max, extra IQ Credits and storage, priced separately |
| 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) |
| 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 |
From QuoteIQ pricing and Jobber pricing, checked October 8, 2026; JobTread 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 (also QuoteIQ online 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 spring calls go to voicemail, start with call answering on Grow. If customers balk at composite, start with options and pay over time, both on Office, the free plan.
If you build decks as part of whole-house remodels with subs and schedules, a construction system with job costing may fit better.
Whichever you try, put one real week of deck jobs through it before you commit. Koira's Office plan is free with no time limit: start on Office, free, or see every plan on the pricing page. The others offer free trials or demos, so ask.
Sources, each checked October 8, 2026: QuoteIQ pricing, QuoteIQ online payments (checked October 9, 2026), QuoteIQ industries, Jobber pricing, Jobber industries, JobTread pricing (checked October 9, 2026), JobTread online payments (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.