- Every stop in driving order, new bookings placed where the drive makes sense, and each tech's stops on their own phone matter most.
- Koira covers it with no per-person fee: stops sorted by the drive (Office (stops sorted by the drive)); crew scheduling (Front Office); time tracking (Front Office).
- Prices and card rates for Housecall Pro, Service Fusion, FieldPulse are from each company's own pages.
What dispatch software does
Dispatch software decides who goes where and when. In a big shop that is a dispatcher at a board, dragging jobs between techs as calls come in. In a small shop it is usually the owner, between jobs, on a phone.
What a small shop needs is not a bigger board. It is the day sorted by the drive, new calls dropped where they fit, the customer told when the tech is on the way, and each person seeing only their own stops.
What to look for
- Every stop in driving order
- New bookings placed where the drive makes sense
- Each tech's stops on their own phone
- On-my-way texts with a time
- Who is on a job, driving or done, at a glance
- Hours by person and by job
- Works with no signal
- No per-person fee for techs
How Koira does it
Koira does dispatch without a board. Every booking, from a call, a text or your site, lands on Today in driving order on its own, and Koira only offers customers times that fit the route. When a tech leaves a stop, the next customer gets a text with how many minutes out they are and a link to watch them come.
On Front Office, $499 a month flat, each person gets a lane with their stops in driving order on their own phone, clocks in and out of jobs, and shows as on a job, driving or clocked out. Hours add up by person and by job, and there is no per-person fee. Taps are saved on the phone with no signal and sync later.
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 | Housecall Pro | Service Fusion | FieldPulse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stops sorted by the drive | Office (stops sorted by the drive) | Essentials (routes), Max (route optimization) | Not listed | Not listed |
| Crew scheduling | Front Office | Basic (schedule and assign techs) | Starter (scheduling and dispatch) | Core platform (scheduling and dispatch) |
| Time tracking | Front Office | Time tracking, listed in its menu but not on a plan card | Not listed | Not listed |
| Customers book online | Office (free) | Basic | Not listed | Core platform (booking portal) |
| Day-before reminders | Office, the day before | Not listed | Starter (text alerts) | Not listed |
| Calls answered by AI | Grow | CSR AI, listed as a separate product | ServiceCall.ai add-on, no price listed | Operator AI, a premium product |
| Customer page or portal | Office (free) | Not listed | Pro, or an add-on below it | Core platform (customer portal) |
| Paid on the spot | Office, QR code at the door, 2.9% + 30¢ (Stripe) plus 0.5% to 2% (Koira) a payment | Tap to Pay, listed as a separate product | Not listed | Not listed |
| Recurring service plans | Front Office | Max (recurring service plans) | Pro (recurring invoicing) | Core platform (maintenance agreements) |
| People, usage and card fees | ||||
| Extra people | No per-person fee; one or fifteen people, the same price | $35 a month each on Max; on Basic and Essentials, move up a plan | No per-user fee; unlimited users | Priced per seat, on request |
| Usage or credits | None on Office, at cost on Grow, included on Front Office | None on the pricing page | None on the pricing page | Engage phone lines and licenses, priced on request |
| Card payments | 2.9% + 30¢ (Stripe) plus 2%, 1% or 0.5% by plan (Koira) | From 2.59% a card payment, 1% bank payments | As low as 2.90% + 30¢ (Service Fusion Payments) | Not published; FieldPulse Payments is an optional product |
| Add-ons | None; postcards are a flat price per card | CSR AI, Pipeline, Campaigns, Voice, Websites and Tap to Pay, sold separately, no price listed | ServiceCall.ai and GPS fleet tracking on every plan; e-sign, portal, custom documents and progress billing below Pro | Engage, Operator AI, Chat AI, Pricebook, Payments, Financing, Fleet Tracking, Custom Forms, priced on request |
From Housecall Pro pricing, checked October 8, 2026; Service Fusion pricing and FieldPulse pricing, checked October 9, 2026. Part of Housecall Pro's pricing page fills in by script and it was running first-month offers when we checked. The plan prices below are the regular ones its plan cards show. FieldPulse's pricing page fills in by script, so we read it in a real browser. It shows no prices. 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 |
| Housecall Pro | ||||
| Basic | $79 a month | $59 a month billed yearly | 1 user | None on the pricing page |
| Essentials | $189 a month | $149 a month billed yearly | 5 users | None on the pricing page |
| Max | $329 a month | $299 a month billed yearly | 8 users | None on the pricing page |
| Service Fusion | ||||
| Starter | $245 a month | $208 a month, one yearly payment | Unlimited users | None on the pricing page |
| Plus | $382 a month | $325 a month, one yearly payment | Unlimited users | None on the pricing page |
| Pro | $627 a month | $533 a month, one yearly payment | Unlimited users | None on the pricing page |
| FieldPulse | ||||
| Custom quote | Not published, quoted per seat | Not published | Office seats and field seats | Engage phone lines and licenses, priced on request |
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 |
| Housecall Pro | $35 a month each on Max; on Basic and Essentials, move up a plan | From 2.59% a card payment, 1% bank payments | CSR AI, Pipeline, Campaigns, Voice, Websites and Tap to Pay, sold separately, no price listed |
| Service Fusion | No per-user fee; unlimited users | As low as 2.90% + 30¢ (Service Fusion Payments) | ServiceCall.ai and GPS fleet tracking on every plan; e-sign, portal, custom documents and progress billing below Pro |
| FieldPulse | Priced per seat, on request | Not published; FieldPulse Payments is an optional product | Engage, Operator AI, Chat AI, Pricebook, Payments, Financing, Fleet Tracking, Custom Forms, priced on request |
From Housecall Pro pricing, checked October 8, 2026; Service Fusion pricing and FieldPulse pricing, checked October 9, 2026. Part of Housecall Pro's pricing page fills in by script and it was running first-month offers when we checked. The plan prices below are the regular ones its plan cards show. FieldPulse's pricing page fills in by script, so we read it in a real browser. It shows no prices. 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 Service Fusion 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 one person books and dispatches between their own jobs, automatic routing and on-my-way texts save more time than a board. If a full-time dispatcher moves jobs all day, look at a board-based system and its per-tech price.
Koira's plans and prices are on one page, and Office is free with no time limit.
Sources, each checked October 8, 2026: Housecall Pro pricing, Housecall Pro industries, Service Fusion pricing (checked October 9, 2026), Service Fusion Payments (checked October 9, 2026), FieldPulse 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.