- Calls answered or texted back while you are on a job, online booking that only offers times that fit your day, and estimates with options, signed with the deposit on one page matter most.
- Koira covers it with no per-person fee: customers book online (Office (free)); estimates (Office (free)); options on one estimate (Office, up to three).
- Prices and card rates for Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceM8 are from each company's own pages.
What field service software does
Field service software runs the part of a trade business that happens away from the job: taking the call, booking the visit, sending the estimate, putting the day in order and getting paid. The bigger systems add a dispatch board, inventory, payroll and job costing for companies with an office and a fleet.
A one to three person shop needs less of the office and more of the follow-through. Most lost money in a small shop is a missed call, an estimate nobody followed up, or an invoice written on Sunday night. The right software catches those without adding a desk job.
What to look for
- Calls answered or texted back while you are on a job
- Online booking that only offers times that fit your day
- Estimates with options, signed with the deposit on one page
- The day in driving order, with day-before reminders
- The invoice sent when you finish, paid at the door
- Follow-ups on open estimates that stop when they sign
- Review asks after every paid job
- No per-person fee as you add a helper
How Koira does it
Koira's Office plan is free and covers the core: a website that books jobs, an instant price from your own list, estimates with up to three options signed and paid on one page, the day plan in driving order, reminders the day before, invoices that go out when you tap done, a QR code to get paid at the door, and a page for every customer.
Grow, $249 a month plus usage at cost, adds the AI receptionist and text-back on a Koira number, automatic bid follow-ups, seasonal campaigns, referrals and QuickBooks Online sync. Front Office, $499 flat, adds maintenance plans sold on your site, crew routes and hours, and commercial outreach. There is no per-person fee on any 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 | Jobber | Housecall Pro | ServiceM8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customers book online | Office (free) | Core | Basic | Every plan (online bookings) |
| Estimates | Office (free) | Core | Basic | Every plan |
| Options on one estimate | Office, up to three | Grow (optional line items) | Max (sales proposal tool) | Every plan (proposals) |
| E-signatures | Office (free) | Core (signature approvals) | Not listed | Not listed |
| Deposits at signing | Office, at signing | Not listed | Not listed | Every plan |
| Invoices and online payments | Office (free) | Core | Basic | Every plan |
| Paid on the spot | Office, QR code at the door, 2.9% + 30¢ (Stripe) plus 0.5% to 2% (Koira) a payment | Core, 2.7% + 30¢ a payment | Tap to Pay, listed as a separate product | Not listed |
| Stops sorted by the drive | Office (stops sorted by the drive) | Connect | Essentials (routes), Max (route optimization) | Not listed |
| Day-before reminders | Office, the day before | Connect (automated client notifications) | Not listed | Not listed |
| Automatic estimate follow-ups | Grow, on day two and day four, then it stops | Connect | Pipeline, listed as a separate product | Not listed |
| Calls answered by AI | Grow | Receptionist add-on, $29 a month, included on Plus | CSR AI, listed as a separate product | Not listed |
| Review requests | Office (free) | Not listed | Basic (review management) | Not listed |
| QuickBooks Online sync | Grow | Connect (QuickBooks Online and Xero) | Essentials | Every plan (accounting integrations) |
| Crew scheduling | Front Office | Plus (crew scheduling) | Basic (schedule and assign techs) | Every plan (scheduling) |
| People, usage and card fees | ||||
| Extra people | No per-person fee; one or fifteen people, the same price | $29 a month each | $35 a month each on Max; on Basic and Essentials, move up a plan | No per-user fee on paid plans |
| Usage or credits | None on Office, at cost on Grow, included on Front Office | None on the pricing page | None on the pricing page | New jobs a month: 30, 50, 150, 500, or 1,500 and up (20¢ per added job on Premium Plus) |
| 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) | From 2.59% a card payment, 1% bank payments | Not published on its pricing or payments page |
| Add-ons | None; postcards are a flat price per card | Receptionist $29, Pipeline $49, Marketing Suite $99 a month (all three in Plus) | CSR AI, Pipeline, Campaigns, Voice, Websites and Tap to Pay, sold separately, no price listed | ServiceM8 Phone from $19 a month |
From Jobber pricing and Housecall Pro pricing, checked October 8, 2026; ServiceM8 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. 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. ServiceM8's prices fill in by script, so we read the page in a real browser. 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 |
| 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 |
| ServiceM8 | ||||
| Free | $0 | No yearly price published | 1 user | 30 new jobs a month |
| Starter | $29 a month | No yearly price published | Unlimited users | 50 new jobs a month |
| Growing | $79 a month | No yearly price published | Unlimited users | 150 new jobs a month |
| Premium | $149 a month | No yearly price published | Unlimited users | 500 new jobs a month |
| Premium Plus | $349 a month | No yearly price published | Unlimited users | 1,500 jobs a month, then 20¢ a job |
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) |
| 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 |
| ServiceM8 | No per-user fee on paid plans | Not published on its pricing or payments page | ServiceM8 Phone from $19 a month |
From Jobber pricing and Housecall Pro pricing, checked October 8, 2026; ServiceM8 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. 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. ServiceM8's prices fill in by script, so we read the page in a real browser. 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 ServiceM8 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
Write down where last month's money leaked: missed calls, quotes that went quiet, slow invoices, or no-shows. Pick the tool that fixes the biggest leak first, and check its price for the number of people you have now and next year.
Every company here offers a free plan or a trial. Run one real week of jobs through it before you commit.
Koira's plans and prices are on one page, and Office is free with no time limit.
Sources, each checked October 8, 2026: Jobber pricing, Jobber industries, Housecall Pro pricing, Housecall Pro industries, ServiceM8 pricing (checked October 9, 2026), ServiceM8 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.