- For an insulation contractor, the features that decide the software are calls answered by AI, options on one estimate and seasonal email and text campaigns.
- Koira covers that list on Grow ($249 a month plus usage), with no per-person fee.
- One company we checked names this trade on its own site: QuoteIQ.
- Prices and card rates for QuoteIQ, Housecall Pro and Jobber are from each company's own pages, checked October 8, 2026.
What an insulation contractor needs from software
Insulation is a weather business. The phone is quiet for weeks, then the first cold night brings every drafty house in town at once, and the contractor who answers and books the look that week gets the work.
Between the rushes, the work is reminding people. Past customers with a second attic, a crawl space or a neighbor asking about their bills are the cheapest jobs to book.
- Calls answered by AI. The first cold snap and the first heat wave fill the phone in a day, and voicemail loses those jobs.
- Options on one estimate. Blown-in, spray foam and air sealing is a choice homeowners make better with three prices in front of them.
- Seasonal email and text campaigns. Insulation sells when the season turns, and last year's customers and their neighbors are the easiest to reach.
- Customer financing. Spray foam in a whole attic is a big number, and paying over time helps.
- Stops sorted by the drive. Attic looks and crawl space jobs scatter across town, and a tidy route fits more of them in.
- Day-before reminders. Attic access needs a clear closet and someone home, which a day-before text arranges.
The jobs on an insulation estimate
These are the lines on an insulation estimate, from the price list in our free insulation estimate template.
| Job line | Priced by | What the line says |
|---|---|---|
| Blown-in attic insulation | sq ft | Material, target R-value and settled depth. |
| Dense-pack wall insulation | sq ft | Drill and fill; how holes are patched. |
| Fiberglass batts | sq ft | R-value and where they go. |
| Open-cell spray foam | sq ft | Thickness and R-value. |
| Closed-cell spray foam | sq ft | Thickness and R-value. |
| Air sealing, top plates and penetrations | hour | Foam and caulk at the gaps. |
| Attic baffles | each | At each rafter bay at the eaves. |
| Attic hatch insulation and weatherstrip | each | Insulated cover and seal. |
| Remove old insulation | sq ft | Vacuum out and disposal. |
| Crawl space vapor barrier | sq ft | Thickness and how seams are taped. |
In Koira these go on your price list once. Every estimate, instant price and invoice pulls from it, so an insulation contractor never types the same line twice, and Koira never writes a number that is not in your records.
A plain checklist for insulation software
- Every call answered in the cold-snap rush
- Blown-in, spray foam and air sealing as three options
- Pay over time for bigger jobs
- Past customers reminded when the season turns
- Attic and crawl space visits in driving order
- A day-before text about access
- The expected rebate noted on the estimate
- A review ask after every job
How Koira covers the list
Calls answered by AI. On Grow, Koira answers every call on your number, texts back the ones it cannot finish and books the look into your real day.
Options on one estimate. Good, better and best from your price list go on one estimate, with pay over time on the pay page. That is on Office, the free plan.
Seasonal email and text campaigns. On Grow, campaigns text and email past customers when the season turns, with one tap to book.
Customer financing. The pay page offers Affirm or Klarna, and the customer applies on their own phone.
Stops sorted by the drive. Each visit sits on Today in driving order.
Day-before reminders. The day before, Koira texts a reminder so the attic hatch is clear.
Which software companies list insulation 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 Insulation Installation (and Attic Insulation, marked page coming soon). Read on QuoteIQ industries.
Read on October 9, 2026 from each company's own page. A company not named here may still serve insulation contractors; it just does not name the trade on that page, so ask.
What to compare
The features that matter most to an insulation contractor, 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 | Housecall Pro | Jobber |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calls answered by AI | Grow | Essentials (AI Virtual Call Team, uses IQ Credits) | CSR AI, listed as a separate product | Receptionist add-on, $29 a month, included on Plus |
| Options on one estimate | Office, up to three | Essentials (options estimates) | Max (sales proposal tool) | Grow (optional line items) |
| Seasonal email and text campaigns | Grow | Elite (mass text and email campaigns) | Campaigns, listed as a separate product | Marketing Suite add-on, $99 a month, included on Plus |
| Customer financing | On the pay page, every plan | Essentials (via Stripe or Whop) | Basic (consumer financing) | Not listed |
| Stops sorted by the drive | Office (stops sorted by the drive) | Elite (route optimization) | Essentials (routes), Max (route optimization) | Connect |
| Day-before reminders | Office, the day before | Pro (email and text automation) | Not listed | Connect (automated client notifications) |
| People, usage and card fees | ||||
| Extra people | No per-person fee; one or fifteen people, the same price | $25 a month each | $35 a month each on Max; on Basic and Essentials, move up a plan | $29 a month each |
| 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 | From 2.59% a card payment, 1% bank payments | 2.9% + 30¢ online, 2.7% + 30¢ Tap to Pay, 1% bank (ACH) |
| Add-ons | None; postcards are a flat price per card | AI Website Builder below Max, extra IQ Credits and storage, priced separately | CSR AI, Pipeline, Campaigns, Voice, Websites and Tap to Pay, sold separately, no price listed | Receptionist $29, Pipeline $49, Marketing Suite $99 a month (all three in Plus) |
From QuoteIQ pricing, Housecall Pro pricing and Jobber pricing, checked October 8, 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. 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
From QuoteIQ pricing, Housecall Pro pricing and Jobber pricing, checked October 8, 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. 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), 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 your busy weeks end with a full voicemail box, call answering on Grow comes first. If the slow months are the problem, campaigns on Grow bring past customers back. Options and pay over time are on Office, the free plan.
Whichever you try, put one real week of insulation 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, Housecall Pro pricing, Housecall Pro industries, Jobber pricing, Jobber industries, 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.