- Move per-visit customers to a monthly plan; even billing in winter keeps the cash flow even too.
- The core of landscaping invoicing is on Koira's Grow plan, $249 a month plus usage, with no per-person fee.
- Card rates for Jobber, GorillaDesk and Kickserv are from each company's own pages, next to Koira's.
How a landscaping company gets paid
Landscaping billing is recurring for maintenance and staged for projects. Maintenance customers pay monthly or per visit; projects need a deposit for materials and a final when it is planted.
The more of the maintenance on a card on file, the less of the owner's time goes to collections.
What goes on a landscaping invoice
- Monthly maintenance on the card on file
- Per-visit mowing
- Cleanup charges by visit
- Material deposit on projects
- Project final at completion
- Mulch and plant pass-through
- Seasonal plan billed yearly
- Pay over time on a hardscape project
What invoicing software should do for landscapers
- The invoice built from the signed estimate
- Paid at the door by card or phone wallet
- Deposits and staged invoices
- The card rate published, on both sides
- Recurring service plans, which matters for landscapers
How Koira does it
In Koira, a landscaping invoice is built from the signed estimate and your price list, monthly maintenance on the card on file and all, and goes out when you tap done. It opens as a QR code at the door, so the customer pays by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or pay over time through Affirm or Klarna. Deposits are paid at signing and bigger jobs bill in stages. That is on Office, the free plan.
On Grow, invoices, payments and deposits post to QuickBooks Online as they happen.
Side by side
The features that matter for landscaping invoicing, where each first appears on each company's public pricing page, then the people, usage, card and add-on rows every company gets.
| What you need | Koira | Jobber | GorillaDesk | Kickserv |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invoices and online payments | Office (free) | Core | Basic | Start |
| Deposits at signing | Office, at signing | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| 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 | Not listed | Every plan, 2.9% with Tap to Pay |
| Invoices in stages | Deposit, midpoint and final invoices | Core (progress invoicing) | Not listed | Not listed |
| QuickBooks Online sync | Grow | Connect (QuickBooks Online and Xero) | Pro | Start (QuickBooks Online), Desktop $50 a month |
| Recurring service plans | Front Office | Connect (automatic payments for recurring work) | Pro (subscription billing) | Not listed |
| People, usage and card fees | ||||
| Extra people | No per-person fee; one or fifteen people, the same price | $29 a month each | Admin users free; each added route raises the price | Move up a plan |
| Usage or credits | None on Office, at cost on Grow, included on Front Office | None on the pricing page | Texting $5 a month plus message credits, $50 for 1,000 | None on the pricing page |
| 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) | Not published; your own Stripe or Square account's rate | 2.9% with Tap to Pay, 3.9% when the card is not present (Stripe) |
| Add-ons | None; postcards are a flat price per card | Receptionist $29, Pipeline $49, Marketing Suite $99 a month (all three in Plus) | Texting $5 a month plus message credits | QuickBooks Desktop $50 a month; 5% off the plan when you process enough payments |
From Jobber pricing and GorillaDesk pricing, checked October 8, 2026; Kickserv 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. GorillaDesk prices by route with a slider that fills in by script, so we read each route count 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.
| 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 |
| GorillaDesk | ||||
| Basic | $49 a month for 1 route, $99 for 2, $149 for 3 | $539 a year for 1 route | Unlimited admin users and devices | Texting $5 a month plus message credits, $50 for 1,000 |
| Pro | $99 a month for 1 route, $149 for 2, $199 for 3 | $1,089 a year for 1 route | Unlimited admin users and devices | Texting $5 a month plus message credits, $50 for 1,000 |
| Growth | $149 a month for 1 route, $249 for 2, $299 for 3 | $1,639 a year for 1 route | Unlimited admin users and devices | Texting $5 a month plus message credits, $50 for 1,000 |
| Kickserv | ||||
| Start | $60 a month | 20% off with a yearly subscription | 5 users | None on the pricing page |
| Run | $119 a month | 20% off with a yearly subscription | 10 users | None on the pricing page |
| Scale | $199 a month | 20% off with a yearly subscription | 20 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 |
| 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) |
| GorillaDesk | Admin users free; each added route raises the price | Not published; your own Stripe or Square account's rate | Texting $5 a month plus message credits |
| Kickserv | Move up a plan | 2.9% with Tap to Pay, 3.9% when the card is not present (Stripe) | QuickBooks Desktop $50 a month; 5% off the plan when you process enough payments |
From Jobber pricing and GorillaDesk pricing, checked October 8, 2026; Kickserv 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. GorillaDesk prices by route with a slider that fills in by script, so we read each route count 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 Kickserv 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.
Sources, each checked October 8, 2026: Jobber pricing, Jobber industries, GorillaDesk pricing, Kickserv pricing (checked October 9, 2026), Kickserv 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.