- For a moving company, the features that decide the software are instant price on your site, deposits at signing, day-before reminders.
- Koira covers that list on Office (free), with no per-person fee.
- Prices and card rates for Jobber, Housecall Pro and ServiceM8 are from each company's own pages.
- Count the people who will use it before you compare prices.
What a moving company needs from software
A local mover is booked weeks ahead and paid on one day. The customer collects quotes from several companies, picks a date and expects the truck at eight. Everything before move day is selling and confirming.
So the software that fits a small mover puts a price in front of the customer quickly, holds the date with a deposit, and confirms every detail the day before, so the crew does not stand in a driveway waiting.
- Instant price on your site. People ask several movers for a number at once, and the first clear price gets the call back.
- Deposits at signing. A booked Saturday turns away other work, so the deposit should hold the date.
- Day-before reminders. A confirmed time, address and access note the day before prevents a lost morning.
- Calls answered by AI. Move inquiries come in while the crew is carrying a sofa.
- Automatic estimate follow-ups. Quotes for next month's move go quiet unless someone checks in.
- Paid on the spot. The balance is easiest to collect when the last box is in.
A plain checklist for moving software
- A quick price from your rates
- A deposit that holds the date
- Signed estimate with the details
- A day-before confirmation
- Calls answered while the crew works
- Follow-ups on open quotes
- Balance paid at the end of the move
- Review asks after each move
How Koira covers the list
Instant price on your site. A Get a price button on your site answers from your own price list, day or night.
Deposits at signing. Your deposit rule rides on every estimate and is paid when they sign.
Day-before reminders. The day before, Koira texts the customer to confirm or move the visit.
Calls answered by AI. On Grow, Koira answers every call on a Koira number and books the estimate visit.
Automatic estimate follow-ups. On Grow, Koira nudges every open estimate on day two and day four, then stops.
Paid on the spot. The invoice opens as a QR code at the door: card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or pay over time.
What to compare
The features that matter most to a moving company, 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 | Jobber | Housecall Pro | ServiceM8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instant price on your site | Office (free) | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Deposits at signing | Office, at signing | Not listed | Not listed | Every plan |
| Day-before reminders | Office, the day before | Connect (automated client notifications) | Not listed | 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 |
| Automatic estimate follow-ups | Grow, on day two and day four, then it stops | Connect | Pipeline, listed as a separate product | 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 | Tap to Pay, listed as a separate product | Not listed |
| 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
If no-shows and wrong addresses cost you days, deposits and reminders come first. If quotes go unanswered, instant prices and follow-ups come first. Koira covers both; follow-ups are on Grow. It does not do inventory lists or storage billing.
Whichever you try, put one real week of jobs through it before you commit. Koira has a free plan, and the others offer free trials or demos, so ask.
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.