- Put the one-time treatment next to the plan with the first visit included; most customers choose the plan when they see the math.
- The core of pest control estimating is on Koira's Grow plan, $249 a month plus usage, with no per-person fee.
- Card rates for GorillaDesk, Service Autopilot and Housecall Pro are from each company's own pages, next to Koira's.
How a pest control company estimates
Pest control is sold two ways: a one-time treatment for the problem in front of the customer, or a recurring plan that keeps it from coming back. The estimate should show both.
Prices follow the home's size and the pest: a general treatment by square footage, termites by linear foot, rodents by the exclusion work.
What goes on a pest control estimate
- Initial treatment
- Quarterly general pest plan
- Monthly plan for heavy pressure
- Termite inspection and treatment
- Rodent exclusion and trapping
- Mosquito season treatments
- Bed bug treatment
- Re-service between visits
What estimating software should do for pest control companies
- Prices from your own list, never made up
- Options side by side on one estimate
- Signature and deposit on the same page
- Follow-ups that stop when they sign
- Recurring service plans, which matters for pest control companies
How Koira does it
In Koira, every line on a pest control estimate comes from your own price list, from initial treatment to re-service between visits. An estimate carries up to three options, the customer signs with a finger and pays your deposit on the same page, all on Office, the free plan. Koira can also draft the estimate from a few photos of the job, and never writes a number that is not in your records.
On Grow, $249 a month plus usage at cost, every open estimate is nudged on day two and day four, then the nudges stop. You see who opened it.
Side by side
The features that matter for pest control estimating, 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 | GorillaDesk | Service Autopilot | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimates | Office (free) | Basic | Quotes and proposals listed, plan not clear | Basic |
| Options on one estimate | Office, up to three | Growth (dynamic estimates and packages) | Not listed | Max (sales proposal tool) |
| E-signatures | Office (free) | Pro | Not listed | Not listed |
| Deposits at signing | Office, at signing | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Price book | Office (your price list) | Not listed | Not listed | Basic (price book), Essentials (flat-rate pricing) |
| Automatic estimate follow-ups | Grow, on day two and day four, then it stops | Not listed | Pro Plus (automations) | Pipeline, listed as a separate product |
| Recurring service plans | Front Office | Pro (subscription billing) | Not listed | Max (recurring service plans) |
| People, usage and card fees | ||||
| Extra people | No per-person fee; one or fifteen people, the same price | Admin users free; each added route raises the price | Added app licenses through its team, no price listed | $35 a month each on Max; on Basic and Essentials, move up a plan |
| Usage or credits | None on Office, at cost on Grow, included on Front Office | Texting $5 a month plus message credits, $50 for 1,000 | 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; your own Stripe or Square account's rate | Not published on its pricing page | From 2.59% a card payment, 1% bank payments |
| Add-ons | None; postcards are a flat price per card | Texting $5 a month plus message credits | Two-way texting, QuickBooks sync, client portal, Smart Maps, email integration, GPS, all call for pricing | CSR AI, Pipeline, Campaigns, Voice, Websites and Tap to Pay, sold separately, no price listed |
From GorillaDesk pricing and Housecall Pro pricing, checked October 8, 2026; Service Autopilot pricing, checked October 9, 2026. GorillaDesk prices by route with a slider that fills in by script, so we read each route count in a real browser. 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. 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 |
| 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 |
| Service Autopilot | ||||
| Startup | $49 a month plus a sign-up fee | Yearly rate | 1 business user, 1 mobile license | None on the pricing page |
| Pro | $199 a month plus a sign-up fee | Yearly rate | 1 business user, 2 mobile licenses | None on the pricing page |
| Pro Plus | $499 a month plus a sign-up fee | Yearly rate | 1 business user, 5 mobile licenses | None on the pricing page |
| Elite | Priced on request | Priced on request | 2 business users, 8 mobile licenses | 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
| Service Autopilot | Added app licenses through its team, no price listed | Not published on its pricing page | Two-way texting, QuickBooks sync, client portal, Smart Maps, email integration, GPS, all call for pricing |
| 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 |
From GorillaDesk pricing and Housecall Pro pricing, checked October 8, 2026; Service Autopilot pricing, checked October 9, 2026. GorillaDesk prices by route with a slider that fills in by script, so we read each route count in a real browser. 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. 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, 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: GorillaDesk pricing, Service Autopilot pricing (checked October 9, 2026), Housecall Pro pricing, Housecall Pro 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.