- Take the card at the initial service; asking later is where recurring customers slip.
- The core of pest control invoicing 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 gets paid
Pest control billing is mostly recurring: a quarterly or monthly charge on a card on file, plus the occasional one-time treatment. The initial service is often priced higher and billed on its own.
Collections are the hidden cost of a recurring business without cards on file.
What goes on a pest control invoice
- Initial service
- Quarterly charge on the card on file
- Monthly plan charge
- One-time treatment
- Termite treatment deposit
- Re-service at no charge on a plan
- Rodent exclusion by the job
- Yearly prepay option
What invoicing software should do for pest control companies
- 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 pest control companies
How Koira does it
In Koira, a pest control invoice is built from the signed estimate and your price list, initial service 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 pest control 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 | GorillaDesk | Service Autopilot | Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invoices and online payments | Office (free) | Basic | Startup (integrated payments) | Basic |
| 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 | Not listed | Not listed | Tap to Pay, listed as a separate product |
| Invoices in stages | Deposit, midpoint and final invoices | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| QuickBooks Online sync | Grow | Pro | Elite, or an add-on on request | Essentials |
| 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.