- Tell the homeowner the next stage date when each stage ends; it answers the question they would otherwise call with.
- The core of remodeling scheduling is on Koira's Front Office plan, $499 flat, with no per-person fee.
- Customers book online and stops sorted by the drive decide most of it for remodelers.
How a remodeling company's calendar works
Remodeling schedules are long jobs in sequence: demo, rough-in, inspection, drywall, finishes. A small company runs a few at once and fits estimate visits around them.
The homeowner lives with the job, so the schedule is also communication: who is coming tomorrow, and when the next stage starts.
What lands on a remodeling calendar
- Estimate and measure visits
- Demolition days
- Rough-in by trade
- Inspection dates
- Drywall and finish stages
- Cabinet and countertop installs
- Punch-list visits
- Final walk-through
What scheduling software should do for remodelers
- Bookings only into times that fit the day
- Every stop in driving order
- Day-before reminders the customer can answer
- Each person's stops on their own phone
- Customer page or portal, which matters for remodelers
How Koira does it
In Koira, every booking for a remodeling company, from a call, a text or your site, lands on Today in driving order on its own, whether it is estimate and measure visits or demolition days. Koira only offers customers times that fit the route, and the day before it texts them to confirm or move. That is on Office, the free plan.
On Grow, calls are answered on a Koira number and booked into your real day. On Front Office, $499 flat, each person gets a lane with their stops on their own phone and clocks in and out of jobs.
Side by side
The features that matter for remodeling scheduling, 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 | JobTread | Buildertrend | Handoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customers book online | Office (free) | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Stops sorted by the drive | Office (stops sorted by the drive) | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Day-before reminders | Office, the day before | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Crew scheduling | Front Office | Included (tasks and scheduling) | Included (schedule, sub portal) | Not listed |
| Calls answered by AI | Grow | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Customer page or portal | Office (free) | Included (customer portals) | Included (client portal) | AI client portal |
| People, usage and card fees | ||||
| Extra people | No per-person fee; one or fifteen people, the same price | $20 a month each (users 2 to 10), $15 (11 to 20), $10 (21 to 30), $5 after | No per-user fee; unlimited users | Not published |
| Usage or credits | None on Office, at cost on Grow, included on Front Office | None on the pricing page | None on the pricing page | AI usage credits: 50 a month on Flex, unlimited on Pro and Scale |
| Card payments | 2.9% + 30¢ (Stripe) plus 2%, 1% or 0.5% by plan (Koira) | 2.95% + 30¢ a card, ACH $1 plus 1% (capped at $15) | Not published; its payments page gives no rate (US only) | 3.35% on Flex, 2.85% on Pro and Scale, paid by your client; ACH 1% ($10 cap), paid by your client |
| Add-ons | None; postcards are a flat price per card | None; the page says every feature is included | Onsite consulting and setup services, priced on request | None on the pricing page |
From JobTread pricing, Buildertrend pricing and Handoff pricing, checked October 9, 2026. Buildertrend's pricing page blocks a plain fetch, so we read it 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 |
| JobTread | ||||
| One plan | $199 a month | 20% off billed yearly | 1 internal user, unlimited customer and vendor portal users | None on the pricing page |
| Buildertrend | ||||
| Custom quote | Not published, quoted after a call | 10% off when paid a year up front (a limited offer) | Unlimited users | None on the pricing page |
| Handoff | ||||
| Flex | $149 a month | $119 a month billed yearly | 2 users | 50 AI credits a month |
| Pro | $299 a month, 12 month commitment | $239 a month billed yearly | 5 users | Unlimited AI credits |
| Scale | $899 a month, 12 month commitment | $719 a month billed yearly | 5 users or more | Unlimited AI credits |
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 |
| JobTread | $20 a month each (users 2 to 10), $15 (11 to 20), $10 (21 to 30), $5 after | 2.95% + 30¢ a card, ACH $1 plus 1% (capped at $15) | None; the page says every feature is included |
| Buildertrend | No per-user fee; unlimited users | Not published; its payments page gives no rate (US only) | Onsite consulting and setup services, priced on request |
| Handoff | Not published | 3.35% on Flex, 2.85% on Pro and Scale, paid by your client; ACH 1% ($10 cap), paid by your client | None on the pricing page |
From JobTread pricing, Buildertrend pricing and Handoff pricing, checked October 9, 2026. Buildertrend's pricing page blocks a plain fetch, so we read it 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 JobTread online payments, Buildertrend 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 9, 2026: JobTread pricing, JobTread online payments, Buildertrend pricing, Buildertrend payments, Handoff pricing, Stripe pricing, and Koira pricing. We read each page's own text; we did not use summaries or third-party price lists.