Carpet Cleaning Scheduling Software: Plans and Prices at 12 Tools

What does online booking cost for a carpet cleaner?

On October 4, 2026, five tools offered customer online booking on a $0 plan, and six charged from $27 a month at BookingKoala to $79 at Housecall Pro, month to month for one user. The free plans were at Square Appointments, Setmore, Picktime, ServiceM8 and SchedulingKit. Between the paid ends, OctopusPro cost $36.25, ZenMaid $39, Jobber $49 and Markate $59.95 with its booking add-on. The table lists each tool's cheapest plan with customer online booking as the vendor's own page lists it. Month-to-month and annual prices are shown separately because several vendors list the annual figure first.

Source: each vendor's pricing page, plus the ZenMaid help center and Square's plan grid, read October 4, 2026. Prices are before tax and card processing. Jobber, Housecall Pro, BookingKoala, ZenMaid, Picktime, ServiceM8, Markate and OctopusPro state U.S. dollars, and Square's is its U.S. page; Setmore, SchedulingKit and ServiceMonster list $ without a currency code. Software prices and plan contents change, so open the vendor's page again before you buy.

The free plans differ on money and limits. Square Appointments Free takes deposits, Setmore Free takes payments without deposits, Picktime Free takes payments through PayPal, ServiceM8 Free stops at 30 jobs a month, and SchedulingKit Free takes no payments at all. A second technician changes the bill, as the next table shows.

Arithmetic from the same pages, read October 4, 2026. Before tax and card processing.

Card fees can cost more than the plan. At Square's online card rates read October 4, 2026, an example month of 40 jobs paid online at $200 each costs $276 in card fees on Square Free. On Square Plus, at 2.9% plus 30 cents, the same month costs $244 in fees plus the $49 plan, or $293. Plus pays for itself on card fees once online card payments pass $12,250 a month. Check each vendor's processing rate before you compare plan prices.

Worked example from Square's online card rates, read October 4, 2026; the payment count and amount are examples. Plus costs less in total only when online card payments pass $12,250 a month ($49 divided by the 0.4-point rate gap).

The 12 tools, from free booking pages to field service suites

Six of the 12 tools are booking tools built around a public booking page, from Square Appointments to ZenMaid, and six are field service suites, from Jobber to OctopusPro.

Square Appointments: deposits on the free plan

Square Appointments Free costs $0 a month per location, and Plus is $49 and Premium $149 a month per location (Square Appointments pricing page, read October 4, 2026). Square's plan grid puts the online booking site, prepayments, appointment deposits, appointment reminders and unlimited staff calendars on all three plans. Cancellation policy and no-show fees start on Plus. Online card payments cost 3.3% plus 30 cents on Free and 2.9% plus 30 cents on Plus and Premium. Our Square Appointments pricing page sets out its plans in more detail. It suits a one-truck business that wants deposits for $0 a month; it is the only free plan here whose page says customers pay a deposit when they book.

Setmore: free payments, paid deposits

Setmore Free is $0 for up to four users, with online payments through Square, Stripe or PayPal, a branded booking page and email reminders (Setmore pricing page, read October 4, 2026). Deposits and text message (SMS) reminders are on Pro, at $12 per user a month, month to month, or $5 billed annually. Each Pro team member gets 500 SMS credits a month. Free sends one reminder per appointment, and Pro sends two. More detail is on our Setmore pricing page. It suits a team of up to four that wants free online payments and can wait for Pro to take deposits.

Picktime: three free users, PayPal payments

Picktime Free is $0 for three users with unlimited appointments, an online booking page and payments through PayPal, in U.S. dollars (Picktime pricing page, read October 4, 2026). It also includes iOS and Android apps. Starter, at $3 per user a month billed annually, adds Stripe and Square payments and SMS notifications and reminders. Its pricing page does not say whether customers can leave a deposit, so test that before you rely on it. It suits a team of up to three that takes payment through PayPal.

SchedulingKit: a free page for one service

SchedulingKit Free is $0 forever for one team member, one event type and 50 bookings a month, with email notifications (SchedulingKit pricing page, read October 4, 2026). One event type means one bookable service. Standard, at $12 per seat a month, month to month, or $10 billed annually, removes those limits. It adds payment processing through Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay, plus SMS notifications with 100 credits a month. It suits a one-person business that sells a single standard job; a room-count menu needs Standard.

BookingKoala: pricing in the booking form

BookingKoala's Starter plan starts at $27 a month for up to five providers (BookingKoala pricing page, read October 4, 2026). Its booking forms let customers pick services and see the price you set before they book. SMS notifications are listed on Growing, which starts at $57 a month for 15 providers. Its plan table puts card charges, invoicing and cancellation fees on Starter. Partial payments appear among the extra invoicing options on Premium, which starts at $197 a month for 50 providers. It suits a business with several providers that wants card charges and cancellation fees on the entry plan.

ZenMaid: built for house cleaning, booking forms on Pro

ZenMaid Starter is $19 a month for up to 40 appointments a month, with online payments through Stripe and Square (ZenMaid pricing page, read October 4, 2026). Website booking forms start on Pro, at $39 a month with unlimited appointments, and forms with your own branding are on Pro Max at $49. The ZenMaid help center lists the owner profile as included and each other user at $4, $14 or $24 a month on those three plans. SMS is billed separately, from $14 for 125 messages. ZenMaid is built around house cleaning, so it suits a business that also does carpet jobs more than one that cleans only carpets.

Jobber: online booking on Core, reminders on Connect

Jobber Core costs $49 a month, month to month, for one user, in U.S. dollars (Jobber pricing page, read October 4, 2026). It is $39 a month with a one-year commitment or $29 a month billed annually. It includes online job booking and scheduling, quotes, invoices with online payments and a website. Automated client reminders and automatic payment collection start on Connect, at $139 a month, month to month, or $99 billed annually for one user. Each added user is $29 a month. It suits a carpet cleaner who quotes larger jobs, such as commercial carpet or water damage work, before booking them.

Housecall Pro: book and pay online on Basic

Housecall Pro Basic costs $79 a month, month to month, or $59 a month billed annually, for one user (Housecall Pro pricing page, read October 4, 2026). Prices are in U.S. dollars before sales tax. It includes online booking, through which customers book and pay from Google or your website, plus scheduling and dispatch, estimates and invoicing, and review management. Basic includes one user, and the page lists an added-user price, $35 a month, only for Max. Essentials, at $189 a month or $149 billed annually for five users, adds route grouping and employee tracking by global positioning system (GPS). A 14-day free trial runs on the top plan, and the page also showed a first-month offer. It suits a one-truck business that wants customers to book and pay in one step and to estimate and invoice from the same tool.

ServiceMonster: made for carpet and exterior cleaning

ServiceMonster markets itself to carpet cleaning and exterior cleaning businesses, with dispatch and route tools. Basic is $99.99 a month billed monthly on an annual commitment, or $79.99 billed annually, for one user license (ServiceMonster pricing page, read October 4, 2026). Grow is $199.99 or $149.99 for five user licenses, and Premier is $279.99 or $229.99 for 10. Its online booking page describes clients booking services or requesting estimates online, but the pricing page does not say which plan includes it. The pricing page also still showed a promotion dated January 2024. It suits a carpet business ready to sign for a year, once sales confirms which plan includes online booking and whether any offer applies.

ServiceM8: a free field service plan for 30 jobs a month

ServiceM8 Free is $0 a month for one user and 30 jobs a month, in U.S. dollars (ServiceM8 pricing page, read October 4, 2026). The same page lists scheduling, quoting and invoicing, online bookings, deposits, a dispatch map and automatic route planning on every plan, with iOS and Android apps for the team. Starter, at $29 a month, allows unlimited users and 50 jobs a month; Growing is $79 a month for 150 jobs. The page does not say whether customers pay a deposit when they book online. It suits a one-truck business that quotes some jobs and books fewer than 30 a month.

Markate: online booking as a $10 add-on

Markate's Owner Operator plan is $49.95 a month, month to month, or $39.95 a month billed annually, in U.S. dollars (Markate pricing page, read October 4, 2026). Each added employee is $5 a month. Online booking is a $10-a-month add-on that puts a booking form on your website, so its cheapest plan with online booking is $59.95 a month, month to month. It suits a one-person business that wants quotes and invoices and can add booking as an extra.

OctopusPro: a customer portal on the Starter plan

OctopusPro Starter, for owner-operators, costs $36.25 a month, month to month, or $348 a year, which works out to $29 a month, in U.S. dollars (OctopusPro pricing page, read October 4, 2026). It includes one admin seat and one fieldworker seat. The page lists a customer self-service portal where clients schedule appointments, plus estimates and quotes, deposit management and route planning, on every plan. Established costs $60 a month per admin seat plus $6 per fieldworker seat, with unlimited users, and a 14-day free trial covers every feature. The page does not say whether customers pay a deposit when they book. It suits an owner-operator who wants a customer booking portal and quoting in one tool for under $40 a month.

How to turn room counts into bookable jobs

Sell each room count as its own service with a fixed price and length, and set a buffer between jobs for driving, setup and loading the truck. Booking tools sell services, not square footage, so a short menu of fixed jobs keeps the calendar accurate. The table below is a worked example with hypothetical lengths, not measured times.

Worked example with hypothetical lengths. Replace each one with the average of your own last 10 jobs of that type.

Arithmetic for the example day: 120 + 60 + 210 + 60 = 450 minutes of cleaning, and three 30-minute buffers = 90 minutes. The four jobs therefore fill an 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. day, 540 minutes, with nothing to spare. If your real buffer is 45 minutes, the same four jobs need 585 minutes (450 plus three 45-minute buffers) and run to 5:45 p.m. One of them then has to move.

Block the technician's time on site, not the drying time. Carpets dry after you leave, so drying belongs in the confirmation message, with instructions such as keeping people and furniture off the carpet. Put travel in the buffer rather than in the job length, so a short job across town does not look longer than it is. Keep add-ons as separate services: each one then blocks its own time, so the calendar stays accurate whatever the customer adds.

Booking tool or field service suite?

Choose a booking tool when most jobs are priced from a menu and one person runs the calendar. Choose a field service suite when the work needs quotes, dispatch or invoices sent after the job. A field service suite is software that adds quoting, invoicing or dispatch to scheduling, such as Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceM8 and OctopusPro. Square's plan grid, read October 4, 2026, also lists estimates and invoices on Square Appointments Free, so a booking tool can cover the occasional quote. A suite earns its higher price when the work itself needs it:

• Quote first: if most revenue comes from jobs you price after a walk-through, such as commercial carpet, restoration or water damage, you need quotes the customer approves before a visit is booked.

• Several trucks: two or more technicians driving separate routes need dispatch, job assignment and route planning, so check that the plan you price includes them.

• Invoice after the job: if the final price changes on site, you need invoices sent from the job, not only payment at booking.

If none of these applies, and customers can choose a room count and a time, a booking page with prepayment or deposits does the job at a far lower monthly cost.

A carpet business can sit in both groups: residential work from a menu, commercial work by quote. In that case, price the suite at the number of users you have, then compare it with a booking tool plus a separate quoting habit. For crews that also do house cleaning, our comparison of cleaning service software works out the cost of seven tools for teams of one, three and eight cleaners. Our list of best scheduling apps for cleaning businesses sorts 10 apps by operating model.

Other things to check on the plan you pick

• A technician app: check that the plan you pick includes the vendor's phone app, not only the web calendar.

• Arrival windows: if customers expect a window rather than a start time, check whether the booking page can offer one.

• Follow-ups for repeat cleans: if past customers rebook every year, check which plan sends follow-up messages.

• Review requests: if you ask each customer for a review after the job, check which plan sends that request.

• Customer records: check that each customer's record keeps past jobs and notes the technician can read before arriving.

Which plan fits which carpet business

Each row names the cheapest plan whose pricing page, read October 4, 2026, lists what that business needs.

Listed prices read October 4, 2026, before tax and card processing.

Where Twizzlo fits

Twizzlo is web-based online booking and appointment scheduling software for appointment-based service businesses: a booking tool, so it fits the menu-priced side of a carpet business. Each room count, the sofa job and the pet treatment go into the services and pricing catalog with their own length and price. Buffer times between appointments hold the travel gap, and custom booking rules and blackout dates control which times customers can pick. Every location gets its own booking link.

Customers can prepay any service when they book: they pay the full service price through Stripe and can add a tip at checkout. Staff can record payments taken another way. No-show fees are a setting you control, and if a customer skips a prepaid booking, you decide whether to keep or refund the money. Client profiles hold notes such as gate codes, pets and problem stains, along with visit history and total spend. Each technician has a calendar, and Employee Shifts covers multi-location staff shifts and schedules.

Free is $0 a month for up to 150 bookings a month, with no SMS, and it is free forever, not a trial. Business Pro is $29.99 a month per business for unlimited bookings, with 50 SMS a month included and $0.03 for each one after that. Business Pro comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Both plans include unlimited staff and locations, and reminders go by email on Free and also by text on Business Pro. Online payments carry your Stripe processing rate plus a 1.5% Twizzlo platform fee. Details are on Twizzlo pricing and Twizzlo's features page.

The example day in Figure 2 is four jobs. At four jobs a day on 22 working days, a one-truck business books 88 jobs a month, inside Free's 150 if each job is one booking. Text reminders are what move it to Business Pro. Two trucks at the same pace book 176 jobs a month, above Free's cap, so they need Business Pro's unlimited bookings.

Twizzlo's features page does not list on-site quoting, dispatch or route planning. A carpet business that prices most jobs after a walk-through, or sends several trucks across a wide area, will get more from a field service suite. For menu-priced residential jobs, you can start on the Free plan and book a test job with your own services.

Test a tool in one afternoon before you pay

Before you pay, run each shortlisted tool through the same five steps with your own menu.

1. Write your menu first: five to eight services, each with a price and a length from your own recent jobs.

2. Open the free plan or free trial and enter the menu exactly, including the buffer between jobs.

3. Book a test job from your phone as a customer, pay or leave a deposit if the plan allows it, and read the confirmation and reminder the customer receives.

4. Write your rules into the service descriptions: what counts as a room, what you need cleared, and the cancellation terms. Our cleaning service contract template and our guide to setting a no-show charge help with the wording.

5. Count what the plan costs at your real number of users, then turn on appointment reminders before the first real booking.

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