Search “best software for moving companies” and the results are vendor blogs (Movegistics, Elromco, Supermove, Chariot, eMover, Moverbase) plus active Reddit threads in r/moving where movers name-drop the tools they actually use. No G2, no Capterra, no Forbes roundup sitting on top of it. The name that keeps coming up on Reddit as the one movers actually stick with, SmartMoving, is also the one company on this list that won’t put a price on its own website. The three that do publish pricing (Chariot, Elromco, Moverbase) split into two very different models: flat monthly fees with no per-use charges, and a cheap sticker price that bills you per quote once you’re past a small monthly allowance.
The short version: Moverbase’s Mover Pro plan looks cheapest at $29/month, but it caps you at 20 quotes and charges $1.99 for every quote beyond that. A moving company writing 55 or more quotes a month on that plan is paying more out of pocket than Moverbase’s own $99/month Fleet tier costs outright, while still getting fewer included quotes and less storage than Fleet provides. Chariot and Elromco take the opposite approach: one flat price, unlimited users, no per-quote or per-text metering (Elromco has two narrow exceptions, covered below). SmartMoving, the tool Reddit recommends most, requires a sales call to get a number at all.
Quick Comparison
| Tool | Entry Price | Billing Model | Per-User Fees | Public Pricing? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SmartMoving | Not published | Custom, “monthly, quarterly, or annually” per sales | Not disclosed | No, sales call required |
| Chariot | $254/mo | One flat tier by company size | None, unlimited office & crew users | Yes, on the pricing page |
| Elromco | $289/mo (Professional) | Two flat tiers | None; office-user count and branch limits differ by tier | Yes, on the pricing page |
| Moverbase | $0 (Free) / $29/mo (Mover Pro) | Per-quote allowance, then metered overage | None, unlimited users on every tier | Yes, on the pricing page |
All four companies’ own websites checked directly on August 31, 2026. SmartMoving’s pricing page confirms it uses consultation-based pricing rather than published rates.
Moverbase: The Cheapest Sticker Price, Until You’re Busy Enough to Need It
Moverbase publishes four tiers. Mover Free ($0/month) allows 10 quotes/month, 20MB of document storage, and unlimited users, with all core features locked behind an upgrade prompt once you exceed the monthly quote allowance. Mover Pro ($29/month) raises that to 20 quotes/month and unlocks the full feature set (QuickBooks, Google Calendar, Zapier, Stripe, Square, and 15+ lead-provider integrations), but every quote past 20 costs $1.99 each, and storage above 1GB costs $1.99/GB. Fleet ($99/month) raises the included allowance to 100 quotes/month at a lower $1.49 per-quote overage rate and 5GB storage. Unlimited ($299/month) removes the per-quote charge entirely, at unlimited quotes and 50GB storage.
The math matters here more than the sticker price does. A moving company on Mover Pro writing 55 quotes in a month pays $29 plus 35 quotes over the 20-quote allowance at $1.99 each, $68.65 in overage, for a total of $97.65, just under Fleet’s flat $99/month, but for only 55 quotes worth of activity against Fleet’s 100-quote allowance and lower per-GB storage. Cross 56 quotes on Mover Pro and you’re paying more than Fleet costs outright while still capped at fewer included quotes and less storage. Moverbase doesn’t flag this crossover point anywhere on its pricing page; it’s only visible by doing the per-quote math against the flat rate one tier up.
- Who should NOT stay on Mover Pro: any moving company regularly writing more than roughly 50-55 quotes a month; the per-quote overage math crosses over Fleet’s flat price before you’d expect it to.
- Who it’s right for: a small or seasonal mover with predictable, low quote volume who wants the lowest possible fixed cost and doesn’t mind metered pricing on the months that run over.
Chariot: One Flat Price, No Per-User or Per-Text Charges, But the Entry Price Is Higher
Chariot runs a single pricing model rather than tiers: one price based on company size, starting at $254/month, billed quarterly or annually. That price includes unlimited office users and unlimited crew/mover-app users, unlimited two-way texting, and the full feature set: CRM and web forms on the sales side, a job-management dashboard and crew scheduling on the operations side, a mobile crew app with digital bills of lading and on-site payment collection, and QuickBooks sync with card and ACH processing on the back office side. Chariot’s own marketing states directly: “No user or text (SMS) limits, no paying for support, and no nickel-and-diming on basic features,” and nothing found on its pricing page contradicts that; there’s no separate quote allowance, storage tier, or metered add-on listed anywhere.
That flatness comes at a real cost: $254/month is the highest published entry price of the three tools with public pricing here, and it’s not broken into a cheaper starter tier for a one-truck operation just getting off the ground. For a company already doing enough volume that per-quote or per-user metering from Moverbase would add up to real money, Chariot’s flat rate is straightforward to budget against. For a company still testing whether dedicated software is worth paying for at all, it’s a bigger first bill than Moverbase’s $29 entry tier.
- Who should NOT buy Chariot: a brand-new or very low-volume operation not yet sure it needs dedicated moving software; $254/month is a real commitment before that’s established.
- Who it’s right for: an established moving company with enough staff and text volume that per-user or per-message metering elsewhere would add up, and that wants one predictable bill.
Elromco: Two Flat Tiers, But “No Hidden Costs” Has Two Named Exceptions
Elromco’s two published tiers are Professional ($289/month: 3 office users, unlimited crew members, 500 free SMS/month, single branch location) and Enterprise ($399/month: unlimited office users, unlimited crew members, 1,000 free SMS/month, multi-branch management, custom integrations, API access, and a dedicated account manager). Both tiers include free onboarding, training, and unlimited support, and Elromco’s pricing page states “no setup fees” and “no hidden costs” as its core positioning, similar in spirit to Chariot’s pitch.
Unlike Chariot, though, Elromco’s page does list two specific add-ons: an optional professional website-building service at $99/month, and SMS usage beyond each tier’s free monthly allotment, billed at $0.025 per message (which Elromco states is carrier cost passed through with no markup). Neither is disguised or buried, both are named directly on the pricing page, but “no hidden costs” and “two named metered add-ons” is a more accurate description than “no hidden costs” alone. A moving company sending high SMS volume for appointment confirmations and crew notifications should estimate that against the free allotment (500 or 1,000 messages/month depending on tier) before assuming the flat monthly price is the complete bill.
- Who should NOT assume Elromco has zero add-on costs: a company planning very high SMS volume, or one that wants Elromco’s website-building service; both cost extra, clearly listed but still additional to the base price.
- Who it’s right for: a moving company that wants the office-user cap of Professional’s 3 seats (cheaper entry than Enterprise’s unlimited seats) and is comfortable with the two named add-ons if it needs them.
SmartMoving: The Tool Reddit Recommends Most, With No Public Price
SmartMoving markets itself as an all-in-one moving software and CRM, and it’s the name that comes up unprompted in r/moving threads asking what other movers actually use, with one thread specifically noting “most movers that I talk to that use this say that it works well for them.” Its pricing page describes a “Growth” plan covering third-party integrations, lead routing, custom pricing periods, crew management, payroll, more than 40 reports, and storage management, and states that billing is available monthly, quarterly, or annually. What it doesn’t state anywhere on that page is an actual number: no starting price, no per-user fee, no tier comparison. Getting a quote requires a phone call or a demo request.
That’s a legitimate sales model, many B2B tools with a services-heavy onboarding process price this way, but it means SmartMoving can’t be compared on cost against Chariot, Elromco, or Moverbase without contacting sales directly, and it’s worth going into that call already knowing the flat-fee and per-quote structures the three published competitors use, so you have a frame of reference for whatever number comes back.
- Who should NOT rule out SmartMoving over the lack of published pricing: a company that’s heard positive word-of-mouth from other movers and is willing to get a quote before comparing; the absence of a public price isn’t the same as the software being expensive, just unverifiable in advance.
- Who it’s right for: a moving company that wants to start from the tool other movers most often recommend and is comfortable getting pricing through a sales conversation rather than a published page.
Who Should Not Buy Any of These Four
A one-truck operation doing a handful of local moves a month, still deciding whether dedicated software is worth a recurring bill at all, doesn’t need any of the paid tiers here yet. Moverbase’s free tier (10 quotes/month, unlimited users) or a plain spreadsheet and calendar covers that volume without a monthly commitment. On the other end, a large interstate or franchise moving operation with DOT/FMCSA compliance reporting, multi-state licensing, and enterprise-scale dispatch needs go beyond what a single-location comparison like this one addresses; Elromco’s Enterprise tier and SmartMoving’s sales-quoted plans are built with some of that in mind, but a franchise-specific conversation with each vendor’s team is the right next step, not a decision from a pricing page alone.
Moving companies comparing dispatch and CRM software often run into the same quote-volume and per-user pricing questions that other small service businesses face. Our guide to dispatch software for small trucking companies covers a related industry (freight rather than household goods) with a similar pattern of sticker prices that don’t survive contact with real usage volume.
FAQ
What software do most moving companies use? SmartMoving comes up most often in moving-industry Reddit discussions (r/moving) as the tool other movers recommend, though it doesn’t publish pricing. Chariot, Elromco, and Moverbase are the next most commonly mentioned names with public pricing pages.
Which moving company software is cheapest? Moverbase’s Mover Pro plan has the lowest sticker price at $29/month, but it caps you at 20 quotes/month with a $1.99 per-quote overage fee after that. For a company writing more than roughly 50-55 quotes a month, Moverbase’s own $99/month Fleet tier works out cheaper than staying on Mover Pro and paying overage charges.
Is there a free option for moving company software? Moverbase offers a permanent free tier (10 quotes/month, 20MB storage, unlimited users), though the full feature set (integrations, unlimited quotes) requires a paid plan. None of the other three tools in this comparison publish a free tier.
Do any of these charge per user? No. Chariot and Moverbase both include unlimited users on every tier. Elromco’s tiers differ by how many office users are included (3 on Professional, unlimited on Enterprise) but don’t charge a per-seat add-on fee within a tier.
Why doesn’t SmartMoving publish its pricing? SmartMoving’s pricing page states that billing is available monthly, quarterly, or annually, but provides no specific rate, directing prospective customers to a sales call or demo request instead. That’s consistent with a consultation-based pricing model rather than a published rate card; it doesn’t necessarily mean the software costs more than the published alternatives, just that the number isn’t available without contacting sales.
Bottom Line: Which Should You Choose?
- Lowest fixed cost, low and predictable quote volume: Moverbase, starting free or at $29/month, but track your monthly quote count against the 20-quote Mover Pro allowance.
- Established company, high text and user volume, wants one flat bill with zero metered add-ons: Chariot, at $254/month.
- Wants a flat tier structure but is fine with two clearly-named add-ons (website building, SMS overage) if needed: Elromco, from $289/month.
- Wants the tool other movers recommend most and is comfortable getting a quote by phone: SmartMoving, pricing available on request.
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