Moving company software
One system for the quote, the booking, the schedule, the crew, the paperwork and the payment — priced for a small moving company and simple enough that your crew uses it the first week.
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Moving company software is the system a moving company runs its whole operation on: it captures the lead, builds and sends the estimate, books the job, schedules the crew and trucks, carries the inventory and Bill of Lading on the day, and takes the payment. It is usually described as a moving CRM, but a CRM alone only handles the customer — moving software also has to run dispatch and the paperwork that goes on the truck.
That combination is why general-purpose tools rarely stick. A generic CRM can chase a lead but knows nothing about a Bill of Lading, a cubic-foot inventory, or which crew is on which truck on Saturday. Movers who try to assemble the job from a CRM, a spreadsheet and a paper BOL end up rekeying the same move three times.
The longer a quote takes, the colder the lead. Software that prices a job on the doorstep — instead of tonight at the kitchen table — is the difference between booking it and being the third estimate they never called back.
Every change made on a whiteboard has to be phoned to somebody. When the board and the crew's phones are the same system, nobody works from yesterday's plan and nobody drives to the wrong address.
Deposits at signature and the balance on the doorstep means no chasing invoices in the evening, and no unpaid balances quietly aging while you're busy running next week.
Six things worth checking before you sign anything. They are the places small movers most often find out too late that a platform was built for somebody bigger.
Estimating is where jobs are won and lost. Check whether an estimate can be built, priced, signed and deposited on a phone at the customer's door — not just started there and finished at a desk. Photo or AI-assisted inventory is what makes that realistic on a full house.
Quotes & EstimatesMost lost jobs aren't lost to a competitor, they're lost to silence. The CRM side should capture leads from your site, calls and texts into one list and follow up automatically when a quote goes quiet, without you remembering to.
CRM & Follow-upsAsk to see trucks, crew and jobs assigned on a single screen, and ask what happens on the crew's phone when you move a job. If the answer involves a phone call, the software isn't doing the job.
Scheduling & DispatchThe best system your movers refuse to open is worth nothing. Test the crew app yourself: the day's jobs, addresses, inventory, checklists and a Bill of Lading they can get signed on site — and how long a new hire needs before they can run a job on it.
Crew AppNearly every platform ships a crew app, because that's the obvious one. Far fewer ship one for the person running the business. If you're still on a truck, or you've stepped off it and want to see how the day is going from anywhere, that's the app you'll live in.
Owner AppCheck that deposits can be taken when the estimate is signed and the balance by card at the door, with invoices and surcharges sitting on the job itself. Software that stops at 'job complete' leaves the worst part of the week still to do.
Payments & InvoicingSmartMoving, Supermove, Chariot and MoveitPro are all capable platforms, and all of them are built and priced for larger operations than Zip is. If you run more than ten trucks, one of them is probably the right answer. Under that, here is what actually differs.
Built for small and mid-sized movers running 1 to 10 trucks
Powerful but complex — built and priced for bigger operations
Enterprise-grade platform aimed at large, multi-truck fleets
A modern option with a higher starting price point
Long-established platform aimed at multi-location operations
Competitor figures are publicly advertised starting prices and terms at the time of writing; check with each vendor for a current quote. Zip's own numbers are published in full on Pricing.
Zip runs from $49 a month to $349 a month, tiered by how many jobs you complete — every tier includes every feature. For comparison, the platforms built for bigger fleets typically start between $150 and $299 a month and ask for a quarterly or annual contract.
For new movers just starting out — even before your first truck
20 jobs included each month
$49 /mo, billed yearly
then $3 per extra job
Book demoGreat for small moving companies with 1–2 trucks
60 jobs included each month
$129 /mo, billed yearly
then $2 per extra job
Book demoWell-suited for growing operations with 3–5 trucks
150 jobs included each month
$229 /mo, billed yearly
then $2 per extra job
Book demoPerfect for established moving companies with 6–10 trucks
300 jobs included each month
$349 /mo, billed yearly
then $1 per extra job
Book demoCommon questions
A moving CRM is the customer side of moving company software: it captures leads from your website, calls and texts, keeps every quote and conversation on the job record, and follows up automatically when an estimate goes quiet. In practice most movers need more than a CRM — dispatch, the Bill of Lading and payments have to live in the same system, or the job gets typed in twice.
Yes. Zip's entry tier is $49 a month and includes every feature — it is built for owner-operators, including those who have not bought a second truck yet. The platforms aimed at larger fleets generally start between $150 and $299 a month and expect a quarterly or annual contract, which is what makes them a poor fit at one or two trucks.
For a company running 1 to 10 trucks, the deciding factors are usually price, how fast a crew can learn it, and whether it covers dispatch and the Bill of Lading rather than just the customer. Zip is built specifically for that size of company. SmartMoving, Supermove and Chariot are stronger choices once you are running dozens of trucks and need the depth.
A general CRM handles the lead and the customer, but it has no concept of a cubic-foot inventory, a Bill of Lading, a crew assignment or a truck. Movers who run on a generic CRM usually end up with a spreadsheet for dispatch and paper for the BOL, which means the same move gets entered three times. Moving-specific software exists to keep it in one place.
With Zip, yes. Zip ships two mobile apps: one for the crew — the day's jobs, inventory, checklists and a Bill of Lading they can get signed on site — and one for the owner, to quote, schedule, take payment and see how the day is going from anywhere. Most platforms ship the crew app only.
It should. A digital Bill of Lading the crew can complete and get signed on a phone at the job, which then syncs straight back to the office, is one of the clearest differences between moving-specific software and a general business tool. Zip includes it on every plan.
It varies enormously — enterprise platforms often quote days of configuration and a training period before you go live. Zip is designed to be running the same day you sign up, with no training required, which is why the evaluation period is 7 days rather than a month.
Yes. Switching is most common in the slow season, when there is time to move over between jobs. Because Zip has no contract you can run it alongside your current platform during the evaluation, and a real person helps you get set up — usually the same day you ask.
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