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This calculator vs. SmartMoving
Two different shapes: SmartMoving is all-in-one CRM, dispatch, estimating, and billing software for running a moving company. This page is a free, private worksheet for one question — what should this local move cost, given its inventory, stairs, and long carry, before you open a business-management system.
What each tool is for
SmartMoving is all-in-one software built specifically for moving companies, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It combines CRM and lead management, online booking, dispatch and job scheduling, estimating, digital signatures, storage management, billing, reporting, and a customer portal into one subscription system, with integrations into QuickBooks and Mailchimp for accounting and marketing. SmartMoving says thousands of moving companies run their business on it, and it made the 2024 Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies. It also took a growth investment from Mainsail Partners, a growth-equity firm. SmartMoving's own pricing page is not reachable from this session to confirm today's exact plan names or dollar figures, so no price for it is invented here: only its well-documented identity and category — all-in-one moving-company business software, sold as a subscription account — are stated, and no dollar amount for SmartMoving appears on this page.
This calculator does none of what SmartMoving does. It does not manage leads, online booking, dispatch across a fleet, storage, or billing, and it stores no customer or job record on a server. It takes one local move's room-by-room inventory — cubic feet and clock hours per room or specialty item — plus stairs, a long carry, elevator wait, packing and drive time, crew wage, payroll burden, truck, fuel, materials, overhead, and target margin, and turns that into the crew hours the job actually consumes, the price per cubic foot, the effective hourly rate per mover, and the walk-away price below which the job loses money — plus, if you already have a bedroom-count quote on the table, a check of whether it clears that walk-away floor, and a single printable customer proposal for that one job. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type. It prices one local move; it does not handle long-distance tariffs or storage-in-transit.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| I run a moving company and need leads, online booking, dispatch, storage, and billing in one system across every crew and every job. | SmartMoving, or a comparable moving-company platform — running a whole company is not something this calculator does. |
| What should I charge for this one local move, given its inventory, stairs, and long carry, before I quote it? | This calculator — free, instant, private, no account. |
| How much extra does a third-floor walk-up with a long carry actually add next to a first-floor short carry? | This calculator's access hours, scaled from cubic feet, not a flat surcharge. |
| Is the bedroom-count quote I'm about to match still above my walk-away cost? | This calculator's compare-to-proposed-price check. |
| I need lead capture, online booking, digital signatures, and a customer portal feeding dispatch and billing. | SmartMoving, or a comparable moving CRM. |
| How does the math behind a local moving bid actually work? | This calculator's own pricing walkthrough. |
| Do I need to create an account or sign up to use the tool? | This calculator: no. SmartMoving is used through a subscription account. |
Most moving companies get different value from each: SmartMoving (or a comparable moving-company platform) for running leads, booking, dispatch, storage, and billing across a whole company as an ongoing subscription, and a private calculator like this one for an instant, no-login gut-check on what one local move should cost from its inventory and access before a business system is involved. This page's own figures are a pricing model, not a signed proposal, an invoice, or a walk-through.
This tool needs no account and no sign-in: it is a static page, the arithmetic runs in your browser, and once it has loaded it keeps working with the connection off.
Common questions
Should I use this calculator or SmartMoving?
They do different jobs, and a moving company of any size will likely end up touching both eventually. SmartMoving is all-in-one software for moving companies, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, combining CRM, lead management, online booking, dispatch and job scheduling, estimating, digital signatures, storage management, billing, and a customer portal into one subscription system, with QuickBooks and Mailchimp integrations. It says thousands of moving companies run on it, and it made the 2024 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies. It is sold as an ongoing subscription account. This calculator does one narrower thing: starting from a room-by-room inventory with cubic feet and clock hours, plus stairs, a long carry, elevator wait, packing and drive time, crew wage, payroll burden, truck, fuel, materials, overhead, and target margin, it turns that into the crew hours the job actually consumes, the price per cubic foot, the effective hourly rate per mover, and the walk-away price below which the job loses money, before any of it touches a business-management system. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type. A moving company that already manages leads, dispatch, storage, and billing across every crew and every job is better served by SmartMoving or a comparable moving-company platform; a mover who wants an instant, private gut-check on what one local job should cost from its stairs and carry before opening a business system is in the right place here.
Is this page affiliated with SmartMoving?
No. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by SmartMoving. SmartMoving is a trademark of its owner, named here only to describe what this calculator is and is not.
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