Published June 2026 · Updated September 2026
QuoteIQ gives carpet cleaning operators one app to quote faster, document every room, track supplies, bill commercial accounts, and grow reviews — built by contractors, for contractors.
The best software for carpet cleaning businesses in 2026 is QuoteIQ — one mobile and web app for Good/Better/Best carpet estimates with Options Estimates, room-by-room before-and-after documentation with QuoteIQ Cam, profit per job with Job Costing, recurring commercial billing with Invoice Subscriptions, and automated review requests. Plans start at $29.99/month for one user; the Pro plan at $149.99/month covers four users, and AI tools are included on every plan through IQ Credits.
TL;DR: Carpet cleaners win on speed and proof. QuoteIQ sends tiered Options Estimates the same day, captures every room in QuoteIQ Cam, shows real margins in Job Costing, bills commercial accounts through Invoice Subscriptions, drives reviews with Review Multiplier, and hands admin to AI Autopilot. Essentials is $29.99/month; Elite is $299/month for 10 users with Route Optimization. Pro at $149.99/month for 4 users adds Job Costing, ClientHub, and QuickBooks Online, and every plan includes a 14-day free trial. QuoteIQ is rated 4.7 stars across 4,100+ reviews and trusted by 40,000+ contractors. Pair it with the IICRC S100 standard for inspections and OSHA hazard communication rules for chemicals, and your records back up every job.
Running a carpet cleaning business means juggling chemical stock across vans, tight appointment windows, efficient routes, property-manager follow-ups, and getting paid — all while the phone rings with the next lead you cannot afford to miss. The best software for carpet cleaning businesses in 2026 eliminates the patchwork of spreadsheets, separate scheduling apps, and manual follow-ups that drain hours from your week and revenue from your bottom line. If you are still comparing platforms, start with our dedicated carpet cleaning software overview.
QuoteIQ is an all-in-one field service CRM built by contractors for contractors. It combines estimates, scheduling, invoicing, online payments, review automation, and AI-powered tools in a single app on iOS, Android, and the web. For carpet cleaning professionals who have been stitching together four or five separate tools, QuoteIQ replaces them with one login and one monthly bill.
With Options Estimates, carpet cleaning operators present Good/Better/Best service tiers on a single proposal — a basic hot water extraction alongside a deep clean with protectant and a full restoration package with pet stain treatment. When homeowners see the options side by side, many choose the middle or top tier instead of the cheapest line, which is how tiered quoting lifts average ticket value without a harder sales conversation.
MapMeasure Pro (Beginner plan and up) measures a property’s footprint from satellite imagery inside estimate creation, and Zillow Quick Access pulls listing details for the home. Carpet cleaners use both to size a job and pre-build a realistic estimate before the walkthrough, then confirm room-by-room carpeted square footage on site — so the first number the customer sees is close to the final one.
QuoteIQ’s Inventory Management module (Elite plan and up) keeps pre-spray, spotting agents, deodorizers, and protectant organized across every van and storage location, with In Stock, Low, and Out indicators against the reorder point you set. For commercial prospects, Pipelines & Deals tracks recurring contracts from the first walkthrough to a signed agreement.
QuoteIQ was co-founded by Mike Vidan and Justin Rogers — two home service business owners who built the platform around the workflows they used in their own operations. The Before & After AI generator creates a realistic “after” preview from an actual photo of the customer’s carpet in roughly 15 to 20 seconds, giving carpet cleaners a visual closing tool for higher-tier packages.
Every estimate supports e-signatures on every plan, and contract attachments (Beginner and up) let you add a recurring service agreement or commercial maintenance contract as a PDF, so the paperwork gets signed on the spot and stored against the customer record.
AI Autopilot controls the whole CRM by voice or text across 55 integrated tools in 13 categories — for example, “Invoice all of today’s completed jobs and send them.” It runs on every plan using included IQ Credits, and every AI action shows its credit cost before it runs.
Professional cleaning is a big labor market. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, janitors and building cleaners held about 2.4 million jobs in 2024, earned a median hourly wage of $17.27 in May 2024, and are projected to grow 2 percent from 2024 to 2034. Carpet cleaning companies compete for the same technicians and the same commercial accounts — and most still run on disconnected tools: a scheduling app, a separate invoicing platform, a chemical spreadsheet, and a personal phone doubling as the business line. That fragmentation costs real money in missed follow-ups, slow quoting, underpriced jobs, and lost leads.
Janitor and building cleaner jobs in the U.S. in 2024, with a $17.27 median hourly wage — the labor benchmark to plug into your Job Costing rates (source: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook).
Carpet cleaning work has operational demands that generic CRM tools were never designed to handle. Room-by-room square footage drives pricing. Chemical stock fluctuates with job volume. Before-and-after documentation is both a dispute shield and a marketing asset. Recurring commercial contracts need subscription billing and property-manager communication. Seasonal spikes — spring deep cleans, fall pre-holiday refreshes, move-out turns — demand flexible scheduling and fast quote turnaround. Software built for carpet cleaning businesses must cover all of it without a stack of add-ons.
QuoteIQ addresses each of these natively. For carpet cleaning operators specifically, the combination of satellite footprint measurement, tiered quoting, supply inventory, photo documentation, and AI before-and-after previews creates a single workflow from first call to five-star review.
Chemical records matter too. The EPA’s Safer Choice program is a voluntary label that helps consumers and commercial buyers find cleaning products with safer chemical ingredients, and many homeowners now ask what goes on their floors. When your products live in QuoteIQ’s inventory and link to materials on the invoice, you can show a customer exactly which pre-spray and protectant were used on their job — a transparency advantage over competitors who can’t answer the question.
Every feature a carpet cleaning operation needs — from the first estimate to the five-star review — lives in one platform. Plan tiers are marked on each card so you know exactly where a feature starts.
Present Good/Better/Best carpet tiers on one proposal — basic extraction, deep clean with protectant, and full restoration with stain treatment. Customers approve and e-sign from their phone. Explore Options Estimates
Measure a home’s footprint from satellite imagery inside estimate creation and attach the screenshot as visual proof of scope, then confirm carpeted rooms on site. See MapMeasure Pro
Products, van and warehouse Locations, Suppliers, Orders, and Transactions in one module. Low and Out indicators flag pre-spray and protectant before a crew runs short; stock deducts when the invoice is paid.
Every job gets a report: Total Price − Labor − Expenses = Profit, with labor pulled from clocked hours and chemical purchases linked as expenses. Know which tiers and contracts actually make money. View Job Costing
Add protectant, pet odor treatment, stairs, or upholstery as clear line items with markup and discount controls. Turn a $175 two-room clean into a $420 whole-house job in one conversation. See Standard Estimates
Generate a realistic “after” preview from a photo of the customer’s actual carpet in about 15–20 seconds and attach it to any estimate type or invoice. Try Before & After AI
Drag-and-drop day, week, month, and employee-timeline views, automated SMS and email appointment reminders, and recurring series for weekly commercial accounts. Open Scheduling
Capture every room before and after cleaning, organized by job and date, with annotations, inspection reports, and unlimited 4K photo and video cloud storage. See QuoteIQ Cam
Bundle carpet with upholstery, area rugs, and tile into Whole-Home, Move-Out, and Commercial Refresh packages that raise average job value. Build Package Estimates
Run the CRM in plain language across 55 tools in 13 categories — “Move all of today’s jobs to Friday and text every customer” handles a weather day in one command. Meet AI Autopilot
An AI phone team answers inbound calls 24/7, qualifies leads, filters spam, and sends call summaries with recordings and transcripts. Minutes are drawn from IQ Credits, so lower tiers are minute-limited. See Virtual Call Team
Track commercial carpet contracts through walkthrough, proposal, and signature on a Kanban board, with weighted deal values (amount × probability) for forecasting. Elite runs up to 5 pipelines. View Pipelines
Most carpet cleaning companies price by the room, by the square foot, or with a hybrid: a per-room base for standard bedrooms plus square-foot pricing for open living areas and commercial space, with line items for stairs, pet treatment, protectant, and heavy soil. Whatever model you use, consistency is what protects margin. Our free carpet cleaning cost calculator gives you a quick way to sanity-check a quote, and the full library of home service business calculators covers the related trades you may add later.
Here is how the math plays out on a typical residential job. A homeowner asks for 1,200 square feet of carpet across four rooms and a hallway. At an illustrative $0.40 per square foot, the base clean is $480. Add $60 for a 13-step staircase, $90 for pet enzyme treatment in two rooms, and $120 for protectant, and the complete ticket is $750. Build those add-ons once in your price book, and every future estimate takes minutes instead of a calculator session on the customer’s couch. The AI Estimator can also analyze property photos, ask follow-up questions, and suggest line-item pricing for your local market when a job is outside your usual template.
Example ticket: 1,200 sq ft at $0.40 ($480) + stairs ($60) + pet treatment ($90) + protectant ($120). Present it as the middle tier of an Options Estimate and let the customer choose up or down.
Labor is the other half of the equation. Using the BLS median of $17.27 per hour as a benchmark, a two-technician crew on a three-hour job carries roughly $103.62 in direct wages before payroll taxes, fuel, and chemicals. QuoteIQ’s Job Costing pulls real clocked hours for each technician, and Expense Tracking links chemical and supply receipts to the job, so the profit number on every report reflects what actually happened rather than what you guessed.
Send every estimate the same day. Carpet cleaning customers usually collect two or three quotes, and the company that responds first sets the reference price everyone else is measured against. With Quick Estimates for simple one-room jobs and saved estimate templates for your standard packages, a technician can send a professional, branded quote from the driveway before leaving the walkthrough.
Here’s how a typical day looks for a carpet cleaning company using QuoteIQ to manage every job, from the morning’s first appointment to the evening’s last invoice.
The owner opens the scheduling calendar to review the day: two residential deep cleans, a commercial office, and an afternoon consultation, color-coded by status. On the Elite plan, Route Density shows where the day’s work clusters and Route Optimization sequences the stops for the least drive time. Automated reminders have already gone out to each customer confirming their appointment window.
At the first residential job, the technician photographs every room’s carpet condition in QuoteIQ Cam before extraction starts. High-traffic lanes, pet stains, and permanent wear are captured and stored on the job, organized by date. After cleaning, the tech shoots matching after photos from the same positions and completes an inspection form noting fiber type and pre-existing damage. That record protects against disputes and becomes marketing content.
The afternoon consultation is a homeowner preparing to list a property. Before arriving, the owner sized the home with MapMeasure Pro and Zillow Quick Access, then confirmed carpeted rooms during the walkthrough. An Options Estimate presents three tiers: basic hot water extraction at $489, deep clean with protectant at $749, and full restoration with pet treatment and deodorizer at $1,095. The homeowner picks the middle tier and signs on the spot with an e-signature. A Before & After AI preview of the living room reinforces the decision.
During the commercial office clean, the property manager mentions the tired lobby furniture. The technician adds an upholstery line item to the invoice from the saved price book — no second visit, no second quote. What started as a $380 carpet clean becomes a $595 job with one conversation, and invoicing sends the updated total the moment the work is done.
Back at the shop, the owner opens Job Costing (Pro plan and up) to review profitability. Each job shows total price minus labor and linked expenses. The commercial office came in at a 58% margin, while the residential job with heavy pet treatment landed at 47% — healthy, but a signal to adjust pricing on heavy pet jobs. Chemical receipts entered through Expense Tracking are already linked to the jobs they served.
When customers pay online, Review Multiplier redirects them straight to your review page, and its email and SMS review-request automation follows up with anyone who didn’t leave one. By Friday, three new five-star Google reviews are live. Business analytics shows the week’s revenue, conversion rate, and average ticket. The owner sees that protectant upsells add an average of $112 per residential job and trains the crew to offer it on every visit.
That is the whole carpet cleaning workflow — scheduling, documentation, quoting, upselling, job costing, and review generation — running through one platform. No carpet cleaning spreadsheet. No separate photo app. No second phone for texting customers. QuoteIQ handles it from one login, starting at $29.99/month, and the value compounds as the system accumulates customer history, automates repetitive tasks, and surfaces patterns in your numbers that would take hours to calculate by hand.
“Same day. Not tomorrow morning — same day. Whoever sends a clear, specific estimate first is the one the customer starts comparing everyone else to. That’s a psychological anchor, and it’s real.”
— Mike Vidan, Co-Founder of QuoteIQ · Read Mike’s insights
Carpet cleaning operators most often evaluate QuoteIQ alongside Jobber, Housecall Pro, and ServiceTitan. Competitor plans, add-ons, and AI features change often, so instead of repeating numbers that go stale, the table below shows exactly where each capability sits in QuoteIQ and the question to put to any other vendor before you sign. For side-by-side breakdowns, visit the QuoteIQ comparison hub.
| Capability | QuoteIQ | Ask Jobber, Housecall Pro, or ServiceTitan |
|---|---|---|
| Good/Better/Best estimates | Options Estimates — all plans | Which plan tier includes tiered proposals? |
| Satellite property measurement | MapMeasure Pro — Beginner+ | Is measurement native or a paid third-party integration? |
| AI before/after preview | Before & After AI — all plans | Is an AI “after” image included, and at what cost? |
| Photo documentation | QuoteIQ Cam — Beginner+, unlimited 4K storage | Is photo storage native or a separate subscription? |
| Supply & chemical inventory | Inventory Management — Elite+ | Is inventory native or an integration? |
| Job costing | Job Costing — Pro+ | Which tier shows profit per job? |
| AI assistant across the CRM | AI Autopilot — all plans, 55 tools | What can the AI actually do, and is it an add-on? |
| AI call answering | Virtual Call Team — all plans, minutes via IQ Credits | How are AI call minutes priced? |
| Review automation | Review Multiplier — redirect + email/SMS automation | Is review automation included or a marketing add-on? |
| Customer self-booking | InstaSchedule — Elite+ | Does booking read your real calendar availability? |
| Customer self-quoting | InstaQuote — Elite+ | Can customers build and approve a priced quote themselves? |
| Route optimization | Route Optimization + Route Density — Elite+ | Which tier includes routing, and is it per-user? |
| E-signatures | All plans | Included on the entry plan? |
| Business calculators | All plans + National Average Guide | Are pricing calculators built in? |
| Price for 4 users | Pro — $149.99/mo ($1,499.99/yr) | Paid plans — see each vendor’s pricing page and add-on list |
At $149.99/month on the Pro plan, a four-person carpet cleaning team gets satellite measurement, photo documentation, job costing, a dedicated business line through ClientHub, email and text automations, the Client Portal, and QuickBooks Online sync — with no required integrations to bolt on.
The software for carpet cleaning businesses that wins in 2026 is the one that removes the most friction between an inquiry and a payment. Every extra step — a separate measurement app, a third-party photo tool, a manual review request — is a place where revenue leaks. QuoteIQ collapses those steps into one application, which is why carpet cleaners are moving from fragmented tool stacks to a single platform.
Property managers who hire carpet cleaners care about documentation. QuoteIQ Cam produces before-and-after photo records for every room, while Inspection Forms capture carpet condition, fiber type, and pre-existing damage before work begins. The record protects both the carpet cleaning company and the property owner, and it flows straight into invoicing and review automation.
Carpet cleaning is a chemical business as much as a cleaning business, and the companies that win commercial accounts are the ones that can prove what they used, how they used it, and what the carpet looked like before and after. Four outside standards shape what good records look like — and QuoteIQ is where those records live.
If you employ technicians, OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard requires labeled containers, safety data sheets your crew can reach, a list of the hazardous chemicals on hand, and training. QuoteIQ’s Inventory Management gives you the product list by van and warehouse; keep SDS PDFs alongside your records and train new hires through Team Communication.
The ANSI/IICRC S100 standard describes professional carpet and rug cleaning procedures, including pre-cleaning and post-cleaning inspections. Inspection Forms and QuoteIQ Cam photo reports turn those inspections into a documented job record stored on the customer.
The Carpet and Rug Institute recognizes service providers that use Seal of Approval certified solutions and equipment, and many carpet manufacturers require or recommend SOA products for warranty coverage. Listing your SOA products in inventory lets you show customers the warranty-safe products you used.
Safer Choice is a voluntary EPA label for products with safer chemical ingredients. If you offer a “green clean” tier, build it as its own option in an Options Estimate and link the certified products so the upgrade is visible on the quote.
The Carpet and Rug Institute’s annual fee to be recognized as a Seal of Approval service provider — a low-cost credential worth adding to your estimates, Client Portal, and proposals once you qualify.
One inventory detail to know before you set it up: in QuoteIQ, materials on estimates and invoices link to your inventory products, and stock deducts when the invoice is paid. A deposit does not count as paid, so a 50% deposit on a large commercial job won’t move stock until the balance clears — unless you use the deduct option on that screen. Plan your reorder points with that timing in mind.
As a carpet cleaning business grows beyond the owner-operator stage, crew management becomes the bottleneck. QuoteIQ’s EmployeeHub (Elite plan and up) gives operators visibility into every team member’s schedule, location while clocked in, and hours without a string of phone calls or group texts. The difference between a carpet cleaning company that plateaus at three vans and one that scales to ten is almost always systems — specifically, whether the owner can see what every crew is doing and how profitable each job actually is.
Hiring is the other side of growth. The carpet cleaning trade faces the same labor pressure as every home service business, and technicians notice professionalism: branded estimates, automated confirmations, clear schedules, and a real business phone line. That’s what attracts people who want a career, not a side gig. EmployeeHub’s Time Tracker Pro handles GPS clock-in and clock-out with break tracking, GPS Location Tracking shows the live team map only while employees are clocked in, and roles and permissions control what each person can see. Hours export to your existing payroll system.
Two technicians handling deep cleans, pet treatments, and pre-sale work with truck-mounted extraction. Average ticket: $550–$900. This crew runs Options Estimates on every consultation and uses Before & After AI to close higher tiers.
Three technicians on night and weekend maintenance for offices, medical facilities, and retail. Average monthly contract: $380–$650 per location. Every clean is documented in QuoteIQ Cam for property-manager verification, and Route Optimization sequences the stops.
An estimator or the owner handles consultations and commercial walkthroughs, tracking prospects in Pipelines & Deals. On the Max plan, the Sales Team Tracker adds commission percentages, conversion metrics, and year-to-date results per rep.
When you outgrow individual assignments, the Max plan adds crew creation, tracking, and scheduling with crew-level analytics and routing, plus unlimited users at a flat $699/month — useful when seasonal helpers join for spring and move-out season.
Channel 1: Premium residential deep cleaning. Homeowners want reassurance that their money will produce visible results. A carpet cleaning business running QuoteIQ can send a three-tier Options Estimate within an hour of the first call, backed by a Before & After AI preview. At an average ticket of $650 and 15 residential jobs per week, that channel alone generates roughly $507,000 in annual revenue. Review Multiplier turns completed, paid jobs into reviews that feed the next lead cycle.
Channel 2: Recurring commercial maintenance contracts. Property managers and office administrators need predictable carpet care monthly or quarterly. Invoice Subscriptions automate recurring billing on every plan, Net 15/30/60/90 terms fit how commercial clients pay, and InstaSchedule (Elite+) lets clients book maintenance windows against your real availability. At 20 commercial contracts averaging $480/month, this channel produces about $115,200 in annual recurring revenue.
Annual recurring revenue from 20 commercial carpet contracts at $480/month — billed automatically through Invoice Subscriptions and tracked from walkthrough to signature in Pipelines & Deals.
Channel 3: Add-on services and upsells. Protectant, pet odor treatment, upholstery, area rug pickup and delivery, and tile and grout work are high-margin additions that turn a carpet visit into a whole-home appointment. Package Estimates make bundling easy, and Job Costing confirms which add-ons earn the most. At an average upsell of $140 on 12 jobs per week, this channel adds roughly $87,360 in annual revenue. For bigger tickets, Consumer Financing lets homeowners pay over time through Affirm, Klarna, or Afterpay while you get paid upfront.
Many carpet cleaners grow into adjacent services. If you add tile and grout, upholstery, or commercial janitorial work, QuoteIQ’s pages for tile and grout businesses, commercial cleaning companies, and air duct cleaning show how the same platform adapts — and the free air duct cleaning cost calculator helps you price that upsell before you offer it.
Carpet cleaning vans are heavy and fuel-hungry, and every unnecessary mile comes straight out of margin. The IRS standard mileage rate for business use is 76 cents per mile from July 1, 2026 (72.5 cents from January through June) — a reasonable proxy for the true cost of running a van. A crew averaging 60 miles a day for 250 working days logs 15,000 miles, roughly $11,400 at 76 cents.
Less drive time with Route Optimization (Elite+). On a 15,000-mile van, that’s 2,250 to 4,500 fewer miles — about $1,710 to $3,420 a year per vehicle at the IRS 76-cent rate.
Route Density shows you where jobs cluster so you can assign neighborhoods to specific days, and Route Optimization then puts the day’s stops in the most efficient order, accounting for appointment times and job duration. For commercial routes that repeat weekly, those savings compound every single week.
Every tool above is built into QuoteIQ and available from one login on phone, tablet, and desktop. Carpet cleaning operators manage estimates, schedules, invoices, payments, crews, supplies, and business analytics without switching between apps. AI Autopilot ties it together with plain-language commands across 55 tools in 13 categories. Firms that hold IICRC certification gain an extra trust signal when they pair that credential with QuoteIQ’s professional quoting and job documentation, because commercial buyers increasingly expect both proof of training and proof of work.
The software for carpet cleaning businesses that endures is one that scales. A solo operator starting on Essentials at $29.99/month uses the same platform as a ten-person team on the Elite plan at $299/month — the only difference is the feature set that unlocks at each tier. Upgrades apply mid-cycle with a prorated difference, and there is no data migration or relearning. That continuity matters because carpet cleaning businesses grow in steps — a second van, a third technician, a commercial division — and a software switch is the last thing a growing operation needs.
Seasonal demand in carpet cleaning is predictable: spring deep cleans, pre-holiday refreshes in October and November, and move-out cleans during peak real estate months. On the Elite plan, Mass Text and Email Campaigns send a seasonal offer to a tagged segment of past customers through your own connected Twilio and SendGrid accounts, and one well-timed campaign can fill weeks of the calendar. On Pro and up, the ClientHub business number keeps every customer call and text on the customer profile, separate from your personal phone.
Every carpet cleaning operation is a different size, and QuoteIQ scales with it. Solo operators start at $29.99/month. Multi-crew companies with commercial contracts and supply inventory run on Elite or Max. Full details are on the QuoteIQ pricing page.
per month · 1 user
Estimates, invoicing, scheduling, e-signatures, and AI tools for solo operators. Plan details
per month · 2 users
Adds MapMeasure Pro, QuoteIQ Cam, Expense Tracking, and contract attachments. Plan details
per month · 4 users
Adds Job Costing, ClientHub, Client Portal, automations, and QuickBooks Online. Plan details
per month · 10 users
Adds inventory, route optimization, InstaQuote, InstaSchedule, Pipelines, and EmployeeHub. Plan details
per month · unlimited users
Adds crews, Sales Team Tracker, AI Website Builder, and priority support. Plan details
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (2 months free) | Users | Key carpet cleaning unlock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $29.99 | $299.99 | 1 | Options & Package Estimates, e-signatures, Invoice Subscriptions |
| Beginner | $74.99 | $749.99 | 2 | MapMeasure Pro, QuoteIQ Cam, Expense Tracking |
| Pro | $149.99 | $1,499.99 | 4 | Job Costing, ClientHub, Client Portal, QuickBooks Online |
| Elite | $299 | $2,990 | 10 | Inventory, Route Optimization, InstaSchedule, Pipelines |
| Max | $699 | $6,990 | Unlimited | Crews, Sales Team Tracker, AI Website Builder included |
Every plan includes a 14-day free trial with access to the features of the plan you choose.
Pro billed annually — pay for ten months, get twelve. That’s effectively about $125/month and a saving of nearly $300 a year that can go back into chemicals, marketing, or crew wages. See the Pro plan.
At $149.99/month, a four-person carpet cleaning operation on QuoteIQ Pro gets satellite measurement, photo documentation, job costing, review automation, AI tools, and a dedicated business phone line in one subscription. When you compare platforms, add up the base plan, any per-user charges, and every add-on you’d need to match that list — the total cost of capability is the number that matters, not the entry price.
The bottom line for any carpet cleaning operator is total cost of capability. Enterprise platforms can offer deep call-center and reporting tools but often come with long implementations; lighter tools may need paid add-ons for measurement, photos, or reviews. QuoteIQ Pro delivers quoting, scheduling, photo documentation, job costing, review automation, AI tools, and a business phone line at a price that leaves room to invest in growth rather than software overhead. That value equation is why more carpet cleaning professionals choose QuoteIQ as their operating platform in 2026.
“Around $75,000 to $100,000 in annual revenue is where the invisible cost of manual management typically starts exceeding what software would cost. The most expensive thing in manual management isn’t the time spent on the tasks — it’s the revenue lost to the things that don’t get done.”
— Justin Rogers, Co-Founder of QuoteIQ · Read Justin’s insights
QuoteIQ is the best software for carpet cleaning businesses in 2026 for owner-operators and teams of up to 10, because it puts tiered quoting, photo documentation, job costing, supply inventory, recurring billing, and review automation in one app starting at $29.99/month. Carpet cleaners build Good/Better/Best proposals with Options Estimates, document every room with QuoteIQ Cam on the Beginner plan and up, and see profit per job with Job Costing on Pro and up. Commercial accounts run on Invoice Subscriptions, and AI Autopilot — 55 tools across 13 categories — is included on every plan through IQ Credits. QuoteIQ is rated 4.7 stars across 4,100+ reviews and is used by 40,000+ contractors. If your company follows the IICRC S100 standard for pre- and post-cleaning inspections, QuoteIQ’s Inspection Forms and photo archive give you the paperwork to prove it on every job.
QuoteIQ costs between $29.99 and $699 per month for a carpet cleaning business, depending on team size and features. Essentials is $29.99/month for 1 user, Beginner is $74.99 for 2 users, Pro is $149.99 for 4 users, Elite is $299 for 10 users, and Max is $699 for unlimited users. Annual billing gives two months free — Pro works out to $1,499.99 per year, about $125 a month. Every plan includes a 14-day free trial of the plan you choose, and Consumer Financing through Affirm (up to $30,000 per job), Klarna, and Afterpay is available on every plan. When you budget, remember software is only one line: vans are another, and the IRS business mileage rate of 76 cents per mile from July 1, 2026 is a useful proxy for what each mile really costs you. Compare all five plans side by side on the QuoteIQ pricing page.
Most carpet cleaners price per room for standard bedrooms, per square foot for open areas and commercial space, and then add line items for stairs, pet treatment, protectant, and heavy soil. For example, 1,200 square feet at an illustrative $0.40 per square foot is $480; add $60 for stairs, $90 for pet treatment, and $120 for protectant and the ticket is $750. Start with the free carpet cleaning cost calculator, then save your rates in QuoteIQ so Standard Estimates and Package Estimates price themselves. MapMeasure Pro sizes the home’s footprint from satellite before you arrive, and the AI Estimator can suggest local line-item pricing from photos. Check labor too: the BLS reports a $17.27 median hourly wage for janitors and building cleaners, so a two-person, three-hour job carries about $104 in direct wages before overhead. Track the real number in Job Costing.
Yes. QuoteIQ’s Inventory Management module, included on the Elite plan ($299/month, 10 users) and Max, tracks pre-spray, spotting agents, deodorizers, and protectant across five areas: Products (SKU, unit cost, reorder point, In Stock/Low/Out status), Locations such as each van and your warehouse, Suppliers, Orders, and Transactions. Materials on estimates and invoices link to inventory products so pricing stays current, and stock deducts when the invoice is paid — a deposit alone does not move stock. Chemical receipts entered in Expense Tracking link to the jobs they served, which feeds accurate margins into Job Costing. If you have employees, OSHA’s hazard communication rules also expect a list of hazardous chemicals on hand plus accessible safety data sheets — your QuoteIQ product list is a practical starting point, and analytics show usage trends over time.
Ask every paying customer at the moment they are happiest, and automate the follow-up. QuoteIQ’s Review Multiplier does both: an instant post-payment redirect sends customers straight to your review page, and an email and SMS review-request automation with four event triggers follows up with anyone who didn’t leave one. Destinations include Google Business Profile, Facebook, Yelp, and Angi. The math adds up fast — at 15 jobs a week, even one review for every five jobs is about 156 new reviews a year. Make payment easy with online payments, keep the conversation in one thread with ClientHub on Pro and up, give customers a “Leave a Review” link in the Client Portal, and share before-and-after galleries from QuoteIQ Cam so the result is fresh in their mind. Keep it honest: the FTC’s consumer reviews rule prohibits buying reviews or paying for positive sentiment.
Run commercial carpet contracts as recurring subscriptions with documented visits. In QuoteIQ, an accepted estimate converts into an Invoice Subscription on any plan, with Net 15/30/60/90 terms for property managers who pay on terms. Recurring series live on the calendar, and you can move a single occurrence without disturbing the rest. Pipelines & Deals on the Elite plan tracks new commercial prospects from walkthrough to signature, with up to 5 pipelines. Each visit gets a QuoteIQ Cam photo report and an inspection form, and the Client Portal (Pro and up) lets managers view appointments and pay invoices without calling you. At 20 contracts averaging $480 a month, that’s $115,200 in annual recurring revenue. Many facility buyers also ask whether you use products from the Carpet and Rug Institute’s Seal of Approval program, since carpet warranties often call for them.
Yes. Every QuoteIQ plan includes a 14-day free trial with access to the features of the plan you choose, from Essentials at $29.99/month to Max at $699/month. A credit or debit card is required to start. The trial converts to the selected plan at its regular rate unless you cancel before it ends, and you can cancel any time during the 14 days; there is one free trial per person, business, and payment method. To get the most from two weeks, import your customer list with AI Smart Import, send real Options Estimates with e-signatures, and if you trial Beginner or higher, document a few jobs in QuoteIQ Cam. If you offer a green-cleaning tier, set it up as its own option and note any EPA Safer Choice certified products you use. Compare plans on the pricing page or book a live demo first if you want a guided walkthrough.
Use one shared calendar, cluster jobs by area, and optimize each day’s stop order. QuoteIQ’s scheduling calendar offers drag-and-drop day, week, month, and employee-timeline views with automated SMS and email reminders on every plan. On the Elite plan ($299/month, 10 users), Route Density shows where work clusters so you can assign neighborhoods to days, and Route Optimization sequences stops to cut drive time 15–30%. EmployeeHub adds GPS location tracking while technicians are clocked in and Time Tracker Pro for GPS clock-in and clock-out. For multi-van companies, the Max plan adds crew creation and crew scheduling with unlimited users at $699/month. The payoff is real: at the IRS rate of 76 cents per mile, trimming 2,250 miles a year from one van is worth about $1,710 — and the savings repeat every year for every van you add.
Carpet cleaning operations that invest in the right software see compounding returns. Faster quoting wins more jobs, automated reviews build the Google presence that generates organic leads, job costing reveals which services to promote and which to reprice, and routing adds capacity to the schedule — at $29.99 to $699 per month, whether you clean five houses a week or fifty.
Watch a quick overview of how QuoteIQ handles estimates, scheduling, invoicing, and payments in one app — then picture it running your carpet cleaning routes.
Watch Video →Choose the plan you want to test and start a 14-day free trial with access to that plan’s features. A credit or debit card is required to start.
Upload a CSV from your current CRM or spreadsheet with AI Smart Import, which maps columns automatically, then add your per-room, per-square-foot, stairs, pet treatment, and protectant rates to the price book.
Save a three-tier Options Estimate — basic extraction, deep clean with protectant, and full restoration — as a template so every new quote goes out in minutes.
Configure payout details in Settings so customers can pay invoices online by card, ACH, Apple Pay, or Google Pay, switch on Review Multiplier, and schedule your first week of jobs on the calendar.
QuoteIQ was founded in 2022 in Savannah, Georgia, by two home service business owners who were tired of software designed for people behind a desk instead of people in the field.
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“I have tried several apps and software throughout the pass decade. This is a simple FULL FEATURE app. Everything you need for quoting and collecting payments!! We use the app for Power Washing and our cleaning company.”
— Jayce Ares · App Store · 5★“A very good all-in-one tool to use for any small business and definitely for the service industry. Being able to make quick estimates for customers that look professional and clearly list out the services and fees while also being able to attach files/images to the invoice makes it easy to protect both the property owner and the service provider. This tool has definitely helped my business grow.”
— Michael Roberts · Google Play · 5★“Last time, I started a business, keeping track of my expenses, customers, payments, upcoming jobs, and scheduling was a pain, and it was spread over 4 different apps. Everything I need is in one place now, and the value you get with the affordable subscription upgrades is immeasurable compared to the time you save.”
— Brandon Kingston · Google Play · 5★Join 40,000+ contractors who run quoting, scheduling, documentation, and payments from one platform rated 4.7 stars across 4,100+ reviews.
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Estimates
Create and send professional estimates.
Invoicing
Send, track and collect invoices.
QuoteIQ Cam
Capture and document every job with ease.
Scheduling
Schedule jobs to your calendar in seconds.
Inspection Forms
Create and complete inspection reports.
MapMeasure Pro
Measure and price properties instantly.
Business Analytics
Real-time insight into your performance.
EmployeeHub
Assign, schedule & pay employees.
Virtual Call Team
Never miss a call with 24/7 AJ, assistant.
ClientHub
Send and keep messages inside QuoteIQ.
InstaQuote
Allow customers to create estimates themselves.
InstaSchedule
Let clients schedule appointments themselves.
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