A QuoteIQ Alternative: Focused Cleaning Pricing, No Upsell
QuoteIQ is the closest competitor on 'instant quote' language — but it's a broad, multi-trade contractor CRM with AI photo-to-quote, a paid call team, and tiers that climb toward ~$299/month. BidCalc goes the opposite direction: one trade, one job, done well and free to start.
| BidCalc | QuoteIQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Residential cleaning only | 100+ trades, generalized |
| Product type | A pricing calculator | A quoting + booking CRM |
| Margin math | Cleaning-specific: burden, deep/move-out, frequency | Generic across trades |
| Upsells | None — one plan | AI, call team, higher tiers |
| Price | Free to start; $29/mo Pro | Free tier; paid up to ~$299/mo |
| Learning curve | Under a minute | A CRM to set up |
What QuoteIQ offers
QuoteIQ casts a wide net: instant quotes and self-booking across many home-service trades, plus AI features and add-on services. If you run several trades or want a full quoting-and-booking CRM, that breadth can be appealing.
The cost of breadth
Serving 100+ trades means the pricing logic is generalized — it isn't tuned to the specifics cleaning owners care about: the 1.30 labor burden, the 1.5× deep-clean and 2× move-out multipliers, recurring-frequency discounts, condition surcharges. And the model leans on AI and CRM up-sells, with real capability behind higher tiers.
For a cleaning owner, that's paying for breadth and complexity to solve a narrow, specific problem.
BidCalc's bet: depth over breadth
BidCalc does residential cleaning and nothing else, so the math matches how the trade actually prices: fully-loaded labor, the right multipliers, protected margin, a private profit breakdown, and a branded quote. One plan, no AI up-sell, free to start.
If you want a multi-trade CRM, QuoteIQ may fit. If you want the cleaning price to be *right* in under a minute, a focused tool wins.
The bottom line
QuoteIQ is broad; BidCalc is deep on the one trade you run. For cleaning pricing specifically, focused beats generalized.
Price a job on your own rates — free
No card, no CRM, no setup. See your margin-protected number and a branded quote in under a minute.