Estimator. Not a sales funnel.
Most online moving calculators are forms that send your contact info to a network of movers. This isn’t one of those. You enter your stuff, you get a real cost range, you take that number to whoever you want.
Walk through your home, room by room.
We use industry-standard cubic-foot values for every item. As you tap through bedrooms, the kitchen, the garage, we tally the volume in real time. You can add custom items, snap a photo to auto-fill a room (when AI is enabled), or just type in the quantity.
Tell us where you’re moving to and from.
Distance changes the price more than anything else. On the summary step, you enter pickup and dropoff addresses. We compute the great-circle distance and apply rates per cubic foot across each cost tier. Local full-service is priced the way local movers bill: movers times hours times an hourly rate.
Get a cost range you can actually use.
Three numbers, side by side: full-service mover, moving container (PODS-style), and DIY truck rental before fuel. Ranges, not point estimates, because every move has variables (peak season, building access, packing).
Take that number to any mover. If they quote far above the top of our range, ask why. If far below, ask what survey the quote was based on. Either way, you’re negotiating from a position.
Save it, share it, or compare quotes.
Every estimate produces a shareable URL. Send it to a partner, an agent, or yourself. Or sign in to your free move planner to track multiple mover quotes against your estimate, side by side.
What does it cost?
The calculator and the move planner are free. We don’t charge you and we don’t sell your data. Moving companies can pay for a Featured directory listing; that never changes the numbers in your estimate.
Where do leads from the calculator go?
Only where you send them. At the end of the calculator you can send your estimate to movers near you that you pick, or just email it to yourself. Nothing reaches a mover until you press send, and we never sell it to a lead network. If you’re using a moving company’s calculator on their site, your details go to them.
How accurate is the estimate?
Cubic-foot estimates use per-item values from the published tables surveyors use, plus a 15% packing buffer. Cost ranges are fitted to published 2026 price medians and scaled by distance and tier. Real quotes will vary, since season, building access, and the specific mover all matter, so treat the range as a baseline to compare written quotes against.
Does this work for international moves?
Domestic United States and Canada are well-supported. Cross-border and international moves involve customs, container shipping, and regulations our cost engine doesn’t model. Use the cubic-foot estimate as a baseline and get specialty quotes for the cross-border portion.
Why don’t you sell leads like everyone else?
Because it’s a worse product. The thing people actually want from a moving calculator is the number. Wrapping that in a contact form so we can sell it to mover networks would make us like everyone else, and like everyone else we’d quietly skew the number to maximize lead conversion. Better incentives produce better tools.