How it works
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 industry rates per cubic foot for the four cost tiers.
Get a cost range you can actually use.
Four numbers, side by side: full-service mover, moving container (PODS-style), DIY truck rental, and storage per month if you need it. Ranges, not point estimates — because every move has variables (peak season, building access, packing).
Take that number to any mover. If they quote you 30% above the top of our range, ask why. If 30% below, that’s a lowball. 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 workspace to track multiple mover quotes against your estimate, side by side.
What does it cost?
The calculator and the workspace are free. We don’t charge you and we don’t sell your data. The only paid surface on the site is something you actively opt into — embedding the calculator on a moving company’s site, which is also free.
Where do leads from the calculator go?
The public calculator on MovingCalculator.io doesn’t collect leads. There’s no contact form at the end. If you’re using a moving company’s themed embed (a calculator on their site), that one has a contact step and the lead goes to them— not to us, not to a network.
How accurate is the estimate?
Cubic-foot estimates use the same per-item values surveyors use, plus a 15% packing buffer. Cost ranges use 2026 industry tariff data scaled by distance and tier. Real quotes will vary — season, building access, and the specific mover all matter — but our ranges should bracket what you actually pay.
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.
Ready?