01Time
Nights and weekends go to bids.
Every quote gets rebuilt from scratch or from last year's spreadsheet, after the real work is done.
Custom quoting & estimating tool
Bids that don't live in one person's head.
A quoting tool built around how your company already estimates. Your job types, your rates, your markup, so anyone on your team can turn the job's numbers into a clean quote.
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Sample data
Quote builder● Ready to review
Detached garage, 24 × 28
Template: Detached garage · Built by a new estimator in 11 min
| Item | Qty | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Footings & slab | 672 sq ft | $9,744 |
| Framing package | 1 lot | $14,280 |
| Roofing, 30-yr shingle | 9.5 sq | $5,415 |
| Overhead door, 16 × 7 | 1 ea | $2,350 |
| Electrical (sub quote) | allow. | $3,200 |
| Total | $34,989 |
Owner review → branded PDFSend to client
FramersCustom home buildersHVACPlumbingElectricalRoofingExcavating
The problem
Estimating is the bottleneck nobody planned for.
In most shops, one person can price a job well, and it's usually the owner. Every bid waits on them, and the know-how lives in their head and an old spreadsheet.
02Accuracy
Numbers get typed twice, or wrong.
Measurements go from a notepad to a spreadsheet to a quote to an invoice. Every copy is a chance to miss something.
03Growth
Nobody else can price a job.
You can't hand bids to a new hire, so the business can only grow as fast as one person can estimate.
How a bid gets built
Your know-how goes in once. Then anyone can use it.
- 01
Pick the job type
Each template holds your materials, labor rates, waste factors and markup, set up the way you already price.
- 02
Enter the job's numbers
Measurements, counts and options from the walkthrough. The tool does the math the same way every time.
- 03
Review and send
You check the total and the scope, then send a branded quote. It turns into a job when the customer says yes.
Sample data
Job numbersStep 2 of 3
Detached garage
Entered from the site walkthrough
Width24 ft
Length28 ft
Wall height9 ft
Roof pitch6/12
Overhead doors1 × 16 ft
Service doors1
OptionsInsulate walls · 2 windows
Template prices it
Materials, labor, markup$34,989
What it does
Built around how you already price work.
Nothing off-the-shelf. These are the pieces most quoting tools I build include, shaped to your trade and your numbers.
01
Templates by job type
Garages, additions, furnace swaps, re-roofs: each with the line items you always include.
02
Your rates in one place
Material prices, labor rates and markup live in one list. Update a price once and every new quote uses it.
03
Branded quotes in minutes
A clean PDF with your logo, scope and terms, ready to email from the office or the truck.
04
Owner review built in
New estimators build the bid; you approve the total before it goes out.
05
Quote to job in one click
When the customer says yes, the numbers carry into the job, the schedule and the materials list.
06
Follow-ups you won't forget
One list of every quote waiting on an answer, so open bids don't go cold.
The real payoff is long term: new people can build bids from the job's numbers.
// What a builder using one told me
- Evenings backBids get built during the day, by more than one person.
- Fewer underpriced jobsEvery quote runs the same math, with nothing forgotten.
- A business that can growEstimating no longer waits on the owner.
Get started
Tell me how you quote today.
The first call is free. We'll talk through how you bid now and whether a custom quoting tool makes sense for you.
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