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Cost Estimate Maker

Before a firm quote is possible, there is the estimate: an informed, itemized approximation with its assumptions stated. Done well, it starts the project relationship on honesty. Business document tools are free for signed-in users; your records are saved to your workspace, and your region (not language) decides currency and tax options.

Estimates are assumptions with numbers

Every estimate rests on assumptions — site conditions, material grades, scope boundaries. The professional format states them: \"assuming X, expect Y\". Stated assumptions are protection; silent ones become disputes.

Itemize even the approximate

A single round number invites doubt; an itemized estimate — materials here, labor there, contingency shown — demonstrates the thinking and lets clients engage with specifics. Approximation with structure reads as competence.

From estimate to quote to invoice

As scope firms up, the estimate's lines become a quotation's commitments, then an invoice. The saved-record chain keeps the history. Region sets currency.

Features

  • Itemized approximation format
  • Assumption statements
  • Contingency line support
  • Free for signed-in users
  • Chains to quote and invoice

Supported formats

PDF

How it works

  1. 1

    Break down the costs

    Materials, labor, other lines — approximate but itemized.

  2. 2

    State the assumptions

    What the numbers depend on.

  3. 3

    Generate and discuss

    The document that starts scoping conversations.

No general cloud storage — uploaded and processed files are temporary and deleted automatically.

Frequently asked questions