If you're paying per user for a job app that wasn't built for building work, EstiMate is worth a look. Start free, import your old quotes, and price your next job from the drawings.
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Price it properly.
Materials, labour and margin in one quote — ready to send from site.
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Phone, tablet & desktop
Upload old quotes as PDFs, photos, Excel or Word files. EstiMate rebuilds them as jobs and learns your prices from them, so your first quote in EstiMate is priced the way you price, not from a blank sheet.
Free with 3 jobs a month, then £15.99 a month for unlimited jobs or £39.99 for Pro with the AI tools. That's per business with one office login. Your site team use the EstiMate Crew app to clock in, fill timesheets and send photos, receipts and snags.
EstiMate starts from the drawings. AI take-off measures and prices them with the working shown for you to check, the accepted quote becomes a build contract the client signs online, and the VAT, CIS and P&L figures come from the same jobs. Xero, QuickBooks and Sage stay in step both ways.
TenderPilot lists live UK tenders and approved planning applications near you, so the work comes in through the same app that prices it.
Each comparison uses the other company's own website, with the date we checked it.
Client, site address, project title. Takes 30 seconds.
Breakdowns, optional extras, one-tap online acceptance.
A build contract from the quote, e-signed online.
Programme, site diary, snagging and variations.
Milestones tracked and overdue payments chased.
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Unlimited quotes and the full app.
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Everything, plus the full AI suite.
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Yes. The free plan has no time limit, so you can price a few real jobs in EstiMate before you move everything across.
No. Upload them as PDFs, photos, Excel or Word files and EstiMate rebuilds them as jobs and learns your prices from them (old-quote import is on Pro).
It depends on your team. EstiMate is priced per business with one office login, and site staff use the Crew app. Each comparison page below shows the other app's own published prices so you can work it out for your firm.
Dave Groom, a working builder and founder of Tatton Projects in Cheshire. EstiMate App Limited is based in Manchester.
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Construction estimating software
Price materials, labour, plant and margin properly.
Quoting software for builders
Professional quotes clients can accept online.
AI construction estimating
Let AI draft the scope — you keep control of the price.
Construction take-off software
From drawings and specs to quantities and a quote.
AI visualiser
Show the client the finished job, from a site photo and the quote.
Job costing software
Estimate versus actual while the job is still running.
Construction management software
Tender to handover: programme, site, variations, money and close-out.
For contractors & corporate firms
Team seats, roles, spend approvals, multi-branch reporting and the Crew app.
Time & attendance: GPS clock in
Clock in with location, live crew map, self-filling timesheets.
EstiMate on your phone
Watch one job, tender to handover, in the phone layout.
EstiMate Crew: the app for site teams
GPS clock in, self-filling timesheets, mileage, materials, snags, drawings, forms, media and messages, all feeding the office and accounts.
All EstiMate apps
EstiMate, EstiMate Crew, Calculators, Engineering and Docs, with App Store links.
EstiMate vs 10 other trade apps
Prices and features side by side, from each company's own website.
EstiMate Crew sign-in for site staff
Pair your phone with the code from the office, then sign in on every job.
Invoicing & getting paid
Invoices, card payments and automatic chasing.
Accounting for builders
P&L, VAT return, CIS and aged debtors from the jobs.
Contracts & e-signatures
A build contract from the quote, signed online.
Variations & extras
Price additional works and get one-tap approval.
Snagging software
Numbered pins on drawings, photos and sign-off.
Site diary app
Daily records, RFIs, quality and progress reports.
Site photo app
Stamped photos, markup, galleries and a live client timeline.
RAMS generator
RAMS, COSHH, toolbox talks and permits in minutes.
Construction CRM
Every client, every quote, automatic follow-ups.
Use EstiMate from first enquiry through quotation, project delivery, variations, records and payment tracking.
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