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For small contractors and trades — renovation, fit-out, tiling, electrical, plumbing, landscaping — who price jobs themselves and have finished a job with less money than the estimate promised, or had to pay crews and suppliers before the client paid. One model per job links the estimate, the price, the payment stages, the change orders and the actual costs.

Why this and not a spreadsheet estimate: the estimate, the payment stages, the change orders and the actual costs of a job sit in one model. A daily cash calendar counts payouts before receipts and shows the first day cash falls below your reserve and the financing needed by that date; materials are rounded up to whole supplier packs with waste; and only approved change orders change the contract price and the cash. One payment, no subscription; no bank, accounting or marketplace connection; your data stays on your device; no AI — every result is an exact decimal calculation with “How it is calculated”, in 8 languages and any currency.

You enter the job and the margin you need, materials with waste and supplier pack sizes, labour hours with their full hourly cost, subcontractors, transport, equipment rental, job overheads (a fixed amount or a percentage of direct costs) and a reserve. Then the money: your own cash, the minimum reserve you keep, the advance, stage payments, client retention, supplier credit days and a payment-delay scenario. During the job you add change orders, actual purchases and hours, payments received and the costs you still expect.

You get the proposal price, the planned margin, a daily cash calendar that shows the first day cash falls below your reserve and how much financing you need by that date, confirmed change orders, the forecast final profit, the costs you can still afford and material and labour variances — plus a client estimate, an internal costing, a change-order sheet and a job report as PDF. No AI — exact, traceable calculations. One-time payment, no subscription. It works on a phone and a computer, and your jobs stay on your device. It does not assess structural safety or building-code compliance.

What's inside

Quantities with waste and packsQuantity to buy = needed quantity plus waste, rounded up to whole supplier packs; without a pack size the exact quantity is kept.
Proposal price with reserve and margin(Base cost + reserve) ÷ (1 − required margin), rounded up to the money step, with the planned margin and profit shown next to it.
Overheads done one wayEach job overhead is either a fixed amount or a percentage of direct costs — never both — and can be left out of the cash calendar when it is not paid separately.
Indirect tax per lineAmounts without tax, including tax or with no tax, your own rate and whether the tax is recoverable; recoverable tax is cash but not cost. No rates are built in.
Daily cash calendarEvery payout and receipt by date, with payouts counted before receipts on the same day; the lowest point, the first day below your reserve and the financing needed.
Advance that comes too lateIf the advance arrives after cash falls below the reserve, the tool says so and shows the amount and the latest date the money must be in place.
Payment-delay scenarioAll client receipts are tested again a chosen number of days late, side by side with the on-time calendar.
Change ordersAdded materials and hours, a calculated minimum price, approval status, new completion date, invoice and payment dates; only approved changes change the contract and the cash.
Forecast at completionActual costs + expected remaining costs, the forecast final profit and the remaining costs that still keep your margin; a budget-based remaining estimate is always flagged.
Four documentsClient estimate and change-order sheet without internal costs, internal costing and job report — PDF in A4 or US Letter, plus CSV and a JSON backup.

Questions

What does it not calculate?

It never assesses structural safety, load capacity, building-code or permit compliance. It does not invent tax rates, does not calculate income tax, and does not predict market prices, whether a client accepts the price or when a client pays. All amounts are in one project currency.

Can I try it first?

Yes. The demo opens a complete fictional kitchen renovation: every step, the result, scenario comparison and all four documents work, and you can change any value. Your own jobs, file import and saved work open after purchase.

How is the financing need worked out?

The tool builds a calendar of every payout and receipt by date. On each day payouts are counted before receipts. The financing need is your minimum reserve minus the lowest cash point, if that is positive, and it must be available by the first day cash falls below the reserve.

What happens if I do not know the remaining costs?

You can enter your own estimate or use the remaining budget. If you use the budget, the result is clearly marked as an assumption, because the original budget is not an estimate of what is left.

Does the client see my costs?

No. The client estimate and the change-order sheet show the scope, the price, tax, payment stages and dates — not your costs, reserve or margin. The internal costing and job report are for you.

Do I need to connect my bank or accounting software?

No. You type the figures or import lists from CSV or XLSX. Nothing is connected and your data stays on your device.

Business license for use in your own business. No resale or redistribution. Opens in your browser right after payment, on phone and computer. Your figures stay on your device. No physical item.

Interactive tool · Any modern browser · phone and computer · PDF & CSV export

Contractor Bid & Job Control

Price a job from real quantities and costs, see the day your cash runs short before you sign, and keep change orders and actual costs tied to the profit of the same job.

$9.90
Try the demo — fictional data
One-time purchase
Full version of this tool on the site plus an offline version to download. One payment. The offline copy works without a subscription.
Access with PRO
Full version on the site while your PRO is active. Export of your results and backups is included. The offline program is bought separately.
Included in PRO with every app and tool, from $19 a week

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  • Works in any country · your own currency
  • Download link on the confirmation page and by email
  • What you need: Any modern browser · phone and computer · PDF & CSV export · 8 languages
  • Refund within 14 days, for any purchase
  • Formats: Interactive tool in your browser — phone and computer; PDF & CSV export
♡ Refund within 14 days, for any purchase

Any purchase is refunded if you ask within 14 days of payment. Files that will not open, and anything that does not match its description, are refunded in full at any time, with no time limit.