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The Differentiator

The only quoting app that tells you whether you're actually making money.

Real profit margin on every quote line. Before you send it. So you know whether the bid is worth winning.

Free on iOS and Android. Margin shows on every plan.

The problem with every other quoting app

They're designed to make the quote look professional. They don't ask whether the quote is profitable.

Most contractors find out a job didn't make money the same way — they finish it, look at the books, and realize the materials cost more than they bid, the labor took longer than they estimated, or the overhead they forgot to load into the labor rate ate the profit.

By then it's too late. The quote already went out. The customer signed. The job got built. The losing math was set in motion the moment you typed the price and hit send.

The fix isn't a better accounting report at year-end. The fix is showing the real margin number at the moment the quote is being built — so the contractor can adjust the line, the labor, or the bid before it leaves their phone.

What QuoteCat shows you

Three things, every time you build a quote.

1
Real margin per line

Every line item shows the actual margin — not the markup. A 50% markup line shows as 33% margin, because that's what's left after cost. The number you see is the number you keep.

2
Target margin alert

Set your target margin once. Lines that fall below it get flagged. So a $400 line that should clear 25% margin but only clears 14% gets called out — before the quote leaves.

3
Estimated profit per quote

Total quote, total cost, estimated profit. Real overhead-loaded labor rate baked in. So you know whether the bid is worth winning before you send it — not three months after you finish it.

Built on real overhead-loaded labor rates

Margin numbers only matter if the cost numbers are honest. So QuoteCat builds its margin math on top of overhead-loaded labor rates, not back-of-napkin estimates.

You set your labor rate once — either by entering it directly or by using the free Labor Rate Calculator and Overhead Calculator to build it up from your real numbers. The app applies that overhead-loaded rate to every labor line, automatically. No double-counting overhead. No forgetting to add it.

The Pro tier also runs a Pricing Health Check on the dashboard — it audits your recent quotes, flags the ones that came in below your target margin, and tells you the estimated profit you left on the table. So the financial-intelligence layer isn't just at the moment-of-quote — it's a continuous loop.

Common questions

What does "real profit margin" mean here?
The margin calculated from your actual cost — including overhead-loaded labor — not the markup you applied. A 50% markup line shows as 33% margin, because that's what's actually left after paying for the cost. Every line shows the honest number.
Why don't other quoting apps do this?
Most quoting apps are document-production tools — designed to help you produce a professional-looking quote fast. They don't ask whether the quote is profitable; that question traditionally got answered at year-end by an accountant. QuoteCat moves the question forward to before the quote goes out.
How does QuoteCat know my overhead?
You set it once. Either type your overhead percentage directly, or use the free calculators to build it up from real expenses. The app applies the overhead-loaded rate to every labor line automatically.
Is the margin feature available on the Free tier?
Yes. Real margin per line shows on Free, Pro, and Premium. The Pricing Health Check audit (which scans your past quotes for underpriced bids) is Pro+ because it relies on the cloud sync that Pro adds.
Will my customers see the margin numbers?
No. Margin is internal-only. Your customers see a clean quote PDF or shareable link with no internal pricing breakdown. The margin numbers exist only inside the app, for the contractor to use while building the bid.

Try it free.

No trial. No credit card. No expiration.

See exactly what you get on the free tier page.