For remodeling contractors
AI estimating software for contractors
Built on years of real labor and material costs from contractor estimates, with local pricing. Describe your project, and the AI builds a detailed estimate in minutes, ready to review and send to your client.
No contract. No setup fees. Cancel anytime.
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You spend hours building estimates, often at your kitchen table after a full day of work. By the time the bid is done, the lead may have gone with someone faster. Traditional estimating software still makes you assemble it line by line. Clear Estimates gives you a smarter starting point: flexible inputs, real pricing and full control to make it yours.
Drop in site photos, an architect’s plan set or a scope PDF from the homeowner. The AI reads what’s there and builds an estimate around it, with no manual data entry.
Adjust quantities, swap materials, change labor rates, set your markup, and add or remove parts. The AI gets you most of the way; you stay in control of the final number.
Override default material and labor costs, save your own parts and templates, and lock in markups by category. The AI uses your library, so every estimate sounds and prices like you.
Describe your project. Get a complete, priced estimate.
Describe
Type your project description in plain language, the way you’d explain it to a client or crew member.
Assemble
It pulls from real, localized cost data, not AI-generated prices, priced for your area and updated quarterly. The AI doesn’t generate prices: it organizes real cost data you can trust.
Send
Adjust quantities, swap parts, edit pricing and set your markups. Then send a branded PDF proposal straight to your client.
Example: “Full kitchen remodel, 220 SF, new cabinets, countertops, backsplash and economy appliances. Plus 400 SF hardwood replacement in the living room.”
The whole workflow, from a project description to a priced estimate.
ChatGPT generates language. It can write a scope of work, but the line items, quantities and prices it invents don’t reflect real material or labor costs in your market. Clear Estimates is grounded in real estimates from real contractors and years of cost data. Its AI picks the parts, and the Part Library prices them with your local costs. On Pro, when nothing in the library fits, the AI adds a part and shows you how it priced it.
| ChatGPT | Generic AI estimators | Clear Estimates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grounded in real estimates, not invented | |||
| Grounded in real estimates, not invented | No | No | Yes |
| Local material & labor pricing | |||
| Local material & labor pricing | No | Limited | Yes |
| Pricing updated quarterly | |||
| Pricing updated quarterly | No | No | Yes |
| Won’t hallucinate parts or quantities | |||
| Won’t hallucinate parts or quantities | No | No | Yes |
| Branded, client-ready proposals | |||
| Branded, client-ready proposals | No | Limited | Yes |
| Editable line-by-line with markup control | |||
| Editable line-by-line with markup control | No | Limited | Yes |
| Built specifically for contractors | |||
| Built specifically for contractors | No | Limited | Yes |
The AI Estimator is just the beginning. Clear Estimates gives you a complete estimating toolkit.
Pricing for hundreds of areas in the U.S., updated quarterly with real market data.
Kitchen, bath, addition, deck, painting, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and more.
Branded PDF proposals with itemized costs and pre-written contract language.
Describe a project in plain language, get a structured estimate in minutes.
Control your margins with flexible markup settings for every project.
Remodelers, handymen, general contractors, and specialty trades.
Remodelers, general contractors, handymen, painting contractors, plumbers and electricians, and HVAC contractors.
Kitchens and bathrooms, additions and garages, decks and porches, roofing and siding, painting and flooring, and plumbing, electrical and HVAC.
“Clear Estimates has streamlined my workflow, reduced back-and-forth, and helped me present a more professional image to clients.”
“The value is indescribable. Streamlined estimating, accurate measures of market cost, professional proposals.”
“Clear Estimates has made estimating and producing well-written estimates for our customers a very quick and simple process.”
Price ranges, cost drivers and how to structure the estimate, by category.
ChatGPT generates language, not prices. It can write a scope of work, but the line items, quantities, and dollar amounts it produces are invented. They don't reflect real material or labor costs in your market. The Clear Estimates AI Estimator is grounded in 1.5 million real estimates from real contractors over years across the U.S. It picks the parts, and the Part Library prices them for your area: thousands of parts priced across hundreds of U.S. pricing areas, updated quarterly. With AI Estimator Pro, when nothing in the library fits, it adds a part and shows you how it priced it. The result is an estimate you can actually send to a client.
The AI Estimator doesn't generate prices. It organizes real cost data from our database of thousands of items with localized pricing for hundreds of U.S. areas. The data is updated quarterly and comes from the same source that powered Remodeling Magazine's Cost vs. Value Report for years.
There's no setup. Sign up, log in, and you can build your first estimate in under 5 minutes. Your library of thousands of cost items, hundreds of templates, and local pricing for your market is ready to go from day one, no data import or configuration required.
Yes, Clear Estimates has a native QuickBooks integration. Sync your estimates, customers, and proposals so you don't have to re-enter data when it's time to invoice.
Clear Estimates is great for both experienced professionals and newer contractors. The templates and the AI Estimator help you build accurate, professional estimates regardless of your experience level.
Absolutely. You have full control over every line item, quantity, price, and markup. The AI gives you a detailed first draft, and you can adjust anything before sending it to your client.
Clear Estimates covers residential remodeling and construction: kitchens, bathrooms, additions, decks, garages, roofing, siding, painting, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and much more.
Yes. We use industry-standard encryption and security practices to protect your data. Your estimates, client information, and account details are kept safe and private.
Yes. There's no contract and no cancellation fees. You can cancel your subscription at any time directly from your account settings.
No contract. No setup fees. Cancel anytime.
No contract. No setup fees. Cancel anytime.