Estimates priced for your area
Estimating for remodeling contractors: start from a template, pick parts from the Part Library, or describe the job and let the AI Estimator build the first draft. Every line is priced for your area.
No contract. No setup fees. Cancel anytime.
Start from a template
Pick a project template, enter the dimensions, and every part the job needs is filled in with local material and labor prices. Templates come in economy, average and premium grades.
A Part Library priced for your area
12,000+ parts, each with material cost, labor and proposal text, priced for 350 U.S. areas and updated every quarter.
Your prices, your parts
Change any price or labor rate, add your own parts and save your own templates. Set your markup on every project.
Describe it, and AI drafts it
Type the scope the way you'd explain it to your crew. The AI Estimator writes the first draft, priced from the Part Library, and shows where each line came from: a library part, a customized library part or a custom part. Then finish it like any other estimate. On Pro, AI Estimator Pro takes photos, plans and documents too, and customizes or creates parts when nothing in the Part Library fits.
Reuse what you've built
Copy an old estimate for a new customer, or save it as a template for the next similar job.
Options and alternates
Give your client options at different price points, and add alternates without changing the main price.
Template libraries
Templates cover the work residential contractors do most:
- Kitchens
- Bathrooms
- Additions and ADUs
- Decks
- Porches
- Roofing and gutters
- Siding and exterior
- Windows, doors and skylights
- Flooring
- Insulation
- Structural
- Laundry rooms
- Electrical and lighting
- Utilities, mechanicals and HVAC
- Site work and landscaping
More in Clear Estimates
Use the parts you need. They share the same projects, so nothing gets typed twice.
- ProposalsBranded proposals with your logo, scope of work and contract language, built from the estimate.
- E-signatureSend by email. Your client reviews and signs from any device.
- InvoicingInvoice from an estimate, a payment schedule or a change order in one click.
- PaymentsGet paid by credit card or ACH through Stripe, set up in minutes.
- Change orders and integrationsSignable change orders, plus exports to Buildertrend, QuickBooks and your CRM.
Questions
What is the AI Estimator?
A feature inside Clear Estimates that writes the first draft of an estimate from the job you describe. It works out what the job needs from Clear Estimates templates and past project data, and prices each part from the Part Library for your area, with material and labor separate. It's on every plan.
AI Estimator Pro, on the Pro plan, also takes photos, plans and documents with your prompt, and fills gaps: when nothing in the Part Library fits, or you ask for something specific like a certain faucet, it customizes a library part for the job or creates a custom part.
When you review the draft, every line is marked as a library part, customized or custom, so you can see where each price came from. Then it's a normal estimate: add parts from the Part Library or your own, change any line and set your markup before anything goes to the client.
Where do the AI's prices come from?
From the Clear Estimates Part Library, not from the AI. The AI picks the parts, and the Part Library prices them: 20+ years of research, localized for 350 U.S. areas and updated every quarter.
On Pro, when nothing in the Part Library fits, the AI can customize a library part or create a custom part. It prices those itself: material per unit, and labor time at your rate for the trade.
You can tell which is which. When you review the AI's draft, a library part shows where it sits in the Part Library and its local price, so you can find it again. A customized part shows the original next to the change, and why. A custom part shows why the AI created it and how it was priced. Change any price you disagree with, in the review or later in the estimate.
What kinds of work does it cover?
The Part Library and templates are built for residential remodeling and handyman work. You can add your own parts and templates for anything else, and we'll help you set it up.
Is it easier than estimating in Excel?
Excel starts you from a blank sheet. Clear Estimates starts you with local prices, templates and proposal text, and turns the estimate into a proposal and an invoice without retyping anything.
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