Calculate the job.
Send the quote. Get paid.

CalcBid is the calculator-and-quote pad for contractors. Punch in the job, get exact materials and costs, and send a quote your client can sign off on — all before you've left the driveway.

free calculators, foreverno spreadsheet requiredclient-ready in minutes
How it works

Tape measure to signed quote, three steps

1

Work the numbers

Room size, coats, your paint, your rate. CalcBid figures the gallons, the waste, and the labor while you're still standing there with the tape measure.

2

Make it official

One tap turns the estimate into a clean, branded quote — line items, totals, expiry date, your terms. No more Word docs at midnight.

3

Send it today

Text the link, print the PDF, or email it straight from the driveway. No more “I'll send it tonight” and then forgetting.

Trades

One pad, every trade you work

Painting is live today. Tell us your trade on the waitlist — it genuinely decides what we build next.

Paint
Gallons, coats & labor
Live
Roofing
Squares, shingles & waste
Soon
Tile & flooring
Boxes, cuts & layout
Soon
Deck & fence
Boards, posts & concrete
Soon
HVAC / BTU
Load sizing per room
Soon
Concrete & drywall
Yards, sheets & mud
Soon
Why CalcBid

Built for the 70% still estimating in Excel

Most contractors burn 4–8 unpaid hours scoping every bid — and close barely a quarter of them. Evenings back, quotes out the same day. That's the whole pitch.

Math that holds up

Waste factors, door and window deductions, real coverage rates. The numbers still make sense when you're standing at the paint counter.

Quotes that look like you mean it

Branded documents with line items, taxes, discounts, and expiry dates. Show up on paper like the biggest crew in town.

Send it however they want it

A link they can open on their phone, a PDF they can print, or straight into email. You meet the client where they are.

Priced like a tool, not a tax

No $200-a-month suite with features you'll never touch. Built for independents and small crews who just need to win more bids.

Bids in minutes, not evenings

The 4–8 unpaid hours you spend scoping every bid? That's a ten-minute job on your phone now. On-site, between coats.

Your name on everything

Your logo, your rates, your terms on every quote. No marketplace in the middle taking a cut of your work.

Pricing

Priced like a tool, not a tax

Launch pricing. Get on the waitlist and it's yours for good.

Free
$0
forever
  • All material calculators
  • 3 quotes per month
  • Shareable quote links
Start free
Pro
$49
per month
  • Everything in Starter
  • All trades & calculators
  • Client follow-up reminders
  • Priority support
Join the waitlist
FAQ

Straight answers

Is it really free?

The calculators are free, forever — no account, no catch. When you want unlimited branded quotes with your logo, plans start at $19 a month. That's it.

I'm not a painter. When's my trade coming?

Painting is live because it's the trade we could nail first. Roofing, tile, deck, and HVAC are next — join the waitlist and tell us your trade, it genuinely decides the order we build.

Does my client need an account to see the quote?

Nope. They get a link, they open it on their phone, they see your quote. Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.

How is this different from Joist or Houzz Pro?

Those start with a blank quote template and make you fill in the numbers by hand. CalcBid starts with the calculator — real quantities, real material costs — so the quote builds itself from math, not guesses.

Waitlist

Get in before your trade launches

Lock in launch pricing and vote on which trade we build next. One email when it's ready — no drip campaign, we hate those too.