For metal fabricators
Job costing software for metal fabricators
Material moves. The plate you quoted in March is not the plate you buy in June, and a quote built on stale numbers is a quote you lose money on. The problem is not knowing the price of steel, it is getting that price into every open quote without redoing all of them by hand.
In practice
Quote it by saying it
Every operation in the app is a tool the chat can call, so a fab shop can price work by describing it — with your materials and your rates doing the arithmetic.
Called 5 tools
find_material("A36 plate, 0.25in")part_weight(qty: 40, nesting: "auto")machine_time(laser: 22, brake: 14)outside_process("powder coat, black")price_quote(qty: 40, margin: 0.30)
Every number here came from your costing engine. The model picked the tools and filled in the arguments — it never does the arithmetic.
What makes costing hard in a fab shop
- Material priced by weight, quoted by part, bought by the stick or sheet
- Drop and remnant that is real inventory but never gets counted
- Consumables — gas, wire, discs, tips — that vanish into overhead
- Machine time on the laser, brake and welder billed at different rates
Typical materials
- Plate and sheet, by alloy and gauge
- Tube, angle and bar stock
- Welding consumables and gas
- Coatings, powder and plating
Costed in
pounds, feet, each
A formula might look like
(part weight × $/lb × scrap factor) + (cut minutes × machine rate) + (weld hours × labor rate)
What it does
Built to handle exactly this
The same four pieces, set up around how a fab shop actually works.
Materials with your attributes
Define the fields your fab shop tracks, not a generic SKU with a quantity. Plate and sheet, by alloy and gauge sits alongside everything else you buy.
Purchase units to usage units
Set the conversion and the waste factor once. Quote in pounds, feet, each without redoing the arithmetic every time.
Your real labor rates
Separate rates per operation, so the expensive steps carry their own cost instead of hiding inside an average.
Your pricing formula
Minimums, quantity breaks and margin, applied the same way on every quote regardless of who wrote it.
Reprice when costs move
Change one material price and see every affected quote immediately — before a customer finds it for you.
A defensible breakdown
Show materials, labor and overhead separately when someone asks why the number is what it is.
Early access
Get in early as a fab shop
Set up your materials and rates once, and quote the way a fab shop actually works — by clicking or by asking.
- Founding accounts lock their price for life
- No card, no trial clock, no sales call
- Import your existing parts list to start
Know what the job costs before you quote it
Built around how a fab shop actually prices work.
Founding accounts lock their price for life. No card required.