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Cost Database

Your costs. Organized and accurate.

Materials, labor tasks, equipment, work packages, and suppliers — all in one cost hub. Pre-loaded for 8 trades. Import your own pricing. Your cost database gets smarter with every job you complete.

Everything in your cost system

Materials

Full catalog with supplier, category, and cost profile filters. Import from Excel or CSV.

Labor Tasks

Tasks with crew size, hourly wages, and production rates. Real-time updates.

Equipment

Hourly rates with total cost of ownership — depreciation, fuel, maintenance, insurance.

Work Packages

Reusable bundles of materials + labor + equipment. Full builder form with usage tracking.

Categories

Organized cost taxonomy for your trade. Pre-loaded categories you can customize.

Suppliers

5-tab detail pages: overview, contact, catalog, financial, contract with expiry alerts.

How your cost database works

Set up your costs once. Use them on every estimate. Actual job costs feed back in to make the next estimate more accurate.

1
Set Up

Start with pre-loaded data or import yours

Pick your trade and CC pre-loads cost categories, material pricing, and labor rates. Or import your own pricing from Excel, CSV, or your supplier's price lists. Either way, you're not starting from scratch.

  • 8 trades with pre-loaded cost data
  • Import from Excel, CSV, or supplier spreadsheets
  • Map imported data to cost categories
  • Configure overhead rates and margin defaults
2
Build Packages

Create reusable work packages

Bundle materials, labor, and equipment into assemblies you reuse on every estimate. A 'Patio Install' package, an 'RTU Replacement' package, a 'Panel Upgrade' package — configure once, use forever.

  • Full builder form: add, remove, reorder items
  • Production rates and variance factors
  • Active/inactive toggle
  • Usage tracking across estimates
3
Estimate

Pull costs into your estimates

When building an estimate, browse your cost database inline with the Cost Browser. Pull in work packages. AI suggests matches as you type. Every line item is priced from your actual cost data.

  • Cost Browser drawer opens inline
  • Work packages expand into line items
  • AI auto-suggest for descriptions and costs
  • Per-estimate pricing overrides available
4
Learn

Actual costs feed back in

When you log actual costs on a project, that data feeds back into your cost database. Next time you estimate a similar job, you're starting from what you actually spent — not what you guessed.

  • Project actuals update cost history
  • Compare estimated vs actual per item
  • Supplier pricing tracked over time
  • Your database gets smarter with every job

Work Packages (Assemblies)

Reusable bundles of materials + labor + equipment that expand into individual estimate line items. Full builder form with add/remove/reorder. Track how often each package is used across estimates.

  • Bundle any combination of cost items
  • Production rates and waste factors built in
  • Active/inactive toggle with usage count
  • Category assignment and description

Supplier Management — 5 Tabs

Every supplier gets a 5-tab detail page: overview, contact, catalog (context-aware: materials for suppliers, services for subs, equipment for rentals), financial (credit/payment terms), and contract with expiry alerts.

  • Category-aware catalog (materials, services, equipment)
  • Credit limit and payment terms tracking
  • Contract dates with expiry warnings
  • Sync materials and pricing from supplier

Equipment TCO

Total cost of ownership for every piece of equipment. Depreciation, fuel, maintenance, and insurance tracked. Hourly rate calculated so equipment costs flow into estimates accurately.

  • Depreciation tracking
  • Fuel and maintenance costs
  • Insurance cost allocation
  • Hourly rate for estimate line items

Overhead & Budget Rates

Organization-level budget rates for overhead, margins, and labor burden. Per-estimate overrides when a specific job needs different rates. Blended rate calculator for mixed labor.

  • Org-level defaults for overhead and margin
  • Per-estimate pricing overrides
  • MORS overhead recovery system
  • Blended rate calculator

How costs connect to the platform

Data flows through the platform. Here's where this feature fits.

Costs → Estimates

Every estimate line item is priced from your cost database. Work packages expand into detailed line items.

Projects → Actuals

Actual costs logged on projects feed back into the database for future accuracy.

Suppliers → Pricing

Supplier catalog and pricing stay current. Import updates from distributor spreadsheets.

See it for yourself

7-day free trial. No credit card required. Pick your trade and start estimating.

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