Build the estimate
Spreadsheet speed, without the spreadsheet handoffs.
Edit quantities, units, and costs inline, then roll overhead and profit into a clear total your team can review.
Estimating, job costing, and field updates
Run every job like your margin depends on it.Because it does.
Bid with confidence, track actual costs, and keep the office and field on the same numbers, with the Excel export your accountant expects and a bilingual crew app built in.
- No credit card
- No annual contract
- Cancel anytime
01
Clock in
02
Log the day
03
Keep moving
The crew app, included with every plan
- Built for GC ownersResidential and light commercial
- Office and fieldEstimators, PMs, and crew
- English + SpanishChosen by each crew member
- Excel stays usefulOne-click XLSX export
One source of truth
The bid becomes the plan, not another forgotten file.
Steelplumb keeps the estimate, project activity, and margin view connected so the team works from the same job instead of passing versions back and forth.
- 1Build the bid
- 2Watch cost against plan
- 3Send clean numbers onward
Portfolio overview
Active projects · Bid value · Margin trend
See every active project
Spot margin movement
Open the job behind the number
Reuse what you know
Your catalog gets better with every bid.
Start with 86 cost items across 15 CSI divisions, set costs for your market, and pull the same clean data into the next estimate.
Winning the bid is only the first checkpoint.
See how Steelplumb follows the cost after work begins.
After you win the bid
See the leak while there is still time to fix it.
A good estimate is a prediction. Steelplumb keeps the original bid beside the costs coming in, so the owner and PM can see where the job is moving before the final invoice tells the story.
Bid, committed, and incurred
Compare what you planned, what you have promised to spend, and what has reached the books on each budget line.
QuickBooks sync every 15 minutes
Bills and expenses flow back to the job without a month-end CSV routine.
A review queue instead of a guess
When an expense cannot be matched confidently, it waits for you to place it.
Alerts only when variance worsens
Get a useful signal when a line moves further off plan, not another notification on every sync.
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Job Costing is available on Crew and GC for $50 per billable seat/month.
Sample project
Maple Ridge Duplex
- Original budget
- $187,420
- Committed
- $121,860
- Incurred
- $96,740
Budget lineBudgetActual
- Framing labor$8,320$9,560
+$1,240
- Concrete$20,800$18,940
$1,860 left
- Roofing$9,200$6,440
$2,760 left
QuickBooks synced4 minutes ago
On the jobsite
The field should not have to learn office software.
The Steelplumb crew app keeps the job simple: clock in, speak the daily log, add photos, and ask for material. The office gets clean project data without waiting for a Friday text thread.
- Time by project, with GPS when available
- Daily logs by voice or text
- Job photos attached to the right log
- Material requests the office can answer
- A durable queue when the signal drops
- English or Spanish for each person
Included with every plan
Grow past the handoffs
Keep Excel in the workflow. Take it out of the critical path.
Steelplumb does not ask your accountant to abandon a trusted file. It gives the operating team a better place to build and run the job before that export is needed.
When this happensIn a file-based workflowWith Steelplumb
A cost changes
File-based workflowFuture bids depend on someone remembering which cell or file to update.
Update the reusable catalog item once, then use that current cost in the next estimate.
A teammate joins the job
File-based workflowThe file gets copied, emailed, or opened with more access than the role needs.
Invite owners, estimators, PMs, viewers, and field crew with role-based access.
The owner asks where margin stands
File-based workflowSomeone stops to assemble a report from the latest versions.
Open the dashboard for active projects, bid value, and margin trends.
Accounting needs the numbers
File-based workflowThe estimate gets reformatted into another hand-built workbook.
Export the project to XLSX and hand off a format the accountant already uses.
Straightforward pricing
Pick the number of people who run the work.
Each monthly plan includes a set number of owner, estimator, and PM seats. Field crew roles stay included, and there is no annual contract.
Solo
$49/month
Includes 1 billable seat
For the owner-operator putting the first reliable system in place.
- Core estimating workspace
- Reusable CSI catalog
- XLSX project exports
- Crew mobile app included
Crew
$149/month
Includes 5 billable seats
For the estimator, PM, and owner running work together.
- Everything in Solo
- Role-based team access
- Unlimited field crew roles
- Job Costing add-on available
GC
$399/month
Includes 15 billable seats
For a larger operating team that needs room and brand control.
- Everything in Crew
- 15 billable seats included
- Custom logo and brand color
- Job Costing add-on available
Add Job Costing + QuickBooks to Crew or GC
Track committed and incurred cost against the bid and sync expenses from QuickBooks Online. $50 per billable seat each month, with a trial before activation.
Need more office seats? Additional billable seats are $25/month each. Taxes, if applicable, are calculated at checkout.
Build from one reliable number
Your next job deserves a margin you can trust.
Start with the estimate, keep it connected to the field, and know where the job stands before month-end.