How do I turn a supplier's quote into an estimate I can edit?

Copy the quote's lines — from the email, the PDF or the spreadsheet — and paste them into the box on this page, or open the file itself. Each line is read with its description, quantity, unit and price, grouped under the quote's own headings, and totalled. Every figure can then be edited, and the estimate exported to Excel, PDF or CSV, or sent to My Project.

Does it read both a unit price and a line total?

Yes, and either on its own. A line with both keeps both, and the quote's own multiplication is checked, less any discount the line states. A line with a single amount is read as the line total unless it says "each", "per" or "/m²" — and is marked to check; if that is the wrong way round, one press reads it as the unit price instead.

Can it read a PDF or an Excel file?

Yes, if the file holds text: a PDF made from a quoting program, an Excel or CSV export, a text file. A table is read by its column headings. A scanned PDF is a picture of a quote and has no text in it to read; copy its words out and paste them instead.

Can I compare two suppliers' quotes?

Yes. Keep one quote, read the next, and set them side by side: lines that describe the same thing are paired, rates are compared only where both are in the same unit, and the difference in totals is split between the lines both quotes price and the lines only one of them has.

Does it tell me whether the prices are fair?

No. It checks the quote's own arithmetic — each line's quantity times its rate, and the lines against the subtotal, the tax and the total the quote states — and nothing else. A fair price depends on the market, the access and the specification, which a page cannot see.

What happens to the quote I paste?

It stays in your browser. The draft is kept on this device so it is still here if you come back, and nothing is sent anywhere: this site has no account and no server to receive it.

Quote to estimate

Turn any quote into an editable estimate

Paste a quote exactly as it came — from a supplier, an email, a PDF or a photo. Every line is read with its quantity, unit and price, totalled with your tax, and ready to edit, export to Excel or PDF, or send to My Project — with the calculators that re-work each line one click away.

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The quote

Paste the quote you were given

PDF, Excel, CSV, text or a photo of the quote — or drop the file here. Pasting again adds to the estimate below.

The estimate

The quote’s lines appear here, grouped under its own headings, each with its quantity, unit, rate and total — and the calculators that work its quantity out.

The sample is an example with invented figures, marked as one.

Compare

Keep this quote, and set the next beside it

Kept in this browser. Lines that describe the same thing are paired; rates are compared only in the same unit.

Keep as

Behind the lines

The calculators this estimate touches

Each material line is matched to the calculators that work its quantity out, so a figure can be re-worked from your own measurements before it goes any further.

Read a quote above and its calculators are listed here — paint for a line of wall paint, tile and adhesive for a tiling quote, drywall for plasterboard.

What it reads

Each line’s description, quantity and unit; its unit price, its line total or both, and a discount on the line; the headings a quote groups its lines under, or the column headings of a table; and the totals it states — so you can see whether the quote’s own sums hold.

Pasted text, or a PDF, Excel, CSV or text file — or a photo or a scan of a printed quote, read on this device by its own text reader (check its figures against the paper). Quotes in English, in dollars, pounds or euros, with either decimal convention — 1,234.56 or 1.234,56. A line it was unsure of is marked, with the quote’s own words beside it.

What you can do with it

Edit any line like a spreadsheet — arrows and Enter move between lines, every edit can be undone.
Set your own tax rate; the quote's stated figures stay beside yours.
Export the estimate to Excel, PDF or CSV.
Send every line to My Project, priced, and keep working there.
Keep a quote and set the next supplier's beside it, line by line.
Open the calculator behind a line to re-work its quantity.

Three steps

Paste the quote's lines, or open the file it came in. Headings, totals and tax lines are recognised; greetings and terms are left out.
Check each line: lines it was unsure of are marked, every figure is editable, and a price read the wrong way round flips in one press.
Send it on — to My Project, to a spreadsheet or a PDF, or into your price journal.

What stays on your device

Everything. The quote is read in your browser, the draft is kept in this browser only, and this site has no server to send it to. A quote is a commercial document that belongs to the supplier as much as to you, and it goes nowhere you do not send it.

Sending it to My Project or the price journal keeps it on this device too; the site backup in My Project is how it moves to another one.

What it does not do

It does not say whether a price is fair. It checks the quote's own arithmetic, and nothing else.
It does not know the job. To compare the quantities on a quote with your own measurements, use the quote check.
It reads what is written. A line the quote leaves vague stays vague; every figure it reads can be changed.
It converts no currency: an estimate is in the currency its quote was written in, and two quotes in different currencies are not compared.
It can misread a photo. A photo or a scan is read by a text reader on this device, and a faint or smudged figure can come out wrong: check its lines against the paper.

Quote check

Want to know if the quantities are right?

The quote check reads the same quote against your own measurements, job by job: what it leaves out, what it adds, and what to ask. Quantities only, never prices.

Check a quote Open My Project

Your prices, your document
An estimate built from a quote you hold, edited as you like.
Excel, PDF, My Project
Out in the format the next person needs.
The calculators behind it
Each line linked to the page that works its quantity out.

Frequently asked questions

How do I turn a supplier's quote into an estimate I can edit?: Copy the quote's lines — from the email, the PDF or the spreadsheet — and paste them into the box on this page, or open the file itself. Each line is read with its description, quantity, unit and price, grouped under the quote's own headings, and totalled. Every figure can then be edited, and the estimate exported to Excel, PDF or CSV, or sent to My Project.
Does it read both a unit price and a line total?: Yes, and either on its own. A line with both keeps both, and the quote's own multiplication is checked, less any discount the line states. A line with a single amount is read as the line total unless it says "each", "per" or "/m²" — and is marked to check; if that is the wrong way round, one press reads it as the unit price instead.
Can it read a PDF or an Excel file?: Yes, if the file holds text: a PDF made from a quoting program, an Excel or CSV export, a text file. A table is read by its column headings. A scanned PDF is a picture of a quote and has no text in it to read; copy its words out and paste them instead.
Can I compare two suppliers' quotes?: Yes. Keep one quote, read the next, and set them side by side: lines that describe the same thing are paired, rates are compared only where both are in the same unit, and the difference in totals is split between the lines both quotes price and the lines only one of them has.
Does it tell me whether the prices are fair?: No. It checks the quote's own arithmetic — each line's quantity times its rate, and the lines against the subtotal, the tax and the total the quote states — and nothing else. A fair price depends on the market, the access and the specification, which a page cannot see.
What happens to the quote I paste?: It stays in your browser. The draft is kept on this device so it is still here if you come back, and nothing is sent anywhere: this site has no account and no server to receive it.