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Send the quote
before you've left the driveway.
Reusable templates, itemised quantities, Labour vs Materials breakdowns, and a scope document at the click of a button — all from one branded quote.
Trusted by 1,500+ UK contractors
From two-person crews to 200-strong firms.
The problem
Still quoting in Word?
Pricing in a spreadsheet?
Then losing margin in the post?
The quote is where contractors win or lose the job. PaperDrop's quoting tools build accurate, branded, breakdown-ready quotes in minutes — with the projected margin in front of you before you press Send.
In plain English
What is contractor quoting software?
Quoting software lets a contracting business build, send and track customer quotes from one branded place. For UK contractors it means quotes built from reusable templates and a materials library, with itemised quantities and an optional Labour-vs-Materials breakdown, generated as a branded PDF and tracked through acceptance. Strong quoting software also shows projected margin alongside the customer-facing price, and can produce a no-pricing scope document for customer sign-off.
What's inside
Pro quotes,
in minutes.
Reusable templates
Save full quotes, sections, or common line items. Drop them into a new quote in seconds.
Itemised quantities
Quantity per line item. Multiplies through automatically, totals shown in the generated quote.
Labour vs Materials breakdown
Show your customer how the price splits — or hide it. Configurable per quote, default in your Configurator.
Scope documents
Generate a no-pricing scope document from any quote with one click — saved to the job's Documents tab.
Projected margin
See projected profit before you send. Costs vs rates, factored automatically.
Draft + approval controls
Optional approval gate so only authorised users can move a quote out of Draft. Stop quote-leak.
How it works
Build.
Price. Send.
01
Build from a template
Start a new quote from a saved template or section. Add line items from your Materials Library — search by description, part number or manufacturer.
02
See the margin
Costs vs rates are factored automatically. Adjust quantities, choose whether to show the Labour/Materials split, and review projected profit before you send.
03
Send & sign
Send a branded PDF — and optionally a scope document for sign-off without the pricing. Customer accepts; the quote becomes a scheduled job in one click.
The quote you already wrote, ready to reuse.
Save reusable templates for entire quotes, sections, or common items. The Annual Boiler Service quote you write once. The Standard Bathroom Fit-Out you do twenty times a year. Build new quotes from your own library in seconds.
Send the work. Keep the price private.
Generate a scope document from any quote — same content, pricing removed. Saved automatically to the job's Documents tab and ready for the customer to sign off before work starts.
Know the margin before you send.
Material costs come from your library; labour rates come from your settings. PaperDrop totals the cost against the price and shows you projected profit before the quote leaves your inbox. No more underpriced jobs.
“Easy software, brilliant support. Matthew was incredibly helpful through onboarding and has stayed responsive to anything we've needed since.”
Briony
Yes — save full quotes, individual sections, or common line items as reusable templates. Reuse them on new quotes without retyping.
Optionally yes — toggle it per quote, or set the default in the PaperDrop Configurator. Customers see exactly where their money's going (or just the totals — your choice).
A scope document is the same quote with the pricing removed — useful for the customer to sign off the work without you revealing your margin. Generated from any quote at the click of a button and saved to the job's Documents tab.
Yes — projected margin is shown alongside the quote total. Material costs come from your Materials Library, labour rates from your settings. Adjust on the fly to hit the margin you want.
Yes — turn on the Draft approval gate so only authorised users can move a quote out of Draft status. Stops accidental sends and quote-leak.
One click turns the quote into a scheduled job. All your costs, materials and line items carry across — no re-keying.
Pairs well with
Better together.
Send the quote.
Hit the margin.
See how quoting feels in PaperDrop — takes 30 seconds, no card, no call.