Estimator
From Hover report to priced estimate in seconds.
The Estimator reads the measurement report and builds the whole estimate from your own price sheet and templates. The customer gets a branded PDF. You get cost, margin and profit on every line. You check it, you send it.
Works with Hover and JobNimbus today. Send us one report from another measurement service and we'll test it before you pay.
- Input
- Hover measurement report
- Read in
- 4.9 s
- Priced from
- The contractor's own price sheet
- Estimate
- $29,611
How it works
Report in. Estimate out. Sent.
Three steps. The middle one takes seconds.
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Hover report in
Open the job in Hover or the contact in JobNimbus and hit Send to estimator. No Hover? Send us one report from another measurement service and we'll test it before you pay.
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Priced estimate out
Seconds later, every line is priced from your own price sheet and templates. You see cost, margin and profit per line. The customer sees a clean, branded PDF.
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Sent to the customer and your CRM
Look it over. Every number traces back to a line on the report. Send it, and it lands with the customer and in the CRM without retyping a thing.
What it does
Everything a priced estimate needs.
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Reads the Hover report
Hover reports work today. Send us one report from another measurement service and we'll test it before you pay.
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Prices from your sheet
Every line is a quantity from the report times a unit price from your own price sheet and templates. Not ours.
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One click to start
Hit Send to estimator on a Hover job or a JobNimbus contact.
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A branded PDF
The customer gets a clean estimate with your logo, in your format.
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The money view
You see cost, margin and profit on every line before anything goes out.
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AI bid compare
Put your estimate next to another bid for the same house, a competitor's or a second estimator's. It matches the lines and says who's likely off, and by how much.
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Photo counts
It counts the utility boxes, lights and vents a measurement report can't see, from the job photos.
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You approve it
Every number traces back to a line on the report. Nothing goes to a customer until you've checked it.
Numbers we can back up
Measured on real jobs.
- Speed 4.9 s A real siding job, read and priced: a $29,611 estimate.
- Accuracy Your sheet Every line is a quantity from the Hover report times a unit price from your own price sheet. No guessed numbers.
- Your jobs Checked first Before you rely on it, we run three of your past jobs through it and compare them with what you actually sent. If one's off, we show you the line and fix it.
These are measured results on specific jobs, not a promise about yours. That's why every new price sheet is checked against the owner's own jobs before it goes live.
Fit
Who the Estimator is for.
Built for
- Exterior contractors who measure with Hover
- Owners who write the estimates themselves
- Shops sending 5 or more estimates a month
- Anyone tired of retyping a Hover report into a spreadsheet at 9 pm
Not for
- Shops sending a couple of estimates a month. The math doesn't work yet.
- Trades that don't work from a measurement report
- Anyone who wants to send numbers without looking at them. You review every estimate before it goes out.
What you get
Set up for you. Kept running.
Setup, one time
- A 45-minute kickoff call: we learn how you price
- Your price sheet loaded: unit costs, labor, waste, markup
- Three of your past jobs run through it and compared with what you actually sent
- Your estimate template, built as a branded PDF with your logo
- Hover and JobNimbus connected
- You and whoever writes your estimates, trained
Every month
- Hosting and updates
- Support by email
- Every estimate you run, with AI compare and photo counts
Going live
Usually live about a week after the kickoff.
How that week usually goes, and what we need from you.
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Kickoff call, 45 minutes
We learn how you price.
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Your price sheet and template
We load your price sheet and build your estimate template.
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Checked against your own jobs
Before you rely on it, we run three of your past jobs through it and show you the difference, line by line.
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You approve, we train
You approve the template, and we train you and whoever writes your estimates.
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Live
Usually about a week after the kickoff, depending on your price sheet. On day 3 we talk for 15 minutes, and on day 7 you get your first weekly report.
What we need from you
- Your price sheet: unit costs, labor, waste, markup
- Three past estimates, with their Hover reports and the totals you actually sent
- Your estimate template or one sample PDF, and your logo
- Hover and JobNimbus access, sent through a one-time secret link. Never a password by email.
What it costs
$1,000 to set up. $349 a month.
Month to month — cancel any time with 30 days' written notice. Your first month of service is included in the setup, so the monthly starts the month after go-live.
What's included
- Hover report to priced estimate, on your price sheet
- Branded estimate PDF in your format
- Cost, margin and profit on every line
- AI bid compare against another bid for the same house
- Photo counts for what a measurement report can't see
- One click from Hover or JobNimbus
- Your price sheet loaded and checked against three of your own past jobs
- A weekly report every Monday
Founding offer, first 5 clients
The Estimator on its own is $1,000 setup and has no call forwarding, so its founding-offer terms are covered on the demo.
Pricing and founding-offer termsWant the phone answered too?
The Full system is the Estimator and the Front office, with your CRM and the automations between them.
See the Full systemFAQ
Estimator questions.
Do I need Hover?
The estimator reads Hover reports today; send us one report from another measurement service and we'll test it before you pay. Hover is also the fastest path, because there's a one-click Send to estimator button on the job. The front office doesn't need Hover.
Does it work with JobNimbus, Jobber or AccuLynx?
JobNimbus: yes, today. There's a Send to estimator button on the contact. Hover: yes, today.
There's no direct connection to Jobber or AccuLynx right now. You can still attach the branded PDF to a job in those tools. If you want everything wired together, the full system comes with a CRM we set up for you.
How accurate is it?
It doesn't guess the numbers. Every line is a quantity from the Hover report times a unit price from your own price sheet; the AI reads the report, and the math is plain arithmetic.
Before you rely on it, we run three of your own past jobs through it and show you any miss line by line. Setup isn't done until it prices the way you price.
What if it gets a number wrong?
You'll see it before the customer does. Every number on the estimate is traceable to a line on the measurement report, so you can check where it came from. You review the estimate before it goes out. Nothing is sent without you.
Does it replace my estimator?
No. It drafts in seconds; your estimator checks and signs off instead of typing.
Who owns my pricing data?
You do. Your price sheet, your templates and your margins are yours. We load them into your account to price your jobs, and they don't get used for anyone else's.
Book a demo
See it work on a real report.
A 15-minute call. No slides. Bring one Hover report from a real job and watch it turn into a priced estimate. If it's not a fit, we'll tell you.
Questions first? Email hello@forelinesystems.com.