AI Estimating & Quoting

Turn a project description into a priced quote in seconds.

NovaQuote reads a plain-language scope and returns a fully itemized estimate covering materials, labor, travel, and permits, from a deterministic pricing engine that learns from every job your team wins.

Physics-first scope, transparent line items. Never a black-box number.

Built for signage, graphics & fabrication shops

Summit Sign Co.Ironwood GraphicsCascade FabricationVantage Visual GroupRedline Signworks
One engine, whole estimate

Every line item, priced and explained.

NovaQuote replaces the spreadsheet and the gut-feel markup with a transparent engine that decomposes scope, prices materials, and estimates labor, then learns.

Itemized Estimates

Materials, labor, fees, travel, and permits. Every line is broken out and defensible, so you can quote with confidence and margin.

Deterministic + AI

A physics-first pricing engine handles the math; retrieval and AI refine labor from your real jobs, guardrailed to your own rates.

Learns From Feedback

Approve the actuals on a finished job and the model calibrates. Waste factors, shop minutes, and markups sharpen over time.

How it works

From scope to signed quote in four steps.

Step 01

Describe

Paste the project scope in plain language. No codes, no templates to fill in.

Step 02

Decompose

NovaQuote computes billable area, sides, waste, and per-step labor drivers.

Step 03

Price

Deterministic material lookup plus an AI labor estimate, guardrailed to your rate bands.

Step 04

Refine

Approve the actuals and the model recalibrates for the next estimate.

Deterministic pricing

Numbers you can defend to the customer.

Materials are looked up at cost and marked up by a strategy the engine chooses, retail or wholesale, while labor stays inside your real rate bands. No mystery, no guesswork.

  • Cost-based material lookup with automatic strategy selection
  • Labor guardrails tied to your production and install rates
  • Every line item traceable back to a rule or a rate
Aluminum extrusion
Cost $410 · 2.25× wholesale
$923
Acrylic face + vinyl
Cost $286 · 2.25×
$644
LED modules + power
Cost $255 · 2.25×
$573
Production labor
14.5 hrs · guardrail $156 to $191/hr
$2,262
Fabrication subtotal
$4,402
Learns from every job

The more you quote, the sharper it gets.

When a reviewer submits the approved scope and actuals, NovaQuote scores its own estimate and adjusts, tightening accuracy on the work you actually do.

  • Feedback loop that calibrates waste, shop minutes, and markup
  • Accuracy and error trends tracked over time
  • Improvements grounded in your shop's real outcomes
92%Accuracy

Estimate accuracy

Mean error within ±8% on approved jobs
Trending up over the last 90 days

Leads to quotes

From inbound lead to estimate, automatically.

A built-in lead inbox and request board captures new work and can trigger an estimate the moment a project lands, so nothing sits waiting on a busy estimator.

  • Lead inbox and Kanban request board
  • Auto-triggered estimates on new project requests
  • Proposal library to reuse what already closed
31
Estimates this month
12
New leads
$8.1k
Avg. quote value
92%
Estimate accuracy
Why shops switch

Faster quotes. Protected margins.

10s

from a plain-language scope to a full itemized estimate.

1

engine covering materials, labor, travel, and permits end to end.

100%

of approved jobs feed back to calibrate the next quote.

Illustrative figures shown for demonstration.

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"Estimates that used to take an afternoon come back in seconds, and I can show the customer exactly where every dollar comes from."
Owner / Estimator · Signage & Graphics Shop (placeholder)
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