Metal fabrication software for the shop floor.
Stop quoting fab work off a spreadsheet. billWright prices a job from your own material and shop rates - steel, cutting, welding, grinding, finishing - turns the estimate into a branded quote, and the minute it is approved that number becomes an invoice and a job budget you can cost against. Built by a working contractor, free through the beta.
Free for the duration of the beta. Your data is yours - export it any time, in a format that opens anywhere.
The fast, right bid wins the job.
Fab work is priced from stock plus shop hours - cut, weld, grind, finish, install. Rebuilding each bid by hand off last year's spreadsheet is slow and easy to get wrong, and both cost you money.
Quotes take all night
Re-pricing every part by hand means the quote goes out late. The shop that answers fast tends to win the work.
Margins quietly slip
Copy a stale steel price or undercount the weld hours, and the job eats your profit. The math should not be where you lose money.
Every estimate is one-off
No reusable assemblies, so a railing or bracket you have quoted fifty times starts from a blank sheet every single time.
Ballpark a fabrication job, right now.
Adjust the quantities and your own rates - this is the line-item math billWright runs. In the app these become reusable assemblies in your price book, so your real numbers drive every bid.
billWright vs a spreadsheet, for a fabrication bid.
Everything that makes a bid fast, right, and worth keeping after you win.
| For a fabrication bid | billWright | Spreadsheet / generic tool |
|---|---|---|
| Price from your own steel stock & shop-hour rates | Built in - price book + calculators | Manual, and stale |
| Reusable assemblies (railing, bracket, stair, gate) | Built in | Rebuild every time |
| Turn the estimate into a branded quote | One click | Copy into Word / PDF |
| Approved quote becomes an invoice + job budget | Automatic | Re-enter everywhere |
| Track your win rate on bids | Built in | No |
| Cost the real job against the estimate | Built in job costing | No |
| Price | Free through the beta, honest after | Varies |
Different trade? See roofing or concrete estimating, or compare billWright to the tools you know.
The estimate is the start, not the end.
Estimating
Price from your own numbers, send a branded quote, and watch the bid close.
Crew time
The crew punches in from a phone; you approve a whole week in one pass.
Invoicing
Bill from the approved estimate in one click, record payments, chase overdue.
Books
Expenses, income, and tax already coded - so you know the job made money.
Metal fabrication, answered.
What is the best estimating software for metal fabricators?
The best fit prices from your own material and shop rates by the foot and the hour, turns the estimate into a branded quote, and carries that number into an invoice and a job budget so nothing is re-keyed. billWright does all of this in one tool and is free through its closed beta.
Can I estimate fabrication jobs from my own material and shop rates?
Yes. billWright prices every bid from your own price book and reusable calculators - steel stock, plate, cutting and prep, welding, grinding and finishing, drilling, and finish - so the number you send reflects your real costs, not a generic catalog.
Does it turn an estimate into an invoice?
Yes. When a quote is approved it becomes an invoice and a job budget automatically, and you can cost the real job against the estimate as it runs.
How much does billWright cost?
It is free for the duration of the closed beta, with honest pricing after. Your data stays yours and exports any time.
Bid faster, hold your margin.
Built by a working contractor, answering to the people who use it - not a board chasing a quarterly number. Your data stays yours.
Prefer email? hello@billwright.app