Built on site
Line items from the job, photos attached, sent by text or email before the van leaves the curb.
Estimating software for contractors
"I'll email you something" is where jobs die.
The customer called three shops. The one that quotes on the spot, with a signature line and a deposit button, converts while the others are still formatting a PDF. Every day between visit and quote bleeds close rate, and every unsigned quote is a job with no commitment holding it.
Master key system, 6 doors$640
High security cylinders × 6$390
Labour, half day$280
Total$1,310
Signed on the customer's phone
✓ApprovedDeposit $393 collected · job scheduled Thu
Estimating software for contractors
Estimates, signatures & deposits
Quote it. Sign it. Fund it. One motion.
Signed on their phone
No printing, no scanning, no "I'll get to it." The signature happens while you're still the shop they just met.
Deposit in the same tap
The customer approves and pays the deposit in one flow, before materials get bought or the schedule gets blocked.
Quote to job to invoice
An approved estimate becomes the scheduled job and then the invoice without retyping.
Every quote on the record
Approved, pending, declined: all on the customer record, so the follow-up on stale quotes is a filter, not a memory.
Straight numbers, no teaser games
The quote is the price. Built with locksmith shops, where the $19 bait ad is the enemy of every honest operator.
How it works
One quote, driveway to deposit.
- 10:20am. Walkthrough done. The tech builds the estimate on the phone, photos attached.
- 10:24am. Sent by text. The customer opens it at the kitchen counter.
- 10:26am. Signed on their screen, deposit paid.
- 10:27am. The job is on the board and the calendar text is already out.
Pricing
One flat bill for the whole crew.
Flat monthly, no per-user fees inside your seat count. Quoting is part of every Linq plan. See /pricing.
Try it on a real week
Fourteen days. Your actual jobs.
Not a sandbox with fake customers in it. Put a real week through the board, answer real calls with it, and see what the Friday number looks like. Fourteen days, no card, cancel any day.
Quoting questions
What is quoting software?
Quoting software builds, sends and tracks estimates for service work: line items, photos, e-signature and deposit in one flow. Linq's version lives in the field, so the quote goes out during the visit, not after it.
Can customers sign and pay a deposit from their phone?
Yes. The estimate arrives by text or email, they sign on their screen, and the deposit is collected in the same flow, before parts are ordered.
Do you have free estimate templates?
Free templates are coming to our tools hub. Inside Linq you won't need them: the estimate builds from your price book and job details.
Does an approved quote become the job and invoice?
Yes. One tap turns an approved estimate into an invoice, and the line items carry over — nothing is retyped.
Is Linq a Jobber alternative for quoting?
Yes, and the multi-line, big-ticket quote is a specific place reviewers ding Jobber. See Linq vs Jobber for the head-to-head.
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Get started with quoting software
Send the quote before you leave the curb.
Start free. The AI receptionist books the walkthroughs (Growth plans and up).
Linq is quoting software for shops that would rather be on the tools than at a desk: start free, or put one real week through it on the 14-day trial and judge it on Friday.
