QuoteSooner
QuoteSooner is web-based quoting software for CNC job shops. Estimators can add customer drawings, 3D models, and RFQ text, then review extracted part details alongside the source page and excerpt supporting each value. The workflow flags missing, uncertain, or conflicting information for human review before a quote can be sent. Shops can configure machine and labor rates, compare estimates with prior pricing, and allocate setup costs across quantity breaks while keeping outside services and other charges separate. Teams can manage RFQs, prepare and send quotes from a connected shop email account, automate follow-ups, and let buyers review and accept quotes online, including entering a purchase order number. QuoteSooner supports QuickBooks Online and can import historical quotes from other systems. It is not an instant-quoting or CAM system, an ERP, or a tool for ITAR-controlled work.
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Spindlewise
Spindlewise is a cloud-based quoting application for small CNC milling and turning shops. Shops configure their own machine, labour, material and overhead rates, then build quotes with multiple quantities and setup or programming costs allocated across each batch. It can measure STEP and IGES models for blank size, volume, holes, slots and pockets, and read specified details from engineering drawings. Teams can send quote links for buyers to review and accept online with a purchase-order number. After work is won, job travellers and shop-floor time logging connect the estimate to production, helping shops compare quoted costs and hours with actual results. The service also supports importing shop data from spreadsheets and exporting won quotes to accounting software or CSV.
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CadVex
CadVex is CNC machine shop quoting software that turns STEP files and drawings into transparent, editable manufacturing cost estimates. The platform analyzes part geometry to detect manufacturable features, required operations, and assumptions that influence production costs. Estimators can review and modify material and stock costs, setup and programming, machining operations, finishing, inspection, outside operations, shop rates, quantities, margins, and other commercial assumptions. Built-in DFM feedback connects manufacturability warnings directly to the 3D model and explains potential manufacturing impacts and suggested changes. CadVex also tracks drafts, sent quotes, wins and losses while providing visibility into open pipeline, won value, win rates, and customer performance. The software is available as a Desktop version for Windows and Apple Silicon Macs with local CAD analysis or as a browser-accessible Cloud version with analysis performed in CadVex Cloud.
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QuoteBuddy
QuoteBuddy is a cloud-based quoting application for machine shops, job shops, and sheet-metal fabricators. It analyzes technical drawings uploaded as PDF, PNG, or JPG, extracting dimensions, holes, tolerances, material, and part type. Shop-configured machines, materials, routing, hourly rates, and markups help calculate production times and costs. Estimators can review evidence for extracted values, adjust pricing inputs, and generate a customer-ready PDF quotation. The workflow supports CNC milling and turning, as well as laser, waterjet, or plasma cutting of sheet metal. QuoteBuddy is designed for shop owners, estimators, and sales or technical staff who prepare quotes from customer drawings. The free plan includes unlimited AI quotes for 30 days, then three per month. Paid monthly plans start at €149 for up to 100 quotations per month. Annual billing saves about 17%.
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