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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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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ToolQuote
ToolQuote is a mold quoting software that helps you efficiently put together your quotes quickly. ToolQuote is completely customizable to the way you quote tools currently. All quotes are added to a database and you will be able to search & compare similar tools you have done previously. A powerful graphic interface automatically creates a visualization of the tool layout in plan and side view. Steel sizes and material costs for all tool positions are automatically generated and calculated from the tool layout generated. A history of each quote can be displayed to give a fast and clear overview of revisions to quotes. Actual costs can be added to each tool for future comparison to new quote calculations. Selectable master profiles allows for unique component libraries to be created for exclusive inclusion into templates. All information can be exported into a .CSV file for mapping into your ERP system or custom Excel quote sheets.
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Asytra Quote
Asytra Quote helps machining shops replace slow, inconsistent manual quoting with automated CNC cost calculation from 3D CAD. Estimators upload a STEP or IGES file; Quote recognizes machinable features, recommends a milling, turning, or combined route, and prices the part from the shop's own machine rates, materials, and margins.
Quote ships in two forms that share the same analysis engine. Quote Dashboard ($129/mo) is for internal estimators: upload parts, review the route and cost, bundle multi-part quotes, and export customer-ready PDF or Excel. Quote Widget ($299/mo) embeds on the shop's website so visitors upload files, pick material and quantity, and see indicative pricing. Leads arrive with the CAD file, estimate, and contact details.
A 7-day free trial covers both. An optional DFM add-on ($30/mo) flags manufacturability issues. Available in English, French, Dutch, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified and Traditional Chinese.
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