Estimator
Full-scope job estimator
Materials with waste and delivery, labour, machinery and hire, subcontractors, overheads and contingency — then your markup and VAT. Your company profit sits in plain sight before you send.
Built for UK trades
Full-scope quotes. Your prices, your margin.
Buildbrite is a quoting tool for UK builders and trades. Price the whole job — materials, labour, plant, overheads and VAT — using your own rates, see your profit before you send, and keep every customer and job in one place.
Free trial available. Plans from £29 a month + VAT.
Sample data
Your pricesYour price lists and rates come first.
Your marginProfit shown before the quote goes out.
Verified, not assumedFetched prices are never auto-applied.
Mac & WindowsA desktop app that runs on your computer.
What's in Buildbrite today
Everything a quote needs, nothing guessed.
From the first site visit to the signed-off quote: one place for the job, the customer and the numbers.
CRM
Customers, jobs and follow-ups
Keep customers, jobs, quotes, invoices and follow-up reminders together, with a job board so you can see what's pending and what's won.
Evidence
Live material prices, checked
Look up current material prices, published labour guides and competitor figures from official merchant and publisher pages. You see the source, then you decide. Nothing is applied automatically.
Pre-send checklist
Nothing leaves half-finished
Before a quote goes out, a “Ready to send?” checklist marks each item pass, fix or check — and takes you straight to the line or field that needs attention.
Same again
Clone a job you've priced before
Did a similar extension or bathroom last month? Copy the job, review what's changed, and start from a quote you already trust.
Quick quote
Van-friendly Quick quote
A short path for small jobs you can run from the van or the driveway. It saves into the same job record, and the same price checks still apply before it goes out.
Light & dark
Easy on the eyes, day or night
Dark mode by default, with a light mode one tap away in the header for bright offices and sunny site cabins.
Desktop app
Mac and Windows downloads
Install Buildbrite on your own computer. It runs locally and keeps your records in your own app-data folder, separate from the program.
Your numbers
Profit you can see
One markup on the whole job, or separate material markup and labour margin. Either way you see profit after wages and costs before the customer sees a price.
How prices work
Verified, not assumed.
Buildbrite starts with your own price lists and rates. When you want a second opinion, it can fetch figures from official merchant and publisher pages — and shows you where each one came from.
- Your prices come first. Your own price lists and labour rates drive every quote.
- Fetched figures are suggestions. Material prices, labour guides and competitor figures are shown with their source. You choose whether to use them.
- Never auto-applied. Buildbrite does not change a price on your quote without you accepting it.
- Public pages only. Fetched prices come from public merchant pages, not a trade-account feed, so your own trade discounts still belong in your price lists.
Materials · sample data
Your price list — blocksYOUR PRICE
Merchant page — insulation boardREVIEW SOURCE
Published labour guide — bricklayingREVIEW SOURCE
Competitor figure — rear extensionFOR COMPARISON
Applied to quote automaticallyNEVER
Pricing
Simple plans. Prices exclude VAT.
Every plan includes the estimator and CRM. Pay annually and you're charged for 10 months instead of 12.
Starter
Sole traders pricing a handful of jobs a month.
£29 /month + VAT
Or £290 a year + VAT (10 × monthly)
- 1 user
- Up to 20 active jobs
- Up to 30 quotes a month
- Estimator, CRM and pre-send checklist
- Staged payment plans on quotes
Team
Small firms with an office and a site team.
£99 /month + VAT
Or £990 a year + VAT (10 × monthly)
- Up to 5 users
- Unlimited active jobs and quotes
- Everything in Starter
- Digital customer approval links
Pro + AI
Growing contractors who need more seats.
£199 /month + VAT
Or £1,990 a year + VAT (10 × monthly)
- Up to 15 users
- Everything in Team
- AI plan reading and labour-rate research — not switched on yet; coming later
All prices are in pounds sterling and exclude VAT. Online subscription sign-up isn't open yet — we'll confirm how to subscribe when it is. Inside the desktop app, billing runs in sandbox (test) mode, so no real payment is taken. AI features on Pro + AI are not yet available.
Download · version 2.0.0
Get Buildbrite on your computer.
Each download includes everything it needs, so there's nothing else to install. Buildbrite runs on your computer only and keeps your records in your own app-data folder.
Local copyThese buttons link to files in this folder's downloads/ directory for preview. They are not hosted anywhere yet and will go live only when the site is published.
Mac — Apple silicon
M1–M4 · macOS 13.5 or later · .zip · 38 MB
Mac — Intel
Intel Macs · macOS 13.5 or later · .zip · 39 MB
Windows — installer
Windows 10/11 64-bit · .exe · 23 MB · no admin rights needed
Windows — portable
Windows 10/11 64-bit · .zip · 34 MB · run without installing
Check your download against SHA256SUMS.txt — Mac: shasum -a 256 <file> · Windows: certutil -hashfile <file> SHA256. Full notes in INSTALL.txt.
First run on a Mac
macOS 13.5 or later
- Unzip the download.
- Drag Buildbrite.app into your Applications folder.
- Open it. If macOS says it can't check the app, go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and choose Open Anyway. You only need to do this the first time.
First run on Windows
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
- Run the installer, or unzip the portable version.
- If SmartScreen appears, choose More info → Run anyway.
- The installer doesn't need administrator rights.
Why the extra click? The apps aren't yet signed by Apple or Microsoft, so your computer asks you to confirm the first time you open them. Payments inside the desktop app always run in sandbox (test) mode — no real money is taken.
Questions
Good to know.
Who is Buildbrite for?
UK builders and trades — general builders, plumbers, electricians, tilers, bathroom, kitchen and window fitters — who want to price the whole job properly with their own rates and margin.
Does it use my trade account prices?
Your trade prices go in your own price lists, which Buildbrite uses first. Buildbrite does not connect to trade accounts. Any prices it fetches come from public merchant pages and are shown with their source for you to check.
Will it change my prices automatically?
No. Fetched material prices, labour guides and competitor figures are suggestions. Nothing is applied to a quote unless you accept it. Verified, not assumed.
Is there a free trial?
Yes, there's a free trial. We'll confirm the details when subscriptions open.
Can I pay by card yet?
Not yet. Online subscriptions aren't open, and the desktop app runs billing in sandbox (test) mode only. We'll let you know when you can subscribe.
Does Buildbrite read drawings or plans with AI?
Not yet. AI plan reading is planned for the Pro + AI plan but isn't switched on today.
Where is my data kept?
The desktop app runs on your computer and keeps your records in your own app-data folder, separate from the program files.
Contact
Questions? Get in touch.
Ask about plans, the desktop app, or whether Buildbrite fits the way you price.
hello@buildbrite.co.uk