Dimension sheets, rate build-ups, your own rate library, and a paginated BOQ on your firm's letterhead. It installs on Windows, Mac and Linux. It opens in the browser on your phone. You pay for it once.
The free plan is the whole tool on two projects, rate library included. Price a real job before you decide.
| Ref | Description | Unit | Qty | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.01 | Excavate trench not exceeding 1.50m deep, wheel, deposit and level spoil on site | m³ | 120 | 4,500 |
| 1.02 | 150mm solid blockwork in walls | m² | 300 | 8,200 |
| 1.03 | Reinforced concrete grade 25 in ground beams | m³ | 34 | 185,000 |
| 1.04 | Provisional Sum — statutory water connection and meter | sum | 1 | 850,000 |
If you are a freelance QS, a small contractor, or working in a market where a five-figure annual licence is simply not happening, your options have been bad.
The established packages are sold per seat, on a sales call, at a price aimed at a cost-consultancy budget. Renewed annually, forever.
Excel will hold your figures, but it will not paginate a letterheaded BOQ, keep your taking-off with the item, or stop you sending a bill with unpriced lines in it.
The new wave of AI estimators produce rates from training data that is months out of date and never local enough — and hand them to you without saying so.
Each one has its own page, so you can read the part that matters to you and skip the rest.
Taking-off on a proper dimension sheet, rate build-ups you can defend, and a paginated bill under your letterhead.
Features 02Import the schedule you already keep in Excel, price a whole bill from it, and uplift the lot when the year turns.
Rate library 03It can draft a whole bill. It also prints, on the client's document, how many of those rates nobody has checked.
How the AI works 04Where BillMate wins, and the one big thing it does not do at all. Read this before you spend anything.
ComparisonEight steps, and none of them need a training course. The full guide covers each in detail with screenshots.
Price a real job on the free plan, and decide afterwards.