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Costing and quoting for product businesses

Cost it right. Quote it fast.

costcomposer works out the true cost of every quote from today's supplier prices, builds products from assemblies as simple or as deep as you need, and shows your margin on every line before the proposal goes out in your own Word template.

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  • Costs from live supplier prices, in any currency
  • Assemblies with questions, fixed parts lists and sub-assemblies
  • Cost, sell and margin on every line and every quote
Costing

Know your numbers on every line

Every quote is costed from what you'll actually pay, so the price you send is one you can stand behind.

  • Live supplier costs. Import supplier price lists with the dates they start. Quotes always use the price in force today, and you can bring older quotes up to date in one step.
  • Any buying currency. Supplier costs in euros or dollars are converted at your own buying rates, with the original price kept on the line.
  • Margin you can see. Cost, sell and margin, in money and as a percentage, for each line, each section and the whole quote, with materials shown separately from labour.
  • Price to win. Apply discounts or uplifts per line or across the quote, match a customer's budget, and add carriage automatically, watching the margin change as you go.
  • Quote in their currency. Each quote has its own currency at a locked exchange rate, so the numbers don't move after you've sent it.
Distribution board upgrade Section 1
LineCostSellMargin
12-way board£186.40£279.6033.3%
MCB 32A × 12£63.36£95.0433.3%
Cable kit € supplier£41.72£58.4028.6%
Labour 6 h£210.00£330.0036.4%
Cost£501.48
Sell£763.04
Margin£261.56 · 34.3%
MaterialsBought inLabour
Illustration with example figures.
Assemblies

Assemblies that fit the way you sell

Model your products once, however they're put together, and every quote picks up the right parts, labour and quantities.

Configured

Answer questions, get the parts

Build a set of questions for a product. Each answer adds its own parts, labour and quantities, and can lead on to further questions.

Standard

A fixed parts list

For products that are always the same: list the components and quantities once, and they're all added with the product.

Nested

Assemblies inside assemblies

Any component can be an assembly itself, as many levels deep as you need, with the structure kept on the quote.

Distribution board upgrade Configured
How many ways? 12
  • 12-way board× 1
  • MCB 32A× 12
  • Cable kit sub-assembly× 1
    • 6mm² cable× 25 m
    • Glands & lugs× 1 set
  • Installation labour× 6 h
Illustration with example products.
And more

From the first line to the signed proposal

Everything around the numbers, so the whole quote happens in one place.

Branded Word proposals

Upload your own Word templates. Quotes come out with your logo, cost tables, section pictures, customer details and a table of contents.

AI proposal drafting

Describe the project and answer a few questions. AI writes the section headings and sales narrative for you to review. Available as an add-on.

Revisions and quote numbers

Copy a quote to a new revision in one click (QTE-51/1, QTE-51/2 ...) and choose how your quote numbers look.

Customers and suppliers

Keep customer and supplier accounts in one place, link them to your CRM or ERP records, and pull customer details into every proposal.

Built for teams

See who else has a quote open, share one product catalogue, and control what each role can see and change.

Secure sign-in

Two-step verification with an authenticator app, and Microsoft sign-in for companies that use it.

How it works

From enquiry to proposal in three steps

  1. Set up your catalogue

    Add products, labour rates and supplier price lists, build your assemblies, and upload your logo and Word templates.

  2. Build and cost the quote

    Pick the customer, add assemblies and products, and see costs, sell prices and margin update as you go.

  3. Send the proposal

    Choose a template and download a finished, branded Word document ready for your customer.

Pricing

One plan, everything included

Start with a 30-day free trial. Every feature is in the plan; you only pay for extra users, with lower prices per user for larger teams, and the add-ons you choose.

Standard

30-day free trial
£300 a month
excluding VAT

Includes 5 users. Add more users at any time, for less per user as your team grows:

  • Users 6–9 £60 per user a month
  • Users 10–24 £50 per user a month
  • Users 25+ £40 per user a month
  • Costing from live supplier prices
  • Configured, standard and nested assemblies
  • Unlimited quotes, revisions and customers
  • Branded Word proposals and templates
  • Two-step verification and Microsoft sign-in
Start your free trial
5
£300 a month, excluding VAT

5 users included in the plan.

Add-ons

  • AI proposal support

    Describe a project when you create a quotation and AI drafts the section headings and a short, professional narrative for each one, ready to review and send.

    £50 a month
  • Xero

    Send accepted quotations to Xero as quotes or invoices, and keep customers and products in step with your accounts.

    Coming soon
  • Salesforce

    Link quotations to Salesforce opportunities and accounts, so your sales team sees every quote where they work.

    Coming soon

Ready to cost and quote with confidence?

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