Cost Catalog Software

Simplify Estimating & Boost Your Profits

The Cost Catalog is your database of cost items and assemblies to help you speed up your estimating process. Add a markup or margin to automate your pricing and ensure you are hitting your target profits.

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Benefits of the Cost Catalog

Close more deals, faster, and with higher profits

Get Your Costs Organized

Have all your most important and commonly used cost items and cost groups all in one place.

Build Your Estimates Faster

Start with project templates so you don’t have to create something from scratch each time.

Price Jobs More Accurately

Know all your costs for your projects and set your target margin to automatically calculate the price.

Create a Framework for Job Costing

Track expenses relative to your budget cost to ensure you achieve your target profit margins.

Improve Your Professionalism

Deliver professional, beautifully designed proposals that will make it easier for customers to sign with you.

Track Costs Over Time

View a dashboard of how the costs and pricing for each item in your catalog is tracking over time.

JobTread Formulas and Parameters Feature

Formulas & Parameters

Streamline your material takeoff and expedite project planning with formulas and parameters.

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What’s included in your cost catalog?

Your catalog is a place for you to store your most commonly used cost items, create cost groups / assemblies, and build budget and task templates.

Cost Item

Add a library of cost items to reference in job budgets and gain cost insights over time. Catalog items typically consist of:

Materials
Machinery & Equipment
Labor Rates
Subcontractors
Design/Consulting Fees

Permits
Insurance
JobTread
Overhead Expenses

These items can be imported directly into JobTread

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Cost Groups

Group cost items that are related to a particular aspect of a construction project. Use cost groups for:

Assemblies
Selections
Allowances
Upgrades

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Budget Templates

Create budget templates for your most common projects that can be reused over and over again to help speed up your estimating process. Common budget templates include:

Kitchen Remodel
Bathroom Remodel
Basement Remodel
New Home Build

Pool Build
Deck Build
House Painting
Commercial Remodel

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Task & Schedule Templates

Develop pre-built schedules that can be added to a job, customer, or vendor. Common examples of task & schedule templates include:

Full Project schedules for different types of jobs
Schedules for individual projects or project phases
New lead outreach process
Vendor onboarding process

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Mark Flanders

Blue Hill Building Co.

"The estimating, selections, and proposals tools are incredible. The options for customization are nearly endless. Once you set up some templates (easy to do and the JobTread team will help you) you can create a detailed estimate and professional proposal with options and allowances in just minutes."

Penny Lane Crull

Penny Lane’s Job Costing

"I’ve been an accountant and consultant for contractors for over 20 years, I have researched and worked with many Construction Project Management apps and JobTread is by far the absolute BEST in the industry for both builders and accountants."

Jordan Morfitt

Honest Homes

"One of my favorite features is selections, it allows customers to select what they want and shows them how it affects the final price! Just go get it, the ROI is the first bid."