Both tools help you quote faster from drawings and emailed RFQs. Quotara keeps going after the customer says yes: the work order, the schedule, the hours on the floor and the real cost of the job, which then sharpens your next quote.
14 days free · No credit card · Priced per shop
Both tools use AI to draft estimates. Quotara also closes the loop: your crew clocks hours against each job, you see estimated against actual, and after a few similar jobs Quinn brings those real hours into the next quote.
An accepted quote becomes a work order in one click, lands on the schedule and is tracked on the floor. No second system to buy, learn and keep in sync with your quoting tool.
Quotara bills in CAD or USD, quotes in English or French, and puts GST with PST or QST on the same quote. Uptool lists its free trial for U.S. shops.
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Both help you quote faster. Uptool describes itself as a quoting and CRM solution. Quotara is quoting plus the job itself: work orders, scheduling, floor time tracking, purchasing and estimated vs. actual job costing, so what you learn on the floor flows back into your next quote.
Quotara’s quoting plan is US$59 (CA$79) a month, and the full shop plan with job costing, floor tracking and scheduling is US$275 (CA$349). Uptool lists pricing from $195 a month, depending on total employees and ITAR. Compare what each includes for your shop.
Yes. Quotara is built in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. You can be billed in CAD, quote in English or French, and put GST with PST or QST on a single quote, the same way they appear on your invoices.
14 days free, no credit card. Or book 20 minutes with the founder and bring a drawing: we’ll quote it live.
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