Takeoff, markup and margin math
Markupbird: The product itself, next to the template that uses it
A general construction suite: An estimating module you configure yourself
One product, three jobs
Take it off. Mark it up. Hand over the number.
The estimate template priced from your own job: the material cost from the takeoff with the waste allowance, the labor hours at your loaded rate, the subs and equipment, the overhead and the markup, printed as the material, labor, overhead, profit and total lines a customer reads.
Free for 14 days. No card needed.
Free to use
- No account
- No card
- No sign-up
Markupbird Pro is $59 per month for your whole company, billed monthly.
- 1
- free tool on this site the answer is never behind a login
- 4
- providers' own published prices, compared in the Job Cost Index
- $59
- per month, whole company Free: $0
Built for trade contractors only
The owner or estimator pricing the job, and nobody else
Price the job. Send the estimate. Keep the markup that won.
- Estimate template
- The lines a customer reads, from your takeoff Material with waste, labor at your loaded rate, subs and equipment, overhead and profit, printed as the estimate a customer signs, from your own takeoff and markup rather than a generic price list.
- Estimating math
- The direct cost, the overhead and the margin Direct cost, overhead at your share, profit at your markup and the gross margin the total actually carries, computed on the page from your numbers so the markup is chosen with the margin in front of it.
- Estimate records
- A record behind every number Estimates file themselves against the customer and the job. Wins and losses are recorded against the markup. Rate tables are kept per trade. Everything exports.
Tools
The tools, free and open
Every answer becomes the estimate you keep, the job it turns into and the markup that won it.
Free to use. No account, no card, no sign-up.
In figures
Job Cost Index
135USD
Median published figure, the middle half 112.5 to 168 USD
4 sources with a published figure, read 19 October 2026.
Why not just use a full construction suite?
Need a suite with scheduling, crews, change orders, purchase orders and a per-user license? Buy one. Need this week's estimates priced right, sent under your name and kept with the markup that won, for one trade contractor? That is the product.
Price for one company
Markupbird: $59 a month, flat, however many estimators
A general construction suite: A per-user fee, then an onboarding fee on top
Try before an account exists
Markupbird: Every tool computes free, no card, no trial clock
A general construction suite: A demo call and a trial that ends in two weeks
Built for
Markupbird: Trade contractors, only
A general construction suite: Every construction business with a schedule
For the record, on the estimator's side: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, cited on this site, puts the median annual wage for cost estimators at $78,740 in May 2025 and projects employment of cost estimators to decline 3 percent from 2025 to 2035 (bls.gov Occupational Outlook Handbook, retrieved 2026-09-04). Markupbird Pro is $59 per month for your whole company.
Markupbird Pro
$59
per month, whole company
The answer is yours. Keeping it is Markupbird Pro.
The answers and the template are free forever. Pro turns them into your estimating record: every estimate kept against the customer and the job, the takeoff and the markup behind each line, the win and the loss recorded so next month's markup is chosen on evidence, reminders to the person who owes a quote, and a clean export when the accountant asks what the jobs cost against what they were priced at.
- Download the estimate as PDF
- No Markupbird watermark
- Save and reopen later
- Your company name and license on it
- Quote follow-up reminders emailed under your company name
- Connect your own Stripe account and take deposits online
- Connect your QuickBooks Online or Xero
Free for 14 days. No card needed.
Markupbird Pro is $59 per month for your whole company, billed monthly. Billed monthly. Cancel any time from your account page. Price and renewal terms are shown before checkout.