CreateQuote Ops is shop-operations software for welding and metal fabrication businesses. Quote the job in CreateQuote, then run it in Ops: schedule the crew, clock the hours, photograph the work, bill the deposit, the progress invoice and the change order, and see what is still unpaid.
Ops is $39.99/month or $399/year, 3 office users included; add office users and crew logins. Made by CreateStage Fabrication, a working Chicago fab shop.
CreateQuote prices the job before it's won. Ops owns everything after: who is doing the work, when it's happening, what actually happened, what to bill and what is still owed.
Ops is useful on its own. A shop can enter customers, jobs, budgets, schedules, documents and payments by hand, with no quote behind them. As the Ops plan of CreateQuote it also includes everything in the Shop plan.
Schedule job blocks, assign people, move work and see the week's load.
Customer, jobsite address with map and weather, assignments, budget, messages, schedule, documents, payments and status.
Company and contact history, job relationships, CSV import and duplicate handling.
One thread per job for office, shop and field, with photos, tags, mentions and visibility groups.
Labor, material and other budget lines; reusable catalog items and vendors.
Quotes, invoices, deposit invoices, progress invoices, change orders and PDFs; payments and outstanding balances.
Clock in and out, breaks, manual entries, approvals and a payroll spreadsheet export, all in the shop's time zone.
Owner, Estimator, Foreman and Team Member, enforced on the server, not just hidden in the menu.
Company identity, users, time zone, tax settings and feature settings.
Ops: $39.99/month or $399/year, 3 office users included; add office users and crew logins. Extra office users $9.99/month (up to 8, then $8.99); crew logins $4.99/month; quotes $14 each. 10-day free trial, card required.
| Plan | Price | What's in it | Quotes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 7 Job Calculators · 1 user | $20 each | |
| Shop | $9.99/month or $99/year | All 15 Job Calculators · Customers and job folders · Branded quote PDFs · Your Request a quote page · Track jobs from lead to won or lost · QuickBooks-ready customer export · Text customers in one tap from your phone · 1 user | $16 each | 10-day free trial, card required; Founding shop price; regular $14.99/month |
| Ops | $39.99/month or $399/year | Everything in Shop · Schedule, crews, time and job photos · Invoices, deposits, progress billing and change orders · 3 office users included; add office users and crew logins | $14 each | 10-day free trial, card required; Founding shop price; regular $59/month; extra office users $9.99/month (up to 8, then $8.99); crew logins $4.99/month |
Quotes metal-fabrication jobs from a plain-English description: cut lists, materials, consumables, hardware, labor by process and the build sequence, on your shop's rates and gear.
Runs the job after the quote: scheduling, crews, time, photos, invoices, deposits, progress billing and change orders.
The same quoting engine opened to other trades, for general and trade contractors. gcquote.com