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AI quoting software
that shows the maths.
Send a voice note, snap a photo or paste the job. The AI fills the inputs, then a deterministic engine prices it from your rates. Every line is auditable, so you can stand behind the number.
What it is
What AI quoting actually means.
AI quoting is turning a job description into a priced quote without typing out every line by hand. You tell the software about the work, in plain words, a voice note or a photo, and it builds the quote for you. The job that used to take ten minutes at the kitchen table takes under a minute.
The catch with most AI estimators is that they guess one number from a prompt. You can't see how they got there, and the same job can come back at a different price the next time you ask. That's fine for a rough idea. It's no good for a quote you're sending to a customer and then standing behind.
The difference
The AI fills the inputs. The engine sets the price.
Karven keeps the AI well away from the price. The AI reads your job and fills the inputs. A deterministic per-trade pricing engine then does the maths from your own rates and margins and current AU supplier prices. Same inputs, same price, every time, and every line is there to check.
A language model guesses a single number from a prompt. No breakdown, no audit trail, and the price can drift between runs. You can't show the customer how it was reached, because even the tool doesn't really know.
The AI fills inputs, a deterministic engine prices them. You get a full line-by-line breakdown built from your rates and live AU supplier prices, the same total every time for the same job, and a quote you can audit and explain.
Quote any way the job comes
Voice, photo or paste. Then priced.
Voice note
Talk through the job like you'd tell your apprentice. The AI pulls the measurements, materials and access out of what you said.
Photo
Snap the site, the door, the slab. The AI reads what it can see and fills the inputs it's confident about, then asks about the rest.
Paste
Paste the customer's text, email or your site notes. The AI turns the words into structured inputs for the engine.
Engine prices it
Once the inputs are in, the deterministic per-trade engine does the maths from your rates and AU supplier prices. Same inputs, same price, every time.
Built for the trade
13 trades. Your rates, your margins.
Karven ships per-trade pricing for 13 trades, each with its own engine and AU supplier prices. You answer your business questions once in onboarding, then every quote rebases on your rates and your margins. It's your pricing the engine is running, not a generic average.
AI quoting · FAQ
The questions tradies ask.
Straight answers on what AI quoting is and how Karven's is different.
What is AI quoting software?
AI quoting software turns a description of a job into a priced quote. You give it the job in plain words, a voice note or a photo, and it produces a quote you can send to the customer. The point is to cut the time spent typing line items and doing the maths by hand for every job.
How is Karven's AI quoting different from other AI estimators?
Most AI estimators guess a single number from a prompt, so you can't see how they got there and the same job can come back at a different price next time. Karven splits the job in two. The AI only fills the inputs (measurements, materials, access, options). A deterministic per-trade pricing engine then sets the price from your rates and current AU supplier prices. Every line is auditable, so you can show the customer the maths, and the same inputs always produce the same total.
Is AI quoting accurate?
It's as accurate as the inputs and the rates behind it. Karven keeps the AI away from the pricing for exactly this reason. The AI reads your job and fills the inputs, then a fixed engine prices it from your own rates and margins and live AU supplier prices. Because the price comes from a deterministic engine and not a language model's guess, you get a number you can stand behind and check line by line.
How much does AI quoting software cost?
Karven's Starter plan is $59 a month, per workspace, not per user, so you can add your apprentice for free. There's a free week to try it with no card. You can also see a real price in about 30 seconds in the public calculators without signing up at all.
$59/mo. Per workspace, not per user. Add your apprentice for free.
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