Room-by-room measurement
Enter length, width, and ceiling height. PaintQuote auto-calculates square footage for walls, ceilings, baseboards, doors, and windows — instantly.
PaintQuote is free painting contractor quoting software. Measure rooms, calculate prices, and send branded PDF quotes in minutes — not hours. No $999 setup fee. No $100+/month seat fees.
Quoting tool trusted by painting crews coast to coast
Interior or exterior, simple or detailed — PaintQuote handles the whole job. No spreadsheets, no guesswork, no $999 onboarding call.
Enter length, width, and ceiling height. PaintQuote auto-calculates square footage for walls, ceilings, baseboards, doors, and windows — instantly.
Quote rooms one by one for interior jobs, or measure each side of the house for exterior — siding, fascia, soffit, trim, and gutters all covered.
Simple rate per sq ft, floor-area rate, or time & materials with paint line items. Price the way you already think about painting jobs.
Your logo, your colors, full scope of work and pricing breakdown — a professional PDF generated automatically and emailed to the client.
Track every quote from draft → sent → accepted → declined. Always know what's outstanding, what's won, and your estimated revenue.
Turn accepted quotes into deposit and final invoices in one click. Send contracts for e-signature — the full job cycle in one platform.
No training videos. No setup call. If you can measure a wall, you can run PaintQuote.
Add rooms or sides of the house. Enter dimensions from your laser measure — sq footage calculated live.
Choose your pricing method. Your default rates pre-fill every quote — change per job in seconds.
A branded PDF with your logo and full scope lands in the client's inbox. AI writes the email for you.
Client accepts? Generate deposit and final invoices in one tap. Collect payment online.
PaintScout was built for big shops with big budgets. PaintQuote was built for the rest of us — solo painters and small crews who just want to quote faster.
Comparison based on publicly listed PaintScout pricing, June 2026.
Start free, upgrade when you're booking more work. No setup fees, ever.
From solo operators to small painting crews across North America.
"I used to spend 2–3 hours putting together a quote in Excel. Now I do it in 10 minutes on my phone while I'm still at the site. The PDFs look way more professional than anything I was sending before. Win rate went up immediately."
"I looked at PaintScout but $99/month plus $1,500 to set it up was too much for a one-man operation. PaintQuote does everything I need for free. The PDF proposals look just as good and I'm saving over $2,000 a year."
Yes — PaintQuote is free forever with no credit card required. Free accounts get 7 professional painting quotes per month, full PDF generation, email sending, and all 3 pricing methods. No setup fee. No trial period. Just free.
PaintScout charges $99–168/month plus a mandatory setup fee of $999–1,999 just to get started. PaintQuote starts at $0 with no setup fee and no onboarding call required. You're quoting your first job within minutes of signing up. PaintQuote is built specifically for solo painters and small crews who don't need enterprise software.
Yes. Interior jobs are measured room by room — walls, ceilings, baseboards, doors, and windows. Exterior jobs are measured side by side — siding, fascia, soffit, exterior trim, gutters, and more. Both job types generate the same professional branded PDF proposal.
Three methods: Simple Rate (price per sq ft by surface type), Floor Area Rate (price based on floor sq footage), and Time & Materials (hourly rate + materials). All three methods support separate paint line items and custom additional line items. Your default rates pre-fill every new quote automatically.
Yes. Once your quote is created, click Send to Client. PaintQuote AI generates a personalized email for you, attaches the branded PDF, and sends it to your client. You can edit the email before sending. Quote status updates automatically to Sent.
Yes, on the Pro plan ($29/month). Once a quote is accepted, generate a deposit invoice and a final invoice in one click. Clients can pay online. Pro also includes contract generation and e-signature collection.
PaintQuote works on any device — phone, tablet, or desktop — through your web browser. You can measure rooms on site and send quotes before you leave the driveway. A dedicated mobile app is on the roadmap.
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