Workshop floor or site office, the admin doesn't stop for either.
Chasing supplier prices, working out labour costs, getting a quote out before the client goes elsewhere. Admin becomes the thing that happens after hours, if it happens at all.
So Quid Pro Quote was built around how trade and fabrication businesses actually work: quote from your own price list, compare it against real supplier prices, convert to an invoice on approval, and track every rand owed, in and out, in one bank balance.
From first quote to getting paid
No separate apps, no retyping the same line items twice.
1
Build the quote
From your own price list, or let AI rough out a first draft.
2
Compare supplier prices
Capture supplier quotes side by side and pick who to buy from.
3
Send it, get the go-ahead
Export a PDF or send via WhatsApp. Mark it accepted once approved.
4
Convert to invoice
One click, no retyping. Every line item carries over.
5
Get paid, tracked
Payments, payroll and supplier payables post straight to your ledger.
Everything the job needs with one login
Eliminate tedious admin work, get paid faster, and keep your finances audit-ready without switching between apps.
Quotes & Invoices
Build, compare, and send quotes, then convert to an invoice in one click.
AI Quote Drafting (Optional)
An optional AI-drafted starting point, priced from your own list where it can.
Supplier Price Lists
Import from CSV, Excel or PDF, and search every supplier at once.
Bookkeeping & Bank Balances
One real ledger, split into named pockets so every rand is accounted for.
Reports & Dashboard
What needs attention today, plus real reports on margin and cash flow.
Clients & Suppliers
Every contact, document and follow-up reminder, organised in one place.
Payroll & Schedule
Track earnings, advances and payouts, feeding straight into your books.
White-Label Branding
Your logo and colours on every quote, invoice, and the app itself.
Live Support, Built In
Chat with our team from inside the app, anytime.
Real businesses running on Quid Pro Quote
From micro businesses to full-scale operators, these companies quote, invoice and keep their books on Quid Pro Quote every day.
Simple, transparent pricing
14-day free trial on any plan, no card required. Prices include VAT, no surprises at checkout. Pay annually and get 2 months free.
Quid Pro Quote is all-in-one quoting, invoicing and bookkeeping software built for growing service and trade businesses. Create branded quotes and invoices, track their status through to payment, manage payroll and your bank ledger, all from one dashboard.
AI Quote Drafting is an optional feature: connect your own AI provider key, then describe the job in plain language, paste a list of items, or attach photos/PDFs of the site or materials, and it drafts a rough set of line items to start from. It matches against your own price list where it can, and gives a rough market estimate where it can't, so you always review and adjust before sending.
Yes. AI Quote Drafting connects your own AI provider key, so you're always in control of that cost and there's no markup from us on AI usage. It's available on the Pro and Enterprise plans, and entirely optional.
Yes. The Compare Supplier Prices tool lets you capture what each supplier has quoted you (for example from a pro forma) side by side for the same line item, choose who to buy from, and tracks which one you actually procured from and paid.
Once you approve ("Procure") a supplier's price for a line item, it shows up on Suppliers Payable, a running list of what you actually owe each supplier, with delivery tracking per item and one-click "Mark Paid" that also records the real payment.
Yes. Select two or more quotes/invoices for the same client and merge them into a single document. Unique line items are kept separate; Labour, Consumables and Other rows for the same employee/description are automatically summed.
Track each employee's hourly rate and markup, log earnings straight from invoiced labour, record advances, and pay out. Every payroll transaction feeds directly into your bookkeeping ledger automatically, so there's no separate payroll software needed.
Beyond your real Main bank balance, you can split money into named sub-accounts like Payroll, Materials or Consumables, so you always know how much of your bank balance is actually free to spend versus already earmarked, reconciled automatically as transactions come in.
Yes. Upload a CSV, Excel spreadsheet, or even a PDF price catalogue (using OCR to read scanned pages) and it's parsed into a searchable price list per supplier, ready to pull into quotes or Compare Supplier Prices.
Yes. Every quote/invoice shows a live profit margin as you build it, and the Reports > Profit Margin page compares your originally-quoted margin against the true margin once you know what you actually paid suppliers, invoice by invoice.
Quotes sent more than 48 hours ago with no reply are flagged with a "Follow up" reminder, and quotes past your configured validity period (Settings > Payment Terms) are flagged separately to remind you that prices may need to be requoted.
Yes. White-Label Branding lets you upload your own logo and brand colours, which apply across the app itself and every exported quote, invoice or financial document, plus your logo becomes the icon when your team installs the app to their phone or desktop.
Every plan includes a 14-day free trial, no card required. You can also try the live interactive demo with no signup at all, it resets periodically so feel free to explore freely.
Starter covers unlimited quotes/invoices with manual pricing for a single user. Pro adds Payroll & Schedule, expenses/reconciliation, Bank Balance pockets, CSV/XLSX price imports, AI Quote Drafting and your own SMTP, for up to 3 users. Enterprise adds PDF/OCR price catalog import, priority support and up to 10 users.
Yes. Each plan includes a number of user seats (Starter 1, Pro 3, Enterprise 10, with extra Enterprise seats available), each with their own login and an Owner/Admin/Member role controlling what they can see and do.
Yes. Every organisation's data is fully isolated from every other organisation; nobody outside your own team can see your quotes, clients, prices or financial data.
Chat directly with our team from inside the app any time, no separate helpdesk, no waiting on an email thread. You can also send feedback or feature requests the same way.
Send it however works for you (WhatsApp, email, in person), and once your client's given you the go-ahead, record it against that quote yourself. There's a separate internal approval step too: request a business owner's sign-off on a quote via WhatsApp before it ever goes out to the client.
Convert it straight to an invoice with one click. The same line items, pricing and any procurement history carry over, so you're not re-entering anything.
Yes. Every payment, expense, payroll transaction and supplier payment automatically posts to a real running ledger, reconciled against your bank balance (and pockets), with reports on cash flow, expenses by category and more.
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