Stop Undercharging for Cleaning Jobs You Quote Over the Phone
Create Good/Better/Best estimates with pre-loaded items, send via OTP-secured link, and track homeowner views and approvals in real-time — 100% free
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The Problem with Old-School Estimates
Phone quotes that cost you money
A potential client calls asking how much for a deep clean. You ask "how many bedrooms?" They say three. You quote $250. You show up and it's 3,000 square feet with two kitchens, four bathrooms, and a basement. Now you're locked into a price that pays half your rate. If you'd sent a detailed estimate after seeing photos or asking the right questions, you'd have quoted $450 and kept your margins.
Text message pricing vs professional PDFs
You text a client "$175 for standard cleaning." They screenshot it and send it to two other cleaners asking if they can beat it. Meanwhile, your competitor sends a branded PDF with tiered options — $150 basic, $175 standard, $225 premium — and the client books the $175 package because it looks legitimate and professional.
No consistent add-on pricing
One client asks for oven cleaning. You say "add $50." Another wants the fridge done. You quote $30. A third asks for both plus baseboards and windows — you panic and throw out $100. You're leaving money on the table because you don't have a set pricing structure for add-ons like inside appliances, carpet shampooing, or garage cleaning.
How This Tool Fixes It
Professional estimates that close jobs faster than handwritten quotes ever could
Pre-loaded cleaning line items
100+ templates covering standard cleaning, deep cleaning, move-out cleaning, office cleaning, and add-ons like oven, fridge, carpet, windows, and garage. Pick your service type, adjust home size, add extras, and you're done. No more guessing or inconsistent quotes.
Good/Better/Best tiered pricing
Show three options. Good is basic cleaning with essential tasks. Better adds inside appliances, baseboards, and ceiling fans. Best includes everything plus carpet shampooing and window washing. Clients pick the tier that fits their needs — most choose Better — and your average job value jumps 30-50%.
OTP-Secured Approvals & Tracking
Send estimates via text or email with a secure link. Track exactly when the homeowner views, approves, or rejects the quote. Capture a legally binding digital signature via OTP instead of waiting for a call back.
How It Works
Pick your service type
Standard clean, deep clean, move-out, office cleaning — choose from 100+ pre-built cleaning templates
Add line items and pricing
Drag and drop tasks, adjust home size and add-ons, set your rates. Build single estimates or Good/Better/Best tiers
Send & Track Approvals
Text or email a secure link. Get instant notifications when they view, approve, or reject the estimate, complete with OTP-verified digital signatures
Close more jobs, faster
No more lost jobs to phone quote price shopping or showing up to underpriced jobs. Professional estimates set clear expectations and protect your margins
Pre-Loaded Cleaning Line Items
Start with proven templates and customize to match your pricing
100+ templates included — covering everything from basic repairs to full installations
More Than Just a Pricing Calculator
Our free tool gives you enterprise-level estimating features at zero cost.
Good/Better/Best Tiers
Present 3-tier pricing on every quote. Built-in templates make it easy to upsell and increase average tickets.
100+ Pre-built Templates
Stop typing descriptions from scratch. We've pre-loaded over 100 industry-specific line items for every niche.
OTP-Protected Approvals
Send estimates securely. Customers must verify their identity with a One-Time Password to approve the quote.
Tracking & Reminders
Know exactly when a customer opens your estimate. Send automated follow-up reminders to close more open jobs.
How Cleaning Companies Can Build Better Estimates and Win More Contracts
Cleaning estimates are deceptively simple. On the surface, it looks like "how many rooms at what rate." But profitable cleaning companies know the difference between a rush job that burns a crew and a properly scoped estimate that accounts for first-time deep cleans, recurring maintenance visits, and specialty services like post-construction cleanup. The estimate is not just a price — it is a scope-of-work contract that protects both you and your client from misunderstandings.
One-Time vs. Recurring: Using Tiers to Build MRR
When a customer calls for a cleaning quote, they are usually thinking about a one-time service. Your estimate should re-frame the conversation around recurring value. Show them: a one-time deep clean at $400 (Good), a bi-weekly maintenance plan at $180 per visit with the first deep clean included (Better), or a weekly premium plan at $150 per visit with laundry, fridge clean-out, and cabinet organizing (Best). The Better tier delivers recurring revenue and costs the customer more over a year — but per-visit, it is a bargain they cannot resist.
What Every Cleaning Estimate Should Specify
- Room-by-Room Scope: "Whole house cleaning" means different things to different people. List rooms: kitchen (appliances, counters, floors, cabinet fronts), bathrooms (shower, tub, toilet, mirror, floor), bedrooms (dusting, vacuum, linen change if selected), living areas, and any specialty rooms like home gyms or laundry rooms. Specificity prevents the "you missed the baseboards" complaint.
- Supplies and Equipment: State whether you bring your own supplies (and what brands/products you use) or the client provides. If you use eco-friendly or hypoallergenic products, that is a premium feature worth highlighting in the Better/Best tiers.
- Crew Size and Duration: "Two cleaners, approximately 3 hours." This sets expectations and explains why a deep clean costs more — it takes more people-hours than a maintenance visit.
- Extra Services and Add-Ons: Appliance interior cleaning, windows, oven degreasing, and laundry are upsell opportunities. List them as optional add-ons in the estimate so the customer can build their own service package.
From Quote to Booked: Why Speed Closes Cleaning Contracts
Cleaning customers are comparison shoppers — they are often contacting three companies at once. The first estimate in their inbox wins. Our digital estimate builder lets you walk the property, build a room-by-room quote on your phone, and send a professional proposal before you even reach your car. The customer picks their tier, approves with OTP for binding confirmation, and you lock in a new recurring client while your competitors are still working on their spreadsheet.
Start Building Cleaning Estimates — Free
No credit card. No sign-up. Build your first professional estimate in under 2 minutes.
Launch Estimate BuilderFrequently Asked Questions
Yes. No credit card, no trial period, no hidden fees. Build unlimited estimates at zero cost. We built this because cleaning companies lose contracts to competitors who show up with branded, itemized proposals while they're still emailing rough numbers from a notepad.
No account needed to start building and downloading estimates. If you want to save your work or text estimates to clients for OTP-verified approval and digital signatures, creating a free account is optional and takes seconds.
Absolutely. The tool is designed for the recurring revenue model that drives most cleaning businesses. Show clients a one-time deep clean, a bi-weekly maintenance plan, or a weekly premium package with extras like laundry and fridge cleaning. The tiered structure turns one-off quotes into monthly recurring contracts.
Cleaning estimates need to account for room count, square footage, cleaning frequency, crew size, supply costs, and add-on services like windows or oven cleaning. A spreadsheet with all these variables is fragile and the formatting breaks when you email it. This tool handles room-by-room and per-square-foot pricing, auto-calculates totals, and outputs a polished PDF that wins contracts against franchise cleaning companies.
Yes. Every line item is fully editable. Set your own per-room rates, per-square-foot pricing, crew labor costs, and save custom templates for the cleaning packages you sell most. The pre-built items are a fast starting point, not a locked system.
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