Win more bids. Build the estimate once. Use it for everything.
Ressio estimates flow directly into your proposals, budget, change orders, and invoices. No re-entering data. No version confusion. Just one number that travels through the whole job.
Estimating built for custom builders — not spreadsheets
A flexible two- or three-tier structure, reusable cost catalog, built-in markups, and a proposal that goes out in one click.
Categories, cost items, and cost details — structured your way
Build estimates with the structure that fits how you work. Use NAHB, CSI, NARI, or your own custom divisions. Add cost items under each category, and optionally break them into a third tier of cost details for complex line items. Every project you build automatically becomes a reusable template.
- Two-tier (categories + cost items) or three-tier (add cost details) — your choice
- Pull from your cost catalog — start typing to auto-populate templated items with pricing
- Assign vendors and cost codes to individual line items
- Customize columns — show or hide fields based on what you need
Qty
10
× Unit
$1,200
= Builder
$12,000
+ Markup
18%
= Client
$14,160
Markups that calculate themselves
Set your markup once — Ressio calculates builder cost, markup, and client pricing automatically as you enter quantities and unit costs. Adjust markups at the item level or across the whole project. No more manual math or formula errors in spreadsheets.
- Quantity × unit cost auto-calculates builder cost, markup, and customer price
- Customize cost types — Labor / Materials / Other
- Apply builder fee markups at any level — item or project-wide
- Lock the estimate once approved to freeze the original budget
Client sees
From estimate to proposal — in one click
When your estimate is ready, create a polished client proposal directly from it. Auto-populates with your line items, descriptions, and totals. Customize what the client sees, add your terms and conditions, and release via magic link for e-signature — all without leaving Ressio.
- Customize client visibility — show or hide quantities, costs, and markups
- Add terms and conditions and signature lines
- Release via email magic link — client signs without needing a login
- Approve on behalf of clients who've signed outside Ressio
No separate budget. No month-end reconciliation.
The estimate IS the budget — no reconciliation needed
Once your proposal is approved and the estimate locked, it becomes your live budget. Change orders, selections, and actuals all flow back to the same number. There's no separate budget to maintain, no spreadsheet to reconcile at month-end.
- Locked estimate becomes the original budget baseline
- Change orders created directly from estimate line items
- Selections and allowances tracked against the same structure
- Budget vs. actuals visible in real time — no manual reconciliation
From blank estimate to signed proposal in three steps
Build your estimate
Start from a template, copy from a past project, or build from scratch. Pull line items from your cost catalog. Add categories, cost items, quantities, and markups. Most estimates are done in under an hour.
Create the proposal
Click Create → New Proposal. Ressio auto-fills it from your estimate. Customize what the client sees, add your T&C, and adjust pricing or visibility as needed.
Release and get it signed
Send via magic link. Your client approves via email — no account, no login. Once approved, lock the estimate and your budget is set.
Estimates that connect to everything downstream
Your estimate doesn't end at approval. Ressio connects it to your budget, change orders, proposals, invoices, and QuickBooks — so one number runs the whole job.
Cost codes in Ressio connect directly to QuickBooks Online Products & Services — so your estimate and your books stay in sync automatically.
We found that it is easy to adopt the features that we want and need into our day to day processes.
We found that it is easy to adopt the features that we want and need into our day to day processes.
The ability to keep all job information, including client conversations, vendor estimates, client invoices, vendor billing, etc. in one location.
The ability to keep all job information, including client conversations, vendor estimates, client invoices, vendor billing, etc. in one location.
Ressio is intuitive, modern, and easy to use. It brings estimating, subcontractor bidding, project management, and client communication into one platform.
Ressio is intuitive, modern, and easy to use. It brings estimating, subcontractor bidding, project management, and client communication into one platform.
We needed something easier to use and back to basics. BuilderTrend started to become too much with too many bells and whistles.
We needed something easier to use and back to basics. BuilderTrend started to become too much with too many bells and whistles.
The estimating tool and the ability to produce fast, accurate, professionally organized estimates and proposals.
The estimating tool and the ability to produce fast, accurate, professionally organized estimates and proposals.
I enjoy the depth of detail that can be included into estimates and that almost anything can be turned into a reusable template.
I enjoy the depth of detail that can be included into estimates and that almost anything can be turned into a reusable template.
It helps us deliver on our promise by creating more transparency, smoother workflows, stronger communications, and a more enjoyable building process for our homeowners.
It helps us deliver on our promise by creating more transparency, smoother workflows, stronger communications, and a more enjoyable building process for our homeowners.
The software is simple for both our team and our clients to use. It’s clean, professional, and organized — without all the extra stuff we don’t need.
The software is simple for both our team and our clients to use. It’s clean, professional, and organized — without all the extra stuff we don’t need.
I feel more organized and feel we will gain more credibility from our clients.
I feel more organized and feel we will gain more credibility from our clients.
Customer support is always there when I need it, even on the weekends. Love the collaboration from bottom to top.
Customer support is always there when I need it, even on the weekends. Love the collaboration from bottom to top.
User friendly and it covers what you need in construction without making things too over complicated.
User friendly and it covers what you need in construction without making things too over complicated.
What I like most about the software is the estimate creation and how it pushes bills to QuickBooks.
What I like most about the software is the estimate creation and how it pushes bills to QuickBooks.
I was very impressed at how easy, intuitive and powerful it was.
Customer service and onboarding has been top notch! By far the best customer service experience we have had with this type of software.
Customer service and onboarding has been top notch! By far the best customer service experience we have had with this type of software.
It’s so easy to use and share with anyone.
Best decision we have made — our team loves Ressio.
We have seen an increase in sales and a decrease in project timelines.
We have seen an increase in sales and a decrease in project timelines.
The great team at Ressio made the transition from our previous software seamless.
The great team at Ressio made the transition from our previous software seamless.
From the software itself, to the hands-on support, it has been a refreshing experience.
From the software itself, to the hands-on support, it has been a refreshing experience.
Using Ressio has been a definite upgrade from our former construction management software.
Using Ressio has been a definite upgrade from our former construction management software.
The team is unbelievable and so responsive to anything that comes up.
The team is unbelievable and so responsive to anything that comes up.
The intuitive design makes navigating Ressio easy.
The estimating, job costing, selections, and budget tools are incredibly well built and simple to use.
The estimating, job costing, selections, and budget tools are incredibly well built and simple to use.
It’s easy to use, even for people who aren’t familiar with construction software.
It’s easy to use, even for people who aren’t familiar with construction software.
We appreciate the workflows from pre-construction to production.
The ease of use and intuitive structure and interface makes switching to Ressio so pleasant.
The ease of use and intuitive structure and interface makes switching to Ressio so pleasant.
Ressio is simple, and my employees took it like ducks to water.
The best feature about Ressio is the ease of utilizing messaging while currently inside another page.
The best feature about Ressio is the ease of utilizing messaging while currently inside another page.
Ressio has been a great resource for us. We heavily utilize the schedule and calendar features, which has bolstered our scheduling accuracy, professionalism, and accessibility.
Ressio has been a great resource for us. We heavily utilize the schedule and calendar features, which has bolstered our scheduling accuracy, professionalism, and accessibility.
It has helped elevate the financial part of our business to where we knew it should be.
It has helped elevate the financial part of our business to where we knew it should be.
User interface is the cleanest and easiest we’ve used.
Ressio is valuable for my business as it consolidates all our processes into a single platform.
Ressio is valuable for my business as it consolidates all our processes into a single platform.
Ease of use. Thoughtful about what builders need.
We found that it is easy to adopt the features that we want and need into our day to day processes.
We found that it is easy to adopt the features that we want and need into our day to day processes.
The ability to keep all job information, including client conversations, vendor estimates, client invoices, vendor billing, etc. in one location.
The ability to keep all job information, including client conversations, vendor estimates, client invoices, vendor billing, etc. in one location.
Ressio is intuitive, modern, and easy to use. It brings estimating, subcontractor bidding, project management, and client communication into one platform.
Ressio is intuitive, modern, and easy to use. It brings estimating, subcontractor bidding, project management, and client communication into one platform.
We needed something easier to use and back to basics. BuilderTrend started to become too much with too many bells and whistles.
We needed something easier to use and back to basics. BuilderTrend started to become too much with too many bells and whistles.
The estimating tool and the ability to produce fast, accurate, professionally organized estimates and proposals.
The estimating tool and the ability to produce fast, accurate, professionally organized estimates and proposals.
I enjoy the depth of detail that can be included into estimates and that almost anything can be turned into a reusable template.
I enjoy the depth of detail that can be included into estimates and that almost anything can be turned into a reusable template.
It helps us deliver on our promise by creating more transparency, smoother workflows, stronger communications, and a more enjoyable building process for our homeowners.
It helps us deliver on our promise by creating more transparency, smoother workflows, stronger communications, and a more enjoyable building process for our homeowners.
The software is simple for both our team and our clients to use. It’s clean, professional, and organized — without all the extra stuff we don’t need.
The software is simple for both our team and our clients to use. It’s clean, professional, and organized — without all the extra stuff we don’t need.
I feel more organized and feel we will gain more credibility from our clients.
I feel more organized and feel we will gain more credibility from our clients.
Customer support is always there when I need it, even on the weekends. Love the collaboration from bottom to top.
Customer support is always there when I need it, even on the weekends. Love the collaboration from bottom to top.
User friendly and it covers what you need in construction without making things too over complicated.
User friendly and it covers what you need in construction without making things too over complicated.
What I like most about the software is the estimate creation and how it pushes bills to QuickBooks.
What I like most about the software is the estimate creation and how it pushes bills to QuickBooks.
I was very impressed at how easy, intuitive and powerful it was.
Customer service and onboarding has been top notch! By far the best customer service experience we have had with this type of software.
Customer service and onboarding has been top notch! By far the best customer service experience we have had with this type of software.
It’s so easy to use and share with anyone.
Best decision we have made — our team loves Ressio.
We have seen an increase in sales and a decrease in project timelines.
We have seen an increase in sales and a decrease in project timelines.
The great team at Ressio made the transition from our previous software seamless.
The great team at Ressio made the transition from our previous software seamless.
From the software itself, to the hands-on support, it has been a refreshing experience.
From the software itself, to the hands-on support, it has been a refreshing experience.
Using Ressio has been a definite upgrade from our former construction management software.
Using Ressio has been a definite upgrade from our former construction management software.
The team is unbelievable and so responsive to anything that comes up.
The team is unbelievable and so responsive to anything that comes up.
The intuitive design makes navigating Ressio easy.
The estimating, job costing, selections, and budget tools are incredibly well built and simple to use.
The estimating, job costing, selections, and budget tools are incredibly well built and simple to use.
It’s easy to use, even for people who aren’t familiar with construction software.
It’s easy to use, even for people who aren’t familiar with construction software.
We appreciate the workflows from pre-construction to production.
The ease of use and intuitive structure and interface makes switching to Ressio so pleasant.
The ease of use and intuitive structure and interface makes switching to Ressio so pleasant.
Ressio is simple, and my employees took it like ducks to water.
The best feature about Ressio is the ease of utilizing messaging while currently inside another page.
The best feature about Ressio is the ease of utilizing messaging while currently inside another page.
Ressio has been a great resource for us. We heavily utilize the schedule and calendar features, which has bolstered our scheduling accuracy, professionalism, and accessibility.
Ressio has been a great resource for us. We heavily utilize the schedule and calendar features, which has bolstered our scheduling accuracy, professionalism, and accessibility.
It has helped elevate the financial part of our business to where we knew it should be.
It has helped elevate the financial part of our business to where we knew it should be.
User interface is the cleanest and easiest we’ve used.
Ressio is valuable for my business as it consolidates all our processes into a single platform.
Ressio is valuable for my business as it consolidates all our processes into a single platform.
Ease of use. Thoughtful about what builders need.
Ressio is intuitive, modern, and easy to use. It brings estimating, subcontractor bidding, project management, and client communication into one platform.
Ressio is intuitive, modern, and easy to use. It brings estimating, subcontractor bidding, project management, and client communication into one platform.
We needed something easier to use and back to basics. BuilderTrend started to become too much with too many bells and whistles.
We needed something easier to use and back to basics. BuilderTrend started to become too much with too many bells and whistles.
The estimating tool and the ability to produce fast, accurate, professionally organized estimates and proposals.
The estimating tool and the ability to produce fast, accurate, professionally organized estimates and proposals.
I enjoy the depth of detail that can be included into estimates and that almost anything can be turned into a reusable template.
I enjoy the depth of detail that can be included into estimates and that almost anything can be turned into a reusable template.
It helps us deliver on our promise by creating more transparency, smoother workflows, stronger communications, and a more enjoyable building process for our homeowners.
It helps us deliver on our promise by creating more transparency, smoother workflows, stronger communications, and a more enjoyable building process for our homeowners.
The software is simple for both our team and our clients to use. It’s clean, professional, and organized — without all the extra stuff we don’t need.
The software is simple for both our team and our clients to use. It’s clean, professional, and organized — without all the extra stuff we don’t need.
I feel more organized and feel we will gain more credibility from our clients.
I feel more organized and feel we will gain more credibility from our clients.
Customer support is always there when I need it, even on the weekends. Love the collaboration from bottom to top.
Customer support is always there when I need it, even on the weekends. Love the collaboration from bottom to top.
User friendly and it covers what you need in construction without making things too over complicated.
User friendly and it covers what you need in construction without making things too over complicated.
What I like most about the software is the estimate creation and how it pushes bills to QuickBooks.
What I like most about the software is the estimate creation and how it pushes bills to QuickBooks.
I was very impressed at how easy, intuitive and powerful it was.
Customer service and onboarding has been top notch! By far the best customer service experience we have had with this type of software.
Customer service and onboarding has been top notch! By far the best customer service experience we have had with this type of software.
It’s so easy to use and share with anyone.
Best decision we have made — our team loves Ressio.
We have seen an increase in sales and a decrease in project timelines.
We have seen an increase in sales and a decrease in project timelines.
The great team at Ressio made the transition from our previous software seamless.
The great team at Ressio made the transition from our previous software seamless.
From the software itself, to the hands-on support, it has been a refreshing experience.
From the software itself, to the hands-on support, it has been a refreshing experience.
Using Ressio has been a definite upgrade from our former construction management software.
Using Ressio has been a definite upgrade from our former construction management software.
The team is unbelievable and so responsive to anything that comes up.
The team is unbelievable and so responsive to anything that comes up.
The intuitive design makes navigating Ressio easy.
The estimating, job costing, selections, and budget tools are incredibly well built and simple to use.
The estimating, job costing, selections, and budget tools are incredibly well built and simple to use.
It’s easy to use, even for people who aren’t familiar with construction software.
It’s easy to use, even for people who aren’t familiar with construction software.
We appreciate the workflows from pre-construction to production.
The ease of use and intuitive structure and interface makes switching to Ressio so pleasant.
The ease of use and intuitive structure and interface makes switching to Ressio so pleasant.
Ressio is simple, and my employees took it like ducks to water.
The best feature about Ressio is the ease of utilizing messaging while currently inside another page.
The best feature about Ressio is the ease of utilizing messaging while currently inside another page.
Ressio has been a great resource for us. We heavily utilize the schedule and calendar features, which has bolstered our scheduling accuracy, professionalism, and accessibility.
Ressio has been a great resource for us. We heavily utilize the schedule and calendar features, which has bolstered our scheduling accuracy, professionalism, and accessibility.
It has helped elevate the financial part of our business to where we knew it should be.
It has helped elevate the financial part of our business to where we knew it should be.
User interface is the cleanest and easiest we’ve used.
Ressio is valuable for my business as it consolidates all our processes into a single platform.
Ressio is valuable for my business as it consolidates all our processes into a single platform.
Ease of use. Thoughtful about what builders need.
We found that it is easy to adopt the features that we want and need into our day to day processes.
We found that it is easy to adopt the features that we want and need into our day to day processes.
The ability to keep all job information, including client conversations, vendor estimates, client invoices, vendor billing, etc. in one location.
The ability to keep all job information, including client conversations, vendor estimates, client invoices, vendor billing, etc. in one location.
Ressio is intuitive, modern, and easy to use. It brings estimating, subcontractor bidding, project management, and client communication into one platform.
Ressio is intuitive, modern, and easy to use. It brings estimating, subcontractor bidding, project management, and client communication into one platform.
We needed something easier to use and back to basics. BuilderTrend started to become too much with too many bells and whistles.
We needed something easier to use and back to basics. BuilderTrend started to become too much with too many bells and whistles.
The estimating tool and the ability to produce fast, accurate, professionally organized estimates and proposals.
The estimating tool and the ability to produce fast, accurate, professionally organized estimates and proposals.
I enjoy the depth of detail that can be included into estimates and that almost anything can be turned into a reusable template.
I enjoy the depth of detail that can be included into estimates and that almost anything can be turned into a reusable template.
It helps us deliver on our promise by creating more transparency, smoother workflows, stronger communications, and a more enjoyable building process for our homeowners.
It helps us deliver on our promise by creating more transparency, smoother workflows, stronger communications, and a more enjoyable building process for our homeowners.
The software is simple for both our team and our clients to use. It’s clean, professional, and organized — without all the extra stuff we don’t need.
The software is simple for both our team and our clients to use. It’s clean, professional, and organized — without all the extra stuff we don’t need.
I feel more organized and feel we will gain more credibility from our clients.
I feel more organized and feel we will gain more credibility from our clients.
Customer support is always there when I need it, even on the weekends. Love the collaboration from bottom to top.
Customer support is always there when I need it, even on the weekends. Love the collaboration from bottom to top.
User friendly and it covers what you need in construction without making things too over complicated.
User friendly and it covers what you need in construction without making things too over complicated.
What I like most about the software is the estimate creation and how it pushes bills to QuickBooks.
What I like most about the software is the estimate creation and how it pushes bills to QuickBooks.
I was very impressed at how easy, intuitive and powerful it was.
Customer service and onboarding has been top notch! By far the best customer service experience we have had with this type of software.
Customer service and onboarding has been top notch! By far the best customer service experience we have had with this type of software.
It’s so easy to use and share with anyone.
Best decision we have made — our team loves Ressio.
We have seen an increase in sales and a decrease in project timelines.
We have seen an increase in sales and a decrease in project timelines.
The great team at Ressio made the transition from our previous software seamless.
The great team at Ressio made the transition from our previous software seamless.
From the software itself, to the hands-on support, it has been a refreshing experience.
From the software itself, to the hands-on support, it has been a refreshing experience.
Using Ressio has been a definite upgrade from our former construction management software.
Using Ressio has been a definite upgrade from our former construction management software.
The team is unbelievable and so responsive to anything that comes up.
The team is unbelievable and so responsive to anything that comes up.
The intuitive design makes navigating Ressio easy.
The estimating, job costing, selections, and budget tools are incredibly well built and simple to use.
The estimating, job costing, selections, and budget tools are incredibly well built and simple to use.
It’s easy to use, even for people who aren’t familiar with construction software.
It’s easy to use, even for people who aren’t familiar with construction software.
We appreciate the workflows from pre-construction to production.
The ease of use and intuitive structure and interface makes switching to Ressio so pleasant.
The ease of use and intuitive structure and interface makes switching to Ressio so pleasant.
Ressio is simple, and my employees took it like ducks to water.
The best feature about Ressio is the ease of utilizing messaging while currently inside another page.
The best feature about Ressio is the ease of utilizing messaging while currently inside another page.
Ressio has been a great resource for us. We heavily utilize the schedule and calendar features, which has bolstered our scheduling accuracy, professionalism, and accessibility.
Ressio has been a great resource for us. We heavily utilize the schedule and calendar features, which has bolstered our scheduling accuracy, professionalism, and accessibility.
It has helped elevate the financial part of our business to where we knew it should be.
It has helped elevate the financial part of our business to where we knew it should be.
User interface is the cleanest and easiest we’ve used.
Ressio is valuable for my business as it consolidates all our processes into a single platform.
Ressio is valuable for my business as it consolidates all our processes into a single platform.
Ease of use. Thoughtful about what builders need.
We found that it is easy to adopt the features that we want and need into our day to day processes.
We found that it is easy to adopt the features that we want and need into our day to day processes.
The ability to keep all job information, including client conversations, vendor estimates, client invoices, vendor billing, etc. in one location.
The ability to keep all job information, including client conversations, vendor estimates, client invoices, vendor billing, etc. in one location.
Frequently asked questions
Ressio estimates are built in a two- or three-tier structure: categories (divisions), cost items, and optional cost details. You enter quantities and unit costs, set markups, and Ressio calculates builder cost and client pricing automatically. Once complete, you create a proposal directly from the estimate and release it via magic link for client approval.
Yes. Cost codes in Ressio connect directly to QuickBooks Online Products & Services. When you sync, your estimate line items map to the correct QBO accounts — no double entry, no manual reconciliation.
Yes. Every project in Ressio automatically becomes a reusable template. You can also build dedicated estimate templates and apply them to new projects in one click. Templates can be customized — add your standard categories, cost items, and pricing, then pull them into any project.
The estimate is your internal cost structure — categories, line items, quantities, markups, and builder costs. The proposal is the client-facing document generated from your estimate. You control what the client sees (quantities, pricing, markups) and customize it with your terms, conditions, and signature line before releasing.
Change orders in Ressio are created directly from the estimate. When a cost item changes after the estimate is locked, Ressio flags it as a pending change. You create a change order from that flagged item, adjust client visibility, and release it for approval — all without leaving the estimate workflow.
Yes. Once your proposal is ready, release it via email. Your client receives a magic link and can approve and sign electronically without needing a Ressio account or login. You can also approve on behalf of a client who has signed a physical copy.
The cost catalog is your library of reusable cost items with predefined descriptions, unit types, and pricing. Start typing in any estimate field and Ressio pulls matching items from your catalog. It speeds up estimating significantly and keeps your pricing consistent across projects.
Yes. Once your proposal is approved, lock the estimate to freeze the original budget. Locking prevents unintended changes and establishes your baseline for tracking actuals. Any cost changes after locking flow through change orders — keeping your budget history clean.
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