AI Quoting & Estimating

Quoting and estimating platform for custom manufacturers that reads 3D CAD, detects features, flags manufacturability issues and applies your own pricing rules.

Price

Custom quote; not published. Vendor says price depends on shop size, RFQ volume, modules, integrations and contract length.

Best for

Established job shops (roughly 10-50+ people) quoting many custom parts per week

Upload CAD, PDFs or drawings (or forward RFQ emails to an inbox) and get DFM risk flags plus an editable draft quote.

Price

Free to try, no credit card required. Paid pricing not published.

Best for

CNC shops that want faster first-pass quotes with machinability checks

Prices milled, turned and sheet-metal parts from the STEP model plus the PDF print, using editable formulas tied to your own machines and rates.

Price

$199/month for the whole shop, unlimited users. 14-day free trial, no card, no contract.

Best for

Small machine shops (1-20 people) that want transparent, formula-based quoting

Reads geometry from STEP/IGES or drawings, checks the part against your machines, and prices it on your rates, with an approval gate before anything reaches the customer.

Price

From €119/month (Start, up to 100 quotes) or €5 per quote pay-as-you-go; Pro €219/month; prices net of VAT. 14-day trial.

Best for

Small shops that want an instant-quote widget on their own website

Quoting plus production software for contract manufacturers: CAD in, rule-based draft quote out, with routing and shop-floor modules on higher tiers.

Price

Startup $330/month; Pro $880/month; Factory Floor custom. One-year initial term.

Best for

Mixed-process shops (CNC + 3D printing + molding)

Connects to your RFQ inbox, opens the CAD, drawing and BOM in each request, drafts the estimate and lets you reply on the same email thread.

Price

Starts at $195/month (1-2 employee shops); vendor says most shops pay $195-$495/month depending on headcount and ITAR. Month-to-month, free 1-week trial.

Best for

US machine and fab shops under 100 people drowning in emailed RFQs

General quote-to-cash assistant for trades: picks up requests from Gmail/Outlook, reads STEP files, drafts a priced quote from your history, and books invoices in QuickBooks or Xero.

Price

Free (3 AI quotes/month); Solo $14.99/mo; Business $49/mo; Pro $99/mo (unlimited).

Best for

Very small shops (1-5 people) that want cheap quoting plus invoicing

Watches estimators' inboxes, turns RFQs with prints into drafts, extracts BOMs, and matches each line against your past won quotes.

Price

From $399/month for solo shops.

Best for

Fabrication and job shops with a large library of past quotes

AI part analysis (DFM, cycle-time and cost estimates) plus toolpath generation inside Autodesk Fusion; also sold as an API.

Price

API plans: Free (100 DFM analyses + 10 estimates/month), Core $400/mo, higher tier $1,500/mo. Shop-app pricing beyond free tools: unknown.

Best for

Fusion-based shops wanting estimating and CAM help in one place

Browser-based AI that reads 2D PDF drawings, places balloons and fills AS9102 Form 3 with dimensions, tolerances and GD&T for human review.

Price

First drawing free, no signup; then per-drawing pricing (amount not published).

Best for

Small aerospace shops doing occasional AS9102 FAIs