Why contractors choose LaraKeyEstimate faster. Price with confidence. Protect your margin.
Build estimates from reusable templates. Each line has a quantity and unit, with labor, materials, subs and other costs per unit. One markup on direct costs shows the client price and your gross margin live, and LaraKey warns you when margin drops below what your overhead and profit need.
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Why estimating with LaraKey is different.
Start from a template, not a blank page
Bathroom renovation, kitchen remodel, basement finish and deck build come ready with items, inclusions, exclusions, a payment schedule and a duration. Save any estimate as a template, or merge another template’s scope into one.
- Four starter templates
- “Save as template” from any estimate
- “Add scope template” to combine scopes
- Labor & materials, or labor only
Every cost, priced properly
Quantity and unit (job, sq ft, ln ft, each, hour, day, room, lump sum), with labor, materials, subs and other per unit. Say who supplies materials, and write the client-facing description right on the line.
- Per-unit labor, materials, subs and other
- Materials supplied by: us, the client, or none needed
- Markup on direct costs, with client price and gross margin
- Internal notes that never reach the client
A review before anything goes out
The Review tab checks the estimate before you send it, with one-click fixes where it can.
- Every item described for the client
- Material responsibility and exclusions clear
- Allowances stated, payment schedule = 100%, duration set
- “Often missed”: permits, dumpster, protection, final clean, contingency
Margin you can trust
Set your target overhead and profit once in Settings. LaraKey works out the markup you need, warns when an estimate falls short, and explains the classic “10 and 10” mistake.
- Margin flagged below overhead % + profit %
- Recommended markup worked out for you
- Accepted estimate becomes the job budget
Connected to the rest of the job.
Packed with features contractors love
Estimating is included. So is everything else.
LaraKey
Includes 3 users. $15/month for each extra user.
Or $790/year when you pay yearly: 2 months free.
- 14-day free trial, no card required
- Every feature included, no upgrades or tiers
- Unlimited clients, leads, jobs, photos and documents
- Clients and subs never need a login, so they never cost a seat
- No setup fees, no contract: month to month
Calculate your price
Only active team members count. Invited and deactivated people don’t.
Estimating: common questions
Can I use my own templates?
Yes. Edit the starters, build new ones, or save any estimate as a template.
Does it calculate material quantities?
Yes. Takeoffs can add their material lines straight to a draft estimate and update them later without touching labor you added.
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