Why contractors choose LaraKeyKnow if a job is making money while you can still fix it.
The accepted estimate becomes the job’s budget by category. Crew time, approved expenses, material orders and sub payments flow in as costs. Add a cost-to-finish estimate and LaraKey shows the projected final cost and profit for every job.
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Why budgets & job costing with LaraKey is different.
Contract and cost budget, kept apart
Original contract plus approved change orders gives the revised contract. Projected cost against it gives projected profit and margin.
- Original contract, approved change orders, revised contract
- Projected cost and profit %
- Contract locks once invoicing starts
Forecast, not just history
By category (labor, materials, subs, equipment, other): original budget, change orders, budget, spent, cost to finish, projected final and over or under budget.
- “Update cost to finish” per category
- Over budget with no forecast? LaraKey warns you
- Profit shown as “Up to” until the forecast is complete
Costs that record themselves
One cost ledger combines approved expenses, crew time (paid or unpaid) and material orders, with sub payments marked. Nothing is counted twice.
- Labor from timesheets, instantly
- Material orders when marked ordered
- Sub payments as subcontractor costs
Connected to the rest of the job.
Packed with features contractors love
Budgets & Job Costing 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
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Only active team members count. Invited and deactivated people don’t.
Budgets & Job Costing: common questions
Do I have to enter labor costs by hand?
No. Each day or hour logged becomes a labor cost on the job right away, at that person’s rate, marked unpaid until you pay it.
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