Describe the job. Pilot AI builds the line-item estimate from your price book and your real labor rate — not national averages you'd spend an hour correcting. Then it carries through to proposal, e-signature, and invoice in the same app.
AI estimating isn't magic — it's the tedious part of quoting handled for you, with your judgment kept where it belongs.
Describe the project in plain language and Pilot AI generates the labor and material line items — including the ones that get forgotten, like demo, disposal, and trim.
Every line uses your price book and the labor rate from your Rate Calculator. The estimate that comes back is one you can stand behind without rebuilding it.
Add lines, cut lines, adjust quantities and pricing. The AI drafts; you decide. Nothing goes to a customer until you say so.
Scan the room with FieldScan (LiDAR) for accurate dimensions, or enter measurements yourself. Either way, the numbers feed the estimate — no transcribing from a notepad.
Tell Pilot AI what the project is, the way you'd tell another contractor — "full hall bath remodel, tile shower, new vanity and toilet, standard finishes." No forms, no dropdowns.
Pilot AI returns a line-item estimate priced from your price book and your rate. Check it, adjust it, add what only you would know about this job.
The estimate becomes a professional proposal the customer can approve with an e-signature. Accepted estimates convert to invoices with one tap — same line items, no retyping.
Most AI estimating tools price from national averages and scraped material data — an estimate that's close, but not yours, and needs correcting every time. Pilot AI is grounded in your business: a price book you build out and edit, and a labor rate calculated from your actual overhead and income goals.
TradePilot is built for project-based residential work — remodels, repairs, and improvements — not dispatch-and-route service businesses.
We keep honest, side-by-side comparisons of TradePilot against the other tools — pricing, LiDAR scanning, and who each one actually fits.
AI estimating software turns a plain-language job description into a line-item estimate. Instead of building a quote row by row in a spreadsheet, you describe the project — the tool generates the labor and material line items, applies pricing, and produces a document you can send. The better tools price from your own labor rate and price book rather than national averages.
No — and it shouldn't. AI estimating speeds up the tedious part: building the line-item list and doing the math. Scope decisions, site conditions, and final pricing calls stay with you. In TradePilot, every line item in a Pilot AI estimate is editable before anything gets sent.
Your prices. Pilot AI builds estimates from your own price book — which you can edit and add to — and your labor rate from the built-in Rate Calculator, which works out what you should charge based on your overhead, income goal, and billable hours. The estimate that comes back reflects how you price work.
It ranges widely. Established AI estimating tools like Handoff start around $149/mo. Field-service platforms without AI estimating, like Jobber and Housecall Pro, start at $49–$59/mo before add-ons. TradePilot starts at $59/mo with no contract — $29/mo early access pricing for the first 100 members — and includes AI estimating, LiDAR room scanning, invoicing, and scheduling. For the full landscape, see our comparison of the best AI estimating software.
TradePilot launches Summer 2026 on iPhone and web. Joining the waitlist locks in early access pricing at $29/mo for the first 100 members.