Tile Contractor Estimating Software

Scan the room with your iPhone's LiDAR. Get accurate square footage for every surface — walls, floors, niches, benches. Build an AI-powered tile estimate with waste factor, substrate, waterproofing, and labor. Send the proposal before you leave the driveway. One app. One workflow. Transparent per-seat pricing — no hidden fees.

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If you're a tile contractor looking for estimating software that actually fits the way you work, most options fall short. General contractor estimating apps weren't designed for the per-surface, per-square-foot complexity of a tile bid. TradePilot is a tile estimating software built specifically for tile work — combining LiDAR room scanning, AI-powered estimating with waste factor, waterproofing line items, and invoicing in a single mobile-first app.

Why Most Estimating Software Fails Tile Contractors

Tile estimating is unlike any other trade. A single shower job can have 6+ separate square footage calculations — wall 1, wall 2, wall 3, the floor, the niche, the bench, the curb, and an accent strip — and each one needs its own waste factor (typically 10-15%) plus substrate, waterproofing, grout, and trim. Miss a surface or fudge the numbers and you're either eating cost or losing the bid.

Most estimating tools treat a tile job the same as a faucet swap — a blank form where you type in line items one by one. They don't understand that tile is per-surface, per-square-foot. They don't know what Kerdi, RedGard, or Hydro Ban are. They don't auto-apply waste factor. You end up doing the math in your head or in a spreadsheet, then retyping it into the estimating tool. Mismeasure by 5% on a $4K shower and you're working for free on the last day.

That's exactly what TradePilot was built to fix.

How Tile Contractors Estimate Jobs With TradePilot

Scan the room with FieldScan

Walk into the bathroom or kitchen, open FieldScan, and slowly pan your iPhone around the room. LiDAR captures every wall, the floor, the ceiling, the door, the window, and any niches or benches — all in about 30 seconds. No tape measure. No notepad. No return trip because you forgot to measure the curb.

Get per-surface square footage automatically

FieldScan calculates the area of every surface separately — each wall, the floor, the ceiling, the niche, the bench. No more doing math on the back of a business card. Each surface is a discrete number you can plug into the estimate, with waste factor applied automatically.

Identify the tile zones

Mark which surfaces get tiled, what kind of tile goes where (12x24 porcelain on the walls, mosaic in the niche, herringbone on the floor), and what waterproofing system you're using (Schluter Kerdi, RedGard, Hydro Ban). Show the homeowner exactly what their finished shower will look like right there on your phone screen.

Generate an AI estimate

Tell Pilot AI what the project is — "tile shower with Kerdi waterproofing system, 12x24 porcelain walls, mosaic niche, herringbone floor, schluter trim." The AI generates a detailed estimate using your scanned dimensions, waste factor, substrate, waterproofing, grout, trim, and labor at YOUR rate. Every line item, every material, every phase.

Send the proposal with the floor plan

Review the estimate, adjust anything, and send a professional proposal with the floor plan attached. The client sees exactly which surfaces are being tiled, what materials are spec'd, and what they're paying for — all before you leave their driveway.

From Walk-Through to Tile Estimate in 15 Minutes

Scan the room. Build the estimate. Send the proposal. All from your iPhone. That's the TradePilot workflow for tile contractors.

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Tile Estimating Features in TradePilot

LiDAR room scanning (FieldScan) — Capture per-surface square footage in 30 seconds. Each wall, the floor, the ceiling, the niche, the bench — all calculated separately. Accurate to ±½ inch.
Waste factor calculation — Configurable 10-15% (or whatever your shop standard is) applied automatically to every tile surface. No more eyeballing it.
Per-surface pricing — Walls, floor, ceiling, niche, bench, curb, and accent strips all priced separately. Different tile, different labor rate, different markup — all handled.
Waterproofing line items — Schluter Kerdi, RedGard, Hydro Ban, and other waterproofing systems available as discrete line items with their own coverage rates and pricing.
Substrate calculation — Cement board (HardieBacker, Durock), foam board (Kerdi-Board, Wedi), or mud bed — calculated by area with material and labor.
AI estimating (Pilot AI) — Generate detailed tile estimates from a project description and scanned dimensions. Labor, materials, markup — all using your rates, not national averages.
Editable post-scan measurements — LiDAR isn't perfect. Edit any dimension after the scan so your estimate is based on the right numbers.
PDF floor plan export with tile zones marked — Attach a clean, dimensioned floor plan showing which surfaces are being tiled. Separates your bid from the contractor who sent a paragraph in an email.
Rate calculator — Figure out what you should charge per hour for tile labor based on your actual overhead, costs, and profit target. Stop guessing.
Invoicing — Convert the accepted estimate to an invoice with one tap. Same line items, same pricing.
Scheduling — Book the job, manage your calendar, and keep the client informed.
Transparent per-seat pricing — no hidden fees — Starting at $29/month founder pricing.

Why LiDAR Is the Best Way to Measure a Tile Job

Tile is one of the trades where measurement accuracy matters most. Every wall is its own square footage calculation. The floor is another. The niche is another. The bench is another. Get any of them wrong by a few percent and your material order is off, your waste factor doesn't cover the shortage, and you're either making a return trip to the supply house or eating the cost.

Manual measurement makes this even harder. You're up on a ladder with a tape measure, calling out numbers to yourself, jotting them down on a notepad, then trying to remember which number went with which surface. By the time you sit down to build the estimate, you've got a page of numbers and no clear picture of which one is the back wall versus the side wall.

LiDAR captures everything at once and labels every surface for you. You can verify any dimension on screen before you build the estimate — no more "wait, was the niche 12x14 or 14x12?" moments at 11pm trying to send a quote.

What TradePilot Replaces in Your Workflow

Most tile contractors are currently using some combination of:

Tape measure + notepad for measurements
A separate app for floor plans (magicplan, RoomScan)
A spreadsheet for waste factor and material calcs
An estimating tool or pen and paper for pricing
QuickBooks or FreshBooks for invoicing
Google Calendar for scheduling
Notes app for client info

That's seven tools. Seven logins. Seven places where data gets lost, retyped, or forgotten. TradePilot replaces all of them with one app that connects scanning to estimating to invoicing to scheduling. One workflow. One source of truth.

Best Estimating Software for Tile Contractors

Most contractor estimating software treats every job the same — a blank form where you add line items. That works for a faucet swap. It doesn't work for a $6K master shower with Kerdi waterproofing, six different surfaces of tile, a niche, a bench, and frameless glass.

Tile contractors need estimating software that understands the work. That means accurate per-surface measurements (not guesses from a tape), waste factor applied automatically, waterproofing systems as distinct line items, substrate calculated by area, and AI that generates detailed line items for demo, framing prep, substrate, waterproofing, tile by surface, grout, trim, and labor — not just "tile shower: $X."

TradePilot is the only estimating app that combines LiDAR room scanning with tile-aware AI estimating. The scan captures every surface. The AI builds the estimate with waste factor and waterproofing. The estimate becomes the proposal. No other tool connects these steps in a single app at $29/month.

Who TradePilot Is Built For

TradePilot works for any contractor who does tile work, including:

Full-service tile contractors — shower tile, floor tile, backsplash, accent walls, custom mosaics
Bathroom remodelers doing their own tile — full bath renovations where tile is the main scope
General contractors managing tile subs — scan the space, build the estimate, coordinate the trade
Handymen doing smaller tile jobs — kitchen backsplashes, single-wall accents, tile repairs

Why TradePilot vs. Other Tools

vs. Handoff ($149/mo) — Handoff has AI estimating but no LiDAR scanning, no per-surface square footage, and no waste factor automation. You still need a tape measure and a spreadsheet to do the math. Full comparison →
vs. Jobber ($49-169/mo) — Jobber is built for recurring service businesses, not project-based tile work. No AI estimating, no LiDAR, no waste factor. Per-user fees add up fast. Full comparison →
vs. RoomScan LiDAR — RoomScan makes great floor plans but has zero estimating, invoicing, or scheduling. The scan is a dead end — you still have to build the bid somewhere else. Full comparison →
vs. magicplan ($50/mo) — Same problem as RoomScan. Good scanning, no business management. Your floor plan doesn't connect to your estimate.

See all features on our Features page or check Pricing.

One App for Your Entire Tile Contracting Business

LiDAR scanning, AI estimating with waste factor, per-surface square footage, waterproofing line items, invoicing, scheduling, and CRM — all in a native iOS app. Transparent per-seat pricing — no hidden fees. Starting at $29/mo.