Free tool · Quotes
Send a quote that wins the job
Price the work line by line, pick the province, and download a tidy PDF you can send today. The GST or HST and the total are worked out for you.
Your business
PNG or JPG. It sits at the top of every document you make, and stays on this device.
Leave this blank if you are not registered yet.
Customer Details
Document details
Use whatever numbering you already use. We fill in the next one next time.
Discount or deposit
Good spot for how you want to be paid, or what the price does not cover. Clear the field and the section is left off the document.
Line items
Preview
This is the page your customer gets. It updates as you type.
This tool works out GST and HST, and adds PST, RST, or QST as a separate line when you ask it to. It is a document builder, not tax advice. Not sure what tax to charge? Work it out first in the GST/HST calculator. GST and HST rates come from the Canada Revenue Agency.
What a quote needs to win work
A quote is a sales document. The customer is comparing you with two other people, so make yours the easiest one to say yes to.
A price broken into lines
One number for the whole job makes a customer wonder what they are paying for. Lines they recognise — prep, materials, labour, disposal — let them see the value instead of guessing at it.
A date the price expires
Say how long the price holds. Material costs move, and a quote with no end date can come back at you months later at a price that no longer works.
What the price does not cover
The notes field is the cheapest insurance you have. Spell out what is excluded — permits, unseen rot, moving furniture — before the work starts, not after.
The tax shown on its own line
Show the amount and the tax separately, with the rate you charged. The rate follows where the work is done, not where your business is registered. Where HST applies, show the one combined rate.
A deposit you ask for up front
If you want money before you start, say so on the quote. Put the amount in the deposit field and the balance owing is worked out for the customer.
Your own numbering run
Keep quotes on their own run, like QUO-1001, separate from your invoices. A quote and an invoice sharing a number is how a customer ends up paying the wrong one.
Questions about quoting
Yes. No account, no email, and no limit on how many you make.
In everyday use a quote is a firm price you intend to stand behind, and an estimate is your best guess that may move once the work opens up. Whichever you are sending, say so in the notes and give the price an end date, so nobody is surprised later.
Thirty days is common, and shorter is sensible when material prices are moving. Put the date in the "Valid until" field so it prints on the page rather than living in your head.
If you are registered, yes. A customer comparing three quotes wants to know the number they will actually pay, and a price that quietly excludes tax reads as the cheapest right up until the invoice lands.
Yes, in the four provinces that charge one. Pick British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, or Quebec and a tick box appears for the provincial tax, which then prints on its own line beside the GST. It is off until you tick it, because in most of those provinces the tax lands on materials and not on labour, and which side your job falls on depends on the trade. A customer comparing quotes wants the number they will actually pay.
Your business details, your province, your notes, and the next quote number, all kept on your own device. Customer details and line items start blank, because the next job is a different job. Clearing your browser data or using a private window resets it.
Not from this tool — the invoice generator is a separate page you fill in yourself. StrikeHoney does carry it through: the quote a customer accepts becomes the job, and the job becomes the invoice, without you typing the same lines twice.
Quote it once, not three times
StrikeHoney turns an accepted quote into the job and the job into the invoice, with the right GST or HST on both. No retyping, no missed follow-up.