Client approval
Share a link and your client approves the quote with a signature, from any browser and with no account. You get a certificate of the approval.
Learn more: Client approvalConstruction estimates as a branded PDF and in Excel
Your client gets the quote without your margin, and you take the full breakdown into Excel.
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No credit card • Free forever • Your margin stays off the PDF
Brand color
How does Obrarum export a construction estimate to PDF and Excel?
Set your brand
Pick the color, typeface and terms of your PDF and watch it change instantly, so every estimate looks like your company.
Choose what your client sees
Decide which columns and totals appear on the PDF, so your client gets the level of detail you want.
Download the PDF
The PDF shows your client only the final prices, with no internal costs or margin, so what you make stays with you.
Download the Excel
It is for you, with formulas that recalculate the totals when you change a quantity or a margin, so you work your numbers without redoing anything.
What do the PDF and Excel of a construction estimate include?
- Put your logo, your color and your terms and conditions on the PDF.
- Choose what your client sees on the PDF, like quantities, chapter subtotals or taxes.
- The Excel has the internal price, margin and client price of every item, with formulas.
Which plans include it?
The branded PDF and the Excel export are on the Pro and Business plans.
Free
Excel export
- Not included: Excel export
Custom PDF
- Included: PDF export (watermarked)
- Included: Custom terms and conditions
Pro
Excel export
- Included: Excel export
Custom PDF
- Included: PDF export with your logo, colors and fonts, no watermark
- Included: Custom terms and conditions
Business
Excel export
- Included: Excel export
Custom PDF
- Included: PDF export with your logo, colors and fonts, no watermark
- Included: Custom terms and conditions
Frequently asked questions
Can I get my construction estimate in PDF and Excel?
Yes: a PDF for your client and an Excel for you is the useful pair. In Obrarum you download the same estimate in both formats, and the PDF doesn't carry your margin.
Can I put my logo and colors on a construction estimate PDF?
Yes: a PDF with your brand looks like it comes from your company. In Obrarum you add your logo, choose your color and typeface, and write your terms and conditions.
What does my client see in a construction quote PDF?
Only what you decide to show; your margin doesn't have to be there. In Obrarum your client sees final prices, and you choose whether quantities, units, unit prices, chapter subtotals and taxes appear.
Does a construction estimate in Excel have formulas?
It depends on the software: with formulas the totals recalculate themselves; with fixed values they don't. Obrarum's Excel has formulas in totals, subtotals and adjustments, with the internal price, margin and client price of every item. It's for you, not your client.
Is there free software to export construction estimates to PDF and Excel?
Yes, some software has a free plan. Obrarum has a Free plan that never expires and needs no card, with PDF export; the branded PDF and the Excel export are on the Pro and Business plans.
More for your estimates
Estimate calculator
Build the estimate in chapters and items. You see how much you make on each one, and your client gets the final price.
Learn more: Estimate calculatorItem library
Reuse the items you trust in every estimate.
Learn more: Item libraryEstimate versions
When your client asks about a price, you find the exact version they have.
Learn more: Estimate versionsInternal approval
Your team builds the estimate and you check prices and margins before your client sees it.
Learn more: Internal approvalOne estimate, ready for your client and for you
Set your brand, download the PDF and take the Excel. You decide what your client sees.
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