From STEP file to priced quote in 60 seconds.
Drop your STEP and the 2D drawing. QuoteForge reads geometry, tolerances, threads and finish notes, prices the whole RFQ — multiple parts included — and hands your customer a branded PDF before lunch.
15 free credits. No credit card required.
Built for job shops, contract machinists, and short-run prototypers.
Three steps. One coffee.
Stop spending an hour per RFQ. QuoteForge does the math; you stay in control of the price.
Upload your STEP
Drag in your STEP — and the 2D drawing PDF if you have one. We pull geometry from the CAD and threads, tolerances, surface finish and notes from the drawing. Multiple parts in one upload, no problem.
AI prices it against your shop
The deterministic engine reads your machines, materials, feeds & speeds, and secondary operations. Setup, cycle time, material, finishing — all priced.
Send a branded quote
PDF with your logo, VAT, bank details, lead time and ship date. Customer accepts (or declines, with feedback) from a one-click link. You see it live.
Built for real machine shops
Built around how a quoter actually reads an RFQ: CAD, drawing, tolerances, finishing, quantity, lead time — all priced against your shop.
STEP + drawing in one drop
Geometry from the STEP, threads, tolerances, surface finish and notes from the 2D PDF. Both files in one upload, one part spec.
Multi-part RFQs in one quote
Whole assembly, one workflow. Each part keeps its own material, tolerances, finish and quantity tiers — totalled into a single branded PDF.
Tolerance-aware pricing
ISO IT grades, ISO 2768 shop defaults, or custom ±mm bands — per part or per feature. Tight tolerances cost more, loose ones don't get over-priced.
Mill, turn, EDM, 5-axis
Pockets, drilled and tapped holes, grooves, threads, turned features, wire and sinker EDM, complex 5-axis — recognised and costed, not lumped into one rate.
DFM checks before you send
Thin walls, tight tolerances on hard features, ambiguous specs — flagged on the quote. If we can't tell, we ask the customer instead of guessing.
Branded PDF, online accept
Your logo, VAT and bank details on the quote. Customer accepts (or declines, with a reason) from a shareable link. Lead time and ship date baked in.
Who QuoteForge is for
If you quote machined parts, you're quoting wrong if you're not using software.
Job shops
5–50 employees, mixed mill/turn work, getting RFQs faster than you can answer. Reply in minutes, not days.
Short-run prototypers
Quantities 1–25, one-off geometry every time. Price consistently without re-deriving from scratch.
Contract machinists
Repeat customers, repeat parts. Clone last year's quote, requote with this year's stock prices, send.
QuoteForge vs the alternatives
You already know spreadsheets don't scale. Here's how the options stack up.
Spreadsheet
- Reads actual STEP geometry
- Reads 2D drawings (threads, tolerances, finish)
- Multi-part RFQs in one quote
- Auto-prices cycles & material
- Multi-quantity tiers
- Branded PDF output
- Online customer acceptance
- DFM warnings
Generic quoting tool
- Reads actual STEP geometry
- Reads 2D drawings (threads, tolerances, finish)
- Multi-part RFQs in one quote
- Auto-prices cycles & material
- Multi-quantity tiers
- Branded PDF output
- Online customer acceptance
- DFM warnings
QuoteForge
- Reads actual STEP geometry
- Reads 2D drawings (threads, tolerances, finish)
- Multi-part RFQs in one quote
- Auto-prices cycles & material
- Multi-quantity tiers
- Branded PDF output
- Online customer acceptance
- DFM warnings
Simple pricing, real numbers
Pay per part you compute — and a simple cut part costs only a quarter of a credit. Buy a credit pack any time. No per-seat extortion.
Starter
- 50 credits/month (≈ up to 200 simple parts)
- All core features
- Branded PDF
- Customer accept online
Growth
- 250 credits/month
- Credit packs available
- Custom branding
Pro
- 1,000 credits/month
- Vendor management
Need more? Credit packs from €99 for 50 extra credits.
How credits work
- You're billed per part you compute — never per quote, never per seat.
- 1 credit = one complex machined part (holes, pockets, threads, curved or turned features). A simple cut part — a plate, profile or bar with no machined features — is only ¼ of a credit, so a 50-credit plan covers up to ~200 simple parts.
- Upload a weldment or assembly and we explode it into its distinct parts and charge once per distinct part. Identical repeated parts count once, and the assembly frame itself is free.
- Your first 15 credits are free — no credit card.
Common questions
Can QuoteForge handle my parts?
If it's a STEP file with mill, turn, EDM or 5-axis geometry, yes. Holes, pockets, threads, grooves, turned features, secondary operations — all priced. Sheet-metal isn't our sweet spot yet; the engine warns you when it sees something it shouldn't quote.
Do I have to include the 2D drawing?
No, but include it if you have one. QuoteForge reads threads, tolerance classes, specific ±mm callouts, surface finish symbols and DfM notes off the PDF and merges them with the CAD geometry. Without the drawing, you fill those in by hand — same form, fewer auto-fills.
How is the price calculated?
Deterministically. Material = bounding box × density × your stock cost. Cycle time = real feeds/speeds against your machine config. Setup amortised across the batch. Plus your margin and overhead. You see every line.
What's a "credit", and how does billing work?
You're billed per part you compute, in credits. A complex machined part is 1 credit; a simple cut part — a plate, profile or bar with no machined features — is only ¼ of a credit. Upload a weldment and we explode it into its distinct parts and charge once per distinct part: identical repeats count once, and the assembly frame itself is free. Your monthly plan allowance and any credit packs are both denominated in these credits.
What if the AI gets it wrong?
It rarely does. The pricing engine has been validated against thousands of real shop quotes and ships with snapshot-tested fixtures, so on standard mill/turn geometry it lands within a tight margin of what an experienced estimator would price. And if you ever want to fine-tune, every input — material grade, cycle time, secondary op cost — is one click away from being overridden, and the quote recalculates instantly.
Will my STEP files train your AI?
No. Files stay in your tenant, encrypted at rest, and are deleted on request. The pricing engine is deterministic — it doesn't learn from your data.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. New accounts get 15 free credits on signup, no credit card needed. If you keep going, monthly billing through Stripe. Cancel from the billing page; no calls, no retention pitches.
Stop quoting in spreadsheets.
Your first quote is faster than reading this page. Try 15 free credits — if it doesn't save you a day in the first week, walk away.
15 free credits. No credit card. Cancel anytime.