Walk the property line, speak the job details into your phone, and FastEstimateMaker builds a professional client portal estimate - with a PDF backup - before you're back at the truck. Wood, vinyl, chain link, ornamental - our AI knows fencing.
No credit card required. Built for fence contractors.
You walked the lot, counted the corners, measured the gates, and talked through materials with the homeowner. You know exactly what this job costs. But now you're sitting in the truck trying to put it all into a template that doesn't quite fit. Meanwhile, the neighbor three doors down is also getting quotes. The contractor who gets their estimate in first usually gets the job.
FastEstimateMaker lets you build and send a professional fencing estimate while you're still on site.
No laptop. No office. Just your phone and your voice.
Measure the run, count corners and gates. Note the material - cedar, vinyl, chain link, ornamental.
"180 linear feet of 6-foot cedar privacy fence, two 4-foot gates, remove existing chain link." AI formats the line items with your pricing.
Review and tap send. The homeowner gets a branded client portal link via text - before you leave the driveway.
The homeowner reviews and accepts digitally. You get a notification. Convert to invoice with one tap. Or share your booking link and let them pick a time for the site visit - it lands on your Google Calendar automatically.
FastEstimateMaker's AI understands fencing-specific terminology and pricing structures. It knows linear footage, post spacing, gate counts, material types (cedar, pressure-treated, vinyl, chain link, aluminum, wrought iron), tear-out and haul-away, and the difference between a 4-foot residential privacy fence and a 6-foot commercial security fence.
Speak or type something like: "180 linear feet of 6-foot cedar privacy fence, two 4-foot gates, remove existing chain link, haul away debris" - and the AI breaks it into accurate line items with quantities and pricing from your catalog. No more blank-page estimates. No more forgetting the gate hardware or the post hole digging.
Fencing estimates happen on site. You're walking the property, the homeowner is right there, and they want to know what it's going to cost. That's your window to close.
With FastEstimateMaker, you can create and send the estimate from your phone in the time it takes to walk back to your truck. Voice input means you don't need to type - just speak the specs and let AI do the formatting. Text the estimate link to the homeowner's phone right there. They tap it, see a branded professional estimate with your logo and line items, and can accept on the spot.
Every fence contractor knows the pattern: slow winter, then March hits and suddenly you've got 15 inquiries in a week. That's when leads slip through the cracks - not because you don't want the work, but because you can't keep up with the quoting.
FastEstimateMaker's CRM catches every estimate you create and tracks it through your pipeline. Filter by status - sent, viewed, followed up, accepted - so you always know which leads need attention. Urgency flags highlight quotes that have been sitting too long. Combined with automated follow-ups, you can handle peak season volume without hiring an office person.
When a homeowner accepts your fence estimate, convert it to a branded invoice with one tap. Same line items, same pricing, same client info - nothing to re-enter. Send it by email or text, and your client can pay online through Stripe or Square directly from the invoice page.
If you've connected QuickBooks or Wave, the invoice syncs to your accounting software automatically. No double-entry.
You do not have to wait for the last post to be set to see any money either. Set a deposit as a term of the estimate - a flat amount or a percentage of the job - and it prints on the quote the homeowner reads before agreeing to anything. When they sign, they are prompted to pay it through your own Stripe, PayPal, Square, or Venmo, so the cedar and the post concrete are covered before you buy them. Split the rest into progress and final payments on the same schedule. Included in the $29.99 Solo plan.
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Fencing is a neighborhood business. When one homeowner puts up a new fence, the neighbors notice. FastEstimateMaker's canvassing mode lets you work a neighborhood systematically - log every door you knock, mark who was interested, who wasn't home, and who got a flyer.
After a storm or during spring push, use the map view to plan canvassing routes by geography. Every interaction is logged and every interested lead can get an on-the-spot estimate. Text them your booking link right from the canvass popup - they pick a time, and the appointment is in your pipeline.
Draw sales territories on the map and every pin dropped inside a boundary is stamped with it automatically, so two crews never work the same street and you can compare which subdivisions actually convert. Then let the weather tell you where to go: when NOAA logs hail, high wind, or a tornado inside a boundary you drew, a same-day storm alert names the territory that got hit, how many doors you have mapped inside it, and how many of those are still marked Not contacted. Blown-down fence is replacement work, and you want to be the first bid on that street. Canvassing, sales territories, and storm alerts are on the Canvass plan at $59.99 per month, plus $19.99 per month for each sales rep.
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A fence bid is mostly material, and cedar, pressure-treated pine, vinyl, and post concrete do not hold still. Turn on live material pricing and your draft comes back with current local prices for the job's ZIP code, your markup already applied - so a board price that moved since your last job comes out of the customer's total instead of your margin.
Your own Price Book still wins wherever you have set a number - 6ft cedar panel per linear foot, 4x4 post, gate hardware, concrete per hole - so your standard work stays priced your way and only the volatile material lines get refreshed. Part of the $29.99 Solo plan.
"Spring hit and I had 20 fence inquiries in one week. Normally I'd lose half of them just because I couldn't quote fast enough. With FastEstimateMaker I quoted every single one on-site and closed 12 of them."
- Brandon M., B&M Fencing, Denver COYes. Our AI is trained on fencing terminology - linear footage, post types, gate configurations, material grades (cedar, vinyl, chain link, ornamental iron), tear-out, and more. It breaks your spoken or typed description into accurate line items.
Yes. The pricing catalog lets you save your go-to line items - 6ft cedar panel per linear foot, 4x4 post, gate hardware, concrete per hole, etc. Browse or search your catalog and add items to any estimate in a tap so your pricing is always consistent.
Absolutely. FastEstimateMaker is mobile-first. Speak the job details, review the estimate, and text it to the homeowner - all from your phone while you're still on site.
You get a notification immediately. The lead status updates in your CRM. You can convert the accepted estimate to an invoice with one tap and send it by email or text.
Yes. Attach your own contract template to the estimate - property line language, HOA approval, phased work, whatever your jobs need - and the customer signs it on their phone. The signature is stored with the signer's name, timestamp, IP address, and a signing certificate, and both of you get a copy by email. Contracts and e-signature are part of the $29.99 Solo plan.
$29.99/month for the Solo plan - AI estimates, CRM, follow-ups, invoicing, and accounting sync, with no per-estimate fees. Door-to-door canvassing, sales territories, and storm alerts are on the Canvass plan at $59.99/month. 14-day free trial, no credit card required. Seasonal business? Switch to a $5/month Off-Season plan in your slow months - your customer list and booking page stay live, and you resume in one tap.
Not sure what to charge? See our 2026 fence installation pricing guide for current rates, job benchmarks, and a free pricing calculator, or print the free fence price list PDF and keep it in the truck.
Every hour you spend writing estimates is an hour you're not building fences. FastEstimateMaker gets the estimate done in 60 seconds so you can get back to the work that pays.
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