BidTorch is quoting, job and invoicing software for deck builders, priced flat per company from $89/mo for 2 seats up to $249/mo for 10, with no per-seat fees, AI follow-up included. One deck carries three unit types at once — framing by the square foot, rail by the linear foot, footings per each — so the whole build prices in one quote. The decking line is where the upsell lives, and composite boards get ordered on the signed deposit.
A deck quote is really three quotes in one: the floor by the square foot, the railing by the foot, the stairs and footings per each. BidTorch adds them up in AREA mode from a single measurement, then swaps just the decking line — pressure-treated, composite, cedar — so the homeowner picks their board on one branded link and signs with a deposit from their phone. On a composite job, that deposit lands before you special-order the boards.
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In AREA mode the deck floor is a measured line carrying its square footage and your sell-per-sqft rate, so a 16×20 prices itself as area × your rate. Railing rides as a per-foot line, stairs and footings as per-each — one quote adds all three up, margin visible to you and one clean number to the homeowner. Show or hide the sqft detail on the customer-facing quote per job.
Same footprint, three boards: pressure-treated, composite, cedar. Hold every other line constant and swing only the decking's sell-per-sqft rate, so the homeowner weighs real boards side by side on one branded link and a composite or cedar upgrade is one tap, not a re-quote. Multi-tier decks routinely pull buyers up a grade.
E-signature and a Stripe deposit sit on the same quote link, tracked end-to-end and auto-credited against the first invoice. So the special-order composite or cedar goes on the supplier's truck with the homeowner's money already down — not floated on your own card until the final walkthrough.
Auger down and hit rock, an old slab or soft clay — or the inspector wants the footings deeper for frost. Send a customer-approved change order for the added depth, the extra footing or the spoil haul-off; the homeowner approves it from their phone and it bills into the invoice automatically, so the crew keeps digging on an authorized number.
A 16×20 deck off the back door — about 320 sqft — with railing around the open sides and a short stair run down to grade. You measure it once: the floor prices by the sqft, the railing by the foot, the stairs and footings per each. Then you send it three ways on the boards, everything but the decking held constant:
Pressure-treated — 320 sqft at your PT sell-per-sqft, 44 ft of PT railing by the foot, one 4-step stair set and 9 footings per each. The everyday build, priced straight off the one measurement.
Composite — the same 320 sqft footprint, the decking line swapped to your composite sell-per-sqft with a matching composite railing by the foot. Same stairs, same footings, boards the homeowner never has to re-stain.
Western red cedar — 320 sqft at your cedar rate, cedar railing by the foot, the same stairs and footings, every line carrying your real cost and markup with margin visible to you.
The homeowner opens one branded link and sees the same deck three ways, with the only number moving being the decking — so the composite-vs-cedar call is theirs to make on their phone. They sign, put the deposit down, and it credits against the first invoice while the special-order boards go on order. Hit rock or soft clay in a footing hole and the added-depth change order is approved before the crew keeps digging. And if the quote sits quiet for three days, the AI drafts a follow-up from that quote's own facts — which decking, how many days out — for you to approve and send.
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Estimate a deck job the way it actually prices: the floor by the square foot, railing by the foot, stairs and footings per each. Free calculator, plus the three-option pressure-treated / cedar / composite bid it produces.
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Solo $89/mo (2 seats) · Team $149/mo (5 seats) · Crew $249/mo (10 seats). No per-seat fees, ever — and AI quote drafting plus AI follow-ups ship on every plan, not as add-ons. Why we price flat →
Yes — natively, in AREA mode. The deck floor is a measured line carrying square footage and a sell-per-sqft rate, so it prices itself as area × your rate, while railing rides as a per-foot line and stairs and footings sit as per-each lines. One quote totals all three, and you can show or hide the sqft detail on the customer-facing quote per job.
Yes. Quotes are multi-option — good/better/best or any labels you like — presented side by side on one branded link. You hold the deck footprint constant and swing only the decking's sell-per-sqft rate by material, so the homeowner picks their board, signs, and pays a deposit in the same sitting.
Send a customer-approved change order for the added depth, the extra footing or the spoil haul-off from your catalog. It goes out on its own link the homeowner approves from their phone, and once approved it bills into the invoice automatically — so the added dig work is documented and paid, not argued over at the end. Meanwhile the signing deposit is already funding your board order.
Flat plans, no per-seat fees: Solo $89/mo (2 seats), Team $149 (5), Crew $249 (10), AI drafting and follow-ups included. 14-day free trial, no credit card.
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