Foreline

For siding, roofing, gutter and window contractors

We build automated systems for exterior contractors.

An Estimator that turns a Hover report into a priced estimate in seconds, from your own price sheet. An AI receptionist that answers 24/7 and books the appointment. Follow-up that keeps estimates from going quiet. We set it up. You run the jobs.

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Works with Hover and JobNimbus today. Send us one report from another measurement service and we'll test it before you pay.

Estimator Real siding job
Input
Hover measurement report
Read in
4.9 s
Priced from
The contractor's own price sheet
Estimate
$29,611
  • Branded PDF
  • Cost, margin, profit per line
  • One click from Hover

How it works

Report in. Estimate out. Sent.

Three steps. The middle one takes seconds.

seconds seconds
  1. 01

    Hover report in

    Open the job in Hover or the contact in JobNimbus and hit Send to estimator. No Hover? Send us one report from another measurement service and we'll test it before you pay.

  2. 02

    Priced estimate out

    Seconds later, every line is priced from your own price sheet and templates. You see cost, margin and profit per line. The customer sees a clean, branded PDF.

  3. 03

    Sent to the customer and your CRM

    Look it over. Every number traces back to a line on the report. Send it, and it lands with the customer and in the CRM without retyping a thing.

Numbers we can back up

  • Speed 4.9 s A real siding job, read and priced: a $29,611 estimate.
  • Accuracy ~2% Calibrated within about 2% of a 30-year contractor's approved estimates on three real jobs.
  • Origin On the job Built by a working siding estimator in the Chicago area.
  • Integrations Live today Hover and JobNimbus integration works today. One click from the job or the contact.

What you get

Two tools. Or the whole system.

Take the estimator, the front office, or both with a CRM in the middle. We set it up. You run the jobs.

Estimator

$1,000 setup + $349/mo

Hover report in. Priced, branded estimate out in seconds.

  • Reads Hover reports today; send us one report from another measurement service and we'll test it before you pay
  • Prices every line from your own price sheet and templates
  • One click from a Hover job or a JobNimbus contact: Send to estimator
  • Branded PDF for the customer
  • Money view for you: cost, margin and profit per line
  • AI compare against another estimator's bid
  • Counts utility boxes, lights and vents from job photos

Front office

$750 setup + $349/mo

Picks up when you're on a ladder. Books the appointment. Keeps working the estimates you haven't closed.

  • AI receptionist answers 24/7 in your trade's language
  • Missed-call text-back switches on once your number's carrier registration clears (usually 2–6 weeks); until then missed calls trigger an instant alert so a person calls back
  • Books into your calendar
  • Follows up unsold estimates until they answer
Recommended

Full system

$2,500 setup + $999/mo

Both tools, a CRM in the middle, and the automations between them. Set up for you by us.

  • Everything in Estimator
  • Everything in Front office
  • A CRM, set up for you
  • The automations that tie it together, built by us
  • One setup. One monthly bill.

Pricing

Setup once. Flat monthly after that.

Pick the piece you need or take the whole system. Setup fees are one-time.

Founding offer, first 5 clients: month to month, and on plans that include the Front office, two thirds of your setup fee is refundable within 30 days of go-live (conditions apply).

Recommended

Full system

Estimator, front office, CRM and automations. Set up by us.

$2,500 setup

$999/mo

  • Estimator
  • Front office
  • CRM, set up for you
  • Automations, built by us
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Estimator

Hover report to priced, branded estimate in seconds.

$1,000 setup

$349/mo

  • Your price sheet and templates
  • Hover and JobNimbus one-click
  • Branded PDF and money view
  • AI bid compare and photo counts
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Front office

AI receptionist, missed-call alerts, booking and follow-up.

$750 setup

$349/mo

  • Answers 24/7
  • Instant missed-call alert so a person calls back
  • Books into your calendar
  • Follows up unsold estimates
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Setup fees are one-time and split two ways: a non-refundable onboarding fee (kickoff, number provisioning, agent build, tooling) and a refundable setup balance — Front office $250 + $500, Full system $850 + $1,650. Founding customers get the refundable balance back on written request within 30 days of go-live, if onboarding is complete and call forwarding stayed live for at least 14 consecutive days. The Estimator on its own is $1,000 setup and has no call forwarding, so its founding-offer terms are covered on the demo. Your first month of service is included in the setup, so the monthly starts the month after go-live. Month to month — cancel any time with 30 days' written notice. Monthly fees aren't refunded.

Fit

Who it's for. Who it isn't.

We built this for one kind of shop. If that's not you, we'd rather say so now.

Built for

  • Exterior contractors: siding, roofing, gutters, windows
  • Crews of 1 to 10 where the owner does the estimates and answers the phone
  • Shops sending 5 or more estimates a month
  • Anyone tired of retyping a Hover report into a spreadsheet at 9 pm

Not for

  • One-off handymen and odd-job crews
  • Shops sending a couple of estimates a month. The math doesn't work yet.
  • Trades that don't work from a measurement report
  • Anyone who wants to send numbers without looking at them. You review every estimate before it goes out.

FAQ

Straight answers.

Do I need Hover?

The estimator reads Hover reports today; send us one report from another measurement service and we'll test it before you pay. Hover is also the fastest path, because there's a one-click Send to estimator button on the job. The front office doesn't need Hover.

Does it work with JobNimbus, Jobber or AccuLynx?

JobNimbus: yes, today. There's a Send to estimator button on the contact. Hover: yes, today.

There's no direct connection to Jobber or AccuLynx right now. You can still attach the branded PDF to a job in those tools. If you want everything wired together, the full system comes with a CRM we set up for you.

Who owns my pricing data?

You do. Your price sheet, your templates and your margins are yours. We load them into your account to price your jobs, and they don't get used for anyone else's.

What if it gets a number wrong?

You'll see it before the customer does. Every number on the estimate is traceable to a line on the measurement report, so you can check where it came from. You review the estimate before it goes out. Nothing is sent without you.

What happens when I miss a call?

With the front office on, the AI receptionist answers 24/7 in your trade's language and can book the caller straight into your calendar. Missed-call text-back switches on once your number's carrier registration clears (usually 2–6 weeks); until then missed calls trigger an instant alert so a person calls back. Estimates that haven't sold get followed up until the customer answers.

What does "set up for you" mean?

We load your price sheet and templates into the estimator, connect Hover and JobNimbus if you use them, put the receptionist on your phone line and calendar, and build the CRM and the automations between them. You get a working system, not a login and a manual.

Your first month of service is included in the setup fee, so the monthly doesn't start until the month after you go live.

How long am I locked in?

You're not. The first five clients are on the founding offer: month to month, cancel any time with 30 days' written notice.

Front office is $750 to set up. $250 of that is a non-refundable onboarding fee — the kickoff call, provisioning your number, building your agent, the tooling. The other $500 is refundable: ask in writing within 30 days of going live and you get it back, as long as you finished onboarding and kept call forwarding live for at least 14 consecutive days. We need those two weeks for the system to have had a fair run.

Then it's $349 a month, starting the month after go-live. Monthly fees aren't refunded. The Full system works the same way — a third of the setup fee is the non-refundable onboarding fee, two thirds is refundable on the same terms. The Estimator on its own has no call forwarding, so its founding-offer terms are covered on the demo.

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See it work on a real report.

Tell us about your shop and we'll call or email you within 5 minutes to set up a 15-minute call. No slides.

  • Watch a Hover report turn into a priced estimate.
  • Ask anything about pricing, setup or your CRM.
  • If it's not a fit, we'll tell you.

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