Job costing

Find out what the job made before the truck leaves.

Evalation shows margin on the estimate before you send it and tracks job profit in real time while the work runs. Snap the receipt, and the budget moves.

You'll know if the job made money. In April.

The job closed in September. The crew moved on in October. And the honest answer to “did it make money?” arrives at tax time, from an accountant reading last year like an autopsy report.

The leak was findable in week two: the change order that never got priced, the second dumpster, the extra day of labor that felt small on Tuesday. By April it isn't a decision anymore. It's history. The next job inherits the same blind spot, and the one after that, until the year itself becomes a guess with a tax bill attached.

It's the nine-o'clock kitchen table problem in its final form: the numbers exist, but they live in QuickBooks, a spreadsheet, and a shoebox of receipts, and none of them can answer the question while the answer still matters.

Evalation shows a contractor what a job is making while the job is running, not at tax time.

Margin you can see while you can still protect it.

Costing isn't a report you run later. In Evalation it's the job record itself, updating as the money moves. No exports, no month-end reconciliation project, no second source of truth.

Margin on the estimate

Overhead and margin are baked into every line before the estimate goes out, so you know what the job should make before you shake on it. See the estimating side at /software/contractor-estimating.

Receipts against the budget

Snap a photo of the receipt and the job's budget moves. Costs land on the job while the job is running, not in a January shoebox.

Live job profit

See exactly what the job is making you mid-build. A margin drifting the wrong way is a conversation on Thursday, not a surprise in April.

One record for the money

Estimates, invoices, payments, and costs live on the same job, so the profit number isn't an export from three tools. It's just there.

On a real job

The margin, watched all the way through.

1. Price it with margin visible

The estimate carries overhead and margin on every line, so the target profit is set before the handshake.

2. Feed it as you spend

Receipts post against the budget from a phone photo. Invoices and payments are already on the job record.

3. Act while it's live

The job's real-time profit sits on the record. A drift the wrong way is a Thursday conversation, not an April discovery.

Job costing questions, answered straight.

When do I actually see margin?

Twice. On the estimate before it goes out, and live on the job while the work runs. Not at tax time.

How do costs get onto the job?

Snap a photo of the receipt and it posts against the job's budget. Invoices and payments already live on the same job record.

Does this replace my job-cost spreadsheet?

Yes. The budget lives on the job record and updates as costs land, so the spreadsheet has nothing left to track.

Who can post costs to the job?

Anyone you put in the system. Unlimited users are included, so the person holding the receipt is the person who snaps it.

Who is Evalation for?

Evalation is built for residential contractors doing $700K to $3.5M a year who have outgrown entry-level tools but refuse enterprise pricing and enterprise implementation.

What does Evalation cost?

Evalation costs $297 per month for the first 50 founding members, locked for life, with no per-user fees. Every membership starts with a free 14-day trial. Full breakdown at /pricing.

I'm on another platform. What does switching cost me?

Switching takes four clicks, and the Moving Truck Guarantee backs it: "If it doesn't win you more jobs in 90 days, you get every dollar back and we'll move you anywhere you want to go. Free." See the side-by-side against your current tool at /compare/jobtread.

Stop reading last year like an autopsy.

Margin on the estimate, receipts against the budget, and the profit number live while the job runs.

Free 14-day trial, then the Founding Member rate.