About
Estimating that starts where you build
Two contractors bidding the same set of plans rarely land on the same number — because the number lives in the location, not just the drawings. Estval is built around that.
Why we built it
Estimating is still mostly spreadsheets, gut feel, and late nights the week a bid is due. The tools that promise to fix it are heavy — months of setup, a five-figure contract, and a training curve that only the biggest shops can absorb. Small and mid-size general contractors get left doing it by hand.
Estval takes the slowest parts — reading the plans, doing the takeoff, pricing the scope — and does them in seconds, then hands you a draft you can actually stand behind. AI reads the blueprint; a built-in cost catalog, tuned to the location you're building in, prices everything else. No implementation project. No per-seat sales call.
What we believe
Price by place
Material and labor move by region and by the day. Your estimate should too, not sit frozen in a catalog from two years ago.
A draft, not a verdict
The estimate is a fast, honest starting point. You review it, you adjust it, you own the number that goes out the door.
No software to learn
Send us your plans and get a priced estimate back — no tool to set up, no consultant to turn it on. You bid; we handle the takeoff.
Built for both sides
General contractors and the subcontractors who bid to them work in the same estimate — priced for the trade and the place.
Who we are
Estval is a small, independent team based in Missouri. We're builders and engineers who got tired of watching good contractors lose bids to bad math — and we'd rather ship a tool that earns its place on your desk than sell you a platform you have to grow into.
Questions, ideas, or want to say hello? admin@estval.net.
Ready to price your next job?
Send us your plans and our estimating team prices the job for you — a bid-ready estimate back, usually within a business day.