Published February 2026 · Updated September 2026
Quote industrial, marine, and restoration blasting jobs in minutes. Measure surfaces from satellite imagery, track media and labor against every job, document surface prep with photos and inspection forms, and get paid faster — on plans that start at $29.99/month.
QuoteIQ is the best CRM for sandblasting businesses in 2026 because it puts satellite measuring (MapMeasure Pro), job-level photo and inspection documentation (QuoteIQ Cam), and profit-per-job reporting (Job Costing) in one app, with plans from $29.99/month to $699/month and a 14-day free trial of the plan you choose. Solo mobile blasters usually start on Beginner at $74.99/month; shops that want job costing and QuickBooks Online start on Pro at $149.99/month.
TL;DR: Sandblasting margins live or die on three numbers — square footage, pounds of media consumed per square foot, and labor hours. QuoteIQ measures flat and roof surfaces with satellite measurement, logs garnet, glass bead, or soda purchases through expense tracking, and rolls price minus labor minus expenses into per-job profit reports. Photo documentation and custom inspection forms capture before, during, and after proof for coating inspectors, while Good/Better/Best options estimates let you sell brush-off, commercial, or near-white blast tiers side by side. Online payments and consumer financing speed up collections. Build your checklists around OSHA’s silica rule and the AMPP near-white blast standard your clients specify.
Running a sandblasting business means quoting industrial jobs, tracking expensive media, and documenting surface prep for quality control. A generic CRM built around lawn visits or plumbing calls doesn’t cut it, because a blasting quote has more moving parts: substrate, existing coating, required cleanliness grade, abrasive type, containment, disposal, and access equipment all change the number.
Most blasting owners start with a notebook, a spreadsheet, and a phone full of unlabeled photos. That works for ten jobs a month. It breaks the first time a facility manager asks for the surface-profile readings from a tank you blasted in March, or the first time you realize a “profitable” bridge-rail job actually burned twice the garnet you bid.
Guessing square footage on tanks, structural steel, pool decks, and equipment leads to underpriced jobs and destroyed margins. A 10% miss on area is a 10% miss on media, labor, and disposal at the same time.
Without logging garnet, crushed glass, steel grit, or soda against each job, you have no idea which projects are actually profitable — only which ones brought in revenue.
Industrial clients and coating inspectors demand before/after proof tied to a job and a date. Scrambling for photos after the fact looks unprofessional and wins no disputes.
Chasing commercial clients for payment while waiting 30–60 days kills your cash flow — especially when you already fronted the media, fuel, and equipment rental.
Abrasive consumed per square foot of steel cleaned across the media NIOSH tested in its evaluation of silica-sand substitutes — a fourfold spread that makes media the most volatile line on a blasting bid.
Every profitable blasting bid is built the same way: measured area, the cleanliness grade the client specifies, media consumption, labor hours, equipment and site costs, then overhead and margin. Software doesn’t replace your judgment on a rusted tank — it makes sure every one of those lines shows up on every quote, every time.
For horizontal work — parking decks, pool decks, driveways, warehouse slabs, and roofs — MapMeasure Pro measures square footage from satellite imagery inside the estimate, and saves the measurement to the customer profile. Roof segments are auto-detected with color-coded pitch, and the August 2026 release added a historical aerial imagery timeline so you can scroll back through years of photos of a property. Vertical surfaces, tank shells, and structural steel still need a tape or the drawings, but you can drop those numbers straight into the same estimate. Property Street View lets you check access, overhead clearance, and neighbors before you drive out.
Industrial specs name a surface-preparation standard, and the grade changes production rate dramatically. AMPP (the merged SSPC and NACE) publishes the joint standards — brush-off (SSPC-SP 7), commercial (SP 6), near-white (SP 10), and white metal (SP 5) — and its quick summary of surface prep standards is a useful refresher for new estimators. Near-white removes all rust, coating, and mill scale except light staining, so it takes longer and consumes more media than brush-off. Build each grade as its own service line so the price per square foot follows the spec automatically.
Media is the line that swings hardest. NIOSH’s laboratory work measured average cleaning costs from about $2.60 to $3.60 per square foot of steel depending on the abrasive — and found that the cheapest media per ton had the highest cost per square foot cleaned. That study is 1990s pricing, so use it as a lesson in method, not a rate card: always price media per square foot cleaned, never per bag. Labor is the next swing factor; the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the median wage for painting, coating, and decorating workers was $40,860 in May 2024, and your loaded rate (payroll taxes, insurance, PPE, supplied-air respirator upkeep) will run well above base pay.
| Cost line | How to calculate it | Where it lives in QuoteIQ |
|---|---|---|
| Surface area | Measured sq ft by surface type (flat, vertical, overhead, pitted) | MapMeasure Pro measurement attached to the estimate |
| Media | Sq ft × lbs per sq ft for the chosen media and grade × your delivered cost per lb | Materials section on the estimate (public beta) plus expense entries linked to the job |
| Labor | Production rate (sq ft per hour at that grade) × crew size × loaded hourly rate | Job Costing pulls labor from clocked hours × hourly rate |
| Equipment & fuel | Compressor hours, blast pot, dust collection, lifts or scaffold rental | Line items or package estimates for repeat setups |
| Containment & disposal | Tarps, shrouds, spent-media hauling, lead-paint handling where required | Separate line items so the client sees the scope |
| Overhead & margin | Apply markup to the whole job, not just labor | One-action “Mark Up All” on standard estimates |
If you want a reference point before you build your own price book, the free painting cost calculator and concrete cost calculator cover the coating and slab work that usually follows blasting, and the full library of home service business calculators includes estimators for epoxy floors, pressure washing, and more. Inside the app, Business Calculators and the National Average Guide give you pricing references on every plan.
The IRS standard business mileage rate from July 1, 2026 (up from 72.5¢). A mobile blasting rig that runs 60 miles round trip carries about $45.60 of vehicle cost before the compressor starts — put a trip charge on every out-of-area quote.
The abrasive you pick sets your production rate, your cleanup and disposal cost, and the safety controls the crew needs — so it belongs on the estimate as its own decision, not a footnote. OSHA’s abrasive blasting guidance recommends substituting less toxic media such as dry ice, baking soda, or ground walnut shells where the substrate allows, and NIOSH has recommended against blasting with materials containing more than 1% crystalline silica for decades. Build a service line for each media you run so the price follows the choice.
| Media | Typical jobs | Quoting note |
|---|---|---|
| Garnet | Structural steel, tanks, heavy rust and mill scale | Fast cutting; price recovery and recycling separately if you reclaim it |
| Crushed glass | Coating removal on steel and concrete | Silica-free option many specs accept; single-use, so disposal volume matters |
| Steel grit / shot | Shop and cabinet work, closed-loop recovery systems | High upfront cost per pound, low cost per square foot when recycled |
| Aluminum oxide | Hard coatings, profile work, cabinet blasting | Durable and recyclable in a cabinet; price per part for shop jobs |
| Glass bead | Cosmetic finishes, stainless, automotive parts | Cleans without cutting a deep profile; price per part or per set |
| Soda (sodium bicarbonate) | Fire and smoke restoration, automotive paint stripping, delicate substrates | Slow and media-hungry but non-destructive; price per room or per panel |
| Walnut shell | Log homes, wood, soft metals | Gentle on the substrate; quote the extra hours honestly |
| Dry ice | Food-plant equipment, electrical gear, mold and soot | No spent media to haul; equipment rental and ice delivery drive the price |
Whichever you run, log every delivery as a job expense so Job Costing shows what each media actually costs you per job, and review the year in business analytics to see which service lines earn the best margin. If a job calls for mold or soot removal, the free mold remediation cost calculator is a useful cross-check on the restoration side of the bid.
QuoteIQ gives sandblasting contractors everything they need to quote faster, document better, and get paid sooner — without the enterprise price tag. Each card below shows the lowest plan that includes the feature, straight from the current QuoteIQ pricing page.
Measure decks, slabs, lots, and roofs from satellite imagery inside estimate creation, with drawing tools for irregular shapes. Screenshots attach to the estimate as visual proof of the measured scope.
Document rust, corrosion, failed coatings, and finished profiles with photos organized by job and date, plus annotations and unlimited 4K photo and video cloud storage.
Build custom checklists for ambient conditions, surface profile, cleanliness grade, and hold points, with templates and customizable PDF sections you can hand to the client.
Every job gets a Report tab: total price minus labor minus expenses equals profit, with a margin bar. Log garnet, glass bead, soda, and walnut shell purchases as expenses linked to the job and see real profit — not just revenue.
Let clients build their own quote from your website 24/7: they pick services from your price library, see a real-time total, and submit — and the quote lands by email or text instantly.
Send customers straight to your review page the moment they pay, and run an email and text review-request automation off four event triggers — Google, Facebook, Yelp, or Angi.
QuoteIQ ships four estimate types on every plan. Options estimates are the natural fit for blasting: put brush-off, commercial, and near-white side by side and let the client choose the grade and the budget. Quick estimates handle a single set of trailer wheels or a gate. Sub-items keep a big industrial bid readable, you can hide individual line prices when a client only needs the total, and the estimate autosaves as a draft if your phone dies on the job site. Customers approve with e-signatures from their phone, and editing a sent estimate automatically voids the outstanding signature request so nobody signs an outdated scope. For bigger bids, Proposal+ sends the estimate as a full branded proposal with your company story, photo gallery, documents, and reviews — it runs on every plan at 100 IQ Credits per send, and it’s free on the trial, Elite, and Max.
On industrial and commercial work, the paperwork is part of the product. Coating manufacturers can void warranties when prep isn’t documented, general contractors often hold retainage until inspections clear, and a single “the blast wasn’t clean enough” dispute can erase the profit on a month of work. The contractors who win repeat industrial clients treat documentation as a deliverable they price and schedule.
OSHA’s permissible exposure limit for respirable crystalline silica as an 8-hour average, with an action level of 25 µg/m³ — the numbers behind the construction silica standard that shapes media choice, controls, and written exposure plans for blasting crews.
OSHA’s fact sheet on abrasive blasting hazards lays out the dust, toxic-metal, and noise exposures that come with the trade, and recommends substituting less toxic media such as dry ice, baking soda, or ground walnut shells where the job allows. On residential and child-occupied buildings built before 1978, the EPA Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting program requires certified firms and lead-safe work practices whenever paint is disturbed. QuoteIQ is not a compliance system and doesn’t certify anything — but it gives you one place to keep the checklists, photos, and signed documents that prove you did the work the right way.
Before-and-after visuals also sell the next job. The Before & After Photo Editor builds side-by-side comparisons you can share with clients or post, and QuoteIQ Cam lets you share photo galleries with customers straight from the job. Share them through the Client Portal so the facility manager can pull the photos without emailing you.
Whether you’re doing industrial surface prep, automotive restoration, or marine blasting — QuoteIQ handles it all. Build each service once in your price book with its own unit, media, and production rate, then reuse it on every quote.
| Service | Typical pricing unit | Best QuoteIQ estimate setup |
|---|---|---|
| Structural steel & tanks | Per sq ft by cleanliness grade | Options estimate with SP 6 / SP 10 tiers, inspection form attached |
| Concrete profiling | Per sq ft by target profile | Satellite-measured slab area; pairs with concrete contractor software workflows |
| Paint & coating removal | Per sq ft plus containment | Standard estimate with containment and disposal lines; hand off to painting contractors for recoat |
| Masonry & brick restoration | Per sq ft of façade | Low-pressure media line items; see masonry software for restoration crews |
| Floor prep for coatings | Per sq ft | Package estimate bundled with the coating; pairs with epoxy flooring software |
| Marine & boat hulls | Per linear foot of hull | Quick estimate per hull size; see dock and marine service software |
| Automotive & trailers | Per part or per vehicle | Package estimates by vehicle size; flat-rate price list |
| Soda & dry-ice restoration | Per sq ft or per room | Photo-heavy estimate; common with fire and water restoration and mold remediation work |
Many blasting companies also run wash or coating divisions. If that’s you, the same account covers pressure washing and commercial pressure washing crews, and the free pressure washing cost calculator and epoxy flooring cost calculator help you price the add-on work that follows a blast. Browse every industry QuoteIQ supports if your crews cross into other trades.
Blasting schedules are messier than most trades. A tank job can run four days and stall on a humidity reading. A mobile rig might hit three residential driveways before noon. Shop work — wheels, trailers, gates — piles up on a rack with no fixed date. QuoteIQ’s drag-and-drop scheduling handles all three: multi-day jobs display as one continuous event on the calendar, “Schedule Later” lets you create a job with no date and assign it when the weather window opens, and you can move a single visit in a recurring series without touching the rest. Two-way Google Calendar sync keeps the office and the field on the same page.
Heads-up on vocabulary: since the August 2026 app update, what QuoteIQ calls a “job” is the scheduled visit, and the older job records are now “job forms.” If you’ve used QuoteIQ before, that’s the rename you’ll see in the menus.
Once you run more than one rig, drive time becomes a cost line. On Elite, Route Density shows where your work clusters so you can plan a zone for the day, and Route Optimization sequences the stops in that zone for minimal drive time. EmployeeHub adds GPS location tracking while crew members are clocked in (never after they clock out), Time Tracker Pro for GPS clock-in and per-job hours, and team chat for sharing a spec sheet with the crew on site. On Max, crew creation, crew scheduling, and crew-level tracking arrive alongside unlimited user seats at a flat price.
Drive-time reduction from QuoteIQ Route Optimization, which recalculates when a late job gets added and accounts for appointment times and job duration. For a blasting truck towing a compressor, every avoided mile also saves fuel and wear.
A note on payroll: QuoteIQ tracks hours and exports them, but it doesn’t run payroll or calculate overtime automatically — export time records to the payroll system you already use.
Blasting contractors front a lot of money: media, fuel, rental lifts, disposal. The fastest way to protect cash flow is to collect deposits on acceptance, invoice the same day the work is signed off, and make paying you as easy as possible.
The per-job ceiling for Affirm financing through QuoteIQ Consumer Financing, with 3–36 month terms; Klarna and Afterpay add pay-in-4 options for smaller tickets. Available on every plan — you’re paid in full upfront while the provider carries the collections risk. Useful for classic-car restorations, pool resurfacing prep, and whole-house paint stripping.
If you’re still sending invoices from a word processor, start with the free contractor invoice template or construction invoice template, then move them into QuoteIQ when you’re ready to automate reminders and online payment.
Most blasting leads arrive in one of three ways: a commercial bid request, a homeowner who found you on Google, or a repeat client with a new project. The companies that grow fastest respond to all three the same day — and follow up until they get an answer.
Need a site to send all that traffic to? The AI Website Builder is a $34.99/month add-on on every plan except Max, where it’s included.
Sandblasting owners usually shortlist QuoteIQ against Jobber, Housecall Pro, and ServiceTitan. All three sell paid plans, and their pricing and plan contents change often, so check their current pricing pages the day you compare. The table below shows where each capability sits in QuoteIQ and the question to put to any other vendor.
| What sandblasters need | QuoteIQ | What to confirm with other vendors |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $29.99 to $699/mo; 5 plans | Paid plans — see their pricing page; ask about per-user fees and add-ons |
| Satellite measurement | MapMeasure Pro — Beginner and up | Is it built into the estimate, or a separate tool? |
| Photo documentation | QuoteIQ Cam with 4K storage — Beginner and up | Included, or a paid add-on or partner app? |
| Inspection checklists | Custom inspection forms with PDF output — Beginner and up | Can you build your own surface-prep template? |
| Job costing | Price − labor − expenses = profit — Pro and up | Which plan includes per-job profit reports? |
| Customer self-quoting | InstaQuote — Elite and up | Can customers price a job themselves online? |
| Route optimization | Route Optimization and Route Density — Elite and up | Which plan unlocks it? |
| AI tools | Included on every plan through monthly IQ Credits | Separate AI subscription or usage fees? |
For feature-by-feature write-ups, visit the QuoteIQ comparison hub. Switching is simpler than most owners expect: AI Smart Import maps a CSV export from Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, or any other CRM automatically, and data export on every plan means your customer list is never locked in.
Five plans, monthly or annual (annual gets two months free). Every plan includes a 14-day free trial of that plan’s features, mobile and web access, and monthly IQ Credits for AI tools. Full details live on the QuoteIQ pricing page.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Users | IQ Credits/mo | What it adds for a blasting business |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $29.99 | $299.99 | 1 | 500 | All four estimate types, invoicing, e-signatures, scheduling, online payments, consumer financing, AI Estimator |
| Beginner | $74.99 | $749.99 | 2 | 1,500 | + MapMeasure Pro, Property Street View, QuoteIQ Cam with inspection forms, Expense Tracking, contract attachments, mass invoicing, advanced analytics |
| Pro (recommended) | $149.99 | $1,499.99 | 4 | 3,000 | + Job Costing, ClientHub business number, email & text automations, Client Portal, on-the-way texts, QuickBooks Online |
| Elite | $299 | $2,990 | 10 | 5,000 | + InstaQuote, InstaSchedule, Pipelines & Deals, inventory, Route Optimization & Density, EmployeeHub |
| Max | $699 | $6,990 | Unlimited | 8,000 | + Crews, Sales Team Tracker, AI Website Builder included, 4 additional businesses, priority support |
MapMeasure Pro, QuoteIQ Cam, and inspection forms are the three features that change a blasting quote, and Beginner is the first plan with all three — $74.99/month for 2 users.
Job Costing, the Client Portal, automated follow-ups, and QuickBooks Online are what a four-person shop needs to see profit per job and stop chasing invoices — $149.99/month.
Elite adds routing, GPS time tracking, inventory, and InstaQuote for up to 10 users at $299/month. Max adds crews and unlimited users at $699/month.
On Elite and up, Pipelines & Deals tracks long industrial bids with close-probability forecasting — Elite runs up to 5 pipelines, Max is unlimited. Inventory on Elite tracks media stock by location (shop, trailer, job site); stock deducts when the linked invoice is paid, not when a deposit comes in. Need help getting set up? Done-For-You setup is available in two tiers, $299.99 and $999.99, covering contact import, price book setup, and a one-on-one onboarding session.
Every QuoteIQ plan includes monthly IQ Credits (500 to 8,000 depending on plan) that power the AI tools, and every AI action shows its credit cost and asks for confirmation before it runs. Three tools matter most for blasting contractors:
The Virtual Call Team answers inbound calls 24/7, qualifies leads, filters spam, and sends you call summaries — useful when you can’t hear the phone over a compressor. It’s priced per minute through IQ Credits, so lower plans carry fewer included minutes. The AI Text Generator writes professional replies in ClientHub and text fields across the app.
Contractors run their businesses on QuoteIQ, rated 4.7 across 4,103 reviews. Full mobile and web parity means the estimate you start on a tablet at the tank farm finishes on the office desktop.
QuoteIQ is the best CRM for sandblasting businesses in 2026 for most owner-operators and small industrial shops, because it combines the three tools a blasting quote depends on — measurement, documentation, and job costing — in one app used by 40,000+ contractors. MapMeasure Pro measures slabs, decks, and roofs from satellite imagery inside the estimate; QuoteIQ Cam files photos by job and date with unlimited 4K storage; and Job Costing shows price minus labor minus expenses on every job. Options estimates let clients choose between brush-off, commercial, and near-white grades, which mirror the joint AMPP surface preparation standards industrial specs reference. Plans run from $29.99 to $699 per month, rated 4.7 across 4,103 reviews, and the pricing page lists exactly what each tier includes.
QuoteIQ costs $29.99 to $699 per month, or $299.99 to $6,990 per year with two months free on annual billing. Essentials ($29.99, 1 user) covers estimates, invoicing, scheduling, and payments. Beginner ($74.99, 2 users) is where most blasting contractors start, because it adds MapMeasure Pro, QuoteIQ Cam, and inspection forms. Pro ($149.99, 4 users) adds Job Costing and QuickBooks Online, Elite ($299, 10 users) adds routing and InstaQuote, and Max ($699) adds unlimited users and crews. Budget the software against real overhead: at the IRS business mileage rate of 76 cents per mile, a single 60-mile round trip to re-measure a job costs about $45.60 — more than a month of Essentials. Annual billing is priced at ten months, so a Beginner account costs $749.99 per year instead of $899.88 billed monthly, and every plan includes monthly IQ Credits for the AI tools at no extra subscription.
Estimate a sandblasting job by multiplying measured square footage by a per-square-foot rate built from four costs: media, labor, equipment, and overhead plus margin, adjusted for the cleanliness grade the client specifies. Measure flat surfaces with satellite measurement and add vertical or structural steel areas from drawings. Then price media by square foot cleaned, not by bag — NIOSH testing found abrasive use ranged from 6 to 25 pounds per square foot of steel, and the cheapest media per ton had the highest cost per square foot in its substitute-abrasive study. Load each grade as its own service in standard estimates, use package estimates for repeat setups, and check your coating add-ons with the free painting cost calculator or concrete cost calculator. A near-white (SP 10) line should always price higher than commercial (SP 6) on the same steel.
Sandblasting contractors track media costs per job by logging every abrasive purchase — garnet, crushed glass, steel grit, soda, walnut shell — as an expense linked to the job, then comparing it against the job’s price. In QuoteIQ, Expense Tracking (Beginner and up) records categorized expenses with receipts and CSV export, and Job Costing (Pro and up) subtracts labor and expenses from the price to show profit and margin on each job. On estimates, the Materials section (public beta) lists quantity, unit type, and unit cost for each media line, and because the estimate converts to an invoice in one tap, the media you quoted carries straight onto the bill. On Elite, inventory tracks media stock across your shop and trailers, deducting when the invoice is paid. Review trends in business analytics and compare against BLS wage data ($40,860 median for coating workers in May 2024) when you set labor rates. If you have no cost history yet, build a baseline with the free home service business calculators.
A sandblasting contractor should keep five records for every industrial job: pre-blast condition photos, ambient readings (air and surface temperature, humidity, dew point), the specified cleanliness grade with your verification, surface-profile readings, and the client’s sign-off before coating. The AMPP near-white blast standard (SSPC-SP 10/NACE No. 2), revised in 2024, is a common spec to document against. QuoteIQ handles this with custom inspection forms that export to PDF, QuoteIQ Cam photos organized by job and date, contract attachments for the project spec, and e-signatures for approval. Share everything through the Client Portal on Pro and up so facility managers can pull records themselves instead of emailing you. Consistent records also help win the next bid: a PDF packet with photos, readings, and a signed approval shows a new client exactly how you work, and it takes minutes to assemble when everything is filed against the job.
A sandblasting company gets paid faster by commercial clients by collecting a deposit at acceptance, invoicing the day work is signed off, setting clear Net 15 or Net 30 terms, and automating reminders. QuoteIQ invoicing supports Net 15, 30, 60, and 90 terms, deposits, partial payments, and automated reminders, and it sends to every contact on the job so accounts payable gets the invoice too. Clients pay online by card, ACH, Apple Pay, or Google Pay. For residential restoration jobs, consumer financing through Affirm covers up to $30,000 per job while you’re paid upfront. Sync everything to QuickBooks Online on Pro and up, and use invoice subscriptions for recurring maintenance blasting. If your crew works on pre-1978 housing, document lead-safe practices under the EPA RRP program so compliance questions never hold up payment.
Sandblasting software can help you organize the records that OSHA silica and EPA lead rules require, but it does not make you compliant on its own. OSHA’s respirable crystalline silica standard sets a 50 µg/m³ permissible exposure limit and a 25 µg/m³ action level as 8-hour averages, and the construction silica standard requires a written exposure control plan and a competent person. In QuoteIQ, build inspection forms for your daily controls checklist, store photos of containment and dust collection in QuoteIQ Cam, attach your written plan with contract attachments, and use team communication to push the day’s spec to the crew. Time Tracker Pro on Elite logs GPS clock-in hours per job, which helps when you need to show who worked on which blast. Review the plan whenever media, equipment, or crew changes, and keep the latest version attached to every active job.
Switch your sandblasting business to new CRM software in four steps: export your customer list, import it, rebuild your price book by service and cleanliness grade, then run one live job end to end before moving everything over. QuoteIQ’s AI Smart Import maps CSV files from Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, or any other CRM automatically, and can import from phone contacts. Start the 14-day free trial of the plan you choose from the pricing page — a credit or debit card is required to start. Done-For-You setup ($299.99 or $999.99) covers contact import, price book setup, and onboarding. Browse the full QuoteIQ feature list, set up estimate templates for your top five services, and turn on email and text automations (Pro and up) for quote follow-ups. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s small business management resources is a useful checklist for the admin side of the move.
Watch the video breakdown for this page, or open the full QuoteIQ platform walkthrough on YouTube to see the app in action.
Most blasting contractors can send their first professional quote the same day they sign up. Here’s the order that works.
Pick the plan that fits your crew size on the pricing page and start the 14-day free trial of that plan. A credit or debit card is required to start.
Upload your customer CSV with AI Smart Import, then add each blasting service by cleanliness grade and media type so every quote pulls consistent pricing.
Measure the surface with MapMeasure Pro, build an options estimate with brush-off, commercial, and near-white tiers, and send it by text or email for e-signature.
Capture before and after photos and inspection forms in QuoteIQ Cam, convert the estimate to an invoice in one tap, and collect payment online.
QuoteIQ LLC was founded on September 21, 2022, in Savannah, Georgia, by two co-founders who set out to build the all-in-one CRM home service contractors actually need — built by contractors, for contractors.
Mike co-founded QuoteIQ to give contractors a single app for quoting, scheduling, documentation, and payments. His guides and product thinking are published on his QuoteIQ insights page.
Justin co-founded QuoteIQ alongside Mike and helps shape the platform contractors use every day. Read his articles on his QuoteIQ insights page.
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