Manufacturing quoting software for machine shops and fabricators

It's software that turns an inquiry into a priced, professional quotation: line items for setup, material, machine time and secondary operations, price breaks that follow the run size, and a document the customer can accept as it stands. ExtraflowDoc does that from the deal or board item the inquiry already sits in, so the quotation starts from real customer data rather than last quarter's spreadsheet.

No. ExtraflowDoc does not read STEP, IGES or DXF files, has no feature recognition, and does not calculate cycle time, tool paths or material removal from a model. It is not an automated part-costing engine. It takes over once you know the numbers — pricing them, applying margin, building the quotation, and collecting the signature. Shops generally keep their estimating spreadsheet or CAM-based costing tool for the calculation and use ExtraflowDoc for everything downstream of it.

Put setup on its own line as a one-off charge and the parts on another priced per unit. Because the two lines are independent, the customer can see exactly what a short run costs them in setup — which is usually the most persuasive argument for the larger quantity you would rather make.

Yes, and without a separate quotation per quantity. Tiered pricing defines the rate at each quantity band on the product itself, and volume-discount rules apply automatically once quantity crosses a threshold. Configure it once and every future quote for that part prices correctly.

Yes, with calculated columns. Add a formula column for weight × price per kilo, sheets × cost per sheet, or quantity × cycle time × shop rate, and the total recalculates when the input changes. Mixed units across one quotation are normal — material by the kilo, machining by the hour, plating by the run.

Not directly. ExtraflowDoc's native integrations are Pipedrive and monday.com, and it produces PDFs you can attach to whatever your ERP expects. If the quotation has to originate inside your ERP or write back to it automatically, ExtraflowDoc isn't the right fit today — better to know that now.

No. ExtraflowDoc has no scheduling, capacity planning or works-order tracking. It documents the lead time you commit to; it doesn't work out whether the machines are free. Quoting and scheduling stay separate jobs, done by separate tools.

Yes, and it is a different document from a part quote. Put the machine, tooling, installation, commissioning and operator training on one quotation with a branded cover page, a photo gallery of the actual equipment, and lead time, site preparation and warranty written into the terms. There is a real four-page example of exactly that on this page.

Yes. Line items carry their own images, and full-page gallery blocks with descriptions sit alongside the pricing. For a machine sale that means the equipment and the team who install it; for a fabrication job it means the last one you made.

Yes. Pick the currency the customer pays in, apply tax per line item so mixed-rate quotations work, and combine multiple tax rules on one document. The document is also localized, so it reads correctly in your customer's market as well as yours.

Yes, and that's the point of keeping them in one editor. A won quotation converts to an invoice in one click with every line carried over, and purchase orders to your material suppliers, works orders and delivery notes come from the same document set — so the quantities and prices agree across all of them.

ExtraflowDoc's free plan covers 5 documents a month per company with unlimited users, which suits a shop quoting a handful of inquiries a month. Paid plans start at $20.69/month for 20 documents. Billing is per company rather than per seat, so putting the estimator, the sales engineer and the owner on it costs the same as one login.