Online Estimate Generator
Turn proposed work into a clear, itemized estimate. Add your prices, scope, validity and terms, then share it with your customer and carry the details into an invoice when you are ready.
| Proposed work | Qty | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campaign strategy and messaging | 1 | 2,000.00 | 2,000.00 |
| Ad creative · 3 concepts | 3 | 900.00 | 2,700.00 |
| Campaign management · 6 weeks | 6 | 300.00 | 1,800.00 |
Show what you'll do and what it will cost — before anyone starts.
Break the work into lines your customer can understand: tasks, hours or units, and the rate you charge for each. Say what's included and what isn't. Hectile structures and totals the estimate from the prices you supply; it doesn't guess market rates or predict project costs.
Everything the customer needs to say yes.
Select a part of the sample to see why it's there.
Create, review, share, record the outcome.
Create
Choose the brand and customer, add lines from saved services or type them, set the validity period and terms.
Review
Check scope wording, quantities, rates, any tax profile and the valid-until date in the live preview. Edit freely while it's a draft.
Finalize and share
Finalizing assigns the estimate number and produces the PDF. Email it from Hectile, share the secure link, or download it.
Record the outcome
When the customer replies, your team marks the estimate Accepted or Declined so everyone sees where it stands.
Your team records the outcome from the customer’s reply, or the customer accepts or declines from the secure link. There are no e-signatures.
Agreed? Create the invoice draft without retyping a line.
Convert an accepted estimate into a separate invoice draft with the same customer, currency, line items and prices. Review the invoice's issue date, due date and payment terms before finalizing. The original estimate keeps its number and history; the invoice receives its own official number when finalized.
Agree the scope. Skip the re-entry.
Design project
A studio estimates identity, website and hosting setup as three lines with two revision rounds included. Once accepted, the invoice draft carries all three lines over.
Consulting engagement
A consultant estimates a two-day workshop plus preparation hours at a day rate, valid for 21 days, with the deposit terms spelled out.
Marketing campaign
An agency estimates strategy, creative and six weeks of management — media spend explicitly excluded — so the customer knows what the number covers.
Estimate or invoice?
An estimate proposes; an invoice requests payment. In Hectile they are two document types with their own numbering, and an accepted estimate becomes the starting point for an invoice draft.
Estimate generator questions
The customer, the proposed lines with quantities and your rates, a validity date and your terms. Hectile totals the lines; it does not estimate prices or costs for you.
Choose a valid-until date when you prepare the estimate. It remains valid through that date. If the issued estimate is still open after that date, Hectile shows it as Expired. The original document stays in your records; expiry does not delete it or turn it into an invoice.
While it is a draft, yes — freely. After finalizing, the numbered document stays as issued so it matches what the customer received. Issue a new estimate for revised scope.
Email it from Hectile with the PDF attached and a secure link, copy the secure link, or download the PDF and send it yourself.
Your team marks the estimate Accepted or Declined based on the customer's reply, or the customer accepts or declines it from the secure link, with a confirmation step. There are no e-signatures.
Hectile creates a separate invoice draft with the same customer, currency, line items and prices. Review its invoice dates and payment terms before finalizing. The original estimate keeps its number and history, and the invoice receives its own official number when finalized. Payments are recorded separately after the invoice is issued.
Make the scope clear before the work begins.
Create an itemized estimate, explain your terms, and share a professional document. When the work is agreed, bring the details into an invoice draft.