Quoting software for machine shops
An RFQ lands in your inbox with a drawing and a quantity. Setell reads it and drafts a structured quote — material, setup, and run-time — in seconds, then takes it all the way to an invoice in QuickBooks.
Free to start · no credit card · works with QuickBooks & Xero
RFQs are where machine-shop margin leaks out
Every RFQ is a little different — a new part, a new quantity, a tolerance callout, a material substitution. So you re-quote from scratch every time, digging through old jobs to remember what you charged. The estimate sits on your desk for three days while the customer emails two other shops. By the time you send it, the job is gone — or you under-priced the setup to win it and lost the margin. Quoting is the bottleneck, not the machining.
How machine shops quote with Setell
Built for the way machine shops actually quote
Machine Shops quoting: FAQ
Can Setell quote from a drawing or RFQ email?
Yes. Setell reads the customer’s RFQ email and drafts a structured estimate — material, setup, run-time — that you review and adjust. You stay in control of the final numbers; Setell removes the from-scratch typing.
Does it handle material, setup, and run-time pricing?
Yes. Machine shops price on those components, not a flat per-service rate, so Setell drafts quotes in those terms and learns your rates from the jobs you actually send.
Can it re-quote for a different quantity?
Yes. Tell Setell "make it 100 instead of 50" and the revision engine re-prices the quote, creates a new version, and shows the price delta — no rebuilding the estimate.
Does it sync to QuickBooks?
Yes. When a quote is approved it becomes a QuickBooks invoice automatically (Xero too), so the job closes the loop without re-keying it into your accounting.