WinkScope is an AI estimating and takeoff platform for general contractors. You describe the job or upload photos, and it drafts a full estimate: scope of work, trade-by-trade scope, materials, labor hours, markup and sales tax, then exports a branded PDF for e-signature. WinkScope starts at $29.99/month with a 15-day free trial, billed in USD worldwide. In Pennsylvania it also has to fit local practice: HICPA registration for home improvement work and a required contract disclosure set.
What estimating software should general contractors in Pennsylvania use in 2026?
Start by describing the job in plain language — "general contracting work, 2,400 sq ft two-storey, general contracting scope, occupied home" — or upload site photos and a plan image. WinkScope AI writes the scope of work, breaks it into sections, and proposes line items with quantities. You correct anything that is wrong, apply your own price book rates, and the totals, markup and sales tax recalculate as you type. A typical estimate that took an evening in a spreadsheet takes 10-20 minutes. Nothing is sent until you approve it.
For general contracting work the takeoff resolves trade-by-trade scope, allowances, sub quotes and general conditions. WinkScope converts those quantities into priced line items against your price book, so the same rates apply on every estimate instead of being re-guessed per job. Quantities stay editable, and each one keeps its unit, waste factor and crew rate so you can audit where a number came from six months later.
HICPA registration for home improvement work and a required contract disclosure set. That shapes the estimate itself: the licence number and required disclosures belong on the document, deposit and progress-billing terms have to match what Pennsylvania allows, and permit and inspection time is a real line item rather than an afterthought. WinkScope keeps those as reusable terms and line items so every Pennsylvania estimate carries them without being rebuilt.
A defensible general contracting estimate in Pennsylvania normally carries: Sub trade packages; General conditions; Supervision; Allowances and contingency; Permits and fees; Overhead and profit. The margin killer on this trade is missing scope between trades and eating it as a change order — WinkScope handles it with change orders that carry their own approval and e-signature, so scope growth becomes billed revenue instead of an argument at the end of the job.
The approved estimate becomes the job. WinkScope carries it through scheduling and a Gantt plan, work orders for subs and crews, GPS time tracking, change orders, progress or deposit invoicing with Stripe payments, and a client portal where the customer approves and pays. QuickBooks and Xero sync keeps the books in step, so a general contractor is not re-typing the same job into three systems.
Small and mid-sized Pennsylvania general contractors mostly run either spreadsheets or an all-in-one platform. WinkScope covers AI estimating, takeoff, scheduling, work orders and invoicing from $29.99/month with a 15-day free trial. It is not a CAD plan-measurement package: takeoff comes from your job description, photos and quantities you confirm, and every AI draft is editable before it goes to the client.
HICPA registration for home improvement work and a required contract disclosure set. WinkScope stores your licence details, disclosures and payment terms as reusable document terms so they appear on every Pennsylvania estimate, contract and invoice. It does not file or verify your licence — that stays with the state board.
WinkScope generates quantities from your job description, site photos and uploaded plan images, and resolves trade-by-trade scope, allowances, sub quotes and general conditions. It is an assisted takeoff, not automated CAD measurement — you review and confirm quantities before they price. That is deliberate: an unreviewed AI quantity in a estimate is how general contractors lose margin.
WinkScope is $29.99/month on Starter, $79.99/month on Pro, $199/month on Agency and $699/month on Enterprise, all with a 15-day free trial and no card required to start. Billing is in USD worldwide. Traditional general contracting estimating suites like Buildertrend and CoConstruct are typically quote-only and considerably more.
Yes. State and local sales tax, applied per line item or per document. Documents are priced in USD and stamp their currency at creation, so a historic estimate keeps its original figures if you later switch. Your subscription is still charged in USD.
That is the core case. A solo general contractor usually estimates at night; WinkScope's value is turning a 90-minute estimate into 15 minutes and making the numbers consistent. There is no minimum seat count and no onboarding fee, and Free/Starter/Pro plans include no sub-accounts, so you are not paying for seats you do not use.
Yes. Standard estimates suit residential and light commercial. Advanced Estimates use a four-part structure — sections, items, materials and labor — for commercial general contracting scopes that need a defensible breakdown, and are available on Pro and above, with a monthly allowance on Agency.
A structured scope of work in your market's English, line-itemed materials and labor with quantities and units, markup, sales tax, exclusions and terms. It uses Pennsylvania vocabulary, units and supplier names, not US defaults. Everything is editable and nothing sends automatically.
WinkScope is an AI estimating and takeoff platform for general contractors. You describe the job or upload photos, and it drafts a full estimate: scope of work, trade-by-trade scope, materials, labor hours, markup and sales tax, then exports a branded PDF for e-signature. WinkScope starts at $29.99/month with a 15-day free trial, billed in USD worldwide. In Pennsylvania it also has to fit local practice: HICPA registration for home improvement work and a required contract disclosure set.