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See the full price stack before you send the quote
Build an explorable price model from loaded labor through direct costs, fees, and target contribution. Compare the proposed amount with the floor your inputs produce.
Price PrismCost → price → capacity
Make every quote answer to its costs.
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Job cost to margin floor01 · Direct cost02 · Break-even03 · Target marginPRICE SCENARIO
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Price Prism
A layered price model that exposes the cost, fee, and margin inside every proposed quote.
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02 OF 06
What does one job really cost?
Include burdened labor, travel, materials, job overhead, and payment fees. Change the inputs to see which hidden cost moves the floor.
Loaded-cost stack03 OF 06
Compare good / better / best
Use the latest saved job cost, then test three prices and a discount without hiding the margin impact.
Price ladder04 OF 06
How much work must the month carry?
Break-even is based on contribution per job. Add a realistic owner pay target and compare required work with billable capacity.
Monthly break-even05 OF 06
Price a scope change before approving it
Recalculate an added request against labor, materials, travel, fees, and your target margin; compare the result with the customer’s proposed change price.
Scope change06 OF 06
Compare the estimate with the actual job
Close the loop between estimated and actual revenue, labor, direct costs, and travel to see which assumption moved the result.
Job closeoutShow, don’t promise
See the kind of work it produces.
These are static demonstrations using invented sample details. The interactive tools, saved analyses, and account history live inside the paid workspace.
Price PrismModeled floor $251.40＋
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE · NOT LIVE DATA
Price Prism · loaded cost to contribution
$156.12 modeled direct cost · 27.7% at the current offer · premium test $265.50 · selected stress case $225.00 offer / $251.40 floor.
Loaded labor$99.12
Other direct cost$57.00
Modeled price floor$251.40
Current offer$225.00
- Labor hours
- 3
- Loaded labor cost / hour
- 28
- Labor burden %
- 18
- Materials and disposal
- 30
PRICE PRISM Loaded labor incl. burden: $99.12 Materials + travel + allocated overhead: $57.00 Modeled direct cost: $156.12 Payment fee: 2.9% Target contribution: 35.0% Suggested floor: $251.40 Proposed amount: $225.00 Contribution after modeled fee/cost: $62.35 (27.7%) Premium package uplift: 18.0% · scenario price $265.50 · modeled contribution $101.68 Selected sensitivity cell: cost ×1.0, offer ×1.0 Selected case floor: $251.40 · offer $225.00 · floor gap -$26.40 · contribution $62.35 A planning model. Verify tax, overhead allocation, scope, and actual payment-provider fees.
Loaded-cost stackPrice floor $245.60＋
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE · NOT LIVE DATA
Loaded job cost
Loaded labor $99.12 - direct cost before payment fees $152.52 - contribution at proposed price $65.95 (29.3% after modeled fee).
Loaded labor99.11999999999999
Materials / disposal30
Vehicle8.399999999999999
Allocated overhead15
- Labor hours
- 3
- Hourly labor cost
- 28
- Labor burden %
- 18
- Materials and disposal
- 30
COST CHECK Loaded labor: $99.12 Materials / disposal: $30.00 Vehicle: $8.40 Allocated overhead: $15.00 Payment fee at proposed price: $6.52 Target margin: 35.0% Proposed price: $225.00 Floor: $245.60 Confirm that travel, setup, cleanup, taxes, and overlapping expense lines are handled consistently.
Price ladderCore target floor $245.60＋
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE · NOT LIVE DATA
Three-point price ladder
Cost basis: displayed starter assumptions. Core is calculated to hit the selected 35.0% contribution target after the 2.9% modeled fee; Essentials shows the effect of a 5.0% discount. Premium needs a genuinely different scope.
Essentials · $233.3231.7% after modeled fee
Core · $245.6035.0% after modeled fee
Expanded · $289.8144.5% after modeled fee
- Target margin %
- 35
- Discount from base %
- 5
- Premium package uplift %
- 18
- Payment fee %
- 2.9
Essentials · $233.32 — 31.7% after modeled fee Core · $245.60 — 35.0% after modeled fee Expanded · $289.81 — 44.5% after modeled fee Loaded cost: $152.52 Target contribution: 35.0% after modeled fee · payment fee 2.9% Core floor: $245.60 Proposed scope difference: Priority scheduling + add-on A competitor or market price is not inferred here. Compare customer value, scope, and researched alternatives before presenting any tier. Do not present three prices unless each option is clear and deliverable.
Monthly break-even35 jobs · $8,400.00 sales＋
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE · NOT LIVE DATA
Monthly break-even workload
Contribution/job $140.00 · modeled owner pay + fixed costs $4,800.00 · hours required 140.0 of 80 billable hours.
- Monthly fixed costs
- 1800
- Owner pay target
- 3000
- Average job price
- 240
- Average variable cost/job
- 100
Break-even uses (monthly fixed costs + owner pay target) ÷ contribution per job. Contribution is price less modeled variable cost. Check service mix, taxes, replacement equipment, and timing outside this simple model.
Scope changeSuggested minimum $130.43＋
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE · NOT LIVE DATA
Scope-change price check
Extra hedge section · direct modeled cost $81.00 · proposed price is $10.43 below your floor.
Loaded added labor51
Additional materials / disposal22
Added travel8
Modeled price floor$130.43
- Additional labor hours
- 1.5
- Loaded labor rate per hour
- 34
- Additional material / disposal cost
- 22
- Added travel cost
- 8
CHANGE REQUEST · Extra hedge section Additional labor: 1.5 h × $34.00 = $51.00 Materials / disposal: $22.00 Travel: $8.00 Modeled fee: 2.9% · target contribution margin: 35.0% Price floor: $130.43 Customer proposal: $120.00 Confirm scope, schedule, tax treatment, and any minimum charge. Get written approval before doing the added work.
Job closeoutContribution variance -$61.50＋
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE · NOT LIVE DATA
Estimate-to-actual job review
Example exterior cleanup · estimated $202.00 contribution (48.1%) · actual $140.50 (33.5%).
Estimated contribution202
Actual contribution140.5
Labor variance37.5
Other direct-cost variance24
- Estimated customer price
- 420
- Collected or approved revenue
- 420
- Estimated labor hours
- 5
- Actual labor hours
- 6.25
JOB CLOSEOUT · Example exterior cleanup Estimated revenue: $420.00 Actual revenue: $420.00 Estimated direct cost: $218.00 Actual direct cost: $279.50 Estimated contribution: $202.00 Actual contribution: $140.50 VARIANCE TO REVIEW Labor hours changed by 1.25 h. Direct non-labor costs changed by $24.00. Find the cause before updating future pricing.
The method
Make a better call with a little more context.
Trace the assumptions behind a price, compare a ladder, then test whether capacity can carry the month.
Bring the real operating details
Use the numbers, dates, choices, and context specific to the decision in front of you.
See the working, not a black box
Every tool explains its calculation or sorting method and flags assumptions that need a human check.
Keep a record and choose the next move
Members can save results to their private workspace, revisit past work, and build a repeatable process.
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