QuoteChecker.ai helps you break down contractor, auto, and solar quotes. If something’s vague, inflated, or off, you’ll know before you sign.
I was quoted $158,000 for a remodel.
One line stood out: $25,000 for a 45 square foot laundry room. No layout changes. No custom cabinetry. The materials had already been purchased. It was just drywall, tile, and hookup work, and I had already done half of it myself.
I asked for a breakdown. They disappeared.
When they finally replied, it was a vague PDF packed with bundled charges, inflated allowances, and things I’d explicitly removed from scope. Entire shower rebuilds I had never approved. “Allowance” ranges that ballooned to whatever price they wanted. No labor hours. No material details. Just soft numbers and confident silence.
So I posted about it. Not to complain, just to ask if anyone else had seen quotes like this. The overwhelming response was: “That’s just how it works.”
That phrase stuck with me. Not because it was wrong, but because it was normal. Accepted. Expected. The system wasn’t broken. The system was working exactly as designed.
That’s when it clicked. This wasn’t about one quote. This wasn’t about one contractor. This was about a complete lack of accountability baked into the entire process. Vague quotes win jobs. Inflated allowances pad margins. Ambiguity gets rewarded because homeowners don’t push back, and when they do, they get ghosted, gaslit, or outmaneuvered by technical language and time pressure.
I started digging. Talking to tradespeople, homeowners, friends in insurance. Over and over I heard the same themes: rushed bids, hidden line items, “oh we’ll clarify that later,” or worse, massive quotes with no documentation at all. And when people felt uneasy about it, they assumed the problem was them. That they weren’t qualified to understand. That they should just trust the quote and move forward.
That cycle, of confusion, pressure, and resignation, is what QuoteChecker.ai was built to stop.
I didn’t build this to shame contractors. I built it because no one should have to sign a five-figure document they can’t read. No one should have to guess if “framing labor – $9,800” is fair or if “general allowance – $12,000” means anything at all.
This tool was born from frustration, but it’s not fueled by anger. It’s fueled by clarity. By the belief that people deserve to understand what they’re paying for before they commit their savings to it. That a homeowner asking for transparency isn’t being difficult, they’re being responsible.
So I built something to fix it.
QuoteChecker.ai is a free audit tool for breaking down contractor, auto, and solar quotes. You upload your quote, and it flags what’s vague, what’s padded, and what’s missing. It gives you the language to push back and the confidence to ask the right questions,before you sign anything.
The first time I ran one of those padded quotes through the tool, I didn’t expect much. I was just tired, of staring at vague PDFs, of trying to decipher what was real and what was markup. But when the audit finished, something shifted. It didn’t just tell me “this might be overpriced” or “this could be vague.” It gave me language. It took the fog and turned it into sentences I could actually say out loud.
“Can you break out the labor vs materials here?”
“Is there a reason this line item doesn't include any quantities?”
“This looks like it might be double-counted. Can you confirm?”
They’re simple questions, but asking them changes the entire dynamic. Suddenly the quote isn’t this sacred untouchable document. It’s just numbers. And numbers can be challenged.
That’s what the tool is built to do, not to catch every problem, but to make sure you don’t walk into a five-figure agreement with your hands tied behind your back. It breaks the quote down, line by line. It flags the soft spots. It explains what might be missing, what’s lumped together, and what’s written to sound more complicated than it is.
You don’t need to be an expert to use it. You don’t need to understand construction or line item formatting or scope logic. That’s the whole point. You just need to know when something feels off. The tool helps you turn that instinct into a set of specific, useful questions you can bring to the conversation.
Even if the quote turns out to be clean, you leave with more confidence than you came in with. You don’t have to wonder if you missed something. You don’t have to screenshot it to a friend and ask, “Does this seem normal?” You know, because you saw the breakdown yourself, in plain English, with every red flag, missing scope, or ambiguous bundle called out directly.
It doesn’t make decisions for you. It doesn’t tell you who to hire. It just gives you the clarity to move forward on your own terms. No pressure. No second-guessing. No signing something you only half understand.
That’s what this tool gives you, not just information, but leverage. The kind that comes from seeing the whole picture and knowing exactly where to press.
You don’t need an account. You don’t need a credit card. Just a quote you’re unsure about, and a few seconds of curiosity.
These tools are one-and-done. No tracking. No saving. Just answers.
The free tools give you the first look, the gut check. They’re built for that moment when something feels off and you need a second opinion, fast. But sometimes, you need more than just a red flag. You need the receipts. The specifics. The power to walk into that conversation fully loaded with evidence and language that holds up under pressure.
That’s where Pro Mode comes in. It picks up where the free audit ends and goes deeper, pulling apart the quote with finer detail, letting you upload full PDFs or images, and giving you a permanent history of every audit you’ve ever run. So the next time you get a follow-up bid or an updated scope, you’re not starting over. You’re building off what you already know.
You can compare quotes side by side. See how language shifts, how numbers drift, how allowances get padded the moment no one’s looking. You can generate clarification messages that actually sound like a person wrote them, firm, polite, and ready to forward. You can export everything and keep it for your records. You’re not just scanning a quote anymore. You’re running a quiet, professional review behind the scenes.
It’s not about catching someone. It’s about knowing when to ask, when to push, and when to walk away. It’s about turning a quote into a conversation where you’re not outmatched.
If the free audit is your first defense, Pro Mode is your escalation. It's built for people who want to move forward with clarity, and stay there.