Quote gardens you actually make money on.
Garden builds run for weeks, with plant cost, paving, sub-base, soil and labour all moving at different rates. MarginPal tracks every receipt against your quoted estimate so the final invoice reflects margin, not absorbed cost.
What's eating your margin as a landscaper?
Plant cost varies between quote and buy
You quoted Acer Palmatum at the spring wholesale price. Three months later they've gone up 20%. MarginPal compares your real receipts to what you quoted so the next garden's quote prices plants from current numbers.
Sub-base and aggregate creep on patios
Old gardens hide their depth. A 'should be four tonnes' sub-base ends up six. MarginPal logs every aggregate ticket against the job, and the budget-health badge flips before you've ordered the third load.
Customer scope changes mid-build
'Could we add a small water feature while you're here?' MarginPal logs every extra receipt against the job so the final margin reflects everything you delivered — including the conversations about variation pricing that should have happened.
Long-job margin tracking for multi-week garden builds.
MarginPal's budget-health badge updates with every receipt and invoice you log. On Track means you're under 80% of estimated cost. At Risk is 80–100%. Over Budget is past 100%. Halfway through a four-week garden, that signal arrives in time to do something about it.
- Live budget-health badge on every active garden
- Snap any nursery, builders-merchant or aggregate-supplier receipt
- AI insights (Business tier) flag patterns across your jobs
- Line-item quotes with Labour / Materials / Other cost-type tags
Fair, flat pricing. Scans that scale with you.
AI receipt scanning and live quoted-vs-actual tracking on every tier. AI margin insights unlock on Business. Need more scans? Pay only for what you use.
Solo
For sole traders getting organised.
- Up to 3 members
- Manual quote management
- AI receipt scanning
- Quoted vs actual tracking
Pro
Everything a one-van operation needs.
- Up to 10 members
- Branded quote PDFs
- Send quotes by email
- Customer accept/decline
- AI receipt scanning
- Quoted vs actual tracking
Business
For small crews running multiple jobs.
- Up to 20 members
- Branded quote PDFs
- Send quotes by email
- Customer accept/decline
- AI receipt scanning
- Quoted vs actual tracking
- AI margin insights
- Priority support
Prices in GBP, VAT not included. Cancel anytime.
Questions landscapers ask.
Can I quote planting and hard landscaping as separate items?
Yes — quote line items support whatever breakdown you want. Most landscapers list sub-base, paving, planting, and labour as separate lines so they can see where each garden runs over.
Does it work for garden maintenance customers?
Yes. Treat each visit (or each contracted month) as a job, log materials and any subbie costs as expenses, and the per-customer margin builds up over time. Useful for spotting which contracts are paying and which aren't.
How does it handle plant warranty replacements?
Log the replacement plant as an expense against the original job. The final margin reflects the replacement cost — useful data for tightening warranty terms or sourcing on the next big planting scheme.
Built for the rest of the trades too.
Same engine, tuned to whichever trade you're in. Each one gets patterns specific to its work.
- MarginPal for Electricians Itemise rewires, CU upgrades and EV charger installs, then watch material cost track against your quote — live, on every job.
- MarginPal for Plumbers Boiler installs, leak fixes and bathroom fits all have different margins. See which jobs are really paying.
- MarginPal for Builders Long builds are where margin disappears. MarginPal flags drift in week 3, not week 13.
- MarginPal for Tilers Tile waste, adhesive and grout creep up. MarginPal flags when materials are running over before the job ends.
- MarginPal for Painters & decorators Track paint, prep and materials cost against your quote — and let the AI surface patterns once you have a few jobs in.
- MarginPal for Joiners Itemise bespoke pieces, then track every timber and ironmongery receipt against the quote.
- MarginPal for Roofers Track tile, felt, scaffolding and labour costs against your roofing quote — live, on every job.
- MarginPal for Plasterers Track bag count, beads, prep and labour against your plastering quote — and stop second-coat creep eating your margin.
- MarginPal for Gas engineers Boiler installs, annual services, breakdowns — all different margins. See which jobs are really paying.
- MarginPal for Kitchen fitters Track every unit, worktop, appliance and labour against your kitchen quote — and know if it's paying before you fit the last cabinet.
- MarginPal for Locksmiths Emergency callouts, planned lock changes, security upgrades — see which jobs are really paying.
- MarginPal for Glaziers Track glass, frames, beading and labour against your quote — and stop custom-cut waste eating your margin.
- MarginPal for Handypeople Small jobs, every kind, all different. MarginPal shows which ones are really paying.
Ready to see what your jobs really earn?
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