The price anchor
| Quotewell | PandaDoc | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $0 — no subscription | $19–$49/user/mo |
| Annual | $0 after purchase | $228 |
| 5-year total | $29 | $1,140 |
| 10-year total | $29 | $2,280 |
Subscription figures from the vendor's published pricing ($19–$49/user/mo, ~$228/yr); the Quotewell column is the full price, paid once.
Break-even analysis
At $19/mo, Quotewell pays for itself in about 1.5 months — then it's free for life.
- After 1 year: Quotewell has cost you $29 total — PandaDoc / Proposify has cost $228.
- After 3 years: Quotewell is still $29 — the subscription is at $684.
- After 5 years: Quotewell is still $29 — the subscription is at $1,140.
What you get for $29 once
- Price catalog. Save your services and materials with default price, unit and description — build it once, quote fast forever.
- Line-item builder. Pull items from the catalog or add one-offs, with fractional quantities, per-line and quote-level discounts, tax and live totals.
- Optional / alternate lines. Show upsells and alternates on the quote, priced but excluded from the total.
- Exact money math. Every amount is stored and computed in integer cents, so there is no floating-point drift ever.
- Templates and branding. Cover note and terms boilerplate saved per business, plus logo and accent color, selectable per quote.
- No renewal, ever. The license does not expire and there is no per-seat meter — $29 is the whole price.
Pricing questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — Quotewell is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/quote-estimator-mvp. The $29 buys the 1-click Windows installer and zero setup; building from source is free.
Does my quote data go to the cloud?
Never. Everything is a local SQLite file on your disk, it works fully offline, and there is no telemetry.
Is it a full proposal platform like Proposify?
No, and that's the point. Quotewell builds branded quotes with a real total at the bottom, without the sales-enablement platform bolted on — $29 once instead of a per-seat subscription.
Quotewell — $29, one time
Or get Quotewell plus every other app in the suite: the OneTimeSuite bundle is currently $97, one time.