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Estimate. Contract. Invoice. Done.
TradeLedger is a simplicity-first workspace for contractors who need professional estimates, contract-ready terms, invoices, customer records, taxes, totals, and clean PDF-ready documents without a heavy business-management platform.
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EstimateContractInvoice
Estimate #1042Kitchen Backsplash
ApprovedESTIMATEEST-1042
Aug 4, 2026Prepared ForJordan Lee
Kitchen Backsplash
Subtotal$4,500.00
Tax$360.00
Estimated Total$4,860.00
CustomerJordan Lee
Next stepConvert to Contract
Built For The Paperwork Between Jobs
Not accounting software. Not field-service bloat. Just estimates, contracts, and invoices that move the job forward.
TradeLedger is for the person who prices the job, writes the scope, gets terms accepted, sends the invoice, and still has work to do after the laptop closes.
What It Handles
The everyday document loop, without the extra system you do not want to manage.
Fast estimates
Build clear estimates with customer details, project scope, reusable terms, line items, taxes, and totals before work starts.
Contract-ready terms
Keep acceptance language, payment terms, signature-ready notes, and customer approvals close to the estimate.
Professional invoices
Create invoice documents with the same simple editor and keep numbering consistent across the workspace.
Estimate-to-contract-to-invoice flow
Move job paperwork forward without rebuilding the same customer, scope, terms, and line-item information twice.
Customer and job-site records
Save contact details, mailing addresses, reusable job locations, and document history for repeat work.
Invoice balances and due dates
Track invoice due dates, paid amounts, open balances, overdue status, and payment notes from the dashboard.
Company branding on documents
Set company details, logo, business contact information, tax rate, numbering prefixes, and default terms for each document type.
Saved document history
Search saved estimates, contracts, and invoices by customer, project, number, status, and due date.
Archive-safe documents
Keep locked or historical paperwork accessible without cluttering the active document lists.
PDF-friendly output
Generate clean documents for printing or browser PDF export without learning a large accounting system.
How It Works
Write it once. Move it forward.
The workflow follows how small contractors already think about paperwork: customer, scope, price, terms, approval, invoice.
- 1Create the estimate with customer, scope, terms, line items, taxes, and totals.
- 2Turn the approved scope into contract-ready paperwork with acceptance language.
- 3Send or export the invoice when the job is ready to bill.
Workspace Preview
A workbench for the job paperwork sitting in front of you.
TradeLedger includes customer records, reusable job locations, estimates, contracts, invoices, company branding on documents, document numbering, payment tracking, due dates, archive views, and dashboard totals for small contractor paperwork.
EstimateContractInvoice
CustomerJordan Lee
[email protected](555) 014-2084
ProjectKitchen Backsplash
1842 Maple Ridge Dr
Line Items3 items
Tile backsplash installation$3,200.00
Surface prep and materials$1,300.00
Pricing
Start with a 30-day free trial.
Introductory pricing is planned to stay simple: monthly or yearly access after the trial.
FAQ
Straight answers before launch.
Who is TradeLedger built for?
TradeLedger is built for small contractors and trade businesses that need to create customer-ready estimates, contracts, and invoices without adopting a large field-service or accounting platform.
What kinds of documents can I make?
You can create estimates, contracts, and invoices with customer details, project scope, line items, tax, totals, terms, notes, and document numbers.
Can I add my company branding to documents?
Yes. TradeLedger supports company details, business contact information, logo display, tax rate, document prefixes, and default terms for estimates, contracts, and invoices.
Can I reuse customer and job-site information?
Yes. You can save customer records, mailing details, reusable job locations, and document history so repeat work does not require retyping the same information.
Can an estimate become a contract or invoice?
TradeLedger is designed around moving the same job paperwork forward from estimate to contract-ready terms to invoice, without rebuilding the customer, scope, and line items from scratch.
Does TradeLedger handle invoice balances?
Yes. Invoices can include due dates, payment notes, paid amounts, balances, and overdue status so open invoice work is easier to track from the dashboard.
Can customers pay invoices through TradeLedger?
Not yet. TradeLedger currently helps you create invoices, track due dates, record paid amounts, and monitor open balances. Online payment collection is planned for a later version.
Can I export documents as PDFs?
TradeLedger creates clean document previews intended for printing or browser PDF export, so you can send professional copies to customers.
Are the contracts legally binding?
TradeLedger helps you create contract-style documents with terms, acceptance language, deposits, progress payment notes, and signature areas. Whether a contract is legally binding can depend on your terms, customer, project, and location, so you should have an attorney create or review the legal language you use for your business.
Is TradeLedger a full accounting platform?
No. TradeLedger is intentionally focused on estimates, contracts, invoices, customers, balances, totals, and practical document workflows for small contractors.
What is the current trial?
The application currently uses a 30-day free trial for new organizations.
What does it cost after the trial?
Introductory pricing is expected to start at $19 per month or $190 per year after the free trial.
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