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Stairkey

Run the business. Keep your evenings.

Win the job, run the job, get paid, and know what you made, all in one app. The quotes, invoices, and books that used to wait until after supper get done as the job moves.

From $20 a month (CAD) · Free first month · No credit card
Stairkey contractor takeoff and estimating software — the Takeoff Builder measuring a room and pricing the scope on a sample job
What it does for you

The four things every owner is trying to do.

Stairkey is built around the work of running the business, from the first phone call to the year-end numbers.

Win the job

Quote it before you leave the driveway.

  • Measure the room and the quote prices itself from your own price book.
  • Clients open the quote straight from your email and approve it on their phone. No password to set up.
  • Every sent quote is marked hot, warm, or cold, so you know who to call back.
Run the job

The yes turns into a planned job.

  • When the client approves, the job is built for you: tasks, schedule, crew, and materials list.
  • Your crew and subs see their day, check off tasks, and log time from their phone.
  • Clients check progress in their own portal instead of calling you.
Get paid

Deposit up front. Draws as you go. Nothing left off the bill.

  • Ask for the deposit on the quote and bill progress draws as the job moves.
  • Extras go on a change order the client approves, and approved extras land on the invoice.
  • See what's sent, what's paid, and what's still owed at a glance.
Know what you made

See what every job cost against what you quoted.

  • Receipts, crew time, and sub costs add up against the quote, job by job.
  • Turn on the books and they fill in as you work, with HST and GST tracked.
  • At year-end your accountant gets a T2125-ready package. Their seat is free.
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Try it on your next quote. No credit card required.
What it costs

What you can stop paying for.

Most owners pay for a quoting or job app, an accounting package, and something to tie the two together, then type the same job into each. Stairkey replaces all three, with a cap on what a busy month can cost.

Your stack today
  • A quoting or job-management app
  • QuickBooks for the books
  • A calendar, a photo app, and a spreadsheet to connect it all
Typically $150–$250+/mo· three bills · three logins · the same job typed into each
With Stairkey
  • Quotes, scheduling, invoicing, and client records in one place
  • Real double-entry books built in, with HST and GST. No separate QuickBooks bill
  • $10 a month for each extra person. Your accountant's seat is free
From $20/mo CAD. One owner tops out at $100, or $130 with the books and a website
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Stack cost is a typical range for separately-purchased tools, not any single vendor’s price. All prices in CAD. See what each quote and invoice costs →

Built by a contractor who was doing his paperwork after supper.

Stairkey started as the tool one contractor built to get a quote out the same day and still be home for the evening. It runs real jobs every day.

Typed once
the quote becomes the job, the invoice, and the books
Capped billing
an owner seat never bills past $100/mo
Used on real jobs
by a working contractor & realtor
Why I built Stairkey
“The work was never the problem. The paperwork was. I built Stairkey to get my evenings back, and I run my own jobs on it.”
Brian Guy, founder of StairkeyBrian GuyFounder of Stairkey · Contractor since 2014, Realtor since 2018
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How it works

Measure twice. Type once.

Follow one job from the first call to the last cheque. Each step picks up where the last one left off, so you never enter the same thing twice.

  1. 01

    The call

    Save the client once. Every quote, photo, and invoice lands on their page.

  2. 02

    The quote

    Walk the room, enter the dimensions. Quantities and prices fill in from your price book.

  3. 03

    The yes

    The client approves from the email. Stairkey builds the job: tasks, schedule, and crew.

  4. 04

    The work

    Your crew checks off tasks, adds photos, and logs time from their phone.

  5. 05

    Paid and booked

    Deposit, draw, or final invoice from the same quote. Payments post to your books.

See it in action
Lead & deal pipeline in Stairkey — Every lead and deal on one page — stage, offers, and critical dates.
Lead & deal pipeline

Every lead and deal on one page — stage, offers, and critical dates.

Takeoff Builder in Stairkey — Walk the room, enter dimensions, and let formula-driven scope handle the quantities.
Takeoff Builder

Walk the room, enter dimensions, and let formula-driven scope handle the quantities.

Schedule & tasks in Stairkey — Visits, showings, inspections, and deadlines on one timeline.
Schedule & tasks

Visits, showings, inspections, and deadlines on one timeline.

Invoices & payments in Stairkey — Turn finished work into invoices and see what's draft, sent, and paid — with outstanding totals at a glance.
Invoices & payments

Turn finished work into invoices and see what's draft, sent, and paid — with outstanding totals at a glance.

Watch a real workflow
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On the job site

Run the job from your phone.

Quote in the room, check the day on the drive, send the invoice before you leave. Stairkey works on mobile — not just at the desk.

Stairkey mobile app — Quote on site: Measure a room and price the scope from your phone.
Quote on site

Measure a room and price the scope from your phone.

Stairkey mobile app — Your day at a glance: Active jobs, overdue tasks, critical dates, and your deal pipeline.
Your day at a glance

Active jobs, overdue tasks, critical dates, and your deal pipeline.

Stairkey mobile app — Project timeline: The critical path and every task, day by day.
Project timeline

The critical path and every task, day by day.

Built-in AI

An assistant that does the typing. You make the calls.

Talk a job through, point your phone at a receipt, or tell it what needs doing. It drafts the quote, the tasks, or the expense, and nothing is saved or sent until you say so.

Talk the job through

Describe the rooms and the work. It fills in the takeoff and drafts the quote for you to check.

Point your phone at it

A jobsite photo or a voice note becomes tasks. A receipt becomes an expense entry.

It drafts. You send.

Client emails, follow-ups, and invoices wait for your OK. Nothing goes out without you.

Off until you switch it on, and priced per use at 10× what the AI costs us: about 5¢ to read a receipt. No AI subscription.

More about the AI assistant →

Curious now? The same assistant answers product and pricing questions on this site — try Ask Stairkey.

Who it's for

Built for how you actually work.

For owners of almost any service business, with the deepest tools where the work is most specialized.

For any service business

Quote, schedule the work, invoice, and get paid — in one place.

Run repeat or one-off jobs end to end: schedule recurring visits, check crew availability, keep every client on one page, and bill the work — whether it's cleaning, lawn care, field service, consulting, or trades.

  • Recurring job scheduling with crew availability
  • Estimates and invoices as plain line items — no trade knowledge needed
  • Client CRM, portals, and recurring billing
Goes deepest for contractors

Measured takeoff, estimates, job tracking, invoices, and portals.

Build scope from measurements, quote the work, schedule the crew, collect approvals, and keep the customer and the job in one clean file.

  • Takeoff Builder with formula-driven quantities
  • Estimates, change orders, invoices, and payments
  • Client portal for approvals, files, and status
Goes deepest for real estate

Deals, offers, showings, tasks, contacts, and client follow-up.

Run listings and buyers from first lead to accepted offer without stitching together a CRM, task app, spreadsheet, and email reminders.

  • Deal pipeline and critical dates
  • Offer tracking and accepted-offer view
  • Contact history, notes, tasks, and reminders
No credit card required.
What's inside

Everything it takes to run the job.

Every core tool comes with the $20 starting price. The books and a website are optional add-ons.

Leads & clients

Every enquiry, note, file, and next step on the client's page, from first call to repeat job.

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Quotes & approvals

Price the job from line items or measurements. The client approves from the email, and the yes is on file.

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Takeoff

Enter room dimensions, openings, and finishes. Quantities and prices follow from your own formulas.

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Your website

An optional public site with your services, gallery, and a quote request form.

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Follow-up email

Quotes and invoices go out from your own address. Follow-ups pause on their own when the client replies.

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Schedule & crew

One-off jobs and repeat visits on one calendar, with a warning before you double-book a crew.

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Client portal

Clients check progress, approve work, and send you files without phoning.

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Crew & sub portal

Crew and subs see their jobs, check off tasks, log time, and send receipts from their phone.

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Photos & files

Every photo, contract, and receipt filed under the job it belongs to.

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Invoices & payments

Deposit, progress draw, or final invoice from the same quote. See what's draft, sent, and paid.

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The books

Optional double-entry accounting that fills in from your invoices and receipts, with HST and GST tracked.

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Expenses & year-end

Receipts, vendor bills, mileage, and a year-end package your accountant can work from.

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Team & security

Add a person for $10 a month. Decide who sees the money. Export all your data any time.

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Realty Tools

Property records, open-house sign-in, listing presentations, condition templates, commissions, and deal context.

Learn more →
Made for Canadian businesses

Built in Ontario. It knows HST.

Most contractor software is built for the United States. Stairkey was built here, for the way Canadian businesses are taxed and paid.

HST and GST

On every quote and invoice, with input tax credits tracked in the books.

Holdback

Held back on the invoice and billed when it's released.

Subcontractor slips

T5018 and T4A summaries for your records at year-end.

Year-end

A package mapped to the T2125, ready for your accountant.

Priced in Canadian dollars.

Pricing

From $20 a month. Busy months are capped.

Your $20 includes $20 of usage: a quote draws from 40¢, an invoice 30¢. A busy month costs more, and the owner seat tops out at $100. Past that you keep working and we stop charging.

Starts at $20/mo
every core tool, one owner, $20 of usage included
$10 per extra person
with $10 of usage included, capped at $30
Owner seat capped at $100
add-ons are flat fees on top: the books $20, a website $10

All prices in CAD, before tax. One owner tops out at $100, $120 with the books, or $130 with the books and a website.

Every step of every business. Handled.

Try it on your next quote. Your first month is free, with every feature on.