Your materials and labor rates. Always current. Always one click away.
Build a database of your most-used cost items — materials, labor, and equipment — with pricing, vendors, and cost codes attached. Estimating gets faster and more accurate every time you use it.
No commitment. 30 minutes. We'll walk through your workflow.
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A cost catalog that makes every estimate faster
Every item you price once is an item you never have to look up again. Your cost catalog grows with every project — and so does the speed of your estimating.
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Search and pull — cost items populate in seconds
Start typing any material, task, or line item in the estimate and Ressio pulls matching items from your catalog. Name, description, unit type, unit cost, and markup pre-populate automatically. What used to take five minutes per line item takes five seconds.
- Search catalog from any estimate field — results appear instantly
- Name, unit type, unit cost, and markup pre-filled from the catalog
- Description carries through to the proposal automatically
- Catalog grows as you add new items across projects
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Vendor and cost code assignment per item
Attach your preferred vendor and the relevant cost code to every catalog item. When you pull a cost item into an estimate, the vendor and cost code come with it — no manual assignment each time. Cost codes connect directly to QuickBooks Online, keeping your books and your estimates aligned.
- Assign a default vendor to each catalog item
- Attach cost codes that connect to QuickBooks Online
- Vendor and cost code pre-fill when item is pulled into estimate
- Supports NAHB, CSI, NARI, or custom cost code structures
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Bulk updates — change pricing once, update everywhere
When lumber prices go up, you shouldn't have to open every estimate template and update each line manually. Update the price in your cost catalog and it flows to future estimates automatically. Bulk edit multiple items at once to keep your pricing current without the busywork.
- Bulk edit pricing across multiple catalog items at once
- Price updates apply to future estimates — not retroactively
- Export catalog to CSV for external review or backup
- Import catalog from CSV to onboard existing pricing databases
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Organized by category — structured like your estimates
Your cost catalog is organized in the same structure as your estimates — categories and items. Add files and photos to catalog items for reference. Group items into cost groups for common assemblies you use on every project. The more you put in, the faster every estimate gets.
- Organized by category to mirror your estimate structure
- Add files and photos to individual catalog items
- Create linked cost groups for common assemblies
- Company-wide — accessible on every project and estimate
Build your catalog once — speed up every estimate after
Import or build your catalog
Import your existing pricing database from CSV, or build your catalog item by item as you estimate. Ressio provides an import template. Most builders have their catalog populated within their first few projects.
Pull items into any estimate
Start typing in any estimate field and your catalog items appear. Select the item — name, pricing, vendor, and cost code populate automatically. Adjust quantities and you're done.
Update pricing as it changes
When material costs change, update the catalog item. Future estimates pull the new price. Bulk edit multiple items at once for supplier price changes. Your pricing stays current without touching every estimate.
Cost catalog connected to estimating and accounting
Your cost catalog is the foundation of accurate estimating and clean accounting. Ressio connects it to both.
Cost codes in the catalog map to QuickBooks Online Products & Services — so your estimate structure and your chart of accounts stay aligned automatically.
What builders say about the cost catalog in Ressio
I built my catalog during my first three estimates. Now I can put together a detailed estimate in an hour that used to take me half a day. The items are just there.
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Custom home builder, City, State
When lumber prices jumped, I updated about 40 items in the catalog in one go. Every estimate I built after that was current. Before Ressio that would have been a manual nightmare.
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Residential remodeler, City, State
The vendor attachment was the thing that made it click for me. I pull a framing item and my framing sub is already on it. It saves so many small decisions across a big estimate.
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Custom builder, City, State
Frequently asked questions
The cost catalog is your company's library of reusable cost items — materials, labor, equipment, and assemblies — with unit costs, unit types, markups, vendor assignments, and cost codes attached. When estimating, you search the catalog and pull items in rather than entering details manually each time.
Yes. Ressio provides a CSV import template for the cost catalog (name, vendor, description, cost code, unit cost, quantity, unit type, markup). Import your existing pricing database in one step rather than building item by item.
When you start typing a cost item name in any estimate field, Ressio searches your catalog and suggests matching items. Select one and the name, description, unit type, unit cost, markup, vendor, and cost code all populate automatically — turning a multi-field entry into a single click.
Yes. Each catalog item can have a default vendor assigned. When the item is pulled into an estimate, the vendor pre-fills automatically — saving you from re-assigning vendors on recurring cost items.
Cost codes in Ressio map to QuickBooks Online Products & Services. When you assign a cost code to a catalog item, that connection follows the item into every estimate and bill — keeping your project accounting and your QBO chart of accounts aligned without manual mapping.
Yes. You can select and edit multiple catalog items at once to update pricing across a category or the whole catalog. Price changes apply to future estimates — existing locked estimates are not affected.
Yes. The cost catalog can be exported to CSV for external review, backup, or sharing with your accountant or estimating team.
Yes. The cost catalog is company-wide — accessible from every project and every estimate. Any item added to the catalog is immediately available for all future projects.
The cost catalog makes these features faster
Proposals & Estimates
Pull catalog items into any estimate field — pricing, vendor, and cost code pre-fill automatically.
Templates
Estimate templates built with catalog items stay current when you update catalog pricing.
Budgeting & Financials
Cost codes from the catalog connect to QuickBooks — keeping your budget and books aligned.
Build your pricing database once. Estimate faster forever.
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