Win more work by giving customers DFM feedback in minutes
Upload CAD files, PDFs, or drawings. Quote Agent creates
a DFM report you can review and send with your quote.
Your data is secure and encrypted 🔒
Help customers make better design decisions
Spot potential issues before production begins
From part files to a DFM report
Give customers more than a price
Send DFM feedback alongside your price to show you’ve thought about how their part will be made.
Everything you need to prepare DFM feedback
Show customers what could make their part harder to produce
A tight tolerance might add machining time. An internal corner might need a different tool or a change to the design. Quote Agent helps you identify issues like these and show customers where they occur.
What your customer can see:
Where a potential issue appears on the part
Why it could affect manufacturing
Which features may add time or cost
What might be worth changing
What your team wants to discuss
Developed and tested in CloudNC's own production machine shop. Built to help skilled teams investigate issues, check assumptions, and quote with greater confidence.
Find problems before they become production problems
If a part cannot be made as drawn, discovering that after you accept the job can bring delays, added cost and a difficult conversation with the customer.
See features that could affect cost or production
Ask design questions while changes are still possible
Decide what to raise with the customer before production
Simple, transparent pricing
Free
For trying Quote Agent on real RFQs.
$0
/mo
3 parts/mo
10 parts when you signup
No card required. Upgrade any time
Includes Manual Mode: quote using your own estimates and materials, without AI
Starter
For individual estimators and small machine shops.
$20
/mo
8 parts/mo
$50
/mo
20 parts/mo
$100
/mo
40 parts/mo
Single user
$2.50 per part
Overage $3.75 per part
Professional
For growing teams and multi-user job shops.
$200
/mo
83 parts/mo
$500
/mo
208 parts/mo
$1,000
/mo
416 parts/mo
Multi-user account management
$2.40 per part
Overage $3.60 per part
How parts work
Each AI analysis uses your monthly parts allowance as follows:
Quoting: 1 part per component
DFM: 2 parts per component
Quality ballooning and FAI: 4 parts per component
Manual Mode: no parts used
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Get in touch to discuss volume pricing, Single Sign-On (SSO), or enhanced security.
See why manufacturers choose Quote Agent
Hear directly from the people using Quote Agent every day to
estimate jobs, send quotes faster, and win more work.
Quote Agent helped us win a job worth over £30,000, largely because we got back to the customer within an hour.
Quote Agent helps us respond faster. We've won many jobs by being first to quote, even when we weren't the cheapest.
With Quote Agent, I quoted 27 different parts in just 20 minutes, leaving the rest of the day to get back to machining.
Quote Agent helps me validate machining times, so I feel more confident in our quotes and more competitive on price.
Quote Agent helps me get a fair price back to customers quickly. Being first to bid gives me a better chance of winning.
Frequently asked questions
Your files are securely stored on AWS infrastructure and encrypted both in transit and at rest using industry-standard security practices.
Quote Agent helps you review parts, identify potential issues, and generate a draft quote. You remain in control of the final quote and can review, edit, and adjust pricing before anything is sent to your customer.
Quote Agent was developed and tested in CloudNC's own production machine shop, which manufactures high-mix, low-volume precision parts across a variety of industries. It helps estimators build accurate quotes faster, while still letting your team review, edit, and approve every quote before it is sent.
Quote Agent is designed for precision machined components. Whether you're quoting milled parts, turned parts, mill-turn components, or other precision machined parts, Quote Agent can help you review parts and build quotes faster.
No. Quote Agent is built to help skilled estimators work faster. It reduces manual review, highlights potential issues earlier, and gives your team a stronger starting point. Your estimators still review, edit, and approve quotes before they go to customers.
Quote Agent can generate estimates and quotes for 3-axis, 3+2, 4-axis and 5-axis mills, horizontal mills, CNC lathes, turn-mill machines, Swiss lathes and more. It also supports grinding and finishing, EDM, cutting and forming, and inspection equipment.
At this time, Quote Agent is a cloud-based service and we do not recommend uploading export-controlled data. Customers should ensure any data uploaded complies with their own security and contractual requirements
Yes. Every quote is fully editable. Quote Agent creates the first draft, but you remain in complete control. You can adjust machining steps, materials, labour, markups, lead times, pricing and any other part of the quote before sending it to your customer.
Yes. Quote Agent includes an AI assistant that can answer questions about parts, drawings, and manufacturing. Whether you're reviewing a new RFQ, investigating a potential issue, or trying to better understand a part, the assistant is available directly within Quote Agent.
No. Quote Agent is a standalone web application and does not require any CAM software. You can use Quote Agent regardless of which CAD, CAM, or ERP systems you currently use.
Not yet. Quote Agent is currently available in English only. We plan to add support for additional languages in future releases.
Quote Agent supports US dollars (USD), euros (EUR), British pounds (GBP), Canadian dollars (CAD), Mexican pesos (MXN), Japanese yen (JPY), Chinese yuan (CNY), Indian rupees (INR), Australian dollars (AUD) and New Zealand dollars (NZD).
You can choose your currency in your shop settings.
Give customers feedback they can use
Review potential manufacturing issues and share a DFM report without hours of manual preparation.