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AI development InstaQuotes (instaquotes.com.au) 1 May 2026

Building InstaQuotes: an AI quoting platform for Australian tradies

Australian tradies lose hours every week writing quotes manually. Most quoting software is too generic, too expensive, or requires a desktop to operate. InstaQuotes was built from scratch as an AI-native platform: take a voice note, photo or plain description on site, and have a professionally priced, branded quote ready to send in under a minute.

This is what we mean when we say AI that does real work — a production SaaS platform built and run by the same engineers who manage infrastructure.

01 · The problem

Manual quoting costs tradies real time and real jobs

For most trades businesses, quoting is the bottleneck. Jobs get priced from memory or rough spreadsheets, quotes take hours to format, and slow turnaround loses work to competitors who respond faster. Off-the-shelf quoting tools don't understand Australian trade pricing, don't handle GST correctly, and require desktop use — unusable on site. The market needed something built specifically for Australian tradies, with AI doing the pricing heavy lifting so the tradie can focus on the job.

02 · What we did

Full-stack AI SaaS platform — designed, built and deployed

  • Built 'Mate AI' — the pricing engine that processes voice notes, photos, drawings or text descriptions and returns itemised quotes with materials, labour and GST at Australian rates
  • Designed multi-input pipeline: voice transcription → AI extraction → pricing rules → quote generation, completing in under 60 seconds end to end
  • Integrated Stripe for subscription billing ($29–$99/month tiers) and deposit collection direct from quotes
  • Integrated Xero for automatic invoice sync and accounting reconciliation
  • Built PDF generation for branded, professional quote and invoice documents
  • Implemented multi-user access so trade businesses can add staff under one account
  • Covered 20+ trade categories: electricians, plumbers, builders, painters, tilers, roofers, concreters, landscapers, HVAC, carpenters and more
  • Deployed with Australian hosting, 7-day free trial, no credit card required
03 · The result

A live, revenue-generating platform serving Australian tradies

  • Live at instaquotes.com.au — generating quotes in production for Australian trades businesses
  • 60-second quote generation from voice, photo or description inputs
  • Handles the full quote-to-payment workflow: quote → approval → invoice → deposit via Stripe
  • Xero integration eliminates manual data entry between quoting and accounting
  • Three subscription tiers covering solo operators through to multi-staff trade businesses
  • Built entirely by Edos Solutions using AI-assisted development practices

InstaQuotes is not a demo or a proof of concept — it's a production platform handling real money for real businesses. When Edos builds AI automation, this is the standard we hold ourselves to.

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