Estimate millwork with confidence.
From project documents to takeoff, labor, pricing and professional customer proposals—all in one estimating workflow.
Veteran Owned & Operated · Built by a commercial millwork estimator.
First-vertical: commercial millwork. Other trades shipping as they go.
Doors counted
128
Vert. LF
1,840
Sheet refs
A-801 · A-901 · A-1101
8 in 1
Documents we ingest per bid
4 stages
Pipeline: ingest → deliver
AI-assisted
Itemized starting point for your estimator
$1M–$20M
Shops we're built for
What Millwork Pilot replaces
Stop stitching a bid together
at 11 p.m. the night before.
The estimating floor still runs on PDF prints, manual takeoffs, and asking the shop foreman what he’d do. Millwork Pilot turns that work into a single structured pipeline — and gives your estimator an AI-assisted, traceable starting point.
Tapemeasuring across 40+ PDF sheets, one at a time.
→A drawing index, page-keyed quantities, and audited counts.
Re-typing scope lines out of specs at midnight.
→Specification analysis with the relevant clauses pulled for you.
Pricing spreadsheets that drift the moment the market moves.
→Materials and labor tied to a defensible pricing library.
Writing exclusions from a blank page.
→Exclusions, RFIs, and risk flags drafted in one pass.
What you get back
One bid package. No loose ends.
Scope, drawing index, specification analysis, quantities, materials, labor, markups, overhead, profit, exclusions, RFIs, risk flags, and a proposal-ready document. One consistent workflow whether you’re bidding casework, architectural millwork, or store fixtures.
How it works
Four steps.
One traceable bid.
You send the documents. The AI-assisted pipeline creates an itemized starting point for your estimator to build from.
- 01
Ingest
Drop in architectural drawings, shop drawings, specifications, addenda, photos, and your existing pricing. One bid at a time or a whole month of work.
- 02
Identify
We surface the scope, build a page-keyed drawing index, and pull the spec sections that actually drive cost on this project — not just the whole CSI list.
- 03
Takeoff & estimate
Quantities, material, labor, markups, overhead, profit, exclusions, RFIs, and risk flags — assembled into a single structured bid package.
- 04
Build & deliver
Your estimator builds the estimate from the AI-assisted itemized output. Every package carries an explicit accuracy disclaimer.
Built ground-up for commercial millwork.
Casework, cabinetry, architectural interiors, and store fixtures — where estimators still work through drawings and specifications page by page, and structured analysis can turn days of manual takeoff into a faster, reviewable workflow.
Casework
Library-grade casework, retail mobile returns, transaction shelves.
Architectural interiors
Feature walls, reception desks, custom veneer + solid surface.
Store fixtures
Gondola + pegwall pack-outs, checkout, mannequin niches.
Hours you get back
The math your
owner wants to see.
Drag the sliders to match your shop. We’ll show the hours and loaded labor cost Millwork Pilot can pull back per year — assuming the same bid mix you’re running today.
Rough estimator
Move four sliders. We’ll do the math.
Defaults reflect a 25-person millwork shop answering ~3 bids a month. The AI-assisted itemized output is a starting point for your estimator to build from; adjust the hours below to include the work needed to complete the bid.
Try it tonight
Free Basic Scope.
One bid, free account required.
Pick the next bid on your bench. Save the customer and project context, upload every independent bid document, and receive a durable quote number plus an evidence-backed review of scope categories, risks, complexity, and confidence. Upgrade only when you need a full takeoff.
Scope, referenced risks, complexity, and confidence from the complete documents. The free output is intentionally a preliminary review — never a fabricated number set.
- One free Basic Scope per project.
- Project facts, 3–5 scope categories, and referenced risks when present
- Independent document uploads with page and sheet references
- Upgrade in one click: $99 Detailed Estimate or the $199 Complete Bid Package
A free account is required for the free tier. No Stripe connection is needed. The saved result is available from this browser; paid upgrades remain optional.
Pricing
Clear packages for the next bid.
Start with a free Basic Scope, then upgrade to the itemized estimate or complete bid package when the project calls for it.
Launch packages
Start with the free Basic Scope.
A watermarked, branded review of your bid — scope, risk flags, complexity, and a confidence indicator.
FREE
one per project, free account required
- Project summary with scope categories tied to sheet references
- Items sorted into Build, Schedule, NIC, By others and Removed from scope
- Risk flags to raise with the GC
- Confidence indicator and watermark
Your itemized takeoff from the upload, materials + labor, exclusions, and an RFI list.
$99
Upgrade any Basic Scope
ONE-TIME, PER BID
- Every cabinet and item read from the drawings, page-keyed and grouped by elevation
- Enter your own material, labor and buy-out; each item shows its cost and cost per LF
- Overhead, markup and final price calculate automatically
- Inclusions, exclusions and assumptions, with a final approval step
- Blueprint opens your prints scaled for takeoff
- RFIs drafted from the drawing review, sent from your own email
- Signed accuracy disclaimer
Everything in the Detailed Estimate plus your customer proposal, evidence-backed risk flags, and procurement-ready exports.
$199 total
$100 after the $99 Detailed Estimate.
after the Basic Scope
- Everything in the Detailed Estimate
- Branded customer proposal: preview, issue and track acceptance
- RFQs and an RFI/RFQ contacts list
- Procurement, vendor and trade export files
- Cut lists by cabinet, 3D exploded views, CNC nested sheets and machine files
- Construction Standards and CNC Machine Profile settings
For shops bidding every week. Not on sale yet — join the waitlist.
$499/month
- Up to 8 Complete Bid Packages per month (resets monthly, no rollover)
- Everything in the Complete Bid Package on each one
- Field measurements and architect-style 11x17 shop drawings (Pro only)
- Blueprint across your whole account
- Packages you unlock stay yours if you cancel
Custom requirements? Contact us
Trust & accuracy
The product lives or dies
by this section. So we wrote it.
Estimators are accountable for the numbers that go out the door. So is Millwork Pilot. Here’s exactly how we treat trust.
- 01
Itemized output tied to project documents.
The AI-assisted itemized output is a starting point for your estimator to build the estimate.
- 02
Every output carries an explicit accuracy disclaimer.
No stealth claims. Whoever reads the bid knows what Millwork Pilot did, what the output includes, and where the liability sits.
- 03
We do not charge per result.
No clauses that pay us more when the bid goes up, or pay us less when it goes down. Pricing is for the platform, not the outcome.
- 04
Your data is yours.
Drawings, specs, and pricing stay scoped to your projects. Your pricing library stays your library.
About Millwork Pilot
Built from the estimating floor.
Millwork Pilot was founded by William Roberson, a U.S. Army veteran with more than 35 years in construction, millwork and manufacturing, including 13 years running a commercial furniture shop and four years as a commercial millwork estimator.
FAQ
What estimators ask
before they send us drawings.
Can't see your question here? Email us at contact@millworkpilot.com.