Step 1
Your brand, your photos, your price — first.
The quote opens like a proposal, not a spreadsheet. Your cover photo, your name, the total and how long it is valid for. On any phone, from one link.
The contractor operating system
Developed by contractors.For contractors.
Quotes your clients love to sign. Jobs your crew can run without a phone call. Money that lands against the right job. One app, from first call to final invoice.
14 days free. No card required.
Works with the tools you already use
- Stripe
- Revolut
- Apple Pay
- Google Pay
- Xero
- QuickBooks
01 · Win the work
A quote that sells the job for you.
Not a PDF in an email. A living page your client opens on their phone — photos on every line, every product priced, payments set out and a signature box at the bottom. This is a real one.
Open the live quote
Read every line, open the photos, pick a start date, sign it and pay the deposit. Nothing is sent.
Step 2
Every line explained, nothing left vague.
Thirty-five items across six areas, each opening to the detail behind the price. Clients see what they are paying for, so they stop asking.
Step 3
Every product named, pictured and priced.
Twenty-eight products, from the Howdens kitchen to the brushed brass shower set — each with its photo, specification and price. Your markup stays yours.
Step 4
The money agreed before work starts.
Deposit and stage payments are set out on the quote itself: 40% to book, then two 30% stages. No awkward conversations later.
Step 5
Pick a date. Sign. Pay the deposit.
Clients choose a start date, sign on the page and pay the deposit by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. You get the alert the moment it happens.
£45,656.29quote total, inc. VAT
35items across 6 areas
28products, itemised
40days on site, planned
40 · 30 · 30stage payments
Real Forman screens, showing quote #6132 by Tom Harvey Contractors. Client details changed.
02 · Let Forman write it
Your client asks. Forman prices it.
Eleanor messaged asking for underfloor heating and an extra socket. Paste it into Quote Assistant and it adds the lines, prices them from your past quotes and moves the programme — ready to apply in one tap.
Writes in your style
Quote Assistant learns from your past quotes — your wording, your structure, your rates — and drafts lines the way you would.
Reads what clients send
Paste an email or a WhatsApp, add a screenshot or a PDF. Forman turns it into priced lines you can apply in one tap.
Drafts from a request
One click on a new enquiry: Forman reads the photos and site notes and writes a full draft quote, based on your closest past jobs.
Products from a link
Paste a supplier link and the photo, name and trade price land on the line. No retyping, no screenshots.
03 · Keep clients close
Clients stop chasing. You stop explaining.
Every client gets a private Client Hub: where the job is, who is on site today, the photos from site, what they owe and a direct line to your team.
- Timeline with the finish window and what is happening now
- Daily photos from site, sorted before, during and after
- Messages, documents and to-dos in one place
- Invoices they can pay by card from their phone
04 · Run the job
The whole operation. On one screen.
From the office desk to the van: every job, every crew member, every material and every pound, connected.
Every job, one record.
Progress, the crew on site, 28 materials tracked from needed to purchased, and the margin — £20,303.90 at 53.4% on this one.
A calendar the crew can read.
Who is where, every day, with team lanes and live counts.
The crew's day, in their pocket.
Clock in, see the job, tick off tasks and send photos from site.
Know who has opened every quote.
Viewed nine times today? That is your cue to call.
Subcontractors, one link.
Post the work; a trusted sub claims it, ticks the tasks and invoices you. No login.
05 · Get paid
Deposit on signature. Stages on schedule.
The payment plan agreed on the quote becomes the invoices. Every quote and invoice carries its own payment link, and the money lands against the right job.
- Deposit · 40%£18,262.52Paid by card
- Progression · 30%£13,696.89Due 15 Oct
- Final · 30%£13,696.89On handover
Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay through your own Revolut or Stripe account. Bank details filled in for transfers.
06 · Know your numbers
Every morning, the business at a glance.
Won this month, invoiced, outstanding and who is working right now — then exactly what needs you: overdue invoices, jobs ready to bill and quotes worth a follow-up call.
- Live crew status: working, on site or en route
- Margin alerts on any job under 15%
- 22 reports, VAT position and break-even
Built inside a working contracting firm
We built Forman to run our own company first.
Forman runs Tom Harvey Contractors every day — the quotes, the crews, the Client Hubs and the invoices. Every screen on this page is the real app.
“It was never about adding more software to the day. It was about giving contractors a way to stand out — and win the work.”Rom, founderRead the story
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New in Forman
Better every week.
Forman is built by people who use it on real jobs. Here is what landed in the latest release.
01
Quote Assistant
Adds and prices lines, or drafts a whole quote in your style from your past jobs.
02
A new Client Hub
Completely redesigned, with everything for each client in one place.
03
New digital quotes and invoices
A redesigned page for your clients to read, sign and pay.
04
Previous work
Your best past projects, with before and after photos, shown on your quotes.
05
Your brand colours
Quotes, Client Hub, invoices and emails in your colour.
06
Find any quote or invoice
Search by date, amount or client, and download the PDFs.
Pricing
Start with what you need. Grow into everything.
Every trial is the full product for 14 days. Pick a plan when you are ready — prices exclude VAT.
Documents
Quote, invoice and get paid.
For sole traders who need professional quotes, invoices, client records and online payments without a complete job-management system.
£9
+ VAT / month
Monthly billing. Switch to annual for two months free.
- Users
- 1 included
- Documents
- 50 quotes and invoices a month
- Storage
- 1 GB
- Branded quotes
- Branded invoices
- Online quote acceptance
- Online invoice payments
- Wording polish
- Client records
Operations
Win the work and run the job.
For contractors and small teams who want richer quotes and a connected workflow for scheduling, running and documenting jobs.
£29
+ VAT / month
Monthly billing. Switch to annual for two months free.
- Users
- 3 included · +£8/user/mo
- Documents
- Unlimited, fair use applies
- Storage
- 20 GB
Everything in Documents, plus:
- Photos on line items
- Optional extras
- Scheduling and calendar
- Before, during and after photos
- Client hub documents
- Quote view alerts
- Team access
Recommended
Business
Automate the admin and understand the profit.
For growing trade and property-maintenance businesses that want AI-assisted administration, stronger team control and profitability insight.
£69
+ VAT / month
Monthly billing. Switch to annual for two months free.
- Users
- 6 included · +£8/user/mo
- Documents
- Unlimited, fair use applies
- Storage
- 100 GB
Everything in Operations, plus:
- AI quote extraction
- AI lead capture
- Clock in and out
- Job costing
- Profitability reporting
- Subcontractor portal
- Accounting integration
Scale
Full control across the operation.
For larger operations that need every Forman core capability, higher limits and greater operational control.
£129
+ VAT / month
Monthly billing. Switch to annual for two months free.
- Users
- 12 included · +£8/user/mo
- Documents
- Unlimited, fair use applies
- Storage
- 250 GB
Everything in Business, plus:
- Full report library
- Data export
- Roles and permissions
- Priority support
- Assisted onboarding
- Data import help
Extra users are £8 + VAT a month each on Operations, Business and Scale. Documents is a single-user plan. Suspended users and pending invitations are never charged.
FAQ
Clear answers before you sign up.
Anything else? support@forman.live
Is there a free trial?
Yes. Start with a 14-day Scale trial — our complete plan — and explore the whole workflow before choosing. No card required.
Is a payment card required?
No. You can start the trial without entering payment details.
What happens when the trial ends?
Choose the plan that suits your team to keep working. Your workspace and records stay together.
Are prices before or after VAT?
Prices are shown excluding VAT and marked + VAT.
Can I move between plans?
Yes. Move between plans as your workload or team changes.
Can I add more people?
Yes. Additional active users are £8 + VAT per month on eligible plans.
The standard contractors deserve
More work won.More hours returned.
14 days of the full product. No card required.
14 days free.
No card required. Start free trial
No card required. Start free trial