◆ On Starter · $19.99 a month (CA$24.99)

Contractor invoicing that starts from the estimate you already priced.

The estimate the client approved already has every line, the tax rate for your region and the client's details on it. Estiquik's invoice is that estimate with a number, a due date and a Pay button — not a second document you retype. One-off invoices for the small jobs, progress invoices for the long ones, and every payment recorded against the balance.

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✓ No card to start✓ Tax by province or state✓ Card money lands in your Stripe

An Estiquik invoice built from a kitchen renovation estimate, with the line items, the client's details and the issue and due dates filled in

Sample invoice from the live demo

One document, three ways to start it

What the invoicing does

Every invoice is an ordinary Estiquik document: it prints, it emails with a sent copy on file, and it exports.

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From the approved estimate

Open the estimate and create its invoice. Line items, client, region and tax carry over; markup, contingency, discount and tax are yours to adjust on the invoice without touching the original estimate.

Same number series, linked back to the estimate

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A one-off invoice

Start from the Invoices page for the repair, the callback or the deck re-stain that never had an estimate. Pick the client, type the lines, send.

No estimate required

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Progress invoices

Put a payment schedule on the estimate — deposit, draws, completion, optional holdback — and each stage becomes its own invoice with its own due date and pay link.

See progress invoicing →

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Pay by card

Connect your own Stripe account once and every emailed invoice carries a Pay by card button. The money lands in your Stripe account, the payment records itself on the invoice.

Stripe's standard rate, nothing added

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Every other way of paying

Record cash, cheque, card and e-Transfer payments by hand, each as its own record with a date and a memo. The invoice shows the running total paid and the balance due.

Deposits and partial payments included

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Reminders that send themselves

On Pro, the day after an emailed invoice passes its due date with a balance owing, the client gets a reminder from your business name — with a fresh pay link for exactly the balance — and one more a week later. Then it stops.

Pro and Crew

Estimate to paid

How an estimate becomes a paid invoice

Nothing is retyped between the estimate and the money.

STEP 1

Approve

The client approves the estimate from the email or signs it from their phone. Name, time and document fingerprint are recorded on the estimate.

STEP 2

Invoice

Press Create invoice. The lines, the client and the tax rate arrive on the invoice; change what needs changing, set the due date, add a note about e-Transfer if that is how your clients pay.

STEP 3

Send

Email it. The client sees the invoice with a Pay by card button if Stripe is connected, and a sent copy stays on file with the job.

STEP 4

Record

Card payments record themselves. Cheques, cash and e-Transfers you record in a click. The balance updates, job costing counts it, and QuickBooks gets the payment on Pro.

Invoices import too: bring a Joist, Jobber or QuickBooks invoice export in through Import CSV, clients first, and each invoice lands on the right client record.

Getting paid

Card payments through your own Stripe account

Estiquik does not sit between you and the money. You connect your own Stripe account; the charge is made directly on it.

Stripe's standard rate, nothing on top2.9% + 30¢ in the US, 2.9% + 30¢ CAD in Canada, charged by Stripe into your own account. Estiquik takes no cut and stores no keys.

The payment records itselfWhen a client pays by card, the amount, date and payer land on the invoice as a payment record. No reconciling a Stripe email against an invoice list.

Tax done by regionGST, HST or PST by province, state tax in the US, applied to everything or to materials only. The rate comes from the estimate's region; you can override it on the invoice.

E-Transfer is a first-class methodMost Canadian residential clients pay by Interac e-Transfer. Record it as its own method with the date and a memo; the reminder emails stop on their own once the balance is settled.

Contractor invoicing app pricing

What it costs next to the apps built around the invoice

Starter includes unlimited invoices. Vendor prices below were read from their own pricing pages on 3 September 2026, in US dollars, monthly with no commitment.

Product	Monthly	What that buys
Estiquik Starter	$19.99	CA$24.99 · unlimited estimates and invoices, progress billing, card payments via your Stripe, e-signature. Reminders and QuickBooks on Pro at $29.99.
Joist	Free, Pro $17, Elite $32	Free tier capped at five documents a month. Card payments through Joist Payments: 3.49% + 49¢ in the US, 2.9% + 30¢ in Canada.
Jobber	Core $49	One user; $29 for every extra user. Automated reminders and QuickBooks Online start on Connect at $139.

Prices can change at any time; the comparison pages for Joist and Jobber carry the full tier tables and their dates.

Where it stops

What an Estiquik invoice is and is not

Pick Estiquik if you…

Quote first, invoice secondThe invoice is the estimate with a due date. If your work starts with a priced estimate, nothing is typed twice.
Bill Canadian clients in Canadian dollarsCAD pricing, HST/GST/PST by province, e-Transfer as a method. See Estiquik in Canada.
Want the card money in your own accountYour Stripe, Stripe's rate, your payout schedule. No platform holding your funds.
Bill long jobs in stagesDeposit, draws, holdback release — each its own invoice against the schedule the client agreed to.

Pick Joist or Jobber if you need…

Tap to Pay in personEstiquik takes cards online only — the Pay button on the emailed invoice. No card reader, no in-person tap.
ACH or bank debitNot offered. Card through Stripe, or record an e-Transfer, cheque or cash by hand.
Consumer financing offers on the invoiceJoist and Jobber both offer homeowner financing partners. Estiquik does not.
Recurring invoices for maintenance contractsEstiquik invoices are one-off or progress-billed against an estimate; there is no recurring schedule.

It is the estimate, carried forward, with payments recorded against it. It is not an accounting system: there is no ledger, no bank feed, no aging report beyond the invoice list and job costing. For the books, the Pro plan pushes clients, invoices and payments into QuickBooks Online.

Emails go out from your business name through Estiquik's sender, with a 50-emails-a-day allowance per account that the automatic reminders share. An invoice with no due date is treated as due seven days after it was emailed.

Before you ask

Questions contractors ask

Do I have to make an estimate before I can invoice?

No. Invoices from the Invoices page start blank — pick the client, add lines, send. Invoices from an estimate carry the estimate over, which is where the time saving is.

Do markup and contingency carry over from the estimate?

Yes, as a starting point. The invoice begins with the estimate's markup and contingency percentages and you can change either on the invoice without affecting the original estimate.

How do card payments work, and what does it cost?

You connect your own Stripe account from the Integrations page. Emailed invoices then carry a Pay by card button; the client pays, the charge is made directly on your Stripe account at Stripe's standard rate, and the payment is recorded on the invoice automatically. Estiquik adds no fee and never holds the money.

Can I track a deposit or a partial payment?

Yes. Record payment takes an amount, a date and a method — cash, cheque, card, e-Transfer or other. Each payment is its own record, so a deposit now and the balance later both show, with the running total and what is left.

Will Estiquik chase an unpaid invoice for me?

On Pro and Crew. The day after an emailed invoice is past due with a balance outstanding, the client gets one reminder from your business name with a fresh pay link for the exact balance; a week later, one more; then it stops. Recording a payment stops it, and any client can be excluded.

Does it work with QuickBooks?

On Pro. Clients, invoices and recorded payments push to QuickBooks Online automatically as you save them. It is one-way, and QuickBooks Desktop is not supported. Details on the QuickBooks page.

Which plan is invoicing on?

Starter, at $19.99 a month or $199.99 a year (CA$24.99 / CA$249.99), with unlimited invoices. The Free plan builds three estimates and prints them but does not send or invoice. The 14-day trial needs no card.