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FOR PAINTERS

Painting estimates without the evening paperwork.

Turn your job notes into a painting estimate with prep, coats, materials, and exclusions spelled out. Review your rates, send the estimate, and turn it into an invoice.

  • From $5.99/mo
  • No platform fee — ever
  • Estimates in 5 languages
  • Billed at signup · 14-day refund policy
THE 9PM PROBLEM

The walkthrough takes an hour. The estimate takes all evening.

Painting jobs aren't lost on the price. They're lost in the gap between the walkthrough and the send.

Square-footage math on a phone note

You measured every room, then spent the evening turning scribbled dimensions into a number — second-guessing whether two coats over that chalky hallway is really worth $3.00 a square foot.

The prep nobody agreed to

You didn't write down that the trim needed sanding or that the ceilings were water-stained. Now it's a “you said it was included” conversation on day three, with your ladder already up.

Every estimate priced from a different mood

Tuesday's estimate and Friday's estimate for identical 1,500 sq ft repaints came out $600 apart. Not because the job changed — because you were tired.

The repaint you estimated and never sent

Three days later they went with whoever answered first. Speed closes painting work: a decent number sent Monday beats your best number sent Thursday.

HOW IT ESTIMATES PAINTING

From walkthrough notes to a priced estimate in one paste

Paganki knows painting is bid by the square foot — and knows what a painting estimate has to say.

Step 1

Describe the job in plain English

“Interior repaint, 1,800 sq ft, three bedrooms plus hallway, two coats, trim and ceilings included, 9 ft walls, some peeling in the bathroom.” AI detects it's a painting job and pulls out the square footage, coat count, interior vs exterior, property type, rooms, wall height, surface condition, prep needed and whether the paint is on you.

Step 2

Rules price it — not the AI

Painting bills per square foot. Paganki prices the area at three rates — around $1.75, $3.00 and $4.50 per sq ft on the built-in defaults — then adds standard adjustments, each on its own line: an extra coat ~35%, prep ~15%, paint ~20%, trim ~15%, ceilings ~20%. Your job minimum is applied. The math is deterministic and you can edit any line. Set your own rates and minimum in Settings → Rates.

Step 3

AI writes the scope — and the exclusions

This is the part that prevents the day-three argument. AI drafts what's covered and what isn't: major drywall repair, mold and water-damage remediation, moving large furniture, wallpaper removal and lead-paint testing stay off your plate unless you put them on. Review it, send it, and convert the yes into an invoice in one click.

AI reads the job and writes the document. Rules do the math from your rates plus standard adjustments — the AI never sets a price.

Customers sign the quote on their phone, pay the deposit before you leave, and can save their card so the balance is charged when the job is done. How it works
WHAT PAINTERS GET

Everything between the walkthrough and the money

Not a generic invoicing app with a paintbrush icon — the workflow a painting business actually runs on.

Three tiers priced, you pick one

One job, three price levels: budget, recommended and premium rates for the scope you described, with coats, prep, trim and ceilings added to each. You choose the one to send, and can switch or edit any line before it goes.

Estimates become invoices in one click

The moment they say yes, the accepted estimate becomes an invoice carrying the same line items. Nothing re-typed, nothing lost in translation.

AI-drafted paint warranties

List what you stand behind — two coats, your workmanship — and what you don't. AI drafts plain-language terms from exactly that list, and you review them before they go out.

Recurring work, scheduled

Landlords, property managers, repaint cycles. Set the schedule once and the invoices go out on their own, at the amount you set.

Estimate in your customer's language

English, Spanish, German, French or Italian — same estimate, same numbers, their language. No translating a scope of work at midnight.

You get paid, you get notified

Customers view and pay through a 24/7 portal on their phone, and you get an email and in-app alert when it clears. Stripe's standard processing fee for your country applies; no platform fee from us.

AI estimating, AI warranties and recurring billing are included in every plan. AI estimates have a monthly allowance — 3 on Freelancer (which also covers 3 invoices a month), 5 on Starter, 15 on Pro, 50 on Scale — shared with AI-written reminders if you turn those on. No add-on fees, no per-estimate charges.

Painting estimates, answered

Per square foot, the way painting is actually bid. The built-in default rate card runs about $1.75 (budget), $3.00 (recommended) and $4.50 (premium) per square foot with a $350 job minimum — and you replace those with your own rates in Settings → Rates. The pricing is rule-based, so identical jobs estimate identically no matter what time of night you send them.
No. The AI reads your job description, works out that it's a painting job, and structures the line items and the scope. Every dollar comes from deterministic rules: your rates, plus standard adjustments for coats, prep, paint, trim and ceilings, each on its own line. The AI never sets a number, and you can edit any line before you send.
Yes. Painting estimates drafted in Paganki carry the standard exclusions for the trade: major drywall repair, mold and water-damage remediation, moving large furniture, wallpaper removal and lead-paint testing. Edit any of them before you send, and add your own.
Plans start at $5.99/mo, billed at signup; that plan includes 3 AI estimates and 3 invoices a month, and higher plans include more. Paganki adds no platform transaction fee. Stripe processing fees apply and vary by payment method and region.
FOR PAINTERS

Your next repaint could be estimated before you're off the driveway.

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