Free quote generator

Questions people ask

What is the difference between a quote and an invoice?

A quote is a price you are offering before the work happens; an invoice is a request for payment after it has. A quote should carry an expiry date, because a price you gave in January is not one you are still bound to in June. This tool puts a 'valid until' date on every quote for that reason, and deliberately leaves the pay button off — nobody should be able to pay a quote by accident.

Do I have to make an account?

No. Nothing here asks you to sign up, and the tool works fully signed out.

Can I turn an accepted quote into an invoice?

Yes, and it is the main reason to use both. Your business details, your logo, your saved clients and your saved rates are shared across every tool on Bindery, so opening the invoice generator afterwards means the same client and the same lines are one tap away rather than retyped.

Is my client's information sent anywhere?

No. The quote is built inside your browser on your own device, and the PDF is created there too. Nothing you type is uploaded to us, because there is nothing on our side to receive it. You can check it yourself: open your browser's developer tools, go to the Network tab, and fill in the form — no request carries your data.

Do the ads on this page see my quote?

No, and not because we promise it — because they cannot. Every ad on Bindery is served from a separate website address inside a sealed frame, and your browser will not let anything in that frame read the page around it. That is enforced by the browser itself, not by our good behaviour.

Is a quote legally binding?

It depends where you are and how it is worded, and this is not legal advice. In general a quote is a firm offer to do specified work at a stated price, which is why an expiry date and a clear description matter — both keep you from being held to a price or a scope you did not mean. If a job is large or unusual, have someone local look at your wording once.

Does it handle sales tax, GST, VAT or HST?

Yes. Name the tax whatever your country calls it and set the rate; it is applied to the subtotal and shown as its own line, so the client sees what the total actually includes.