Instant Estimate Engine
Why wait for AI to figure out something Drevanto already knows?
Supported common jobs don't need a generative guess. Drevanto runs them through the Instant Estimate Engine — deterministic estimating built on Construction University knowledge, canonical materials, and labor — and returns a structured estimate almost immediately.
Instant Estimate Engine
Why wait for AI to figure out something Drevanto already knows?
Supported common jobs don't need a generative guess. Drevanto runs them through the Instant Estimate Engine — deterministic estimating built on Construction University knowledge, canonical materials, and labor — and returns a structured estimate almost immediately.
01
Description
Tell Drevanto what the job is.
02
Scope
Confirm the few details that change the price.
03
Instant estimate
Structured estimate from known assemblies.
04
Materials + labor
Canonical materials, production rates, hours.
05
Job Ready
Reviewed for gaps before it goes out.
- Supported work runs Instant
- Many bounded, common construction workflows are already modeled. Those estimates are deterministic: same inputs, same structured result.
- Unusual work routes assisted
- When a scope falls outside what's modeled, Drevanto flags it for the hybrid / assisted review path instead of pretending it's a known job. The AI-assisted part of that path needs an external provider and is not enabled in the current beta.
- Every estimate gets reviewed
- Job Ready, Estimate Reviewer, and Margin Guardian check completeness and margin before the estimate leaves your hands.
- You approve, always
- Drevanto prepares the numbers, and nothing leaves without you. Sending, e-signature, payments, supplier ordering and billing are disabled in the current beta, so those steps do not run at all yet.
Instant estimating covers many common workflows, not every possible job. We'd rather tell you which is which than claim coverage we don't have.
How Instant Estimates workYou see the scope before you see a price
Drevanto shows what it assumed and what still needs verification, so the estimate isn't a black box. You confirm the handful of details that actually change the number.
Instant estimating covers many common workflows, not every possible job. We'd rather tell you which is which than claim coverage we don't have.
One connected review
Build the estimate. Check the estimate. Protect the profit.
These aren't three separate tools you have to remember to run. Every estimate passes through the same review path, and what it finds is tied to the numbers you're about to hand a customer.
Step 1
Job Ready
Checks the estimate is actually complete — scope, quantities, and the details a job needs before it leaves your hands.
Step 2
Estimate Reviewer
Groups findings with the evidence behind them, so you fix real gaps instead of reading a wall of warnings.
Step 3
Margin Guardian
Holds the line on margin: flags pricing under your floor and shows what a cost increase would do to the job.
Certified example explorer
Real certified output, precomputed — not a website demo
These are three supported jobs from the 2026-08-21 certification run. What you see is the recorded certification evidence — this page does not call the native engine.
Certified scope
“Build a 12x12 deck using pressure-treated pine lumber”
Assembly pressure-treated-deck@1.0.0
Key assumptions (7)
- Attached to structure
- Under 30 inches
- Include railing
- Include stairs
- 16 in OC framing
- Concrete footings and 6x6 posts
- 10% waste
Canonical materials (12)
- Concrete mix
- 2x8 joist hanger
- 6x6 post base
- 12 in form tube
- Deck stair railing kit
- 6 ft wood railing kit
- 3 in deck screws
- 6x6 ground-contact post
- 2x6x12 PT lumber
- 2x10x12 ground-contact PT lumber
- 2x12x12 ground-contact PT lumber
- 2x8x12 ground-contact PT lumber
Labor
- Trade
- Deck carpentry
- Hours
- 38.75 hrs
- Crew size
- 2
Support, framing, decking, railing, and stair production rates.
Equipment (0)
No equipment required for this scope.
No dollar totals are shown: certification pricing was synthetic. In Drevanto, every line of this estimate is editable and priced under your control.
Full benchmark methodologySupported work
What Instant covers today
Catalog v3 contains 26 supported assembly versions across 20 trade families. Work outside the catalog routes to Drevanto's Hybrid/assisted workflow for your review — it is never forced through Instant.
Browse the 20 supported trade families
- Decks
- Flooring
- Bathrooms
- Painting
- Drywall
- Siding
- Insulation
- Concrete
- Framing
- Windows
- Doors
- Finish carpentry
- Cabinets
- Countertops
- Pavers
- Landscaping
- Drainage
- HVAC
- Fencing
- Roofing
The three certified examples above are public. The complete supported-work list is visible inside the Drevanto app.
Why no free-form website demo?
The certified Instant Estimate Engine runs inside Drevanto, not on this website. Rather than simulate a native engine result in the browser, we show certified examples recorded from the real engine. For the actual editable product experience — on your own jobs — join the private Drevanto beta.