What should a tradie cost? Check before you agree to a quote.
Get a price range for your job before you get quotes, or check a quote you already have. See what it covers, what is missing, where the price sits and the questions to ask. Not paid by any tradie.
First check free. No card required.
Not sponsored by tradies. Not paid for by tradies. Your quote is never passed to one.
You are the only customer, so the answer is written for you.
What should your job cost?
Use the free tradie cost calculator. Pick the trade and the job, enter the size, and get an estimated range including GST, sized to your job, not a national average. No email needed.
One quote in. A straight answer out.
Not a chatbot summary. Every quote is put through the same checks, so two people with the same quote get the same answer.
Paste or upload the quote
PDF, photo or the text of an email. We read the trade, postcode and line items. You confirm them, nothing more.
We test it against what a quote should contain
We test it against what an Australian quote should contain and where its price should sit. The result tells you where this one falls short.
You get the verdict and the questions
A clarity band, the places people get caught out, a price band, and questions worded so you can send them to the tradie as they are.
Most free quote checkers are paid by the tradie. Ask who the customer is.
SecondQuote has one customer: you. That is the only honest basis for a second opinion. Other free checkers are usually paid by tradies: the audit is the bait and your job is what gets sold on.
Less than the call-out fee you are trying to understand.
Pick the option that suits you.
Got a quote sitting in your inbox?
Electrical, plumbing, painting, carpentry, tiling, concreting, roofing, landscaping, air conditioning, plastering and flooring. Other trades get a generic quality check.