Track every small job. Find the ones that really pay.
Half-hour fence repairs, two-hour shelving installs, day-long fix-everything visits — handypeople run more jobs in a week than most trades run in a month. MarginPal tracks each one's real margin so you know which work types are worth saying yes to.
What's eating your margin as a handyperson?
Small jobs all blur together at month-end
Twenty £80 jobs in a week feels productive — but without per-job margin, you don't know which ones paid and which barely covered the drive. MarginPal closes that loop on every job, however small.
Materials run-arounds eat the rate
Three trips to the merchant on a £100 job means the £100 is gone. MarginPal logs every receipt against the job so the real margin reflects every detour you made.
You quote the next job from gut feel
After a hundred odd-jobs, gut feel is OK — but data is better. MarginPal shows you what each job type really earned, so the next quote prices the same kind of work confidently.
Per-job margin on the small stuff that adds up.
Every job in MarginPal — even a half-hour visit — gets a clear margin number from real expenses and invoices. The AI insights (Business tier) start surfacing patterns once you've logged a handful, telling you which kinds of small jobs really pay.
- Per-job KPI strip even for small jobs: Revenue, Est. Cost, Profit, Margin
- Snap any merchant receipt at the till — OCR reads every line in seconds
- AI insights (Business tier) surface patterns across your jobs
- Line-item quotes with Labour / Materials / Other cost-type tags
Fair, flat pricing. Scans that scale with you.
AI receipt scanning and live quoted-vs-actual tracking on every tier. AI margin insights unlock on Business. Need more scans? Pay only for what you use.
Solo
For sole traders getting organised.
- Up to 3 members
- Manual quote management
- AI receipt scanning
- Quoted vs actual tracking
Pro
Everything a one-van operation needs.
- Up to 10 members
- Branded quote PDFs
- Send quotes by email
- Customer accept/decline
- AI receipt scanning
- Quoted vs actual tracking
Business
For small crews running multiple jobs.
- Up to 20 members
- Branded quote PDFs
- Send quotes by email
- Customer accept/decline
- AI receipt scanning
- Quoted vs actual tracking
- AI margin insights
- Priority support
Prices in GBP, VAT not included. Cancel anytime.
Questions handypersons ask.
Is it overkill for £50 jobs?
No — short, simple quotes take a couple of taps to build, and even the smallest job ends with a margin number. The whole point is finding which small jobs really pay so you can take more of those and fewer of the time-burners.
Can I tag jobs by type so I see which kinds of work pay best?
Every job has a type, and the AI insights (Business tier) take that into account when commenting on patterns. So your fence repairs and your shelving installs each get insights based on the work they actually were.
Does it work for letting-agent and property-manager customers?
Yes. Set up each agent as a customer, create a job for every visit, and per-customer history builds up over time. Useful for spotting which agents pay enough to keep prioritising and which keep pushing rates down.
Built for the rest of the trades too.
Same engine, tuned to whichever trade you're in. Each one gets patterns specific to its work.
- MarginPal for Electricians Itemise rewires, CU upgrades and EV charger installs, then watch material cost track against your quote — live, on every job.
- MarginPal for Plumbers Boiler installs, leak fixes and bathroom fits all have different margins. See which jobs are really paying.
- MarginPal for Builders Long builds are where margin disappears. MarginPal flags drift in week 3, not week 13.
- MarginPal for Tilers Tile waste, adhesive and grout creep up. MarginPal flags when materials are running over before the job ends.
- MarginPal for Painters & decorators Track paint, prep and materials cost against your quote — and let the AI surface patterns once you have a few jobs in.
- MarginPal for Joiners Itemise bespoke pieces, then track every timber and ironmongery receipt against the quote.
- MarginPal for Roofers Track tile, felt, scaffolding and labour costs against your roofing quote — live, on every job.
- MarginPal for Plasterers Track bag count, beads, prep and labour against your plastering quote — and stop second-coat creep eating your margin.
- MarginPal for Gas engineers Boiler installs, annual services, breakdowns — all different margins. See which jobs are really paying.
- MarginPal for Kitchen fitters Track every unit, worktop, appliance and labour against your kitchen quote — and know if it's paying before you fit the last cabinet.
- MarginPal for Landscapers Patios, planting, lawns, full re-designs — track plant, paving and labour cost against the quote.
- MarginPal for Locksmiths Emergency callouts, planned lock changes, security upgrades — see which jobs are really paying.
- MarginPal for Glaziers Track glass, frames, beading and labour against your quote — and stop custom-cut waste eating your margin.
Ready to see what your jobs really earn?
Quote, track, and compare — all in one app. 7-day free trial on Pro, set up in the time it takes to boil the kettle.