Know which callouts are actually paying.
A £150 emergency callout looks profitable until you log the drive, the parts, and the morning it cost. MarginPal tracks each job's real margin separately, so emergency, booked and security-upgrade work each have their own honest numbers.
What's eating your margin as a locksmith?
Emergency callouts feel profitable but rarely are
After the round trip, the locks you fitted, and the £40 of bits you needed, the £150 callout shrinks fast. MarginPal shows the real margin per callout so you can price emergency work properly.
Parts markup never quite covers the time fetching them
You marked up the cylinder by 20% — but the trip to the supplier was an hour you didn't price. MarginPal closes the loop so the final margin reflects the real cost of doing the job.
You don't know which job types are paying until tax time
Without per-job margin, all jobs look roughly equal. MarginPal shows you which specific jobs hit the rate you priced and which didn't — useful for shaping the next quote.
Per-job margin across emergency, booked and upgrade work.
Every job in MarginPal has a type — emergency callout, planned lock change, security upgrade. The KPI strip shows margin per job, and the AI insights (Business tier) take job type into account when commenting on patterns.
- Per-job KPI strip: Revenue, Est. Cost, Actual Cost, Profit, Margin
- Snap any locksmith-supplier or trade receipt — OCR in seconds
- AI insights know your job type and call out drift in plain English
- Branded quote PDFs your customers accept or decline by email
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 locksmiths ask.
Can I price emergency callouts differently from booked work?
Yes — every quote is per-job, so emergency callout pricing is whatever you set. The AI insights take job type into account when commenting on margin patterns across your work.
Does it work for commercial security upgrades?
Yes. Treat each commercial site as a customer, run the upgrade as a job with line items for the locks, the access control, and the labour. Per-job margin tells you whether each upgrade is hitting your rate.
Can I track recurring property-management work?
Yes. Set up each property manager as a customer and create a job for each visit or each lockset change. Per-customer history builds up over time — useful for spotting which agents pay enough to keep prioritising.
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 Glaziers Track glass, frames, beading and labour against your quote — and stop custom-cut waste eating your margin.
- MarginPal for Handypeople Small jobs, every kind, all different. MarginPal shows which ones are really paying.
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