Quote Margin Calculator
The real price you must quote to hit your target margin — after overhead. (Markup ≠ margin.)
Quote at least—
Your margin (₹)—
= effective markup—
sotyn.ai shows real margin on every line of every quote, before you send it.
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Quote Margin Calculator
The real price you must quote to hit your target margin — after overhead. (Markup ≠ margin.)
How to use it — and why it matters
Most contractors lose margin at the quote itself — by adding a markup to cost and forgetting overhead, or by confusing markup with margin. A 15% markup is not a 15% margin. This calculator works backwards from the margin you actually want to keep, after site overhead, and tells you the minimum price to quote.
What's the difference between markup and margin?
Markup is added on top of cost (₹100 cost + 15% markup = ₹115). Margin is the share of the selling price you keep (₹115 price with ₹100 cost = 13% margin, not 15%). This tool sizes the price so your kept margin is what you targeted.
Should overhead be in the cost?
Site overhead — supervision, establishment, rentals — is real cost. If you quote margin on direct cost alone, overhead eats it. Enter it here so the quote protects your true margin.
See it on your real projects
A back-of-envelope number is a start. In a free 20-minute demo we open sotyn.ai on your own trades and project sizes — no slides, no staged data.