This calculator vs. Fence Cloud
Two different shapes: Fence Cloud is an account-based CRM and estimating platform for running a fence company's whole lead-to-job pipeline. This page is a free, private worksheet for one question — what should this one fence install cost, given its posts, gates, and tear-out, before you send the bid.
What each tool is for
Fence Cloud is a cloud-based CRM and estimating platform built specifically for fence contractors. It covers lead and project tracking with contact management, activity logs, and advanced search; material-breakdown estimating across chain link, wood, vinyl, ornamental, and agricultural/split-rail fence, including mixing suppliers or materials and marking up drawings; and auto-filled, customizable paperwork — contracts, packing lists, labor worksheets, gate cut sheets, work orders, and foreman reports — meant to take a job from lead through completion inside one account. It is sold as an ongoing subscription. Fence Cloud's own site is not reachable from this session to confirm today's exact plan names or dollar figures, so no price for it is invented here: only its well-documented identity and category — fence-specific CRM plus estimating, sold as a subscription account — are stated, and no dollar amount for Fence Cloud appears on this page.
This calculator does none of what Fence Cloud does. It does not track a lead, generate a cut sheet, or hold a record across jobs. It takes one fence install — posts counted from run length and spacing, heavier terminals at ends, corners, and gates, panel infill after gate openings come out, tear-out, and clay, rock, or slope conditions — plus loaded labor, other direct cost, overhead, and target margin, and turns that into the job price, the price per linear foot, the effective hourly rate, the post and gate counts, the material split, and the walk-away price below which the job loses money, plus a copyable plain-text bid summary. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| I run a fence company and need leads, estimates, and job paperwork tracked in one system across every crew and every job. | Fence Cloud, or a comparable fence-specific CRM — running the whole pipeline is not something this calculator does. |
| Does the price for this one fence job actually clear my cost and target margin, once posts, terminals, gates, and tear-out are counted correctly? | This calculator — free, instant, private, no account. |
| How many posts does a run actually need once corners and gates upgrade some of them to terminals? | This calculator's own post-and-terminal count from your spacing. |
| I need my whole sales and install team working the same leads and paperwork from one shared account. | Fence Cloud — built as an ongoing, account-based platform for exactly that job. |
| How does the math behind a per-job fence price actually work? | This calculator's own bidding walkthrough. |
| Do I need to create an account or sign up to use the tool? | This calculator: no. Fence Cloud is used through a subscription account. |
Most fence contractors get different value from each: Fence Cloud (or a comparable platform) for running the company's whole lead-to-job pipeline and paperwork as an ongoing account, and a private calculator like this one for an instant, no-login check on whether one job's price actually clears cost and margin before the bid goes out. This page's own figures are a pricing model, not a lead record, a cut sheet, or a signed contract.
This tool needs no account and no sign-in: it is a static page, the arithmetic runs in your browser, and once it has loaded it keeps working with the connection off.
Common questions
Should I use this calculator or Fence Cloud?
They do different jobs. Fence Cloud is a cloud-based CRM and estimating platform built specifically for fence contractors, covering lead and project tracking, material-breakdown estimates across chain link, wood, vinyl, ornamental, and agricultural/split-rail fence, and auto-filled paperwork such as contracts, packing lists, labor worksheets, gate cut sheets, work orders, and foreman reports. It is sold as an ongoing subscription account for running a fence company's whole lead-to-job pipeline. This calculator does none of that. It takes one fence install — posts from run length and spacing, heavier terminals at ends, corners, and gates, tear-out, and digging conditions — and turns that into the job price, price per linear foot, effective hourly rate, and the walk-away price below which the job loses money, plus a copyable bid summary, instantly, in the browser, with no account and nothing uploaded. A fence company running leads and paperwork across every job at once is better served by Fence Cloud or a comparable platform; a contractor who wants an instant, private, correctly-sized price for one job before a bid goes out is in the right place here.
Is this page affiliated with Fence Cloud?
No. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Fence Cloud. Fence Cloud is a trademark of its owner, named here only to describe what this calculator is and is not.
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