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Free job costing tools
Small, practical tools for estimators, owners, and controllers at job shops. No sign-up, no email gate. When you outgrow one job at a time, MarginGuard runs the same math across every job in your ERP export.
- Job cost variance calculator
Enter one job's estimate and actuals by bucket. See the variance, the margin you quoted, the margin you earned, and which bucket ate the difference.
Open tool → - Free job costing templates for machine shops
A minimal and a full job-cost CSV template, plus sample exports shaped like five common job-shop ERPs. Use them in a spreadsheet or import them into MarginGuard.
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Import a job-cost CSV from JobBOSS², E2, or Excel. Review variance and underperforming jobs in minutes.
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