Does Bead Board work offline?

Yes. Bead Board is offline-first. Every read, write, and photo works without internet. Data syncs automatically when you reconnect — perfect for metal buildings and remote job sites with no signal.

Is there a mobile app?

Yes. Native iOS and Android apps. Check jobs, snap photos, send quotes — right from the truck or the shop floor.

Can I generate PDF quotes and invoices?

Yes. Build quotes line-by-line with material markup, generate a professional PDF, and share it directly from the app. Same for invoices.

Who is Bead Board built for?

Small welding and fabrication shops with 1-10 people. If you track jobs on a whiteboard, quote on napkins, or text prices to customers, Bead Board replaces all of that.

$99/mo flat rate — the whole shop

Job tracking for welding shops.
Stop losing jobs on the whiteboard.

Dead-simple job tracking and quoting for small welding and fabrication shops. Track every job from quote to paid. Pull up customer history from the truck. Snap photos with no signal. Know what you charged last time. Bead Board runs your board so you can run your shop.

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No credit card required.

No training. No setup meetings. Just add a job. ↓

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$99/mo flat rate

∞Users included

∞Active jobs

2 minSetup time

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QUOTE3

BB-1047

Handrail — 40ft run

Johnson Res. · $4,200

BB-1049

Trailer hitch mount

Walk-in · $380

BB-1051

Gate repair + repaint

Miller Ranch · $1,100

WORKING4

BB-1038

Roll cage — UTV

Davis Fab · 12hrs est

BB-1040

Steel door frame (4)

TRC Const. · DUE FRI

BB-1042

Bumper — custom tube

Walk-in · 6hrs est

BB-1044

Pipe rack — 3 tier

ABZ Industrial · $6,800

DONE3

BB-1035

Truck rack — headache

Simmons · $1,850

BB-1036

Anchor bolts (24)

Valley Eng. · $960

BB-1030

Equipment stand

ABZ Industrial · $3,200

PAID2

BB-1028

Weld repair — lift gate

Peak Builders · $640

BB-1024

Handrail — loading dock

Valley Eng. · $2,100

How it works

Up and running before your coffee gets cold.

Set up your shop

Pick a name, add your crew. Everyone gets access — no per-seat fees, no user limits.

Add your jobs

Customer, job number, line items, due date. Snap a photo of the drawing. That's it — you're quoting.

Track every bead

Move jobs across the board as work flows. Quote to paid. See hours, photos, and status at a glance.

The problem

You're running a six-figure shop off a whiteboard and a stack of napkin quotes.

Quotes disappear

You scribble numbers on a notepad, text a price, then can't find it three weeks later when the customer calls back. Sound familiar?

Pricing from memory

What did you charge for 2-inch schedule 40 last time? What's your hourly shop rate with markup? You're guessing — and leaving money on the table.

No signal in the shop

Metal buildings kill WiFi. You're in the truck at a job site with no cell service. Cloud-only tools are useless when you can't get online.

"Is my job done yet?"

Customer calls. You walk out to the floor. Check the board. Call them back. Repeat ten times a day. There's gotta be a better way.

Sound familiar?

6:00 AM

Staring at the whiteboard trying to remember which bay the handrail job is in.

Open app. Every job, every status, right there. Done.

8:30 AM

Customer calls about a quote you texted three weeks ago. You can't find it.

Pull up their name. Every quote, every job, every price. Thirty seconds.

1:00 PM

Guy on site needs the address for the next job. You're digging through texts.

Tap the customer. Tap the address. Maps opens. He's driving.

2:00 PM

No signal at the job site. Can't pull up the drawing. Drive back to the shop.

Phone in a metal building. No bars. Doesn't matter. Everything's on the device.

5:00 PM

Back at the office. Nothing written down. Details already fading.

Photos, notes, and hours logged from the truck all day. It's all there.

Sunday

Trying to piece together the week from memory, napkins, and a group text.

Everything already in Bead Board. Job history, time entries, customer notes.

Pricing

One price. The whole shop.

$99/month

Unlimited users. Unlimited jobs. Unlimited photos. No per-seat surprises.

✓Unlimited users

✓Unlimited active jobs

✓Job photos & files

✓Quote builder

✓PDF invoices

✓Material price list

✓Time tracking

✓Works offline

✓Search everything

✓iOS & Android apps

Start your 14-day trial

No credit card required. No contract. Cancel anytime.

What else welders use

Bead Board (whole shop)$99/mo

Welding spreadsheetFree QuickBooks (for the shop floor)$38–275/mo Jobber (5-user Team)$149/mo WeldTrace (code welding)Contact sales Whiteboard (until you erase a job)Free Paper folders and notebooksFree

Features

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

Built for 1–10 person welding shops. Replaces whiteboards, napkin quotes, and the spreadsheet nobody updates.

Job Board

Jobs flow through statuses: Quote, Working, Done, Paid. Drag on web, tap on mobile. Add more stages when you grow.

Quote Builder

Line-by-line quoting with automatic material markup. Duplicate a past job as a starting point. Generate a PDF and share it.

Material Price List

Save your common materials with unit prices and markup. Stop looking up steel prices every time you quote.

Job Photos

Snap reference photos, in-progress shots, and completion pics. They queue offline and upload when you have signal.

Time Tracking

Estimated vs actual hours on every job. Know which jobs made money and which ones didn't — before you invoice.

Search Everything

Customer, job number, description, notes. One search box finds any job you've ever done. Pull up last year's price in seconds.

Works on Your Phone

Native iOS and Android apps. Check a job, snap a photo, send a quote — right from the truck or the shop floor.

Works Offline

Metal buildings kill WiFi. No problem. The board syncs locally and catches up when you're back online.

PDF Quotes & Invoices

Professional quotes and invoices with your shop name. Generate, share, done. Enter totals into QuickBooks yourself.

See how shops actually use it

Quoting from the truck, tracking jobs across the shop, clocking hours, snapping photos with no signal. Each use case shows what the tool does and what it does not.

Quoting →Job tracking →All use cases →

Free calculators while you decide

The Tack Box — a shop rate calculator, a weld cost estimator, and a metal weight calculator. No login, no email. Built by us because we ran the math every day.

Shop rate →Weld cost →All tools →

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Offline-First. For Real.

Your welder is in a metal building with zero bars. Your fitter is at a remote job site. Bead Board works offline — every read, every write, every photo. Data syncs automatically when signal comes back. No lost work, ever.

Built for shops that weld,
not shops that type.

Set up your shop in two minutes. No credit card to start.

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Job tracking for welding shops.Stop losing jobs on the whiteboard.