Spindlewise - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

Spindlewise is quoting software built for small CNC machine shops and job shops, typically from one to twenty people, doing milling and turning work.

Each quote is built from the shop's own rates: machine cost per hour, labour, overhead and margin are kept once and used by every quote. Estimators add a line per part with material, blank size, routing and outside processes such as anodising, plating or heat treatment. Every quantity the buyer asks for is priced at once, with setup and programming spread over each batch, and a line-by-line cost breakdown explains each price.

On the Pro plan, a customer's STEP or IGES model is measured on upload: smallest blank, volume, holes, slots and pockets, with a 3D preview. Drawings are read for part number, material, threads, fits and tolerances. Buyers can send requests through an online form or a quote-request email address, and accept a quote online with their PO number.

Approved quotes are frozen; a change creates a new version, and the issued PDF stays exactly as sent. Roles keep costs private: sales staff see prices but not costs, and operators see their jobs but never a price.

After a quote is won, Spindlewise produces job travellers, a buy list and machine load, and operators log time on a phone. Quoted hours are compared with actual hours job by job, so estimates can be calibrated from finished work.

Spindlewise works in six currencies with local sales tax for 15 countries, in millimetres or inches. Won quotes can be exported for Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks, and all data can be exported at any time.