TubeQuote: True shape bar nesting
Box or True shape nesting, gaps and borders per bar, utilisation per bar and across the job. On one real quote, True shape took utilisation from 54.4% to 67.5% and cut the price.
TubeQuote features
Quoting software for laser cutting businesses, sheet and tube
Quote laser work in minutes, not days.
Drop in a drawing, get a priced quote built on your own material and machine rates, and send a clean PDF.
What HubZip is
One home for the software that runs a laser cutting business
HubZip is a family of focused tools for laser cutting businesses, sheet and tube. Each one does a single job well, starting with the job that eats the most time: pricing laser work.
Quotes from your files
Upload a drawing or 3D file and get an instant quote, with cut length and material worked out for you.
Your rates, your prices
Set your own material prices, machine rates and customer pricing, so every quote reflects how your shop really works.
Professional PDF quotes
Send customers a clear, consistent PDF quote in a couple of clicks.
Products
Pick the tool for your machine
Start with the one you need. Run both if you have a tube laser and a sheet laser.
Tube laser
TubeQuote
Quote tube laser parts straight from STEP files.
- Instant quotes from STEP files
- Bar usage per job
- Stock, material and machine rates
- PDF quotes
FlatQuote
Quote flat sheet laser parts from DXF or STEP files.
- Instant quotes from DXF and STEP
- Sheet Utilisation preview
- Sheet prices and cutting rates
- PDF quotes
On request
Custom MRP systems
Custom MRP systems for laser cutting businesses, on request, with stage updates so everyone can see where each job is.
- Built around how you work
Coming soon
Instant Quote Front: coming soon
Let your customers price their own laser cutting jobs, any time of day.
£15/month add-on.
TubeQuoteFlatQuote
Ask about the storefront
- Customers upload their parts, choose from the materials and thicknesses you offer, set quantities and get an instant price, with and without VAT.
- It works for tube cutting with TubeQuote and flat sheet cutting with FlatQuote.
- Customers can check out as a guest, or sign in to their own account to see their quotes, orders and invoices. Every request lands in your system for you to check.
- You get your own branded quote page, or a quote box for your own website, with your logo and colours.
- You stay in control: switch it on or off, choose the materials on offer, and set your web price level, minimum order and lead times.
- Your costs, laser settings and pricing stay private. Customers only ever see selling prices.
Instant Quote Front · £15/month add-on · coming soon
Your own storefront, open all hours
A premium branded storefront where your customers price, order and pay for their own laser cut parts, then follow the job to their door.
- Part
- Material
- Options
- Finishing
- Checkout
- What are you making?Customers describe a part in words or by voice, attach an image, or pick a template and size it. Templates for discs, brackets, trays, flanges and L-plates, plus tube templates in TubeQuote. DXF and STEP upload still work.
- Step tracker and live pricePart, Material, Options, Finishing, Checkout, with a sticky price summary that animates as they choose, and trust badges up top.
- STEP assembly splittingEvery part listed with a 3D thumbnail, identical parts grouped with quantities, and bolts and bought-in parts skipped.
- 3D and fold previewQuote links show each part in 3D, with a fold preview for bent parts. In FlatQuote.
- Your brand, your lookLight, Dark or Auto theme, and an editable header with your logo, text, badges and background.
- Accounts or guest checkoutCustomers check out as a guest or sign in to My account for quotes, orders, invoices, addresses and one-click reorder.
- Buy now with cardStripe card payment, so customers can pay and place the order there and then.
- Economy, Standard or ExpressCustomers pick the lead time that suits them, and the price updates to match.
- Order progress and trackingQuote pages show order progress from quoted to delivered, with live tracking and courier or Pallet Track links.
How it works
From drawing to quote in three steps
Set up your shop
Enter your material prices, machine rates and customer pricing once.
Drop in the drawings
Upload the customer's files. HubZip works out cut length, material and machine time.
Send the quote
Check the price, adjust if you need to, and send a PDF quote.
Inside the tools
Built around how you really cut
FlatQuote: Draw or describe a part
Prices from your real cutting tables. Draw a Part from 26 shapes with no DXF, or let the customer describe it and check what is filled in.
FlatQuote featuresZip Manager included
Once a quote's accepted, track the job through manufacture to despatch, with part labels, packing notes and despatch notes ready to print.
In TubeQuote and FlatQuote
- Customer listEvery customer, their pricing and their quotes in one place.
- Quote editing with autosaveChange anything on a quote and it saves as you go.
- A4 PDF quotesClean A4 PDF quotes with your T&Cs.
- Lead time per quoteSet a shop default and edit it on any quote.
- Material gradesGrades per material, picked on each quote line.
- Price lists with valid-till datesKeep supplier prices current, with a date they run to.
- Staff-only cost breakdownYour team sees the costs behind a price. Customers never do.
- VAT or sales tax by countrySet the right tax for each country you sell to.
- Orders pageAccepted quotes in one list, ready to invoice and open as a job.
- Quote archive and status coloursSee where every quote stands at a glance, and archive the old ones.
- Instant Quote Front add-onOptional storefront so customers can price, order and pay for their own jobs. Coming soon.
Built in a working laser shop
Built by a laser cutting business, for laser cutting businesses.
HubZip is built by Jack McIntosh, who runs a laser cutting business. The tools started life solving his own quoting headaches and are shaped by what a sheet and tube laser shop actually needs day to day.
What that means for you
- Built around real laser work, not a generic template.
- Plain-English screens, metric units and pounds sterling.
- Feedback goes straight to someone who runs machines.
Our promise
No lock‑in. No per‑quote fees. No surprises.
One setup fee to get your machines, materials and prices loaded in, then one flat monthly fee. Every plan includes unlimited quotes, unlimited users and Zip Manager, with training and support included. No lock-in contract.
- Unlimited quotes
- Unlimited users
- Zip Manager included
- Training and support
- No lock-in contract
Simple pricing
A one-off setup fee plus a monthly fee. No surprises.
Unlimited quotes on every plan, with no per-quote fees.
TubeQuote
For shops with a tube laser.
Unlimited quotes
Unlimited users
Includes Zip Manager
No lock-in contract
One-off setup
£495
Monthly fee
£89/month
First-year cost
See TubeQuote
£1,563
One-off setup plus 12 monthly fees
FlatQuote
Quoting for shops with a flat sheet laser.
Unlimited quotes
Unlimited users
Includes Zip Manager
No lock-in contract
One-off setup
£495
Monthly fee
£89/month
First-year cost
See FlatQuote
£1,563
One-off setup plus 12 monthly fees
Best value
TubeQuote + FlatQuote bundle
TubeQuote and FlatQuote, for shops running both a tube laser and a sheet laser.
Unlimited quotes
Unlimited users
Includes Zip Manager
No lock-in contract
One-off setup
£795 Save £195
Monthly fee
£155/month Save £23/month
First-year cost
Ask about the bundle
£2,655 Save £471
One-off setup plus 12 monthly fees. £3,126 bought separately.
Coming soon Instant Quote Front add-on
Let your customers price their own laser cutting jobs, any time of day. For TubeQuote and FlatQuote.
£15/month
Add-on
The bundle includes TubeQuote and FlatQuote. Instant Quote Front is coming soon at the listed price.
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