Materials are half of every job. Cotiza treats them that way.

A quote you win — or lose — comes down to getting materials and their prices right. Here is exactly how materials work in Cotiza today, and where a store's product link lives in the app.

What the app does today

When a contractor describes a job — by voice or by typing — Cotiza builds the estimate as a real breakdown: each material and labor line with its quantity, unit, and a price suggested from data for the contractor's area. The contractor stays in control and can edit any line before sending.

Cotiza estimate for a drywall job showing the scope of work and a materials and labor breakdown with quantities and prices — A real estimate: the job broken into materials and labor, with quantities and area prices.

The Materials tab: prices with a product link

The app also ships a market-prices screen. The Materials tab lists common construction materials with reference prices for the contractor's city, filterable by category. Every row that has a product reference shows a "View product" action that opens that material's product page at the store, in the browser.

This row is where a retail partner's link lives. Each material carries a per-store reference URL today; an approved affiliate link replaces that reference, item by item — same screen, same behavior, no redesign needed.

Cotiza Materials tab listing construction materials with unit prices, a price-source chip and a View product link on each row — The Materials tab: unit prices, the price source, and "View product" on each row.

Cotiza Materials tab filtered by the Plumbing fixture category, showing faucet, valve and pipe prices — Filtered by category — here, plumbing fixtures.

Categories covered

The price data covers the materials contractors actually buy, organized in the same categories the app shows:

Electrical — breakers, outlets, boxes, switches.
Plumbing fixtures — faucets, valves, pipe, disposals.
Lumber and drywall — studs, sheets, tape, mud.
Paint — interior and exterior, primers.
Roofing material — shingles, underlayment, flashing.
Flooring, HVAC equipment, and landscaping supplies.

Where the link will also live Coming soon

On the roadmap, Cotiza will guide the contractor from an approved estimate to a ready-to-buy materials list — so the jump from "the client said yes" to "the truck is loaded" happens inside the app. That flow is planned, not shipped; what you saw above is what ships today.

Commissions never change what the app recommends — quantities and items come from the job the contractor described. Read the full Affiliate Disclosure, or see how the product works end to end.