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For asphalt paving contractors

Asphalt paving software that's actually free

Hot mix leaves the plant around 300°F and starts dying the minute it's in the truck. You're already juggling plant hours, trucking, and the sky. You don't need a per-seat software bill on top. MakeHay runs the office side for $0.

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Free forever. No credit card. Set up in minutes.

Asphalt paving work in progress

Free forever. No monthly plan, no seat fees, no trial clock.

Built for asphalt paving

What a paving contractor gets, for $0.

  • Square foot or per ton

    Overlay and milling by the square foot; hot mix as a per-ton each-unit line; grading and trucking flat.

    Quoting

  • Rain flags days ahead

    Each job site carries its own National Weather Service forecast, checked against your paving rule before the plant order.

    Scheduling

  • Mill, pave, stripe as visits

    One job, several visits on their own days, each with its own forecast and team.

    Scheduling

  • Change orders that get paid

    Extra work found under the old mat goes on the invoice as its own labeled section.

    Invoicing & payments

  • Deposit up front, ACH on the balance

    Collect a deposit at approval and invoice the balance with a card or bank-transfer link.

    Invoicing & payments

  • Approval from a link

    The customer taps approve on a phone; the job is real before you order tonnage.

    Quoting

  • Team colors

    Each team has a color on the calendar, so two sites on one day read at a glance.

    Scheduling

  • Every site's history

    The lot you pave today is the sealcoat and restripe customer later; its measurements and quotes stay on file.

    Customers & portal

What changes with MakeHay

Quote, schedule, get paid, come back.

Schedule around the weather, not despite it

Rain is the enemy of a paving day: you can't lay hot mix on a wet base, and a cold snap steals workable time between the plant and the screed. MakeHay puts the National Weather Service forecast for each job site's address on your calendar, so you see the washout coming before you've ordered tonnage and lined up trucks, not after the first load's en route.

  • Rain warnings on scheduled pave days, per job-site address
  • Cold-temperature flags when the day shrinks your compaction window
  • Reschedule with the forecast in view, before the plant order, not after
Two weeks of a paving contractor's MakeHay calendar with eight days of forecast: green days with low rain chances, two red days at 72% rain, a rain flag on the paving visit booked on the first red day, and more visits booked through the second week.
Step 1

Quote it before you leave the site

Price the job the way you figure it, by the square foot or by the ton, with grading, base repair, and mobilization as line items. Email it from the truck and let the customer approve with one tap while they're still motivated.

A MakeHay quote for paving a parking lot with its packages side by side, a front-lot overlay at $29,580 and a full-lot overlay at $53,530 marked recommended, above the first line: 640 square feet of full-depth base repair, shared by all packages.
Step 2

Get paid without chasing

Paving invoices are big enough to hurt when they're late. Turn the approved quote into an invoice in one click, send a card or ACH pay link, and let automatic reminders do the chasing while you're on the next job.

An asphalt paving invoice as the customer sees it: 5,200 square feet of mill and fill, 310 square feet of full-depth base repair and 18 tons of hot mix asphalt, the balance due, and a Pay online button.
Step 3

Keep every customer for the re-do

The lot you pave today is your sealcoat, crack-fill, and restripe customer for the next decade. MakeHay keeps every site's history in one place, so the maintenance work comes back to you instead of whoever mails a flyer first.

A property management customer in MakeHay with the Jobs tab open: lifetime value, a scheduled dumpster pad and drive lane repair, and three completed paving jobs with their amounts: a lot overlay, a base repair and a mill and fill.
Step 4

Give every customer a portal

One private link per customer: messages with photos, documents you request, a heads-up on any contract waiting for their e-signature, and invoices they pay. No app, no password, free.

A job update in the customer's MakeHay portal: the note on a finished office park lot overlay, and photos of a paver laying asphalt, a roller compacting a fresh mat and a newly paved lot with two rollers at work behind it.

Want a website too? Our team of experienced web developers builds one from your account: a page per service in your price book, a page per town you serve, your photos, and your request form as the contact page, so every lead lands in Requests. Optional, $197 a month, your domain free for the first year. See the Website add-on

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What a asphalt paving business puts in on day one.

A starting point that matches how the trade bids and runs. Every item, rule, and follow-up is yours to rename, reprice, or switch off.

Price book

  • Asphalt overlay, 2" compactedper sq ft
  • Mill and fillper sq ft
  • Hot mix asphalt, per toneach
  • Base repair, full depthper sq ft
  • Grading and compactionflat
  • Trucking and mobilizationflat

Weather rules

  • Paving: rain under 20% and a high above 50°F on the pave day
  • Milling: rain under 60%, since a wet mill day is slow but not lost
  • Base repair: dry the day of and the day after, so the sub-base sets

Follow-ups that run themselves

  • Quote follow-up three days after a bid goes unanswered
  • Visit reminder the day before, so the lot is closed and empty
  • Overdue reminders on the balance, then a review request when it's paid

The honest math

Compare the bill, not the brochure.

MakeHay

$0/mo

Free is the plan, not a trial of one

  • Every feature, every user, from day one
  • No per-seat pricing, no feature gates
  • No credit card to sign up, nothing to cancel

The usual field-service subscription

$29 to 399/mo

plus per-user fees on top

  • Per-seat pricing that climbs as your crew grows
  • The features you actually need gated to higher tiers
  • An annual bill whether it rained all month or not

FAQ

Asphalt paving questions, answered straight.

Is it really free for paving contractors?

Yes. Unlimited customers, job sites, quotes, scheduling, and invoices, free forever, not a trial. No monthly plan, no per-seat pricing, no credit card to start.

What's the catch for a paving company?

There isn't one in fine print. The software costs us next to nothing per contractor to run, so it's free. Online card and ACH payments carry processing costs, the same as they would with any provider.

Can it help me avoid getting rained out with mix on order?

That's the flagship feature. Every scheduled job carries the National Weather Service forecast for its own address, with rain and cold flags on the calendar, so you move the pave day before you've committed the plant order and the trucks.

Can a paving company take its data if it leaves?

It's yours. Ask and we'll export everything (customers, sites, quotes, invoices, payment history) and we delete what's left as laid out in our privacy policy.

Do I need a credit card to start quoting paving jobs?

No. Sign up with an email and send your first paving quote the same day. No trial clock, no tier to upgrade into.

See every trade we build for on the industries page, browse the full feature list, check pricing (it's free), or measure your next job on the free satellite measurement tool, no account needed.

Keep the mix hot and the overhead cold.

Tonnage-friendly quoting, rain-day warnings per job site, and online payments for paving contractors. Free forever.

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