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Concrete software that's actually free

You can reschedule a crew. You can't reschedule concrete that's already in the drum. Pour windows, cure temps, and a ready-mix truck on the clock. Your software should respect all three, and cost $0 while it does.

Start free, no card required

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

Concrete work in progress

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

Built for concrete

What a concrete contractor gets, for $0.

  • Your units

    Flatwork per square foot, walls and footings per yard, pump time per hour, finishes as add-ons.

    Quoting

  • Pour day and the day after

    A concrete rule checks rain the day of the pour and the day after, plus the high against your minimum and maximum.

    Scheduling

  • Finish packages

    Broom, exposed aggregate, and stamped on one quote as three tiers; the customer picks from their phone.

    Quoting

  • Deposit, draws, balance

    The deposit collected at approval credits automatically; draws go out as progress invoices and the final invoice bills the rest.

    Invoicing & payments

  • Change orders

    The walkway they add mid-job goes on the invoice as its own labeled section.

    Invoicing & payments

  • Per-site forecasts

    Every scheduled pour carries the National Weather Service forecast for its own address.

    Scheduling

  • Photos from the site

    Send photos of the forms and the finish; the customer gets an email and they land in the portal.

    Customers & portal

  • Balance in the portal

    The customer's private link shows every invoice, payment, and what is left.

    Customers & portal

What changes with MakeHay

Quote, schedule, get paid, come back.

Schedule around the weather, not despite it

Concrete gives you one shot. Rain within hours of the pour can wash out a broom finish, standard mixes want the air staying above roughly 40°F, and a hot day flash-dries the surface before the finishers can work it. MakeHay pulls the forecast for each job's address and flags pour days the sky won't cooperate with, before the ready-mix order, not after the truck's rolling.

  • Rain warnings for the pour day and the day after
  • Cold-weather flags when the mix needs blankets or a new date
  • Per-site forecasts, so one wet address doesn't scrap a dry week
Two weeks of a concrete contractor's MakeHay calendar with eight days of forecast: green days with low rain chances, a 60% rain day and the day before it in red, rain flags on the three pours booked on those two days, and more jobs booked through the second week.
Step 1

Quote it before you leave the site

Quote flatwork by the square foot and walls by the yard, with excavation and pump time as line items and the finish options as packages side by side. Email it from the tailgate; the customer taps approve, and you can order mix knowing the job is real.

A concrete quote in MakeHay with its finishes side by side as packages, a broom finish at $4,443 and exposed aggregate at $6,363 marked recommended, above the first line: 480 square feet of rebar and wire mesh, shared by all packages.
Step 2

Get paid without chasing

Take the deposit online the moment they approve, and invoice the balance when the forms come off. Card and ACH pay links, automatic reminders, and a clean running record of every check collected on site.

A concrete invoice as the customer sees it: 720 square feet of 4-inch broom-finish flatwork, a 96-square-foot stamped border and 720 square feet of rebar and wire mesh, the balance due, and a Pay online button.
Step 3

Keep every customer for the re-do

The driveway customer has a patio in them, and the GC who liked your flatwork has ten more slabs behind it. MakeHay keeps every customer and every site in one place, so the next job starts from history instead of from scratch.

A home builder customer in MakeHay with the Jobs tab open: lifetime value, a scheduled driveway and patio pour, and three completed concrete jobs with their amounts: driveways and walks on three lots, a stamped patio and footings with stem walls.
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 three new driveways and front walks, and photos of concrete pouring from a mixer chute, a finisher cutting a control joint in the fresh slab and a newly poured driveway in front of a new house.

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Set up in ten minutes

What a concrete 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

  • Flatwork, 4" broom finishper sq ft
  • Stamped or exposed-aggregate upchargeper sq ft
  • Footings and walls, per yardeach
  • Pump time, per houreach
  • Rebar and wire meshper sq ft
  • Tear-out and haulflat

Weather rules

  • Pours: rain under 20% the day of and the day after, high between 45°F and 90°F
  • Hot days: the same Pours rule flags a high above 90°F
  • Tear-out: no rule, so demo days never get a weather nag

Follow-ups that run themselves

  • Quote follow-up three days after an unanswered bid
  • Visit reminder the day before the pour, so the driveway is clear
  • Overdue reminders on the balance, review request once 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

Concrete questions, answered straight.

Is it really free for concrete contractors?

Yes. Unlimited customers, quotes, scheduling, and invoices, free forever, not a trial. No monthly plan, no seat fees, and no credit card to start.

What's the catch for a concrete business?

No catch. The software costs us almost nothing per contractor to run, so it's free. If customers pay you online by card or ACH, those payments carry processing costs, as they would with any provider.

Can it flag a bad pour day before I order concrete?

Yes. Every scheduled job carries the National Weather Service forecast for its own address, with rain and cold flags right on the calendar, so you move the pour before the mix is ordered, not while the truck's spinning in the driveway.

Can a concrete contractor 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 concrete work?

No. Sign up with an email and send your first concrete quote the same day. No trial period, because there's nothing it expires 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.

Pour on the good days. Pay $0 on all of them.

Square-foot and yardage quoting, pour-day weather flags, and online deposits and balances for concrete crews. Free forever.

Start free, no card required

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