Glossary

Landscaping measurement types

Area. A flat surface measured in m². Lawns, patios, decking, paving.

Irregular Area. An area with a non-rectangular shape, traced as a polygon. Shaped lawns, planting beds, organic patios.

Lineal. A single run measured in metres. Edging, kerb, a single retaining wall run, an irrigation main.

Multiple Lines. Several lineal runs gathered into one component — useful for several edging runs around different beds.

Wall Length × Height (multi_lineal_lxh). Walls measured as a list of runs with individual heights — handy for stepped retaining walls.

Wall Height × Length (length_x_height). A single wall face measured by its height and length. Used for sleeper walls or block walls.

Volume. Measured in m³. Topsoil, mulch, aggregate, sand, gravel, fill.

Curved Line. A flowing or sweeping line — bed borders, curved paths, organic edging.

Count. A whole-number tally — plants, trees, shrubs, sprinkler heads, posts.

Fixed. A flat-fee line — design packages, site visit fees, callout charges.

Hours / Days. Time-based pricing for labor crews, machine hire, day-rate teams.

QuoteCore+ terms

Actual measurement. A real-world number entered directly. Slope is skipped; waste still applies.

Component. A re-usable line you put in quotes. Has a name, measurement type, material price, labor price, waste, and optional slope settings. See Components overview.

Customer quote. The version of the quote your customer sees, labelled Landscaping Works. See customer quote editor.

Digital takeoff. Measuring directly off a digital site plan or drawing. See Digital takeoff.

Extra. A line you want priced and recorded but kept separate from the main components. See Components vs Extras.

Manual quote. A quote built line-by-line for users who already have their measurements. See Manual Quote.

Slope multiplier. A factor applied to a plan measurement to account for ground angle — driveway gradients, batters, sloped retaining wall faces. Rafter-style only.

Plan measurement. A measurement taken from a plan or drawing, before any multiplier is applied. See Plan vs Actual.

Quote builder. The flow that builds a quote: Areas, Components, Extras, Review. See Quote builder.

Takeoff. The act of measuring a job — either digital (from a plan) or manual (on site or from your own notes).

Billing terms

Cap. A numeric limit on something your plan allows - quotes per month, components total, storage bytes, etc. Hitting a cap blocks new additions but never deletes existing data. See Tier limits.

Dunning. The process Stripe (and we) follow when a renewal payment fails: automatic card retries, status escalation through past_due - grace - suspended, with chances to recover by updating the card. See Billing.

Effective plan. What your account can actually use today. Usually the same as your purchased plan, but collapses to Starter during grace periods or after the trial ends.

Grace period. A 10-day window after a payment failure where you keep read access but can't create new quotes. See Billing.

Trial. A 14-day free taste of every feature, with tiny caps. One per account, ever. See Free trial.