An estimate is not a fixed fee
Read the fee basis and assumptions together. This worksheet preserves the amount as entered; it does not add tax, estimate expenses or forecast the final bill.
Read the fee comparison guide →Practical tool / No account needed
Compare what the fee actually covers.
Put two or three proposals beside the same task. Keep unknowns visible, identify differences in scope and print the questions you still need answered.
01 / Same brief
Use proposals for the same requested stage and document set.
02 / Record the offer
Enter only what each office has told you. Leave everything else unconfirmed.
03 / Ask about the gaps
Use the generated prompts to request comparable, written explanations.
Your next conversation
Resolve the gaps before comparing prices.
These prompts reflect your entries. They do not rate value, calculate a bill or recommend a provider.
Ask about proposal A
Quoted price: Not entered
Basis: Not confirmed
GST: Not confirmed
- Request the proposed fee or estimate for the agreed stage.
- Ask how the fee is calculated and when it becomes payable.
- Confirm how GST is treated in this proposal.
- Confirm whether the proposal includes review of named documents.
- Confirm whether the proposal includes consultation or meeting.
- Confirm whether the proposal includes written advice or revised document.
- Confirm whether the proposal includes negotiation or follow-up.
- Ask which external expenses may be payable, who approves them and when they are due.
- Ask how scope changes are explained, priced and approved before additional work.
- Confirm that the final written scope reflects your answers.
Ask about proposal B
Quoted price: Not entered
Basis: Not confirmed
GST: Not confirmed
- Request the proposed fee or estimate for the agreed stage.
- Ask how the fee is calculated and when it becomes payable.
- Confirm how GST is treated in this proposal.
- Confirm whether the proposal includes review of named documents.
- Confirm whether the proposal includes consultation or meeting.
- Confirm whether the proposal includes written advice or revised document.
- Confirm whether the proposal includes negotiation or follow-up.
- Ask which external expenses may be payable, who approves them and when they are due.
- Ask how scope changes are explained, priced and approved before additional work.
- Confirm that the final written scope reflects your answers.
Entries stay in this page’s memory and clear on reload. Nothing is submitted or stored by this tool. Use labels A, B and C; keep names and private case information in your own records.