MaterialScout: Construction Price Board

Clip construction material prices, normalize unit costs, compare suppliers, and build project budgets locally in Chrome.

Stop overpaying for materials. MaterialScout turns messy supplier and product pages into a clean, local price board — so you always know the real cost per unit before you buy. Built for contractors, remodelers, electricians, plumbers, HVAC installers, carpenters, architects, builders, property managers, real-estate investors, and purchasing teams. ★ THE KILLER FEATURE: TRUE UNIT COST Every supplier sells differently — a 50 kg cement bag, a 1.44 m² tile box, a 6 m rebar, a 19 L paint bucket. MaterialScout normalizes them all to a comparable unit: • cement bag 50 kg → price per kg • tile box 1.44 m² → price per m² • rebar 6 m → price per meter • paint 19 L → price per liter • drywall 4×8 ft → price per sqft and per sheet Now "cheapest sticker price" and "cheapest actually" stop being the same trap. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Save the current product with one click, review the fields, and store it locally. • Extract the visible product cards on a search/category page (no crawling, no pagination). • Compare suppliers by normalized unit price — the cheapest, in-stock, and freshest options are highlighted. • Build project budgets with quantities, waste, contingency and tax, then export a printable quote sheet. • Watch prices/stock on pages you keep open and get a notification when something changes. • One-click exchange-rate refresh for multi-currency work (MXN, USD, CAD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CNY). • Export to CSV, JSON, Markdown, a clipboard table, or paste straight into Google Sheets. WORKS ON THE SITES YOU ALREADY USE Built-in adapters — and a generic reader that works on virtually any other product page. You can also teach a new site in seconds with "Map Fields". PRIVATE BY DESIGN • 100% local — your data lives in your browser (IndexedDB), never on a server. • No account, no sign-up, no tracking, no analytics. • Reads a page only after you click — never crawls or scrapes in the background. • You review and edit everything before it's saved. The only optional network call is the exchange-rate button, which sends just a currency query — never your data. NOT a coupon tool, not a scraper bot. A serious procurement and estimating assistant that respects your privacy. Install MaterialScout and quote your next job with confidence.