Features

Generate professional quotes & submittals

Door and Frame Schedules

Hardware Schedules

Keying Schedules

Division 10 Schedules

Hardware Specifications

Integrated Price Books

Utilize over 100 hardware, 9 accessory, and 10 hollow metal price books integrated into Software for Hardware. With automatic updates, simply click to view catalog cutsheets and access up-to-date info. You can also add your own custom products.

Image of a sample submittal from Software for Hardware. There are orange boxes pointing to highlighted sentences on the submittal. In the first orange box, the text reads: Ability to add your standard terms and conditions. In the second orange box, the text reads: User can choose to show breakdown by section or lump sum price. In the third orange box, the text reads: ability to add custom notes.

Professional Quotes and Submittals

Ensure each employee responds to clients with a consistent branded template that includes your important terms and conditions. Users can choose to show the breakdown by section or lump sum price, and they can add custom notes.

Best door and frame drawing tool anywhere

Easiest to Use

Add Elevations

Add Comments

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Management Dashboard

Designed to help you and your entire team be more proactive, the Software for Hardware management dashboard can alert you of action items, allow you to quickly find frequently used records, provide a brief overview of progress, and more. 10 different selectable tiles allow each SFH user to customize their dashboard to best fits their specific needs within the organization.

Cloud Support and Security

The cloud-hosted version of Software for Hardware uses top-notch technology to back up your data on an online network of servers, giving you remote access to your data, advanced security against cyberattacks, and two types of daily data backups. With SFH Cloud, reduce IT expenses with a low monthly cost and see improved end-user performance vs. an in-house server.

Frequently Asked Questions

Software for Hardware® is a project management platform built specifically for door, frame, and hardware distributors. Since 1996, it has helped companies across North America streamline operations from estimating to closeout, boosting productivity, accuracy, and profitability.

Software for Hardware is ideal for small to mid-sized door, frame, and hardware distributors who want to eliminate manual processes like Excel and hand drawings, take on more jobs without increasing headcount, produce professional submittals with drawings, improve accuracy and team productivity, and respond to clients faster and more consistently.

Yes. Your data is encrypted in motion and at rest, hosted securely on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Daily backups, proactive monitoring, firewalls, antivirus software, and the principle of "least privilege access" ensure top-tier protection.

Most customers are up and running by the next business day. Our team handles the migration, typically over a weekend, so you experience no disruption. It’s fast, easy, and seamless.

• 50% faster software performance
• Access from anywhere with no VPN
• Reduced IT costs and maintenance
• Instant tech support
• Daily backups and peace of mind
• No downtime due to power outages, theft, or hardware failure

• Estimating and quoting with integrated price books
• Frame and door elevation drawing tool
• Door, frame, and hardware scheduling
• Purchasing, packing, and provisioning tools
• QuickBooks and Sage accounting integration
• Real-time management dashboard with customizable tiles
• Branded professional submittals and reports
• And more!

No CAD experience is required. Our industry-leading elevation drawing tool is designed to be simple, fast, and intuitive. You can create professional door and frame elevations with just a few clicks.

We provide direct support from industry veterans and experienced technologists, virtual onboarding and training, ongoing consultation and updates based on customer feedback, and live phone and email support.

Customers often report up to 75% increases in productivity, especially in estimating and submittals. Many clients achieve ROI within the first six months by reducing errors, accelerating job delivery, and freeing up staff to take on more work.

Yes. For distributors looking to expand, we now offer SAP Business One integration — a robust ERP solution that adds advanced capabilities in financials, operations, inventory, and customer management.

We’d love to show you what Software for Hardware can do. Reach out to us to book a demo today: softwareforhardware.com/contact-us/request-demo/

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