BUILT FOR TEAMS
Keep your Team in Sync Quotes Moving Knowledge in One Place
Bring your whole team into one secure, AI-powered workspace—simple to use, fast to implement, and built for how machine shops run.
Turn Collaboration into a Competitive Advantage
When your estimators, programmers, and sales team are scattered across spreadsheets, inboxes, and tribal knowledge — quotes slow down, and people get frustrated. Shops lose jobs every day because internal communication is slow, unstructured, or lives in someone’s head.
Machine Research fixes that fast.
Shared Quote Workspace
Everyone sees the same job details, RFQs, CAD files, revisions, and notes in one structured place. New estimators learn by following a clear workflow instead of shadowing for months.
Task Assignments & Notifications
Assign tasks to team members with automatic notifications for reminders and due dates. No more guessing who has the file, who made the change, or who needs to do what next. Everyone stays locked-in and moving.
Free Your Experts from Constant Interruptions
Tackle work together by using comments to communicate directly on parts, capture important notes, and shorten feedback loops —without constant shoulder-taps, Slack messages, or hallway “quick questions.”
Real-Time Status Visibility
See exactly where a quote stands, who’s working on it, and what’s next. No more guessing who has the file, who made the change, or who needs to do what next. Everyone stays locked-in and moving.
Stay Organized and Secure as You Scale
Whether you’re adding people, departments, or locations, control who can view, edit, price, or send quotes—without slowing anyone down. Machine Research keeps your quoting workflow clean, compliant, and easy to manage.
Your team gets clarity. Your process gets faster. Your business gets more competitive today, not months from now.
Organize your entire quoting workflow so everyone can work together, instead of chasing each other down.
What Our Customers Have to Say
We’ve had a great experience with Machine Research. The ability to read STEP models directly saves us a significant amount of time and improves accuracy right from the start. It’s become a valuable tool for verifying run times and generating quick, reliable quotes. It has streamlined our front-end process and helps us respond to customers faster with more confidence.
"Machine Research has transformed our quoting process by replacing manual guesswork with automated, data-driven CAD analysis. This shift has slashed our response times by 60% while ensuring every bid is perfectly aligned with our true manufacturing costs."
"Since we've started using Machine Research, the impact on our business has been a game changer. We’re winning more jobs, all because we can quote faster and more accurately. Our business has grown, and it’s because of the software."
"Machine Research has been an invaluable, ITAR-compliant tool—helping us quote faster, stay organized and win more work.”
"Not only have we significantly decreased our turn times on estimating jobs and generating quotes with Machine Research, but we’ve increased our accuracy rates, we’re far more organized and confident in our pricing, and we send quotes that look professional within minutes."
“We needed a way to generate accurate quotes and stay organized without the complexity or high cost of traditional systems. Machine Research made quoting accessible from day one - it’s easy to use, the team listens, and filled a critical gap as we built our shop from the ground up.”
“What used to take 30 minutes now takes about 10. Building the quote is straightforward and easy.”
“Before Machine Research, quoting lived in our owner’s head and in endless Excel sheets. Now it’s organized, consistent, and our quotes look sharp and professional.”
Ready to Bring Your Team Together and Win More Work?
Experience the easiest, fastest way to keep your quoting process organized and moving.
3D CAD Viewer
Upload CAD, PDFs, or Drawing Files, Individually or in Batches
Supported File Types: CATIA, X_T, SLDPRT, CATPART, STEP, X_B, SAT, SAB, IPT, PRT, PAR, JT, IGS.
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ShapeSearch
Search for Similar Parts With ShapeSearch
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SECURE RFQ MANAGEMENT
Capture Every Opportunity, Faster
Automatically bring every customer request from your website or email into one secure, organized place—no more lost files or manual re-entry.
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PART LIBRARY SOFTWARE
Organize Job Files in One Secure Place
Every part, drawing, file, quote, communication and revision stored in one ITAR/CMMC-compliant system—never hunt down or lose track again.
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AI ESTIMATING FOR MACHINE SHOPS
From 3D Model to Estimate—In a Split Second
Powered by AI and machine learning, Machine Research scans CAD models to generate instant time estimates and costs for programming, setup, and production times.
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CAPTURE TRIBAL KNOWLEDGE
Work Together, Share Knowledge, Quote Faster
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QUOTE FASTER
RFQs Move Fast — Now Your Quotes Can Too
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Why Shops Choose Machine Research
We bring speed, organization, and security to your quoting process — without the complexity or cost of traditional systems.
Here’s what that means for your shop:
Quote Faster, Win More
Turn RFQs around in minutes — not days. Our built-in AI learns from your past work to help you cost and price consistently, with total confidence.
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Stay Organized and Secure
Every file, drawing, and quote lives in one place — protected by ITAR/CMMC-ready security. No more juggling email attachments or digging through shared drives.
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Easy to Use, Quick to Deploy
You’ll be up and running in days, not months. No training “university” or multi-year contracts required — just a clean, intuitive system built for how shops need to work.
TAKE A PRODUCT TOURReal AI, Real Results
While others call equations “AI,” our system actually learns from your past jobs, pricing patterns, and geometry data to help you estimate faster and smarter with every quote.
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Capture and Protect Job Knowledge
Every quote, decision, and data point builds a smarter system — so when key people move on or retire, their knowledge stays with your shop, not in their heads.
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Integrates with How You Work
Integrations with ERPs and QuickBooks keeps your quoting and production in sync — your data stays accurate everywhere, without extra work.
SEE HOWWhy Machine Research?
Modern Technology, Built by a Machine Shop for Machine Shops
Built by a Machine Shop that understands how CNC shops work
Fast and easy to implement and use, no steep learning curves
Affordable, no contracts, eliminates the need for additional software
CMMC 2.0 Level 2 Compliant & ITAR registered, hosted in AWS GovCloud
Security You Can Trust
Machine Research is CMMC 2.0 Level 2 Compliant & ITAR Registered
Learn how we will support you in meeting Cybersecurity Standards for Machine Shop Estimating and Quoting Processes
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- See AI-Powered part analysis technology
- Create and send unlimited quotes
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