Poly9 AI · for manufacturers and workshops

Configure and quote from your rules.

Configure and quote for custom manufacturers means a buyer names finish, size and quantity, and the price comes from rules you approved. Poly9 AI answers the option question in plain language, configures the variant, renders it, and prices it from your cost recipes or grade matrix. When a rule is missing it returns price on request. The Excel quote never gets rebuilt.

Made-to-order bed configured on a storefront: size and fabric chosen, the priced line from the maker’s recipe, saved configuration

A made-to-order bed priced from the maker’s recipe, size and fabric chosen. Real storefront, real rules.

The shift

Every quote starts from the last quote.

Last quote.xlsx
copied, renamed and edited by hand
The old sheet
is the one the rep still quotes from
A currency
converted in a cell, at whatever rate was there
A missed upcharge
found after the order is confirmed
→ every quote from your rules, certified or price on request
What you get

Answer. Configure. Price from your rules.

Every quote comes from rules you approved. A missing rule returns price on request, never an estimate.

Configure in plain language

Finish, size and quantity, answered

A buyer asks for the console in walnut, 8 feet, 50 pieces. Your AI configures the variant from your catalog, shows a labeled render, and prices it from your rules or says price on request.

Certified rules only

Every line traceable to a rule

Cost recipes in plain text, finish upcharges, quantity breaks, lead times. Materials price by the square foot, linear foot, hour or piece. Each rule applies the same way every time, and the quote line shows the rule behind the number.

Buyer currency

Costs in yours, quotes in theirs

Your recipes hold costs in rupees or yuan; your storefront shows prices in the currencies you choose. A buyer in Chicago asks at 3 p.m. their time, and the quote request is waiting in Projects for your morning.

Count the hours your team spends rebuilding quotes →
In the field · Manufacturers on Poly9 AI
“Plain-text cost recipes for brass, stone and wood, quoted in the buyer’s currency. The Excel file stays closed.”
Your AI

It applies your rules like your best estimator.

Day 1 it knows your catalog and cost recipes. Day 100 it knows which options buyers ask for most, which quotes closed, and which rules you still need to write.

“Price 200 brass planters, 30 cm, antique finish, FOB Moradabad.”
Recipe applied, finish rule applied, quoted in the buyer’s currency with the lead time. Every line from your rules.
“Can you make the console table in walnut instead of oak?”
Shows the walnut variant, applies the wood upcharge rule, updates the quote. With no walnut rule yet, it returns price on request and drafts the internal ask.
“What did the Chicago buyer order last time?”
The pieces, the finishes, the quantities, the prices they paid, and what they have asked about since.

Configure and quote, answered

What does configure and quote mean for a custom manufacturer?
A buyer names the options, your AI builds the variant and prices it from rules you approved. On Poly9 AI the buyer asks in plain language on your storefront, sees the configured piece as a labeled render, and gets a certified price or price on request. The quote lands in Projects with every line traced to a rule.
What happens when a pricing rule is missing?
Your AI returns price on request for that option and drafts the internal quote request for you. It never guesses. If a buyer asks for a walnut finish you have not priced yet, that line shows POR and the rest of the quote continues from your rules. Write the walnut rule once and the next quote certifies it.
Can we quote in the buyer’s currency?
Yes. Your cost recipes hold rates in rupees, yuan or your own currency, and your storefront displays prices in the currencies you choose. A buyer in Chicago asks at 3 p.m. their time; the quote request is waiting in Projects for your morning, each line certified from your rules or marked price on request.
How long does it take to load a catalog and rules?
Add photos and your AI writes each product, its specs and a packshot, one credit per product, and you check every one. Excel import maps your sheet once and reuses it every season. Big lines are loaded white-glove; the largest so far, 37,400 fabric SKUs, was live a day after the files arrived. Start with your top pieces and core options.
Is this a CPQ replacement?
For buyer-facing configure and quote on custom products, yes: it configures, prices and quotes, and it answers the buyer in plain language on your site. It charges per sales action, not per seat. If your factory orders run through ERP with deep approvals, keep that system and put Poly9 AI in front of it. The CPQ comparison page covers when each fits.
How do sales actions and plans work?
One sales action is one credit: an answer with a recommendation, a configured render, a certified price, a quote. Every account starts with 250 sales actions free for 30 days, no card. Grow is $250 a month for 2,500 sales actions with unlimited users, and $100 buys 1,000 more at any time.
Go deeper

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Start free. Close the Excel file.

Create your account, load your catalog or start with your industry’s sample catalog, write your first cost recipe, and send a certified quote. 250 sales actions free for 30 days, no card, and the account stays yours.

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