The cheapest supplies — one search, seven stores
When a job needs materials, hunting the right price store by store eats time and margin. Raslak Hub searches any supply across seven stores at once, highlights the cheapest and shows stock in your nearest branches — and moves the chosen lines straight into a quote or invoice.
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Why chasing material prices costs you
A contractor's margin is often won or lost on materials. When the same plasterboard, cable or insulation can cost tens of percent more at one store than another, calling around and browsing by hand is slow and inexact — and under pressure you buy wherever's nearest.
Hub flips it: one search shows the prices side by side, highlights the cheapest and tells you which branch has it in stock now. The same figures flow straight into a quote, so you price with real numbers instead of guessing.
What the feature includes
- Seven-store comparison — K-Rauta, Stark, Puuilo, Motonet, Hammer, Bauhaus and Taloon: building, plumbing and electrical supplies in one search
- Free product search — search any supply by name, results cheapest first
- Prices checked daily — read from the stores' public product pages and refreshed automatically
- Stock nearby — see what's on the shelf in your closest branches based on your location or the job site address
- Shopping list by store — the basket groups by store, so you see where to buy what, with per-store totals
- Straight into a quote or invoice — chosen lines in one click, net price and margin calculated
- Rax AI included — Rax prices quotes using live figures and suggests the supplies from a work instruction
Every feature is included in the same price: see all of Raslak Hub.
The old way vs Hub
| Without a system | Raslak Hub | |
|---|---|---|
| Finding the price | Calling and browsing store by store | One search, 7 stores side by side |
| Finding the cheapest | Guesswork, buy wherever's nearest | Cheapest highlighted, stock included |
| Availability | Call separately or go in person | Stock in your nearest branches shown |
| Into the quote | Prices typed in by hand | Lines move in one click, margin ready |
Frequently asked
Which stores does Raslak Hub compare material prices across?
Seven stores: K-Rauta, Stark, Puuilo, Motonet, Hammer, Bauhaus and Taloon. The range covers building, plumbing and electrical supplies. Prices are read from the stores' public product pages and checked daily.
Does Hub show store stock levels?
Yes. Results show what's on the shelf in your nearest branches based on your location or the job site address, plus online stock. You see where to get a supply cheapest and right away.
How do the prices move into a quote or invoice?
You add the lines to a shopping list and move them into a quote or invoice in one click. The purchase price is converted to net and your margin is added automatically — you decide the margin.
Does the Rax AI assistant use these prices when drafting quotes?
Yes. Rax pulls live material prices and stock levels, suggests the supplies from a work instruction, and prices the quote with real figures with no extra work.
How much does material price comparison cost?
Material prices are included in Raslak Hub: €69/mo + €22/mo per additional user, all features included. The 14-day trial is free and needs no charge during the trial.
How much does comparing material prices actually save?
On a job where materials are a third of the cost, a ten per cent difference on materials is around three per cent of the whole job — often a meaningful share of the margin.
When should I not buy the cheapest option?
When availability, delivery, batch consistency or returns policy matter more. A crew waiting a day costs more than the saving on almost any material.
Can the results go straight onto an invoice?
Yes. Results can be collected into a list and pushed onto an invoice or a project's material budget, so the price found is the price used in the costing.
Try it — then decide
A 14-day free trial with no charge during the trial, or an open demo with no sign-up.
See also: Quotes · Project management · Invoicing · Raslak Hub — all features
Why comparing material prices pays
On a job where materials are a third of the cost, a ten per cent difference on the material line is roughly three per cent of the whole job — which is often a meaningful share of the margin. The difficulty was never whether it was worth checking. It was that checking meant opening seven browser tabs while standing in a merchant's car park.
What the comparison covers
One search returns current prices across seven Finnish building merchants, with availability where the merchant publishes it. Results can be collected into a list, and the list can be pushed straight onto an invoice or a project's material budget — so the price you found is the price that ends up in the costing, rather than a number remembered later.
Where price is not the deciding factor
Buying purely on headline price is a common way to lose money slowly, so it is worth being explicit about when to ignore the cheapest result:
- Availability beats price on a live site. A crew waiting a day costs more than the saving on almost any material.
- Delivery matters more than the unit price. Especially for heavy goods, and especially without a lift.
- Batch consistency. Tiles and flooring from different batches can differ visibly. Split an order across merchants and you may pay for the saving twice.
- Returns policy. Over-ordering is normal in construction; the cheapest merchant to buy from is not always the cheapest to return to.
See also job management.