Written to be read. The parts that matter most are the one about estimates not being bids, and the one about canceling — both are near the top rather than buried.
Last updated 31 October 2026. These terms are between you and 716Ventures LLC, 418 Broadway Suite R, Albany, NY 12207, which operates AerialQuote. Using the site means you accept them.
Everything this site produces is a planning guide. It is not a quote, not a bid, not a survey, and not professional advice. Measurements are taken from aerial imagery that may be months or years old, and their accuracy depends on where you place the corners. Check quantities before you order material and verify dimensions before you build. We are not responsible for overages, shortfalls, miscalculations, or work priced from these numbers.
Measuring, every calculator, and the published price ranges are free to anyone, with no account required and no expiry. That is not a trial and we do not intend to put it behind a paywall. A free account additionally saves a limited number of quotes and addresses; the current limits are shown on the Pro page.
Pro is a paid monthly or annual subscription, billed through Stripe. Prices are shown at checkout and include any applicable tax.
If a payment fails we may suspend Pro features until it clears. We do not sell your data to make up the difference.
Sign-in is by one-time email link, so keep access to your email address secure — anyone who can read your inbox can sign in as you. Tell us at support@aerialquote.com if you think someone else has got in. One account is for one person or one business; do not share credentials.
If you choose to contribute a finished quote to the regional dataset, you give us permission to include it in aggregate published figures. In return we commit to the four rules on the methodology page: never attributed to your company, aged at least 45 days, never published below three separate contributors, and never sold as a private tier. Contributing is optional and you can stop at any time.
The same applies to the rate card on your account page. Enter your own current rates, as you would quote them; you can change or clear them whenever you like, and a cleared figure comes out of the dataset. The rate card is for benchmarking and better estimates. It is not a price list we publish for you, and it does not bind you to any price.
Do not submit figures that are not your own, and do not use the dataset to coordinate pricing with competitors. Aggregation, aging and the contributor minimum exist precisely to make the data useful for benchmarking without becoming a mechanism for that.
We may suspend an account that does these things.
It is a starting point, not an engineered plan. The Deck Designer builds a deck plan from the prescriptive tables of the 2021 International Residential Code (section R507) and the American Wood Council’s DCA 6 guide, using assumptions — soil bearing, lumber species and grade, frost depth and loads — that may not match your site. Plans it produces are not engineered or architectural drawings and have not been reviewed by a licensed engineer or architect.
Permit sets and refunds. Where a permit plan set is sold, it is a one-time purchase for one deck and includes printing, PDF, email and revisions for that deck. If your building department asks for a change the Designer cannot make, email us within 30 days of purchase with their comments and we will refund you in full. Payments are handled by Stripe; card details never reach AerialQuote.
Free plans. A free account can keep one saved deck plan. Purchased plans don’t count against it, and Pro accounts can keep as many as they like.
A DeckIQ plan set comes with a build log, where you can tick off steps, write notes and add photos. These rules cover anything you add there.
Play by the rules or you don’t get to play. Every contractor and supply yard listed on AerialQuote agrees to these when it signs up. Homeowners trust the businesses they find here because of them.
If AerialQuote is contacted about poor or unfinished work, customers or leads being treated poorly, or misuse of the site in any way, your listing and account may be removed and the business banned from AerialQuote, at AerialQuote’s sole discretion, with or without notice. A banned business cannot sign up again under another email address. A ban does not refund any subscription period already paid; you can cancel a subscription at any time from your account.
Rules version 26 September 2026. The version you agreed to is recorded with your listing.
AerialQuote text alerts are optional texts that tell you there is a new message or a change on a deck you are talking about in the deck designer, with a link to read it on aerialquote.com. You sign up under My alerts by adding your mobile number, ticking the consent box and confirming the code we text you (how it works).
We aim to keep the site up but do not guarantee it. It depends on third-party imagery and geocoding services that can fail or change without notice, and it is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent the law allows, our total liability to you for anything arising from the service is limited to what you have paid us in the twelve months before the claim — which for most people is nothing.
Nothing here limits liability for fraud, or for anything that cannot lawfully be limited.
We may update these terms; material changes will move the date above and, if you have an account, be emailed to you. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York.
Questions about any of this: hello@aerialquote.com.