The rules for using MarginBrace
Terms of Use
These terms cover the free MarginBrace calculator available today. MarginBrace Pro is not currently for sale, and no subscription or payment is created by using the calculator.
Effective and last updated: August 7, 2026
1. Agreement and eligibility
These Terms of Use are an agreement between you and MarginCrew LLC, a Michigan limited liability company that offers MarginBrace ("Company," "we," "us," or "our"). By accessing or using the MarginBrace website or calculator (the "Service"), you agree to these terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
The Service is intended for adults using it for business or professional planning. You must be at least 18 years old and legally capable of entering this agreement.
2. The current Service
MarginBrace currently provides a free, browser-based calculator that estimates job prices, costs, payment fees, gross profit, and gross margin from numbers you enter. The current Service does not require an account, does not save jobs to Company servers, and does not accept payments.
Descriptions of planned or preview features, including MarginBrace Pro, are informational only. They are not an offer, promise, preorder, or commitment to release a feature at a particular price or time.
3. Permission to use the Service
Subject to these terms, the Company grants you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable right to use the Service for your own lawful business planning. You may print or copy results for your own records and customer discussions.
4. Your numbers and decisions
Results depend entirely on your inputs and assumptions. You are responsible for verifying labor burden, material prices, overhead, taxes, fees, permits, contract requirements, market conditions, and job-specific risk before giving a quote or entering a contract.
MarginBrace is a planning aid, not accounting, tax, legal, financial, engineering, insurance, estimating, or other professional advice. It does not guarantee a job’s final cost, customer acceptance, cash flow, or profit. Read the Calculator Disclaimer for additional limitations.
5. Your calculator inputs
In the current free calculator, the values you enter are processed in your browser and are not submitted to or saved by the Company. Do not enter customer names, addresses, payment information, or other sensitive personal information into calculator number fields.
6. Acceptable use
You may not:
- use the Service for an unlawful, fraudulent, or deceptive purpose;
- interfere with, overload, damage, or bypass the Service’s security;
- use automated means to scrape or extract the Service at unreasonable volume;
- introduce malware or attempt unauthorized access to systems or data;
- misrepresent that MarginBrace or the Company prepared, approved, or guarantees your customer quote; or
- copy or resell the Service itself except as permitted by law or written agreement.
7. Ownership
The Company and its licensors own the Service, including its software, design, text, graphics, branding, and other content, subject to applicable third-party and open-source licenses. These terms do not transfer ownership to you. You retain ownership of information you create outside the Service and of your own business records.
8. Availability and changes
We may correct, change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the free Service. We do not promise uninterrupted availability, permanent storage, or compatibility with every browser or device. Because the current Service does not store your jobs, keep your own records of any result you need.
9. Disclaimer of warranties
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available." The Company disclaims implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and noninfringement. We do not warrant that any result is complete, accurate for your circumstances, error-free, or suitable as a final bid or contract price.
10. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, MarginCrew LLC and its member, personnel, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profit, revenue, data, opportunity, goodwill, or business, arising from the Service or your pricing decisions.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, their total liability for all claims related to the Service will not exceed the greater of $100 or the amount you paid the Company for the Service during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim. Some laws do not allow certain exclusions or limits, so those provisions apply only to the extent allowed by applicable law.
11. Indemnification
To the extent permitted by law, you will defend and indemnify MarginCrew LLC from third-party claims, damages, and reasonable costs arising from your unlawful misuse of the Service, your violation of these terms, or customer-facing claims or contracts you create using your results. This section does not require indemnification for the Company’s own unlawful conduct.
12. Governing law
Michigan law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any court proceeding must be brought in a state or federal court with jurisdiction over Oakland County, Michigan, unless applicable law requires another forum. Mandatory rights that cannot lawfully be waived remain unaffected.
13. Changes and general terms
We may update these terms by posting a revised version and changing the effective date. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised terms. If one provision is unenforceable, the remaining terms remain in effect. These terms, the Privacy Policy, and the Calculator Disclaimer are the entire agreement governing the current free Service.
14. Contact
Questions about these terms may be sent to support@marginbrace.com.
Version effective August 7, 2026.