A software partner built to last

Owner-managed, profitable and focused exclusively on building materials distribution since 2022: kinisto builds software for the inside sales teams of building materials manufacturers and distributors in the DACH region.

60+

productive installations

4 million

products offered

50 %

time saved on quotations

100 %

owner-managed

kinisto is a software company from Berlin with one clear focus: processing customer inquiries at building materials manufacturers and distributors. Since 2022, we have worked exclusively on this problem – together with the sales teams that turn bills of quantities, email inquiries and material lists into quotes every day.

Today, more than 60 companies rely on kinisto, from regional building materials dealers to internationally active manufacturers. They typically save more than half of the time spent on quotations – while keeping the systems and processes they have built over the years.

Ideally, a software decision is a decision for years. That is why we want you to know who you are dealing with.

Financially independent

100 % owner-managed, profitable and debt-free. We do not depend on funding rounds – and therefore on no one but our customers.

Built for the long term

We make strategic decisions with customers, not investors. No exit pressure on product or pricing, no pivots driven by inflated growth expectations.

Vertically focused

100 % of our resources go into building materials distribution in the DACH region – for manufacturers and distributors alike. No other industries competing for priorities. Depth over breadth.

Anchored in the ecosystem

Partnerships with EUROBAUSTOFF, Bauvista, FDF and the leading ERP systems for building materials distribution. More than 60 productive installations – and case studies you can read for yourself.

In hardly any industry is inquiry processing as demanding as in building materials distribution: hundreds of items per bill of quantities, trades with their own logic, inquiries in every conceivable format. Automating this takes more than a good AI model.

We rely on the latest generation of Large Language Models. What matters, however, is not the model but what we build around it: learning from every correction, the connection to your ERP and the integration into your team’s daily work. Our solutions are developed in close collaboration with the people who use them every day.

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kinisto doesn't just make our quotation process digital, it also makes it measurable for the first time. We can see where the bottlenecks are - and optimize specifically. Step by step, we're unlocking the full potential of the software, such as AI-supported variant recognition.

Alexander Bacher

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Chief Information Officer

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With kinisto, we have achieved a quantum leap in our quotation process. As a building materials distributor, we benefit from intelligent support across all trades. The software has not only significantly improved our internal processes but is also perceived very positively by our customers.

Christopher Iljen

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Head of Digital Sales

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We were able to get started after just a few days without a lengthy setup process and were impressed by the accuracy of the product suggestions. The software is easy to use and fits perfectly with our process — as a result, we can now create quotes much faster than before.

Alexander Schöpflin

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Head of Planning and Project Management

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As a digital platform, it's logical for us to optimize our own processes as well. kinisto immediately convinced us with its modern interface and user-friendliness. The flexible integration possibilities via webhooks are a real efficiency gain.

Kah-Seng Teh

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Product Manager
The integration of kinisto into our existing IT landscape was seamless. We were particularly impressed that kinisto could be embedded into our processes via the API interface without any friction. The kinisto team understood our specific requirements from the very beginning and delivered a perfectly tailored solution.

Markus Huch

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Head of IT & Digitalization

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The introduction of kinisto was remarkably fast – thanks in part to our flexible ERP system, which greatly facilitated the integration. With a strong core team, we were able to drive the change management process internally, so our employees embraced the software from day one. The solution is a perfect fit for our processes and has become indispensable in our daily business.

Carsten Zoll

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Managing Director

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The onboarding with kinisto was smooth and extremely fast – you can immediately tell how much experience the team has in such processes. Our employees accepted the software from the very beginning, thanks to the clear training and documentation. The results speak for themselves: measurable, significant time savings and enthusiastic employees after just four weeks.

Frank Druschel

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Head of Internal Sales

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kinisto has fundamentally changed our daily work. What used to mean frustrating searching through hundred-page PDFs is now an efficient, digital process. The automatic recognition of relevant items in bills of quantities is an absolute game changer for us. Our employees adapted to the new software surprisingly quickly and don't want to do without it anymore.

Katharina Heinrich

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Head of Quotation Department

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We were initially skeptical about whether an AI solution could truly handle our complex rope safety systems with all their individual components. But kinisto proved us wrong — the system suggestions are remarkably accurate, even for demanding configurations. Working with the kinisto team is a real pleasure — they take the time to truly understand our business.

Silvia Massing

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Technische Zentrale

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Through digitalization, we have achieved significantly more transparency in quotation processing. Inquiries are now processed even faster, which considerably increases our efficiency. Through the collaboration with kinisto, we have become much more flexible.

Konstantin Belousow

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Head of Quotation Department

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We tested the kinisto system and are very positively surprised by the experiences and test results. The AI is impressively capable of learning, the system is modularly adaptable. The kinisto team was very committed and passionate during the test phase!

Martin Hoffmann

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Business Development
The introduction of kinisto was a real game changer for our quotation process. We can now respond to customer inquiries much faster. The system relieves our team of time-consuming routine tasks and gives us the freedom to focus more on individual customer consulting - a clear competitive advantage in our demanding market.

Nils Hartmann

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Head of Sales

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60+ digital leaders trust kinisto

kinisto is run by its two founders. Both still work directly with customers – in implementation projects, in support and in product development.

Philipp Block, founder and CEO. Responsible for customers, sales and the continuous improvement of the processes around kinisto. His standard: software that adapts to the daily work of inside sales – not the other way round.

Dr. Anselm Schultes, founder and CTO. Responsible for technology and product development. His background is in natural language processing and data science. His benchmark: AI that works reliably in everyday sales – not just in the demo.

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Company

kinisto is a brand of

tetrel GmbH
Rosenthaler Str. 72a
10119 Berlin
Germany

contact@kinisto.com +49 30 23 32 21 71 LinkedIn

Product

Smart inquiry management Inquiry processing AI product suggestions

Analytics Collaboration Integration

Resources

Artificial intelligence FAQ

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