All-In-One AI Software for Distributors, Fabricators and Manufacturer Reps
Bring CRM, email, quotes, orders, purchasing, inventory, phones and documents into one system. BlueApe prepares the work. Your people approve anything sent to a customer.
Use BlueApe on desktop or in the BlueApe phone app.
From $99/month per location. No implementation fee.
Watch an email become a quote · 30 seconds
Automate the inbox
Turn customer requests into quotes, sales orders and vendor POs for your team to approve.
Draft follow-ups and order status replies without losing the human check.
Run the day-to-day work
Manage companies, contacts, activity, tasks, inventory, purchasing and counter sales.
Use the sales dashboard, phones and dialer from your desktop or phone.
Put your information to work
Upload line cards, price lists and catalogs to Docs.
Coming soon: ask the copilot questions and get answers from the documents your business uses.
Pick a workflow
See how BlueApe handles a task from your inbox.
For distributors
AI automation built around the work of wholesale and supply houses.
- Keep companies, contacts, activity and tasks together. Import records from spreadsheets and phone contacts. Coming: connect Outlook to build contacts from email and find companies.
- Turn incoming requests into quotes, sales orders and vendor POs for approval.
- Manage inventory, purchasing, counter sales and card payments.
- Coming: use Connect to work with supplier portals. No API, no problem.
For manufacturer reps
One place for solo reps and small agencies to manage customers, lines and follow-up.
- Keep companies, contacts, activity and tasks organized on desktop and phone.
- Work from your email inbox and review drafted follow-ups before they are sent.
- Upload line cards, price lists and catalogs. Coming soon: ask the copilot questions about them.
- Give a small agency shared tools for email, phones, documents and sales activity.
QuickBooks, NetSuite and the tools you already use.
Day-to-day AI runs on local models, on your device or network, where it can.
From $99/month per location. No implementation fee. See pricing
Your week with BlueApe
- WeekendSet up BlueApe with the tools you use and choose your first workflow.
- MondayTurn inbox requests into quotes, sales orders and vendor purchase orders for review.
- TuesdayReview order updates and approve replies to customers asking where their orders are.
- WednesdaySee which customers have slowed their ordering and decide who needs a call.
- ThursdayReview drafted follow-ups and approve the ones you want to send.
Help videos
Short how-to videos made from the current app.
Start your monthly subscription
Import companies and contacts from a spreadsheet
Add a company and a contact
Tour a company page
Log a call or a note
Create tasks and work your task list
Search, filter and save a view
Your dashboard
Edit in place and merge duplicates
Docs: upload a file, find it, and publish an article
Built by a Distributor for Distribution
Jaaron Sanderson, BlueApe founder
BlueApe was founded by Jaaron Sanderson, who ran K&R Plastics, a plastics distributor in Austin, for 15 years. BlueApe now runs K&R’s day-to-day work. Earlier, Jaaron was part of the early team at Tristar AI, working in MIT computer vision.
Watch why I built BlueApe and how it fits a distributor’s week.
Start with one workflow
See how BlueApe can automate the day-to-day work of your distribution or manufacturer rep business.