The Cost Center is designed to give you a high-level view of all costs within your opportunity, while supporting how pricing actually works in practice.
It stays tucked on the right side of your screen so you can focus on the quote while keeping your options ready to use or to compare as the quote is ‘Won’. No more guessing which cost was selected or hunting through costs when a supplier invoice arrives.

What do you get?

• Full Transparency: Sales & Operations team has full clarity on the specific cost used for the quote and what are the alternatives. 
• Add new costs using AI - whether by sending RFQs to your suppliers or pasting free text for automatic cost extraction.
• Keep alternative costs ready for quick changes (see Used vs. Alternatives). Stay flexible when things shift - whether it’s product, timing, or supplier.
• Unlink costs from your quote and easily drag & drop new ones.
• Audit Trail: Because the Cost Center keeps a history of "Used" vs. "Alternative" costs, the team can see exactly which supplier was chosen and what the agreed-upon buying price was.

How to view costs in the Cost Center

Click the Cost Center icon on the right side of any opportunity:

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You will see two sections:

• Used in this offer: These are the costs currently linked to your quote.

• Alternative Costs: These are backup costs or different options you’ve saved but haven't used yet.

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How to add costs to the Cost Center

Monada lets you import costs into your opportunity from any source - whether it’s shipping line portals, agent emails, spreadsheets, or any cost you need to quickly add and document in your quote.

1. 'Add costs from anywhere':

Got an offer from a supplier via email or WhatsApp? Simply paste the content into the Cost Center, and the system will parse it, calculate the total, and present a clear, structured breakdown of the supplier’s costs.
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2. Add Manually: Click ADD COSTS MANUALLY at the bottom of the Cost Center panel to type in a new cost quickly.

3. RFQ: Email your agents directly from Monada, and the system will process their answers to the cost center. From there you can just Drag&Drop it into the offer:

4. Carrier online portals or rate files uploaded into Monada: You can drag and drop to the quote any cost found on our search panel and it will automatically be added to the Cost center.

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Managing Your Costs: Unlinking vs. Deleting

Sometimes plans change, and you need to swap a supplier or remove a cost entirely. We’ve made it easy to move costs around without losing your work.

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Unlinking a Cost (Keep it as an Alternative)

If you decide not to use a specific cost for the current quote but want to keep it in your "back pocket" for later:

• How to do it: Click Unlink on the cost within the Cost Center.
• What happens: The cost is removed from the active quote line, but it stays safely in your Alternative Costs section.
• Why use this: This is perfect if a customer asks for a cheaper option and you want to keep your original quote

Deleting a Cost Entirely

If a cost is no longer relevant at all and you want to scrub it from the system:

• How to do it: Open the Cost Center, hover your mouse over the cost you want to remove, and click the Trash Icon.
• What happens: This deletes the cost entirely from the quote and the Cost Center.

Pro-Tip: If you are inside the "Edit Costs" pop-up, you can also use the DELETE FIELD button at the if you want to remove that entire category of cost from the line item.

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