Model Based Estimation
Labor, Equipment and MaterialPredict the labor, equipment and material cost and time required for your BIM model
- Automatic real-time estimation with Bidlight, 1Build, Craftsman, and RSMeans.
- Price comparison and custom database creation.
- Automatic estimation
- Project management
- Data warehouse
- Parameter management system
- Real-time estimation
- Advanced users management
- Custom integrations
- Email/Phone support
WHAT IS BIDLIGHT AUTO ESTIMATIONS?
BidLight auto estimations helps you accurately estimate the cost and time it will take to turn your design into a physical reality. BidLight provides instant estimates for labor, equipment, and materials, along with a detailed breakdown of costs and timelines.
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Equipment
Generate full list of the required equipment to build your design. Share the equipment list, cost and time with your client.
Labor
Learn about the required labor to build your design. Share the labor list, cost and time with your client.
Material
Learn about the required material to build your design. Including time required to handle and install.
Time
Understand the total time required to build your design. Including a breakdown by equipment and labor.
Automatic Estimation
Complete project estimation with the ability to update the cost in real time.
Updated Unit Cost
Access to our up to date database of unit costs. Ability to add your own cost items.
Interactable BIM & Cost
01Step 1
Open your 3D authoring tool (Revit) and export your project to the bidlight cloud
02Step 2
Launch Bidlight the desktop app and adjust your estimation in real time, once satisfied export the bid package to the cloud
03Step 3
Head over to bidlight.com and investigate your estimation and 3D model, download and share your estimate through email.
Choose Your Plan
AI-Powered Efficiency with BidLight 3.0
Solo Architect
Perfect for independent designers.
Start your journey with BidLight 3.0!
Billed annually ($2388/year)
- Estimation inside BIM (Revit)
- Estimation standalone outside BIM
- Estimation Reports
Studio
Built for agile studios.
Collaborate seamlessly with your team!
Billed annually ($5988/year)
- Estimation inside BIM (Revit)
- Estimation standalone outside BIM
- Estimation Reports
- Collaboration Tools
Business
Scale your operations efficiently.
Perfect for fast-growing businesses!
Billed annually ($11988/year)
- Estimation inside BIM (Revit)
- Estimation standalone outside BIM
- Estimation Reports
- Collaboration Tools
- Priority Support
- Custom Templates & Presets
Enterprise
Tailored solutions for large organizations.
Contact us for custom pricing!
- Estimation inside BIM (Revit)
- Estimation standalone outside BIM
- Estimation Reports
- Collaboration Tools
- Priority Support
- Custom Templates & Presets
- Custom Integrations
Detailed Feature Comparison
5+
Simultaneous
costing DBs
Our Mission
our goal at BidLight is to make your life easier. We bring together a multitude of skills from construction and finance to computer science, in the hopes of delivering on four fronts:
Fast
we pride ourselves to keep our estimation process under 10 minutes/project
Accurate
we go to great lengths to keep our unit prices accurate and up to date.
Affordable
we understand that small companies need our tools more than large organizations and our pricing model reflects that.
Ease of use
A software has to be useful, before it is reusable.