Bid4Build vs Jestimate

Bid4Build, offered through Estimator360, is cloud-based construction estimating and management software for builders. Its digital takeoff tool measures blueprints and uses those measurements to create estimate details. Estimating tools include detailed material lists, customizable assemblies, dynamic estimating, and more than 70 project templates. Estimates can generate proposals, contracts, and project schedules, and the product includes change orders. Suppliers and subcontractors can submit bids online that flow into estimates. Listed integrations are Hover, QuickBooks, and Insight by DBE; the maker says QuickBooks Online pushes data to QuickBooks to eliminate double entry. Its mobile app supports crew time tracking, project progress updates, and annotated job-site photos. The maker identifies home builders, residential remodelers, light commercial contractors, lumberyards, and modular builders as audiences. One Simple Plan costs $200 a month per location, with unlimited projects, estimates, clients, suppliers, subcontractors, team members, and estimators. Other listed options include PRO at $339 a month, PRO PLUS at $609 a month, and a Monthly Plan at $449 a month for the first estimator, plus 99 USD for each additional estimator. Enterprise prices are by quote. Google Play reports the app may collect location data, encrypts data in transit, and does not share data with third parties, based on developer disclosures.

Jestimate is a web-based planning poker tool for agile teams, with real-time estimation and retrospective management. It also provides team collaboration spaces, session history, and analytics, and uses WebSocket technology for real-time activity. Google and GitHub are listed as OAuth authentication providers, while Stripe is listed for payment processing. The free tier costs nothing. Jestimate says features and availability may vary by subscription tier, and that tiers have different usage limits and data retention periods. It states that data is encrypted in transit using TLS 1.2 or higher and encrypted at rest, and describes a commitment to GDPR compliance for users in the EU/EEA and related processing. Its privacy information describes rights to access, correct, delete, and port personal data. For canceled accounts, data is deleted within 30 days after an export grace period; backup copies are deleted within 90 days. Jestimate is operated as an individual project by an individual in Bulgaria. Support questions can be sent to [email protected], with responses stated to be within five business days.