Bid4Build vs Planning Poker

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.

Planning Poker is a web-based card game for agile and Scrum teams estimating sprint work together through anonymous pointing. The service reveals estimates so participants can discuss differences and estimate again until they reach agreement. Teams can import stories from Jira or add them during planning, then export estimates and notes to project management tools. Scales and timers are customizable, while paid plans add custom pointing scales and Jira integration. The free Basic plan costs nothing and allows up to 5 players per game; it includes four pointing scales, a customizable timer, editable score average, and printable results, with ads. Standard costs $14.95 a month or $150 a year and supports up to 10 participants. Pro costs $49.95 a month or $498 a year and supports up to 50. Paid plans are charged per game organizer. New accounts start with a free 14-day trial of Planning Poker Pro. The privacy policy says story, task, and work item data is encrypted in the database using AES-256-CBC with HMAC-SHA-512 authentication, and user data is processed in whole or part in the United States.