Bidpath vs BidPro

Bidpath provides customizable auction management and online bidding software for auctioneers, retailers, and manufacturers. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in California, it supports live, timed, and hybrid auctions alongside eCommerce. Its back-office tools cover clients and inventory, sale-day and post-sale work, finance, compliance, and business reports. SAM live webcast auctions offer audio and video, customizable bidder screens, chat, absentee bids, invoicing, and reporting. Timed auctions can use hard or soft closes, extensions, staggered closing, automated bidder emails, outbid notifications, and Buy Now sales. Bidpath says the platform is responsive on phones and tablets and provides iOS and Android apps. An API suite and data feeds connect its technology with other providers. Payment gateway integrations include Authorize.net, Paytrace, and NMI; SagePay provides 3D Secure bidder verification for UK and EU markets. The platform supports multiple languages, currencies, and time zones, plus VAT, GST, and sales tax handling for auction portals. Its named audiences include commercial, industrial, and fine-art auctioneers and businesses in insolvency, aerospace, electronics, consumer returns, mining, and automotive. Pricing is available on request.

BidPro is a white-label online auction platform for auctioneers who want to run auctions on their own branded websites. It supports live, virtual live and timed auctions, with livestreaming that BidPro describes as having sub-second latency and says can connect to third-party platforms. Its AI cataloguing tool can generate lot titles, descriptions, estimates, opening bids and bid increments from photos. Auctioneers can import catalogues from Excel and match bulk-imported photos to lots using barcodes. Bidders can pre-bid or use automatic and absentee bidding, while increments can be configured to respond to bidding patterns. Auctioneers can require documents at registration and approve bidders before they participate. Marketing options include custom SEO tags and keywords, Google Analytics tags, and contact exports for bulk email or SMS providers. There is a free Bidder plan and a free trial. Pay As You Go is $65, paid once, with a 0.5% to 0.25% commission, excluding VAT; Monthly Contract is $750 a month, excluding VAT. The signup guide says charges depend on subscription type and users set up payment details with BidPro's payment provider.