BidLight Auto Estimation

Model Based Estimation

Labor, Equipment and Material

Predict 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
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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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Unlock Efficiency: Get Real-Time Estimation and Expert Support Today!

BidLight in Action

Gain more clients, move fast, provide value, build trust and show your degree of transparency instantly!

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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.

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Labor

Learn about the required labor to build your design. Share the labor list, cost and time with your client.

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Material

Learn about the required material to build your design. Including time required to handle and install.

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Time

Understand the total time required to build your design. Including a breakdown by equipment and labor.

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Automatic Estimation

Complete project estimation with the ability to update the cost in real time.

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Updated Unit Cost

Access to our up to date database of unit costs. Ability to add your own cost items.

Interactable BIM & Cost

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Step 1

Open your 3D authoring tool (Revit) and export your project to the bidlight cloud

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Step 2

Launch Bidlight the desktop app and adjust your estimation in real time, once satisfied export the bid package to the cloud

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Step 3

Head over to bidlight.com and investigate your estimation and 3D model, download and share your estimate through email.

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Our Pricing Plans

Only pay for what you need!
Student

$0$ 0/ Month

Know by heart and learn by rote.
For free education!. (Student id required)
  • Automatic estimation
  • Revit Real-Time estimation
  • Bidlight prices database
  • 1Build prices database
  • Craftsman prices database
  • RSMeans (bring your own licence)
  • Price comparison
  • 1 Project/month
  • Build your own prices database
  • 1 user license
  • Email support
Individual

$199$ 265/ Month

Small steps, for bigger impact.
For personal use!
  • Automatic estimation
  • Revit Real-Time estimation
  • Bidlight prices database
  • 1Build prices database
  • Craftsman prices database
  • RSMeans (bring your own licence)
  • Price comparison
  • 1 Project/month
  • Build your own prices database
  • 1 user license
  • Email support

7-days free trial

Essential

$499$ 665/ Month

Pay a little for essential upgrades.
For professionals!
  • Automatic estimation
  • Revit Real-Time estimation
  • Bidlight prices database
  • 1Build prices database
  • Craftsman prices database
  • RSMeans (bring your own licence)
  • Price comparison
  • 3 Projects/month
  • Build your own prices database
  • 3 users license
  • Email support

7-days free trial

Standard

$799$ 1065/ Month

More access more business.
For small businesses!
  • Automatic estimation
  • Revit Real-Time estimation
  • Bidlight prices database
  • 1Build prices database
  • Craftsman prices database
  • RSMeans (bring your own licence)
  • Price comparison
  • 5 Projects/month
  • Build your own prices database
  • 5 users license
  • Email/Phone support

7-days free trial

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About Us

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.