TurboBid Review - why 4.5 stars?
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ITQlick Score: | 94/100 |
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ITQlick Rating: | (4.5/5) |
Pricing: | 2/10 - low cost |
Category: | Construction Estimating -> TurboBid |
Ranking: | Ranked 1 out of 72 Construction Estimating systems |
Company: | Advanced Electrical Technologies |
Pricing: | starts at $99 per month |
Typical customers: | Small, medium and large size businesses |
Platforms: | Desktop |
Links: | TurboBid pricing, TurboBid alternatives |

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What is TurboBid?
- Documents and Management: This feature comes with sub-features like Automated reports, Bid package and management reports, Lost Project Report, Overhead cost calculator, and Project Notes which helps contractors manage their projects properly.
- Material Items and Assemblies: This feature helps contractors to assemble needed items for a project efficiently.
- Employees: This functionality helps project managers to manage their employees to ensure maximum productivity effectively.
What is TurboBid rating?
Who uses TurboBid?
Is TurboBid the best Construction Estimating system?
What are their main features and functionalities?
TurboBid also features flat rate pricing assemblies for remodeling and service contractors. Clients can easily create a line item flat rate pricing. This can be done either task by task or on a room by room basis. The software also allows customizable flat rate price books that can be printed or exported to PDF and can be used on mobile devices and tablets that support PDF applications. TurboBid also features detailed reports and bid packages that are very detailed and polished. With these detailed formal proposals, quantity take-offs and detailed bid price; clients can easily set and established what is included in their estimate.
What are TurboBid's pros? (5 Pros)
- It is easy to set up the TurboBid flow chart
- The Turbo Cloud enables users to get updated pricing and assemblies
- The software is designed to be easy to use
- Users can request a live demo from the vendor site
- The software is one of the most user friendly software programs
What are TurboBid's cons? (5 cons)
- The navigation through which the assemblies work can be improved
- TurboBid does not offer money back guarantee
- The software is not the most affordable in the market
- The software has limited company information on their site
- TurboBid does not have Social Networking links on their site
Who are their main alternatives?
- Functionality: In terms of functionality, TurboBid features Documents and Management, Material Items and Assemblies, Material Take-Off, Employees, Labor Unit Adjustments, Misc like Built-in security, Code section, Database back-up, Estimate checklist, Unique wizard format, Use your own logo, etc. Compared to its alternatives, Esticom has the Field Productivity feature, which is missing in TurboBid. IntelliBid and BrickControl lack the Employees feature, which is available in TurboBid.
- Customers/Industries: TurboBid and its close alternatives targets construction professionals in the Electrical and plumbing sector.
- Cost: TurboBid has a license price that starts from $99 per month. Compared to its close alternatives, Esticom has a free plan, but its paid plan starts from $139 per user per month, while IntelliBid did not have its license pricing made public.
- Cloud-based/On-premise: TurboBid is a cloud-based and on-premise construction estimating system. All its close alternatives are cloud-based systems.
- Scalability: TurboBid its close construction estimating alternative systems can be used for a small and large number of projects.
- Support: In terms of support channels offered, TurboBid offers only Chat support. Compared to its alternatives, Esticom offers Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Phone and Chat support. IntelliBid offers Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, and Phone Support. BrickControl offers Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, and FAQs/Forum support channels.
What is the cost of TurboBid?
What is the REAL total cost of implementation? on top of the total cost of licenses which is easy to calculate you need to add the cost of training, customization, data migration, and other "hidden cost". ITQlick pricing score is 2 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). You can fine here the REAL total cost breakdown for TurboBid. You can also find here pricing information from TurboBid's website.
What should you ask Advanced Electrical Technologies during a demo session? (65 questions)
Where TurboBid is used?
TurboBid is a construction estimating software that is designed for construction professionals in the electrical and plumbing industry. The software is designed flexibly to accommodate projects of various sizes and nature. Some construction companies using this software are Clear Creek Electric, LLC, Premier Power Inc., Electrical Contractors & Associates, KNG Electrical LLC, Hoffbeck Electric & Design, LLC, Great Plaines electric, etc.List of categories
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Shlomi Lavi
Shlomi holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information System Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 15 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant, and implementation expert for small, medium and large size (global) companies.