TurboBid Review

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Jul 14, 2020

What is TurboBid Used For?

TurboBid is an estimating software program that allows clients to estimate all kinds of work such as service work, new residential construction, remodeling, commercial, multi-family, industrial, and flat rate. The estimating software has a user-friendly interface that makes it one of the most user-friendly software in the market. Users that are not tech-savvy can easily learn about the software and learn about its features. The TurboBid Company has been around since 2003. The company has headquarters found in Garden Grove, California.

Average Rating -

The rating of TurboBid is 4.5 stars out of 5. The rating is based on ITQlick expert review.

Typical Customers

TurboBid is best for several businesses in the marketing industry, and other industries including production home building, custom home building, engineering firms and general contractors. It can also be used by several businesses including restaurant business, energy, petroleum and convenient store, financial, hospitality, government, higher education, heavy highway and healthcare. TurboBid has hundreds of customers located all over North America. Among the most prominent clients of TurboBid includes Clear Creek Electric LCC, Premier Power Inc, and KNG Electrical LCC.

Features

TurboBid can help your business through the features that are included in the software. Among the features includes a database with thousands of material items that show the price tags from Trade Service and pricing for up to 5 different vendors. TurboBid also includes TurboPricer, which is a unique pricing service feature for materials. Clients can use this features to calculate times for material installation by using established labor units. These units can also be adjusted to reflect the estimate. This database is also capable of containing thousands of pre-built assemblies for all kinds of work.

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.

TurboBid 5 Pros

• TurboBid offers a forum for users to communicate and collaborate
• The software supports mobile apps for tablets and other devices
• TurboBid offer a free 14-day trial
• Users can request a live demo from the vendor site
• The software is one of the most user friendly software programs

TurboBid 2 Cons

• TurboBid does not support other languages outside English
• TurboBid does not offer money back guarantee

Competitors & Alternatives

Among the competitors of TurboBid includes Procore and BuilderTREND. Procore is similar to TurboBid in project calibration and construction estimation, but Procore has more features in document management and project collaboration. BuilderTrend, on the other hand, is similar to TurboBid in terms of integration with a system, but it has more networking capabilities because of its Cloud system features.

But TurboBid also features several advantages over these software solutions. One of the main advantages has to do with the TurboBid being one of the most user-friendly systems on the market. The system can be learned quickly and users need minimal training and guidance. Another advantage that the TurboBid software has over the competition is with its user interface. The user interface features simple yet understandable visuals. These visuals can be very useful in terms of being user friendly, and it is integral in estimating, accounting, and service management.   

TurboBid Pricing Information

The cost of license starting from $995 per license. The experts at ITQlick has reviewed TurboBid pricing and gave the software a total cost of ownership (TCO) rating of 2 out of 10. Custom price cost for your business is available upon request.

Questions to ask the vendor during a demo

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TurboBid Categories

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Specifications

Company:	Advanced Electrical Technologies
Address:	USA
Customers:	Small business, Medium business, Large business
Business Area:	Cross Business Areas
Platforms:	Desktop
Operating Systems:	Mac OS, Windows, Linux

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TurboBid Features