Bolster vs BuilderTrend

Bolster is the only platform that helps you grow your construction or contracting business, by helping you win more jobs with presentations, and increasing your job size with upsells.

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Not just a Trend

By choosing BuilderTrend, you're missing out on Bolster features that thousands of contractors use to grow their construction business.

Estimate faster with AutoCost items & assemblies

Estimate with construction materials and labor from your local suppliers, including real-time prices and stock levels.
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Bid-winning presentations

Automatically generate presentations from your estimates, giving price transparency and building trust with customers, ultimately helping you win more bids.
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Increase job size with optional items, upgrades & selections

Effortlessly increase your average job size and grow your construction business by including optional items, upgradeable items, and selections in your quotes.
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Compare Bolster vs BuilderTrend

Conduct a full analysis of Bolster and BuilderTrend plans with our comparisons below. For a comparison of all key features per plan, be sure to view this page on your laptop or desktop computer.

pro

$399 p/m

(billed annually)

premium

$499 p/m

(billed annually)

essential

$499 p/m

($300 off your first month)

advanced

$799 p/m

($300 off your first month)

Sales & Estimating

Advanced estimating

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Takeoffs

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Assemblies

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Item import tools

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Bids & Presentations

Automatically generated presentations

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Optional, upgradable and selectable items (in proposals)

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not included
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Selections

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not included

only available in
complete ($1099 p/m)

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only available in
complete ($1099 p/m)

AutoCost

AutoCost assemblies

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not included
not included

Real local material prices

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not included
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Real local labor costs

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not included
not included

Project management

Scheduling

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Automated material lists & budget

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not included
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Change orders

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Team/client chat

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CRM/Lead management

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Client Portal

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Customer support

Knowledge base and help desk support

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Dedicated 1:1 support

1x 1:1 onboarding session
2x 1:1 strategy sessions

1x 1:1 onboarding session
3x 1:1 strategy sessions

Add on
(+$100 p/m)

Add on
(+$100 p/m)

Custom account build out

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5 hours of custom build out

Add on
(+$100 p/m)

Add on
(+$100 p/m)

Financial services

Invoicing

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Payment processing

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ACH and bank transfers

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Business account (wallet)

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Cards

coming soon
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Marketing

Marketing campaign management

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Lead from QR code

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not included
not included

OpenQuotes - customer self-serve estimating

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not included
not included

Embeddable estimating wizard

coming soon
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not included
not included

Integrations

Quickbooks

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CompanyCam

coming soon
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not included
not included

Hover

coming soon
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not included
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pro plan

$399 p/m

Tick

Advanced estimating

Tick

Takeoffs

Tick

Scheduling

Tick

Assemblies

Tick

AutoCost

Tick

Job-winning presentations

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In-proposal upsells

Tick

Selections

Tick

1:1 support included in all plans

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advanced plan

$799 p/m

Tick

Advanced estimating

Tick

Takeoffs

Tick

Scheduling

not included

Assemblies

not included

No cost database

not included

Manual proposals

not included

No upsells

not included

In $1099/m plan

not included

Add-on costs for 1:1 support

What would you do with more time and more profit?

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plus
$299
per month*
(billed annually)
Create or import items & assemblies, estimates, presentations with upsells, and accept lightning-fast payments.
Get started

Bolster Plus features:

  • Unlimited estimates
  • Unlimited projects (no $ cap)
  • Unlimited presentations with upsells
  • Fast payments (credit, debit & bank)
  • 1 user
  • Knowledge base & help desk access
pro
$399
per month*
(billed annually)
Get access to material and labor pricing with AutoCost, and add additional users to your company.
Get started

Everything in Bolster Plus, and:

  • Region specific material pricing (AutoCost)
  • Region specific labor costing (AutoCost)
  • 3 total users
  • Limited 1:1 onboarding support
premium
$499
per month*
(billed annually)
A more comprehensive plan, featuring AutoCost, 5 users, 5 hours of account build-out, and 1:1 support.
Get started

Everything in Plus, Pro, and:

  • Volume based payment processing rates
  • 5 hours of custom account build-out
  • 5 total users
enterprise
Contact sales
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The most comprehensive plan, featuring unlimited users, account build-out, and franchise management.
Contact sales

Everything in Plus, Pro, Premium, and:

  • Dedicated 1:1 support
  • Complete custom account build-out
  • As many total users as you need
  • Franchise management
  • Multi-location management

*All prices listed in USD and are billed annually. Contact our sales team for prices in your local currency, pricing for monthly plans, and the best deals on offer.

"If you're willing to invest in your business and work with Bolster, you're going to exceed your expectations of what you can achieve. If you put in the work, you'll see a return on investment quickly."

Che Whitaker
Owner, Patriot Fencing

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