Bolster vs JobTread

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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Stop Treading water

By choosing JobTread, 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 JobTread

Conduct a full analysis of Bolster and JobTread 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.

plus

$299 p/m

(billed annually)

pro

$399 p/m

(billed annually)

basic

$199 p/m

(billed monthly)

Sales & Estimating

Spreadsheet estimating

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Takeoffs

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Assemblies

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Bids & Presentations

Automatically generated presentations

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not included

Optional, upgradable and selectable items (in proposals)

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not included

Selections

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Available after job booking

AutoCost

AutoCost assemblies

Add-on

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not included

Real local material prices

Add-on

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not included

Real local labor costs

Add-on

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not included

Project management

Automated scheduling

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not included

Not automated

Automated material lists & budget

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not included

Not automated

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

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

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Custom account build out

Add-on

Add-on

Item import only

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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not included

Cards

coming soon
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not included

Marketing

Marketing campaign management

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not included

Lead from QR code

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not included

OpenQuotes - customer self-serve estimating

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not included

Embeddable estimating wizard

coming soon
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not included

Integrations

Quickbooks

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CompanyCam

coming soon
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Hover

coming soon
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not included
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plus plan

$299 p/m

Tick

Spreadsheet estimating

Tick

Takeoffs

Tick

Automated
scheduling

Tick

Automatic material list & budget

Tick

AutoCost

Tick

Job-winning presentations

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In-proposal upsells

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Selections to help you win bigger jobs

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Account build out available

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basic plan

$199 p/m

Tick

Spreadsheet estimating

Tick

Takeoffs

not included

Manual
scheduling

not included

Manual entry materials & budget

not included

No cost database

not included

Basic proposals

not included

No upsells

not included

Selections after booking

not included

Item import only

What would you do with more time and more profit?

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

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