What is Estimatic AI?
Estimatic AI is an estimating tool built into the Contractor Plus platform. It cuts estimate creation for contractors in trades like roofing, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical, from hours down to minutes. You describe a project, upload photos or blueprints, and get back a detailed, itemized bid ready to send. It’s built into Contractor Plus platform which is aimed at small and mid-sized construction crews. But it works as a standalone tool if that’s what you need. It’s a solid use of AI for general contractors and trade-specific professionals like roofers, plumbers, and electricians who need to create detailed bids quickly. Roofers on mention dropping from half a day per estimate to under ten minutes. HVAC crews report closing bigger jobs by using the built-in tiered pricing options to upsell without hard-selling. The core idea is to stop you from spending hours manually looking up prices and building quotes. You give it a prompt, which can be a simple text description (“Need a quote for a 15-square-foot tile backsplash”), or you can upload photos, blueprints, or even a competitor’s bid. The system then uses AI to analyze the input and build an itemized, professional-looking estimate. Estimatic AI integrates with Contractor Plus’s broader ecosystem, which means estimates flow straight into invoicing, scheduling, and job tracking. That continuity matters if you’re already using the platform. If you’re not, Estimatic can work standalone, though you lose some of the workflow benefits. The platform handles digital signatures, SMS communication, and client tracking, so it’s genuinely built as an operating system for contractors, not just an estimating bolt-on. Its biggest practical feature is pulling in live, local pricing from major suppliers like Lowe’s, Home Depot, and ABC Supply. It also factors in local labor rates and lets you automatically apply your specific markup. This means the bids are based on real numbers, not just national averages, which helps protect your profit margins.
Key Features
- AI Estimate Generation: Creates full, itemized estimates from text prompts, photos, or blueprint uploads.
- Live Supplier Pricing: Integrates with Lowe’s, Home Depot, ABC Supply, and other suppliers for real-time local material costs.
- Labor & Markup Calculation: Automatically factors in local labor rates and your preset profit margins for each job.
- Tiered Proposals: Lets you create “good, better, best” options for clients to upsell services.
- Full Platform Integration: Connects estimates directly to job scheduling, invoicing, change orders, and client management within Contractor+.
- Digital Signatures: Allows clients to review and e-sign quotes directly from the estimate you send.
Pricing
Estimatic AI offers a Freemium pricing model. Visit the official website for detailed pricing information.
