Electrical Bid Manager 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Electrical Bid Manager

4.2

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Pricing

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About Electrical Bid Manager

Electrical Bid Manager Enterprise by Vision InfoSoft is designed to serve the bid management needs of commercial and residential electrical contractors. The software provides features such as conversion calculators, on-screen takeoff, proposal generators and conceptual estimates.

Tailored for electrical estimators of all sizes, from small startups to large size companies, this software is aimed to help you win more profitable bids. Featuring a rich array of advanced capabilities, including custom assemblies, advanced substitution options and EPIC pricing data, it empowers you to streamline your bidding process and create more competitive proposals.

Electrical Bid Manager Enterprise comes with an integrated pricing database service that helps electrical contractors incorporate the most recent prices of electrical supplies into their bids. The software provides features such as electrical database, material pricing data, and electronic on-screen plan takeoff. The tool includes thousands of pre-built assemblies and users can create new assemblies as per the requirements. The software offers customized wiring methods, conduit types, fittings and wire types to create a more competitiv...

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Electrical Bid Manager Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $1,495.00

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Electrical Bid Manager Features

Popular features found in Electrical Contractor
Alerts/Notifications
Billing & Invoicing
Calendar Management
Customer Management
GPS
Invoice Management
Job Scheduling
Mobile Access
Quotes/Estimates
Time Tracking
Work Order Management
More features of Electrical Bid Manager
Accounting Integration
Bid Management
Change Order Management
Cost Database
Customizable Templates
Electrical Estimating
Estimating
For Commercial and/or Industrial Electrical Contractors
Job Costing
Takeoff

Electrical Bid Manager User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.2

Ratings Breakdown

41%

44%

16%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

4.0

Customer support

4.2

Functionality

4.1

Verified

Reviewer

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

It is very easy to use

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I think the most important thing is that it has commands that are already known and compatible with the office package, which simplifies the use

Cons:

for me what I do not like is the price is somewhat high with respect to what it offers .. I consider it very basic for its price ..

Vendor Response

While Electrical Bid Manager is easy to learn and you'll quickly start creating competitive bids, there are many advanced features that take a little time to learn. We offer several live training webinars for free to all our customers each month. We also have an extensive help video library built into the software. Once our customers use some of our free training and help resources, win a few jobs, and feel more confident, there is no question about the Value for Money. Thank you for your review! Please offer any additional feedback on how we may improve how you feel about our Customer Support and Value for Money. I am actively working on exceeding customer expectations, adding resources internally, and updating our priorities.

Replied December 2018

Dan M.

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

Used unspecified for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2016

Solid program thats logical, easy to use, and vey flexible

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

it is extremely flexible in breaking a job into many parts and being able to change things as needed throughout the bid process. You can always pull portions out of the main job should change orders or alternate options need to be estimated along with the main part of the job. take off is easy and flexible. Job extensions are quick and you can verify pricing on large $ materials quickly. Form letters make the final bid preparation painless and help to provide consistant format across proposals.

Cons:

A couple of items although they are definately not reasons to stay awaywould be: -> Pricing is not updateable with Trade Service (they have some bad blood between them) so i have to use their price updates. -> It would be nice if they had a report generator so one could generate some reports that are not available in the program -> would like to see more format options in the form letters. Rich text formatting would be a nice addition to an already useable feature

Alexandra S.

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2018

Does the job

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

The program is quite easy to navigate and find your way on it. We liked it very much and felt good to get out money's worth.

Cons:

What we like very least of it, I would have to say the Customer Service is very complicated. After the first call you have to wait for a call back from one of the representatives.

Daniel F.

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2017

Well rounded and easy to use electrical bid software

Overall this application is ready to compete with other top electrical biding software developers.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

great integration with windows, if you are familiar with Microsoft Windows and the office suite, then it is really easy to navigate the software. You can also utilize windows commands like copy and paste within the application.

Cons:

Upgrades and customers request could be developed faster. Customer service is friendly and knowledgeable but you have to wait for a callback, which tends to be 20 to 40 min after the initial call.

Jim W.

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2017

Worth every penny

Great product for my needs as a contractor averaging in 3mil in sales a year. It has sped up my estimating process by 3x.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of use with the ability to make your own custom assemblies, training is available regionally and over the phone if needed. Customer support is very efficient. And no monthly hidden fees!!!!

Cons:

It isn't cloud based yet. I think it has catered to the residential side on certain functions that I wished I had for the commercial side, that would be helpful.

Mazen Z.

Construction

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Estimation & Biding got Better

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Worth every penny invested in this software, having the right tools to prepare your bid will increase your chances to win it and your investment shall be returned with no time

Cons:

minor improvement on prices data base would assist in keeping fresh price of materials and allow to proper pricing.

Michael O.

Construction

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2016

Electrical Estimating

I became acquainted with EBM through another Electrical Contractor, Cannon Electric. After learning the software several thing about the product really impressed me, the first was the lay out of the materials and spreadsheet format, the ease of identifying specific items associated with each portion of the quote, and the bid break out page, however after owning the product for several years, and going through several PC's with both viruses and simple upgrades, the thing that disappoint me the most with this program, is when you purchase it you think you own it, but if you don't use the program for 30 days it shut down, if I replace my PC which seem to be common for me I had to repurchase the program, or pay a fee to get back what I had purchased.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The first was the lay out of the materials and spreadsheet format, the ease of identifying specific items associated with each portion of the quote, and the bid break out page

Cons:

when you purchase it you think you own it, but if you don't use the program for 30 days it shut down, if I replace my PC which seem to be common for me I had to repurchase the program, or pay a fee to get back what I had purchased, there is no transference ability.

Rick V.

Design

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2016

EBM Review

I have used EBM for over the past year, it has reduced the time spent quoting by approximately 70%. Linked with Plan swift reduces our consumable waste immensely by not printing jobs until they are landed. The functionality between the two packages interfaces easily and makes it a breeze to navigate your take offs. Selectable colors on pipe runs and circuitry makes items easily distinguishable for as built drawings. By taking the extra few minutes to layout your project during the quote process saves much time over having to create as built drawings from scratch after the project is complete.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of use, EBM is a very stable and versatile product.

Cons:

Plan swift can be a little temperamental

John F.

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

Used unspecified for unspecified

Review source

Reviewed December 2014

Great system for the price you pay

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like how easy it is to make temporary Items. I also like how accurate the labor times are on the install of material. I used this to bid a fairly large job, and the labor for all the panels, lights, m/c cable, switches, receptacle, and low voltage came up to within six hours of the actual time it took to do the job. That's not bad for a 743 hour job!

Cons:

The thing I like least about this product is that it is difficult to do breakout prices. It can be done I am told, but you have to go through training. I have set up a time several times, but unfortunately, I get called out of the office when those scheduled training's are going to happen. The other is lack of material on certain options, mostly supports, hangers, and junction boxes.

Ron S.

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

Used unspecified for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2015

I have used EBM since early 90's making that about 25 years

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This is the only product on the market with a user interface that makes the estimating logical. Vision Infosoft is great to work with. If there are any issues, they are there to help.

Cons:

The initial loading of the program is difficult, requiring IT expert.

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