Work Seamlessly With
the Suppliers You Trust
Never under quote a project that loses you the job again. Real-time supplier pricing takes the guesswork out of estimating.
Quote More. Win More. Real-Time Pricing Makes the Difference.
Take control of your project estimating by tapping into live pricing from the suppliers you use most. With estimating software built specifically for builders and contractors, providing accurate project quotes takes less time and less hassle.
Accelerate your quoting process
Use the on-screen Digital Takeoff Tool to get measurements in a few clicks and align with item costs. Buildxact users produce professional looking quotes 1.3x faster, getting you in front of the right customers, with the right numbers, faster.
Gain a competitive edge
Beating the competition to the next job requires smart estimating tools. Create a template based on available samples from your favorite jobs or hire our AI-powered assistant, Blu, to help you build complete estimates based on your prompts in seconds. Faster estimating means a higher win rate or the right jobs for you.
Never forget a thing
Never lose a job because your quote was missing materials or tasks again. Hire Blu: Estimate Reviewer to double-check your estimate for common mistakes against thousands of similar estimates, and gain the confidence that your quote is accurate and profitable.
Hear From Our Customers
“Back in the day, I’d have sheets of paper everywhere, especially for ordering and changes. Now, nothing gets changed and missed from job to job.
“We found Buildxact has played a huge role in setting us apart and just helping us win projects. The ability to quote accurately and quickly and present it really well just stands out."
“With Buildxact I am able to spend more time with my loved ones and less time in the office doing the paperwork.”
“We were looking for a tool to simplify everything for us, and that’s exactly the role Buildxact took on. Buildxact swooped in and saved the day.”
Grow Revenue with Real-Time Supplier Material Pricing
With Buildxact’s supplier integration features, provide faster quotes and win more jobs. Seamless collaboration means you always have up-to-date pricing at your fingertips.
- Complete accurate estimates with real-time prices and item information, directly from your suppliers’ price lists. Write estimates at a time that suits you, or ask your digital building assistant, Blu, to write a customisable estimate for you.
- Packaged recipes save time and money by eliminating last-minute purchases on forgotten or missed items.
- Simplify your material procurement process by ordering more items from your preferred, local supplier.
- Send POs directly to your supplier, anytime. Because you use product codes from live price lists, have the confidence you’ll receive the right items, at the right time.
Introducing Blu — Your Smartest Crew Member Yet.
- Blu is your digital building assistant – powered by AI, trained on thousands of residential projects and fully integrated into your estimating and planning workflow. It’s there when you need it.
- Quote faster, smarter and with complete confidence knowing you have the latest pricing from your favorite material supplier.
- Build accurate estimates trained on real home builder data from construction pros like you.
- Work with Blu using your own words, as you would speak to team members.
- Blu has a full toolbelt of helpful features:
- Blu: Recipe Assistant for accurate estimating on repeatable jobs
- Blu: Estimate Reviewer double-checks your estimate for common mistakes and overlooked items
- Blu: Takeoff Assistant to scale and measure digital plans quickly
- Blu: Estimate Generator for creating a complete, customisable estimate from scratch.
Ditch Manual Measurements
- Ditch paper plans and scale rulers from your takeoff process by simply uploading your digital plans.
- When you create accurate estimates and construction takeoffs, you close more deals. See how detailed line items help justify your bottom line.
- Hire Blu: Takeoff Assistant, upload your plans and watch – as Blu automatically measures, scales and preps your takeoffs for you in seconds.
- Blu handles mundane tasks required of your relevant construction documents, such as the naming of floor plan pages and rooms.
- Our Digital Takeoff Tool works efficiently, letting you point-and-click areas of your floor plan to make edits or add additional areas.
- Buildxact’s on-screen takeoff software is part of a complete preconstruction solution that includes estimating.
- Use Buildxact to cost materials with real-time pricing from your supplier and build quotes with your custom logo and photos.
One Tool. Complete Job Management.
- Accurate measurements are used to quickly create project estimates either from a template or by using the Blu: Recipe Assistant.
- Check your work with Blu: Estimate Reviewer to catch common mistakes and missing items.
- Include variation approvals with invoices that highlight changes from the old price to the new price.
- Let customers choose material options like appliances and paint using advanced Selections in the Client Portal.
- Quickly move projects forward with online customer approvals via Digital Signatures.
Measure in a few clicks
Load digital plans with point-and-click mouse commands.
Link to estimates
Pass material counts from your construction takeoff to your project estimate. Need a hand building an entire estimate? Use the Blu: Estimate Generator.
Re-use measurements
Buildxact saves time. Re-use measurements for different materials or labour costs to quickly create estimates that win more work.
End paperwork hassels
Access digital plans from the office or the job site. Buildxact is an AI-powered solution that makes manual data entry, bulky files and lost documents a thing of the past.
All the Tools for Total Job Management
Buildxact offers an entire platform of digital tools for comprehensive home construction management. Save time on quote requests with efficient takeoffs, estimates, schedules and invoices. Buildxact makes construction job management easy with templates, real-time pricing and AI-tech via Buildxact’s Blu Building Assistant.
Faster Takeoffs
Automatically generate takeoffs, bills of quantities, and instantly add costing information to your quote letter. Just upload your PDF plans, then measure and price your jobs with a few easy clicks. No plans? No problem with Rendr mobile 3D scanning.
More Accurate
Complete accurate estimates with real-time prices and item information directly from supplier price lists. Do your estimates wherever, whenever you need to get work done.
More Professional
Quickly turn your estimates into sharp-looking quotes and invoices, using templates personalised with your logo, specifications, and PC/PS breakdowns.
More Efficient
Generate schedules automatically from your estimates. Identify critical paths. Adjust automatically when pushbacks occur. Save more time by keeping sub-contractors in the loop via email and text.
Easy to integrate
Your Buildxact information flows straight into your accounting and management software. Integrations with Xero, Quickbooks, Deputy and other software steps you through each project phase, from takeoff through billing.
Support
Get the support you need. Our friendly team of experts are available to answer any question. We also offer interactive workshops, on-demand training webinars, a rich knowledge base of FAQs and tips and 1:1 consultation.
A simple monthly payment includes customer support, training and upgrades.
Discover all the capabilities Buildxact has to offer
Win more work
Manage the build
Track finances
FAQs
Our three subscription options come with unlimited users and free training and support. Buildxact has designed all three levels to fit the exact needs of home builders and renovators as they grow their skills using construction management software.
Foundation – this subscription allows small builders to quickly learn how easy estimating and customer communication can be with digital tools. Perform takeoffs and project estimates for greater accuracy, connect with local material supplier for real-time pricing, and use optional AI task-level calculations so estimating accurately takes no time at all.
Pro –this option is perfect for growing builders who are focused on estimating and quoting jobs as well as scheduling work and setting project budgets. Included with Pro:
- GANTT Charts for scheduling
- Buildxact Onsite mobile app
- Online Trades RFQs
- Online Client Portal with Digital Selections
- Accounting software integrations with Xero and Quickbooks
- Paid add-on bundles with AI-powered tools for takeoffs and estimating
Master – experts in all phases of construction job management have a sophisticated subscription level all their own. All features from Foundation and Pro are combined and available at one price, including the full Blu Building Assistant suite of AI digital tools:
- Blu: Recipe Assistant
- Blu: Estimate Reviewer
- Blu: Takeoff Assistant
- Blu: Estimate Generator
All subscribers access Buildxact AI technology using Blu, Buildxact’s digital building assistant.
Trained on thousands of residential projects and fully integrated into Buildxact’s estimating and planning workflow, think of Blu as your estimator, planner and project assistant with a digital toolbelt for fast, sharp and laser-focused help on the details that matter the most.
If you want to hire Blue to help you with a specific step in your preconstruction process, either subscribe to a plan that includes the desired assistant function, or add additional Blu functionality onto your base plan via the Buildxact Marketplace in your account dashboard.
You can find more information on Blu’s monthly add-on costs by assistant function on our pricing page.
There are no additional fees for Buildxact construction estimating software. Upgrades, maintenance, support and unlimited training are all included in your subscription fee.
Any Blu: Building Assistant features not included in your base plan do come with an additional monthly cost, should you choose to add those onto your base plan. You can find more information on Blu’s monthly add-on costs by assistant function on our pricing page.
Each of the three subscription levels (Foundation, Pro and Master) are designed to meet your specific business needs and the needs of your construction team. You can choose either a monthly or an annual plan. Annual plans come with a 15% discount against monthly plans and require a 12-month commitment.
For full details on our plans and pricing structure, visit our pricing page.
No. Buildxact is for construction estimation and construction management. It does not offer computer-aided design or drafting functions.
Yes, you can. It’s possible to make subscriptions changes. If you would like to move from Foundation to Pro or Pro to Master at any point, contact our Customer Support Team by clicking the chat button on the bottom right of your screen in Buildxact.
