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Estimating · Takeoff · Reporting
Estimating, Takeoff & Reporting Software for Electrical Contractors
Trusted by top electrical contractors since 1989
US-based expert support
Local PC/Network & CE Cloud installations
IntelliBid Electrical Estimating Software
For electrical, low voltage, datacom, and solar
At Conest, we understand the unique challenges faced by electrical, low voltage, datacom, and solar contractors. That’s why we designed IntelliBid electrical estimating software: so whether you bid standard electrical work or complex datacom and solar projects, your business can estimate with accuracy, efficiency, and confidence.
Key Features of IntelliBid:
- Largest Customizable Industry Database Available: IntelliBid’s NEC-based items and pre-built assemblies database simplifies the takeoff process, ensuring precision in every estimate, whether for standard electrical work, intricate low voltage systems, comprehensive datacom projects, or innovative solar installations.
- Material Price Updates: IntelliBid integrates with NetPricer®, EPIC®, and TRA-SER® pricing services for easy and accurate price updates. Import your own pricing via spreadsheet too.
- Auto-Labor Factoring: Take the guesswork out of calculating labor for a job with IntelliBid’s Automatic Labor Factoring feature.
- Available on-premise or on CE Cloud
- Available in 3 editions: Standard, Plus, and Pro.
Top Five Features in IntelliBid
IntelliBid Estimating Software – When you use the right electrical estimating software, you can consistently produce estimates that are labor and material efficient. As a result, you keep overhead in check and maximize profit.
In this video, you’ll see the top five features of IntelliBid: The Largest Modern Items & Assemblies Database, Auto-Labor Factoring, Material Price Updates via NetPricer®, EPIC®, and TRA-SER®, Powerful Built-In Reports, and finally, Phase Breakdown.
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Enhance Your Electrical Estimating Experience
SureCount Takeoff Software
Count & measure from electronic drawing files; direct takeoff to IntelliBid. See electrical takeoff software.
CE Cloud Estimating Platform
Use Conest software on the cloud. IntelliBid, SureCount, and Conest Connect from anywhere, on any device. See cloud estimating software.
Connect Reporting Software
A powerful reporting add-on for IntelliBid. Generate reports and turn IntelliBid data into actionable insights.
Generate Reports and Gain Insights From Your Electrical Estimating Data
Conest Connect Analytics and Reporting Software
Gain valuable insights and make data-driven decisions for your business
Conest Connect is a powerful analytics and reporting tool designed to maximize the value of your IntelliBid Electrical Estimating software data, enabling electrical company owners and project managers to make smarter, data-driven decisions. For example, you can create custom reports and dashboards that provide deep insights into project performance. As a result, your team can confidently analyze job data, optimize operations, and make informed choices that drive business growth.
Key Features of Connect:
- Create powerful, custom reports from your estimating data in minutes
- Build custom dashboards to assess your electrical projects quickly and efficiently to manage jobs and estimators more effectively
- Drill down into the deeper details of your estimating data to identify important insights
- Plan material purchasing and labor requirements by combining summaries from multiple jobs, or from single jobs with multiple change orders and alternate bids
See it in Action
Introducing Conest Connect
Navigating Conest Connect
Creating Dashboards in Connect
Find the Right Software for Your Shop
Conest Software Systems builds estimating, takeoff, and reporting software for electrical, low voltage, datacom, and solar contractors, and has served the electrical trade since 1989. Because every shop estimates differently, start with the software that matches the work in front of you.
Price a Job
Material, labor, overhead, and a bid proposal. Start with electrical estimating software.
Count and Measure Drawings
Take off symbols and runs on screen instead of by hand. Start with electrical takeoff software.
Work From Anywhere
Multiple offices, remote estimators, or no office server. Start with cloud estimating software.
Why Choose Conest?
Local and Cloud Solutions
Conest Software provides both on-premises and cloud-based software solutions. This versatility allows electrical, low voltage, datacom, and solar contractors to choose the deployment method that best suits their requirements, ensuring seamless integration with their existing infrastructure.
Electrical Industry Leaders
Working with the electrical industry for over 30 years, Conest has established itself as the leading provider of electrical estimating software. A commitment to innovation and staying ahead of industry trends makes Conest the most trusted choice for electrical estimating and takeoff solutions.
Largest Industry Database
Conest provides the largest industry-smart database, designed specifically for electrical, low voltage, datacom, and solar projects. Our customers have access to the most accurate items and customizable assemblies, enabling users to create accurate estimates for any job.
High Quality Support
We prioritize customer satisfaction by providing exceptional technical support services. Our dedicated US-based team of experts ensures prompt and reliable assistance, resolving issues efficiently and effectively, resulting in a seamless user experience.
Integrative Software Ecosystem
Conest offers a comprehensive suite of electrical estimating, takeoff, and reporting software solutions that seamlessly integrate, creating an ecosystem that streamlines workflows and enhances productivity.
Trusted by Top Companies
Conest Software has earned the trust of the electrical industry’s leading contractors. Our proven track record of delivering reliable and effective estimating and takeoff solutions helps contractors grow their business with confidence.
We Work With Top Electrical Contractors
Customer Testimonials
IntelliBid is the best software out there. The first quote I did was half a million, put together in 9 hours, and was successful by $2,000. IntelliBid left very little money on the table. If you are looking for electrical estimating software, you are looking in the right place!
Conest has always been my preferred estimating software, primarily because of the assemblies. I’m always coming across an assembly that needs a little bit of adjustment, and I can adjust my assemblies on the fly. Most of my estimating has been with Conest, and it’s worked out pretty well.
When I first purchased Conest in 2007, my business was two guys and a pickup truck using pen and paper. I have used it to help my company grow to 115 employees doing over $25M a year in complicated public works projects. Hands down an excellent and versatile software you can grow with.
Conest is my go-to program. I’ve been using it for over 15 years, and there’s no other program like it. To be able to manipulate it and make it your own, there’s nothing else like Conest. It’s easy to learn and very user-friendly.
Whenever I have a question regarding Conest, your staff has gone over and beyond to help with whatever obstacles I have encountered. I deal a lot with Dan Lampkin. He’s always been professional and has explained what I needed to know in great detail. Very satisfied with the Conest staff.
Between SureCount and Conest, one of the best features is taking off everything you’ve built and having it show up in Conest. Once you get a fixture assigned to each type, it’s just a matter of selecting them all and importing them. It definitely saves a lot of time.
Very intuitive. I had no previous estimating experience with software like this, and while the learning curve has been steep, it has gone very smoothly. From first trial runs with the software to submitting complete bids within just a few short weeks.
I have been a Conest user since 1990 and love the program. It is, in my opinion, a very robust program and by far the most complete electrical estimating program in the industry.
SureCount works great for us. After the takeoffs are done, we send them to our printer to have full color prints made which are very clean and easy to read. We can export the counts to excel and link them to our own bidding system. We were impressed with the Conest folks out of the gate... and the support team is EXCELLENT!”
About Conest Software Systems
Conest Software Systems builds estimating, takeoff, and reporting software for electrical, low voltage, datacom, and solar contractors. Its products are IntelliBid electrical estimating software, SureCount digital takeoff software, Conest Connect analytics and reporting, and CE Cloud hosted delivery. The company has served the electrical trade since 1989 and is also part of the JDM Technology Group.
Most contractors begin with IntelliBid, the estimating platform, and then add SureCount for on-screen plan takeoff. After that, Conest Connect is added once there is estimating history worth reporting on, and CE Cloud when the team needs to work from more than one location.
Electrical, low voltage, datacom, and solar contractors, from small residential shops through large multi-crew commercial and industrial firms. Because the material database covers all construction types and job specifications can be saved as defaults, recurring project types only need to be set up once.
Yes. In addition to US-based technical support, Conest provides classroom training, webinars, a video library, and an IntelliBid tips archive.
Request a demo, and an estimating specialist will walk through the software using the kind of work your shop actually bids instead of a generic sample project.
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