Conest Testimonials

“When I first purchased in Conest in 2007, my business was two guys and a pick up truck using pen and paper. It provided simple bid templates, a lot of assemblies, and a huge database which made it easy to start using immediately as a novice… I have used [IntelliBid] to help my company to grow to 115 employees doing over $25M a year in complicated public works projects ranging from small to over $10M each. Hands down an excellent and versatile software you can grow with. Highly recommend it to anyone.”

– Clint; Alessandro Electric, Inc.

“I have been a Conest user since 1990 and love the program. [IntelliBid] is, in my opinion, a very robust program and by far the most complete electrical estimating program in the industry… As an estimating consultant and trainer we have every program out there and I say it every day to our students, try Conest for free in our lab, you won’t be disappointed.”

– Marc Candels; Candels

“Whenever I have a question regarding Conest, your [Support] 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.”

– Roger Adkins; Pritchard Electric Company

“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.“

– Michael; Software Advice Review

“I have been very impressed with you guys when it comes to support, top notch for sure.”

– Chuck Browning; Energy Systems Southeast, LLC

“Best electrical estimating software on the market! It is easy to use and comes with a great database.”

– Linda Candels; Candels

“The tech support is among the best of all the different technology companies I work with.”

– John; Software Advice Review

“Up to date program and easy to navigate after a few lessons. Makes the quoting easier and more professional.”

– Steve; Software Advice Review

“[SureCount] works really 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 excel bidding system. We were impressed with the [Conest] folks out of the gate – they had videos showing the different features making it easy to understand & the support team is EXCELLENT!”

– Joanna; Software Advice Review

“While other software developers just put a new face on an old application, Conest has actually added functional productivity with their new version. Nobody else can come close to providing the ability to be upward compatible and keep moving into the future. It’s a pleasure working with a company that is attentive to input from the ends users.”

– Clair Becker

“The software works very well and has the Industrial data base I was looking for!

The commercial database I’m used to from other software with the addition of the industrial components.”

– Johnathan; Software Advice Review

“…there is a lot of repeatability associated with the type of bidding I’m doing…the great thing about IntelliBid is that I can change a few numbers, update pricing and move on to the next one. My turnaround time in terms of estimates is really fast.”

– Fred Warren

“Started using Conest directly from ESTMAT 2000. Since I developed a database for Est2000 it was very easy for me to make the transition to Conest. Great experience especially for all size projects.

The flexibility to create assemblies catered to the way I estimate is the best feature for my method developed over the last 50+ years. Adding items to the database is a feature I appreciate and it appears there might be an unlimited amount of data that could be added.”

– Larry; Software Advice Review

“Having had some experience in using computer based estimating systems, I was able to pick up Conest quite easily on my own. I would say that recently having used it for a $14 million bid is a pretty good testament to that fact.”

– James F. Tremblay

“Been using the software for 10 years now, and couldn’t be happier. Easy to use for all types of projects and items can be modified very easy to fit the application.”

– Aric Bartlett; Software Advice Review

“Conest is as close to my way of estimating as I could find, with much more information. I have been estimating for myself and others for over 32 years, and just purchased Conest this year. The first test run compared my old spread sheet to Conest’s, and the amount of information was less than a 2% difference. I can’t say enough about these guys, from purchase to support.“

– Johnny; Software Advice Review

“One more great thing about IntelliBid is its ability to look at the project on both a phase and total job basis where your costs are running as you are taking off. You don’t have to have separate screens or use a separate function of the system to obtain that information.”

– Don Barnett

“Your people are OUTSTANDING! I don’t believe anyone else in the business can, or will, match the level of support and sincere effort to help their customers that Conest folks have demonstrated to us. Thank you for all you do.”

– Mike Melton

“I cannot say enough good things about your support staff. I have never had a bad experience dealing with them. They are always professional, knowledgeable and totally supportive during (our) times of crisis.”

– Larry Kaplan

“Trying to bid jobs the old way was difficult since I had to guess how long it would take to perform work and try to get the proper amount of stock for these projects. Now that I have this program it simplifies how long jobs should take and how much stock it requires to do jobs.The Support Service team has been with me every step of the way for any questions I would need in order to bid small to larger projects.”

– Ernie L.

“You are EXCELLENT at support. I’ve never felt such “love” than I did when you were helping us upgrade Conest and combine databases… I appreciate the fact that you went “above and beyond” to answer all my questions and help me to understand how your program works with Windows and Mac. Thank you!”

– Tammy Kent