AI-powered bid analysis · Free
Stop guessing.
Start knowing.
Upload your contractor bids and get a clear, line-by-line analysis in minutes — flagging missing scope, vague allowances, and the gaps that turn cheap bids into expensive mistakes.
53%
exceeded their renovation budget
100%
avg gap between high and low bids
$0
to analyze your first set of bids
The problem
Three bids. Three completely different jobs.
You do everything right. You get three quotes. Then they come back at $41k, $58k, and $79k — and suddenly you're more confused than when you started. The real issue isn't the price gap. It's that you have no way to know whythey're different. Is one lowballing and planning to hit you with change orders? Is another padding overhead? Did anyone actually include permits?
“It all feels like a black box and makes it hard to compare apples-to-apples.”
Without construction knowledge, you're not comparing bids. You're guessing. And a bad guess at $50,000 is an expensive one.
Scope mismatch you can't see
Each contractor heard something different when you walked them through the project. One bid is for your dream renovation. Another is for a stripped-down version. You have no idea which is which.
The low-bid trap
Cheap bids win jobs by leaving things out — demolition, permits, disposal, haul-away. You pick the winner, then spend the next six months approving change orders you never saw coming.
No standard format
One contractor sends a one-page total. Another sends a 12-page spreadsheet. Another emails a paragraph. There's no common language — so true comparison is impossible without expertise you don't have.
Nobody to ask
Calling contractors to question their bids is awkward, slow, and rarely productive. You end up either going with your gut or picking the middle number just to feel like you did something.
How it works
Expert analysis. No expert required.
We read your contractor bids the way a seasoned construction manager would — then explain what we found in plain English.
Upload your bids
Drop in 2–3 contractor bids in any format — PDF, Word doc, photo, or plain text. We handle the parsing so you don't have to reformat anything.
AI reads between the lines
Our extraction engine normalizes scope, identifies what's included vs. omitted, flags vague line items, and surfaces pricing that falls outside market range.
Get a clear verdict
You receive a side-by-side comparison with plain-language flags, red-flag alerts, and a prioritized list of questions to ask each contractor.
What the analysis covers
We don't just compare totals. We read line items, infer what's missing, and flag the specific things that turn “competitive bids” into budget nightmares.
Scope gap detection
Identifies items present in some bids but missing from others — permits, demolition, haul-away, cleanup, inspections — the hidden costs that inflate final bills.
Apples-to-apples normalization
Reorganizes bids into a common structure so you can actually compare them.
Market range flags
Flags individual line items that fall significantly outside typical market ranges for your region and project type.
Red flag alerts
Surfaces signs of lowball bids designed to win on price and recoup through change orders — vague allowances, oversized deposits, missing license numbers.
Questions to ask each contractor
Generates a specific, prioritized list of follow-up questions for each contractor before you sign anything.
Per-contractor due diligence
Every bid in your comparison gets a verification card with a one-click path to a full CheckLicensed background report.
Upload your bids
Free analysis. No account required. Results in about 60 seconds.
Common questions
What file formats do you accept?
PDF, JPG, PNG, WebP, DOCX, and plain text. You can also paste bid contents directly. We handle the parsing — you don't need to reformat anything.
Do I need to format my bids before uploading?
No. Drop them in as you received them. Our extraction works on typed PDFs, scanned PDFs, phone photos of paper bids, Word docs, and plain text.
How accurate is the comparison?
Bid extraction is automated and very fast, but not infallible. Each bid in your results includes a confidence score, and we'll flag any extracted line items you should double-check against the original document.
Is my bid data kept private?
Yes. Your bids are processed in-memory and deleted immediately after analysis. We don't store the original files. We do save the email you provide so we can send you the comparison link.
Does this replace a contractor or construction consultant?
No. This is a fast, free first-pass tool. It catches the obvious stuff — missing scope, oversized deposits, vague allowances — so you can have a smarter conversation with your contractors.
What if I only have one bid so far?
You can still upload it. We'll flag red flags and missing scope on a single bid. But the real value of this tool is catching scope mismatches between competing bids — so come back when you have 2 or 3.
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