Bid Board Pro
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Bid Board Pro, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Bid Board Pro's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Bid Board Pro | Priced on request | Automated bid tracking · bid forwarding · company-wide views · calendar sync · analytics and reporting |
| Bid Board free version | Free | Basic Bid Board access; Pro features require trial or subscription |
| Bid Board Pro trial | Priced on request | Trial started through demo or sales specialist; duration not stated |
The facts
Each one read from Bid Board Pro's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analytics
- Built-in analytics report win rates, estimator performance and results by client or job type.checked 15 Oct 2001
- API
- Autodesk’s BuildingConnected API provides read and write endpoints for most key data objects in BuildingConnected Pro and Bid Board Pro.checked 15 Oct 2001
- API integrations
- The API is intended for Forma connections, ETL workflows and integrations with CRM, ERP and Power BI systems.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Automated tracking
- Users can forward invitations from any source, group matching jobs and populate the bid board automatically.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Bid assignment
- Invitations can be assigned to team members and filtered by office or estimator.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Bid calendar
- A shared calendar synchronizes bid due dates across team devices.checked 15 Oct 2001
- BuildingConnected integration
- Bid Board Pro connects with BuildingConnected Pro so users can move from receiving bids to soliciting bids for the same project.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Compliance
- Autodesk’s Trust Center lists ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018 and ISO 27701 certifications for applicable Autodesk services.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Deployment and licence
- Bid Board Pro is presented as a cloud subscription with quote-based pricing, and the published product materials do not describe an open-source licence or self-hosted deployment.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Disaster recovery
- Autodesk says cloud operations staff are available around the clock during unplanned outages and that data centers are designed to tolerate system or hardware failures.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Documentation
- The help center covers setup, bid navigation, files, statuses, opportunity groups, forwarding, Plan Room, calendar, analytics, reports, settings and integrations.checked 15 Oct 2001
- File limits
- The help center states a 4.5 GB maximum download, 25 MB BuildingConnected bid attachment limit, 7 MB outside-BuildingConnected attachment limit and 100 MB viewer limit.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Forma integration
- A Bid Board opportunity can be linked to Forma Data Management, where the Files tool can store project documents.checked 15 Oct 2001
- GC discovery
- The system can identify additional general contractors bidding on a target project.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Limit: geographic filtering
- A TrustRadius reviewer said bids outside the company’s service area were wasted effort and requested stronger geographic filtering and automatic archiving.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Limit: irrelevant invitations
- A Trustpilot reviewer complained about receiving irrelevant bid invitations and difficulty unsubscribing from them.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Limit: mobile and search
- GetApp’s review synthesis identifies limited mobile access and requests for better subcontractor-data maintenance, search and categorization.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Limit: pricing
- A TrustRadius reviewer called the service overpriced and said similar work could be done with a spreadsheet at lower annual cost.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Mobile availability
- BuildingConnected has no mobile app; the service is optimized for desktop browsers, while mobile browsers can view the Bid Board.checked 15 Oct 2001
The company
- Company headquarters
- Autodesk lists its headquarters in San Francisco, California.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Company legal name
- The maker is Autodesk, Inc., a public software company.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Founded
- 1982checked 4 Oct 2001
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, Californiachecked 4 Oct 2001
Money
- Limit: support and trial
- A TrustRadius reviewer reported problems during the Pro trial, disappearing invitations after trial expiry and poor communication from support.checked 15 Oct 2001
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