EstimateElite vs Buildertrend
Buildertrend runs the job once you have it: the schedule, the budget, the change orders, the client portal. The EstimateElite tool runs before the job exists: the homeowner prices the remodel on your website, answers three questions, and only the ones worth a visit reach you. They start at opposite ends of the same week.
| Buildertrend | The EstimateElite app | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Construction management for every job you run | A pre qualification tool on your own website |
| Who sees the price first | You, after the site visit | The homeowner, before anyone books |
| Filters homeowners who cannot afford the work | No | Yes. Set the floor and anyone under it finds out on the site |
| Setup | Weeks, with paid onboarding | One 20 minute call, with us |
| Price | Not published. Quoted by sales after a form | Base $97 a month ($900 a year). Pro $197 a month ($1,800 a year) with unlimited homeowners, texting and a website. |
| Trial | None public | No trial. Test the tool free as a homeowner, then pay month to month. |
Buildertrend details from buildertrend.com, checked September 20, 2026. Their prices change; ours are on the pricing page.
What Buildertrend is
Buildertrend is construction management software for builders and remodelers: scheduling, estimates, change orders, client portal, budgets and daily logs, across every job you run.
Who it is for: Builders and remodelers running many projects at once, with a team.
Buildertrend does not list prices on its website. You fill in a form with your annual volume and a sales rep quotes you. Contractors who have shared their quotes online report several hundred dollars a month, plus an onboarding fee.
Trial: No public free trial. A demo through sales.
What the tool is
A pre qualification tool that lives on your own website, in a text, on your Google profile or in your ads. The homeowner picks the room, enters the size, the ZIP and the features, and sees three prices at your pricing with materials and labor by line. Then the tool asks when she is starting, whether the price fits her budget and who decides, and sends you only the ones who qualify. Homeowners who cannot afford your quality of service find out on the site and never reach your phone.
You still do your own estimates. The tool decides who gets one.
Buy Buildertrend if
You run several projects at once with a crew and a client who wants a portal, and the office is the bottleneck.
Buy the tool if
The truck is the bottleneck: too many visits to homeowners who were never going to sign.
The things contractors ask us.
Yes. The tool hands you the qualified lead; Buildertrend takes it from the signed contract on. Nothing overlaps.
Find out on your website. Not in your driveway.
Ten short steps. Tell us about your business, set your market, suppliers and brand, test drive your tool, then pick the plan that fits.