Layer 01 — AutoCost + your data
Real, live pricing.
Use our live market data, your own supplier pricing, or blend both.
Live, localized cost data — materials and labor by trade, region, and project type,
refreshed from contractors actually buying this week. Have your own supplier rates?
Plug them in — Bolster blends them with AutoCost so every estimate reflects your
business, not a generic catalog.
Explore AutoCost →
Layer 02 — The Estimating Engine + your rules
Turns prices into a real estimate — your way.
Pallet price in. Job-ready line item out.
Suppliers quote in pallets, plans give you dimensions, real estimates need units
and counts — the engine does that math automatically. Bolster ships with
battle-tested defaults by trade, or override them with your own waste %,
hours-per-unit, and assemblies.
See the Estimating Engine →
Layer 03 — The Project Management Engine
Turns the estimate into a job.
Crews, sequence, durations, and the schedule that runs the build.
Once material is dialed in, the system plans the project — which crews are in-house
vs. subbed, what order they show up in, how long each task takes — then bundles
materials, labor, and sequencing into a defensible schedule that syncs back to the
estimate. Change one input, the whole job cascades.
See Scheduling →
Layer 04 — Sales Tools
The customer-facing tip of the iceberg.
Three layers of math, presented as clean options.
Every assembly carries the options, paint colors, finish levels, and optional add-ons
your customer actually picks from. The three layers underneath stay invisible — the
customer just sees clean choices, accurate prices, and add-ons they want to say yes to.
See Sales Tools →