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Dave is a brilliant, simple app for owner-operators getting organized — we're genuine fans. When you're ready for live pricing, AI estimating and proposals that upsell, Bolster is the next step up: quote 5× faster and win 20% more jobs.
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Dave's saved pricebook is a great start. Bolster's AutoCost goes further — pricing every line from 100M+ real, local material and labor costs that update automatically, so your numbers are accurate without you touching a rate sheet.
Dave turns estimates into clean invoices. Bolster turns them into interactive proposals with optional items and good/better/best upgrades the client adds themselves — so your average job grows, no extra selling required.
This is where Bolster steps beyond a simple app: describe the project and Construction Intelligence runs the entire flow — scoping, estimate, takeoff, and photoreal renderings like the one shown. The work that used to take a weekend happens in one sitting.
Dave is built to keep solo owner-operators simple and organized. Bolster is built to scale you up.
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| Professional estimates & invoices | ||
| Payments & project organization | ||
| Dead-simple for solo owner-operators | Dave's sweet spot | |
| Live regional pricing (100M+ items) | Build your own pricebook | |
| Native AI estimating, takeoff & rendering | ||
| In-proposal upsells, upgrades & selections | ||
| Scheduling & project management at scale | Lightweight |
"A bathroom — done before I leave the customer's home. A kitchen, 80% done before I leave. I'm not spending four hours a weekend writing estimates anymore."
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