NexaBid finds and counts symbols on your PDFs automatically, prices the job with Ontario tax and bond math already built in, and turns the takeoff into a client-ready proposal — all offline, on your own machine.
No charge for the first 30 days · Your data never leaves your computer
NexaBid's Auto-Count scans each PDF sheet for legend symbols — receptacles, lights, switches — and counts them across the whole page in seconds. You verify, adjust, and move on. What used to take an afternoon takes minutes.
A real NexaBid session on a commercial drawing package: the takeoff studio with the electrical drawings open, device counts on the S&D sheet, then the same takeoff rolled up in the master Financial Recap and the client-ready proposal.
Not just a counter — the whole estimating workflow, built with working electricians in Ontario.
Automated symbol detection on PDF drawings with per-sheet verification, plus manual measure tools for runs and areas. Works offline — PDFs never leave your machine.
NMD90, Teck90, marrettes, 347/600V gear — priced in CAD. Import supplier price spreadsheets to update costs in bulk instead of retyping.
All 13 provinces and territories in the tax table, tiered surety bonds, overhead and profit computed on the margin — not on the cost.
The money is in the extras. Log labor, material, equipment and subcontracts per change order, apply productivity factors, and print a client-ready document.
Enter three suppliers' quotes on a gear package and see who actually wins — unquoted items flagged, award in one click, PO ready.
Break the bid into pay applications and track estimated vs. actual cost as the job runs — know you're winning before the job's done.
A polished, print-ready proposal generated from live takeoff totals — inclusions, exclusions, alternates, signature block.
Snapshot the bid before every revision. When the client says "go back to the first number," you can.
Circuit directories and homerun/pull-sheet outputs generated from the takeoff, exportable to CSV for the shop printer.
The old-guard desktop estimators are powerful — and priced like it. NexaBid covers the workflow a small electrical shop actually runs, for what a legacy suite costs in a week.
| Legacy desktop suites | NexaBid | |
|---|---|---|
| License cost | ~$10,000+ per seat | $79–129/mo |
| Automated symbol counting | Paid add-on module | Included |
| Canadian tax & bond tables | Yes | Yes — all 13 |
| Change orders, vendor leveling, SOV | Varies / add-ons | Included |
| Works fully offline | Yes | Yes |
| Your data stays on your PC | Yes | Yes |
| Runs on the laptop you already own | Yes | Yes |
30-day free trial on everything. No charge for 30 days.
Locked for 12 months · first 10 shops
or $1,290/yr (2 months free)
No. NexaBid runs on your machine — drawings, takeoffs, and the price book live in a local database on your PC. Nothing is phoned home.
Doesn't matter. NexaBid works fully offline, including activation and the automated symbol counting.
It's built by an Ontario contractor — HST handling, ESA-style content, and 347/600V are defaults — but the tax table covers all 13 provinces and territories.
The count is automatic, the markup math can't be fat-fingered, and the proposal, change orders, and pay applications come out of the same takeoff instead of being rebuilt by hand.
The app locks to read-only — your estimates are safe and viewable forever — and a license key turns it back on. Nothing is deleted, ever.
30 days free, hands-on help importing your price list, and a direct line to the person building it. Tell us how you estimate today.