Electrical estimating software that runs off a
voice note
Electrical estimating software built for the electrician holding the meter, not an office bid room. Talk through the job while you're still standing at the panel and QuickBidAI drafts a clean, branded estimate with scope, line items and terms — ready to send before you pull out of the driveway.
In short
QuickBidAI is electrical estimating software that writes the estimate from a voice note instead of from a takeoff screen. Say the service size, panel and breaker work, circuit runs and wire gauge, device counts, permit and inspection needs out loud, and the draft comes back in under 60 seconds with a scope of work, itemized labor and material lines, exclusions and an expiry date. It works as an electrical cost estimator too — material prices are drafted from typical retail shelf pricing and your own saved prices override them — but you set every number before it goes out. There is no price book to load and no blueprint takeoff. Free for 3 estimates, then $49.99 a month for unlimited.
- Time to draft
- Under 60 seconds
- Free to try
- 3 estimates, no card
- Unlimited plan
- $49.99 / month
The quote is the part nobody pays you for
A service change walkthrough takes thirty minutes. Writing it up takes another thirty — usually at the kitchen table after a ten-hour day, with two more panel quotes still owed. Meanwhile the homeowner is comparing you against whoever answered first. QuickBidAI takes the writing off your plate so the quote goes out the same day you saw the job.
How it works for electricians
From the panel to the customer's inbox in three steps.
Talk through the job
Service size and meter location, panel condition and available spaces, circuit counts and wire runs, grounding and bonding, permit and inspection needs, drywall and access problems. Add photos of the panel, the meter base, the scorched breaker.
Get a drafted estimate
Back comes a structured electrical estimate: scope of work, materials and labor line items, permit and inspection lines, exclusions, warranty language and an expiry date — in electrical terms, not generic filler.
Set your price and send
Drop in your numbers, tweak the wording, then send it with your logo and license number on it. The customer can sign it right on their phone.
How QuickBidAI compares to traditional electrical estimating software
Most electrical estimating software was written for commercial bid rooms — plan takeoff, assemblies, a price book somebody has to maintain. That's the right tool if you bid plan sets with an estimator on staff. If you're the one at the panel, the estimate has to get written between calls.
How you enter the job
Traditional takeoff software
Blueprint takeoff, assemblies and item codes on a desktop screen
QuickBidAI
A voice note recorded at the panel, or typed notes and photos
Setup before your first estimate
Traditional takeoff software
Load a price book, build assemblies, import labor units — days to weeks
QuickBidAI
None. Sign up and send an estimate the same afternoon
Where it runs
Traditional takeoff software
Windows desktop or laptop in the office
QuickBidAI
Any phone browser, from the crawlspace or the truck
What it costs
Traditional takeoff software
Typically hundreds to thousands per seat, often annual
QuickBidAI
3 free estimates, then $49.99 a month, cancel anytime
Best fit
Traditional takeoff software
Commercial plan-and-spec bidding with an estimator on staff
QuickBidAI
Service, panel, rewire, EV charger and remodel work for one- to three-truck shops
Not sure where your numbers should land? Start with the electrical cost estimator for typical job price ranges, or print the free electrical estimate template.
What a real electrical job looks like
One voice note from a basement, turned into something you'd be happy to put your name on.
- Drafted in under 60 seconds
- Electrical language: service entrance, AFCI/GFCI, grounding electrode, load calc, homeruns
- Scope, exclusions and expiry that protect you on change orders
Voice note
"Hundred-amp fuse panel in the basement, cloth wiring on two circuits, homeowner wants a two-hundred-amp service. New meter base outside, new two-hundred-amp panel, new grounding electrode and water bond, twenty-four circuits moved over with AFCI breakers where required, permit and utility coordination. One-day shutdown."
Draft estimate
200A Service Upgrade — Panel and Meter Replacement
- • Remove existing 100A fuse panel and meter base
- • Supply and install new 200A meter base and service entrance conductors
- • Install new 200A load center with 40-space capacity
- • Transfer and re-terminate 24 existing branch circuits
- • AFCI/GFCI breakers where required by current code
- • New grounding electrode conductor and water/gas bonding
- • Permit application, utility coordination and inspection
- • Label directory, test all circuits, restore power same day
Valid for 14 days
Electrical work it handles
Service, repair, upgrade and remodel — residential and light commercial.
- Panel upgrades and replacements
- 200A service changes
- Whole-home rewires
- Knob-and-tube replacement
- EV charger installs
- Generator and transfer switches
- Lighting and fixture work
- Recessed and outdoor lighting
- Troubleshooting service calls
- Code correction and inspection failures
- Remodel and addition rough-in
- Hot tubs, pools and subpanels
Win the local jobs you already get called for
Local electrical work is decided by speed. When a homeowner searches "electrician near me" because half the house is dark, they call three shops the same morning and hire whoever puts a clear written price in front of them first. QuickBidAI is built for that window: record the diagnosis at the panel, send the estimate from the driveway.
Same-visit estimates
Troubleshooting calls, panel swaps and EV charger installs get a written price before you leave the property — no evening paperwork, no callback to quote.
Your city and county language
Say the permit pull, inspection, utility disconnect or code upgrade out loud and it lands in the scope as a line item, priced the way your jurisdiction requires it.
Your license on every page
Your company name, license number, local phone number and logo head every estimate, so homeowners see a licensed local electrician, not a generic form.
Built for how neighborhood work arrives
- • Repeat customers and referrals who expect a price today, not Monday
- • Property managers and realtors comparing two or three written bids
- • Home inspection punch lists that need itemized scope
- • Remodel GCs who want rough-in and trim broken out separately
- • Older housing stock: fuse panels, cloth and knob-and-tube wiring
- • Seasonal spikes — storm damage, generator installs, holiday load calls
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Questions electricians ask
- What is the best electrical estimating software for a small shop?
- It depends on the work you bid. Commercial plan-and-spec bidding still belongs in a takeoff program like Accubid, McCormick or ConEst. If you run one or two trucks and write service, panel, rewire and EV charger estimates yourself, the right tool is the one you can use at the panel without a setup project — QuickBidAI drafts a complete written electrical estimate from a voice note in under a minute for $49.99 a month.
- What software do electrical estimators use?
- Commercial estimators use takeoff and assembly programs built around plan sets and price books — Accubid, McCormick, ConEst, Trimble. Residential and service contractors mostly work from flat-rate books, spreadsheets or nothing at all. QuickBidAI sits in that second group: no plan takeoff, no price book to maintain, just a written estimate from what you describe on site.
- Do I need to build a price book first?
- No. Material prices are drafted from typical retail shelf pricing so you can send an estimate on day one. When you edit a unit price, QuickBidAI remembers it and uses your number on every future estimate, so your own price list builds itself as you work.
- How do I estimate electrical costs?
- Price the gear first — panel, meter base, breakers, EV charger or generator — then break labor into tasks and hours at your rate. List wire, conduit, boxes, devices and terminations as separate material lines, put the permit, utility coordination and inspection on their own lines, and price or exclude drywall and access work. Our electrical cost estimator page shows typical price ranges.
- Does it set the price for the job?
- No. You set every price. QuickBidAI writes the scope, line items, terms and cover letter, and you fill in or adjust the numbers before you send.
- What about permits, inspections and code items?
- Mention them in your voice note — permit pulls, utility coordination, AFCI/GFCI requirements, grounding and bonding upgrades — and they are written into the scope as line items.
- Does it work on my phone in a crawlspace?
- Yes. Record the voice note on your phone right at the panel. The estimate is drafted from the recording, so you never type in the truck.
- Can I use my own terms and warranty wording?
- Yes. Every part of the draft is editable, and your business name, license number, phone and logo appear on the finished estimate.
- How fast is an estimate?
- Most drafts come back in under a minute from the moment you stop recording.
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