FREE BID LEVELING — TRY THE AI ON YOUR OWN BID, THEN PAY PER PROJECT
Most "free bid leveling tools" are spreadsheet templates that still leave you doing the work by hand. EstimateHawk lets you try real AI extraction free on one bid PDF — then $39 per project unlocks the full leveled comparison. No subscription, no recurring charge, no sales call.
$0
To try the AI
$39
Project Pass
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Subscription required
YOUR OPTIONS TODAY
Free Preview — 1 Bid Extraction
Sign up with email and upload one PDF. EstimateHawk uses AI to extract line items, quantities, units, and prices, then shows confidence signals so you can review the results on your own document. No credit card, no expiration. This is the free part.
$39 Project Pass — Full Comparison
A one-time $39 charge unlocks a full project: upload up to 5 contractor bids, run side-by-side comparison, get scope gaps flagged, anomalies highlighted, contractor scores generated, and PDF export. 90 days to complete the project.
No Subscription, No Recurring Charge
The Project Pass is one-time. Pay $39 when you have bids to compare, do not pay when you do not. Most one-off GC users never need a subscription.
Subscription Plans Exist If You Need Volume
If you compare bids on multiple projects per month, Professional ($99/mo) is cheaper than buying multiple Passes. The Professional plan includes a 7-day free trial. But if you have one project — buy one Pass.
HOW ESTIMATEHAWK STANDS OUT
Try real AI extraction free on your own bid — most "free" tools are just spreadsheet templates that leave the work to you
Pay per project ($39) instead of per month — no subscription locks, no recurring charge, no automatic renewal
Same extraction workflow as paid plans — Preview is not a degraded sample, it is the real product run on one PDF
Project Pass holds 5 bids and 1 full comparison — enough to level a complete bid package on a single project
SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON
| Feature | PREVIEW (FREE) | PROJECT PASS ($39) | PROFESSIONAL ($99/MO) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $39 one-time | $99/month |
| Bid extractions | 1 lifetime | Up to 5 per project | 30 per month |
| AI comparisons | 0 | 1 per project | 15 per month |
| Scope gap detection | Available on Pass+ | Yes | Yes |
| PDF export | Available on Pass+ | Yes | Yes |
| Excel/CSV export | No | No | Yes |
| Subscription required | No | No | Yes (cancel anytime) |
| Best for | Verifying the AI | A single project | Multiple projects/month |
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Bid extractions
AI comparisons
Scope gap detection
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Excel/CSV export
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FREQUENTLY ASKED
- Is anything actually free?
- Yes — Preview lets you sign up with email and run AI extraction on one bid PDF, free, no credit card. That is enough to verify the extraction quality on your own documents before paying. Preview does not include the side-by-side comparison or scope-gap detection — those unlock with a Project Pass.
- How does the $39 Project Pass work?
- Buy a Pass and apply it to one project. The project holds up to 5 contractor bids, runs one full AI comparison, flags scope gaps, and exports to PDF. The Pass is one-time — no subscription, no recurring charge. You have 90 days to complete the project after applying the Pass.
- What if I have multiple projects to compare each month?
- Buying multiple Project Passes works fine for occasional projects. If you are running 3+ comparisons per month, the Professional monthly plan ($99/mo) is cheaper. Professional includes a 7-day free trial.
- Why is the bid leveling not entirely free?
- Running AI extraction and comparison costs us money per bid (Anthropic Claude API, OpenAI, market data lookups). A truly unlimited free plan was not sustainable. Charging $39 per project lets us keep the tool focused, fast, and supported — and keeps the entry point lower than any monthly subscription in the category.
TRY THE AI FREE — THEN PAY PER PROJECT
Create an account in 30 seconds and run AI extraction on your first bid PDF — free, no credit card. When you are ready for the full leveled comparison, a Project Pass is $39.