# Trimble Accubid Anywhere Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Trimble Accubid Anywhere the right Electrical Estimating solution for you? Explore 71 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/193712/Trimble-Accubid-Anywhere/reviews --- Trimble Accubid Anywhere 3.6 (71) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/193712/Trimble-Accubid-Anywhere/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated June 3rd, 2026 # Reviews of Trimble Accubid Anywhere Ease of use 3.4 Customer Service 3.7 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews PL Phil L ESTIMATORConstruction, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “LOTS OF BUGS WITH THE PROGRAM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IRONED OUT BEFORE RELEASING THE NEW PROGRAM. “ April 27, 2026 PS Patrick S Chief EstimatorConstruction, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Oh, and we'd have to completely rebuild all of our database from scratch.“ April 3, 2026 PS Patrick S Chief EstimatorConstruction, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Can't use our existing databases. “ April 3, 2026 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 71 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use WS William S. Estimator Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Line Item Takeoffs" December 12, 2017 3.0 They need to add a calendar on the job info tab that relates to the dates and duration Pros I like a couple of things about this estimating software. The top pro is the ease of operation while using this software. I feel it is built more for the industrial contractor that enters items one item at a time. Also, I have always had a very fast response time with customer support. I normally send them an email with my issue and they either respond within an hour or so with what I can try or give me a call and take over my computer to fix the issue. Cons I do not like the speed of the program when trying to enter a plans and spec commercial project. I find it to be cumbersome and they do not have the capability to multi screen takeoffs at the same time as their competitor. The breakout screen assignments for the various tabs is somewhat cumbersome as well and needs an easier way to assign those amounts in the breakout screen instead of the tabs for individual items Review Source DF Daniel F. President Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Accubid the best estimating software in the market " February 15, 2019 4.0 Pros The biggest pro of using Accubid is the ability to make modifications to an existing bid after it has been completed, like owner revisions or addendums adding or deleting materials, relocating equipment and easily moving all the associated branch circuits or feeders. Another great advantage about using Accubid is the familiar layout of the system which is really similar to a regular excel spreed sheet with several steps that resemble regular tabs. Cons Accubid can be a little difficult at first, it requires the user to watch the available training videos and any other available training material before a complete estimate can be completed, and the quality of the current videos is not the best, particularly the sound of the videos is muffled and low quality. High cost for one on one training. Review Source JS Jeff S. Expeditor Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Field Electrician for 15 years. Estimator for 10 years. Expeditor for 2 years." October 11, 2017 3.0 Ability to quick change conduit & cable sizes, quantities & types. Pros Substituting material, changing conduit & cable sizes & types. This software has great potential, but in my opinion is still a work in progress. Cons Resolving issues. For someone who doesn't use the software everyday, it can be a challenge. I sit down with our superintendents, who have gone through the class, and reteach them how to put together an estimate. Glad to do it, but that was not the case with Accubid Pro. But my biggest complaint about Enterprise is not being able to see Material & Labor $ after each line of take-off without having to calculate labor & material values. There has to be away this can be automatically calculated without bogging the system down. It worked in Accubid Pro. Most of my projects are not "cookie cutters". I need to know those values immediately after take-off. Highlighting and clicking on "calculate labor & material values" after every take-off is a pain. Something else that could be made easier is setting up projects in "Change Management". Way too many steps. I have done it several time over the past two years and still need to refer to the tutorial one of our administrators put together. Glad he did. Like I stated in the Pros, this software has great potential, but in my opinion is still a work in progress. Review Source CS Clayton S. Estimator Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Accubid Pro" February 8, 2018 5.0 Pros This is a powerful tool with a range of functions. It has a proven track record within the electrical industry. Cons The program can be difficult to manage for your company. There is very little material to help guide you through the background functions. Very expensive and getting even more expensive every year. Review Source CR Charles R. Preconstruction Manager Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Electrical estimating company we have been using AccuBid and Enterprise since 2006. " October 10, 2017 5.0 Pros We have four offices across the southeast. able to maintain one database while allowing each office to have their own assemblies and pads. We have estimated projects with 157 breakdowns with no problem using AccuBid Enterprise. Being able to do Unit prices with ease. Cons The reporting is to complicated to get a hard report if you need one. when doing project breakdowns do not have a way to see percentages material and labor the way we use to be able to see it in AccuBid. Review Source TJ Thomas J. OWNER Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Getting started" January 15, 2022 3.0 I can see that it has reporting that may be easier to enter info Procore or Bid Tracer. Pros It has some good applications that other's don't have. Cons This, in my opinion, is the most inscrutable program to use. If you never used an estimating program yet it will take six months to use all the features it hides to be an expert on it. Conest Intellibid with Sure Count is much more intuitive and can be mastered in half the time. Easy count is again inscrutable and takes so many more steps to use. Better off using a digital takeoff program and enter the counts and lengths into Accubid. Review Source AW Adam W. Senior Estimator Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to learn, easy to use, but lacks features." April 26, 2018 3.0 This program works well enough out of the box. If you are looking for a solid estimating system this is a good one. Pros Trimble Accubid Pro Classic is easy to learn, easy to understand, and very easy to use. The program is good for breaking out your estimate, escalating labor, factoring labor, repricing material and sorting data. The program has a logical step-by-step feel. Cons Trimble Accubid Pro Classic is an old estimating system and lacks features. The assemblies are not very dynamic and can't be easily modified. Trimble Accubid has another estimating system called Enterprise that has much more power, but the learning curve on that is steep! Review Source PG Peter G. Senior Electrical Estimator Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Longtime Accubid user is pretty disappointed." May 18, 2021 3.0 Poor. Pros The database is good and the subcontractor import function for pricing updates is great. The fact the takeoff have to go between onscreen takeoff and setting up the estimate and assemblies for everything saves zero time. Even as you get comfortable with the product the time it takes to go back and forth and edit is not worth the hassle. I find the Classic version is still far better than anywhere. Also, they reformatted the software so the intuitive nature of items that was in classic is no longer existent. Overall experience with this product was very disappointing. If Accubid is truely customer based then give me a credit on this product so we can get classic and get some work done. Cons This is a long list... see the above mentioned Pros and I will get into the weeds on this. Reason for choosing Trimble Accubid Anywhere The product is not as claimed so this was a mistake. Review Source CB Christian B. Cheif Estimator Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great Program for any size contractor!" November 14, 2016 5.0 After six months of exploring the estimating software products available on the market, my company chose Trimble's Accubid. This product outshines the competition in many ways. The main ways are the fully customizable database, integrated supplier pricing module, multi user capabilities and the live update feature that transfers from takeoff to extension to labor makeup and topsheet tabs. The reporting module is great in that it looks very professional and allows the user to analyze data taken from the entire project. The integrated supplier pricing module is invaluable for larger companies in that its an extreme time saver and gives the user certainty on their materials or commodity pricing. If your company uses external bidding tools as well, the Accubid data can also be exported to predefined templates easily. I would definitely recommend Accubid to another contractor or colleague. We are very happy with our purchase! Pros Fully customizable database, Supplier pricing modules, live takeoff, multi user interface. Cons The standard "out of the box" reporting styles could be a little less cumbersome. they have columns that you wouldn't normally use and the columns would extend onto more than one page. We customized our report style and it works fine. It could have been more intuitive but in the end the product is great! Review Source bS barbara S. estimator Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good experience with Accubid. There are a few things that could make things go more quickly." October 5, 2017 4.0 Pros It appears to be robust. It's well organized and offers a lot of options for adjusting items after takeoff entry. Cons Doesn't Auto save as much as I like, can't insert rows on takeoff screen, notes screen doesn't maintain blank lines when printing, should be able to hit enter a couple of times when inside a takeoff and finish the take off (currently ,if you keep hitting enter, it takes you back into the takeoff instead of finishing it) Review Source YV Yuriy V. Chief Estimator Construction Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Waste of money product" December 27, 2018 1.0 Program makers did too much overthinking. Instead of simplifying product, they overcomplicated it with massive amount of details, etc. Out of the box program is not ready to use in a competitive bidding. Product needs an enormous amount of time to be spent on customization in order to achieve even just basic estimating capabilities (quickness, accuracy and trustworthiness). It’s really slow, too much clicking. On average it is 10 times slower than every other current or earlier versions of any estimating system. Pros Folder system, ability to copy and paste from one designation, breakdown or estimate to another. Cons It's too slow for using in a competitive bidding. Manual is a very poor quality and void of specifics, details and step by step instructions. Lack of ability to use a search option. It is limited to only a few instances instead of been available at all the time. Technical support is not helpful responding to questions about customizing product. Review Source QK Quentin K. Estimator Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Average" May 18, 2017 1.0 I do not like Accubid. Training should be readily available for all people using this product for free. Pros Lots of information, navigation through the estimating system is fairly simple. Lots of assemblies Cons I don't like how all the assemblies have too much material. It needs to be simple and you add hardware and misc things in yourself. Difficult to make new assemblies. Difficult to find the job you were working on when you open it back up. Job does not save automatically. Updating pricing should be easier. Labor Hours for electrical material installs are not accurate. Jobs keep getting corrupted, some material suppliers have part numbers they don't match up and material runs high in price. Review Source jS janiece S. database manager Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I have used for several years." October 9, 2017 4.0 Pros I like that the program has so many options. It was put together well. It makes take off a lot easier on the estimator side of the program. Cons Takes too long to connect and set-up a job. PM's did not like it for the quick budget estimates. Ended up going back to accubid because it was too cumbersome for the pm's. Review Source jA james A. owner Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Goods and Bads" May 2, 2017 4.0 Tech support has been great. Watching the instructional videos helps but taking a class would be great. Small businesses are on a shoe string budget and difficult to come up with money for the software. Pros It gives me the ability to have all the composites in one area to view as I continue with an estimate. It saves times from building an excel sheet working from previous projects. The data is at your finger tips. Cons Im a first time user plus average computer skills and its difficult to keep all the moves together as you progress. The cost of the in class education should be part of the price instead of a extra cost. Review Source TA Ted A. General Manager Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Accubid Makes Putting Tenders Together Easy!" May 20, 2015 4.0 Pros You can add alarms to items that you are still waiting on pricing on, which helps to keep from sending incomplete estimates. Cons Very expensive for a small start up business. Also expensive to have software installed on company server. Review Source JL Josh L. QC/Planner Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "The easiest way to an accurate take-off." November 3, 2016 4.0 I endorsed the use of this program to our company and convinced management to purchase it. We had good experiences using the program. It's now in use with our estimator. Pros Once its setup its plug and play. Download your files and start using. Master database is excellent. Working with assembles you can easily drop in a vent/drain/header assembly with wasting time on counting again and again. Support is excellent. Anytime you have a problem or issue just call or email and the support team is there. Cons The setup can take time. We currently use around 50 different specs. Accubid will create the database specs for a price and once you understand the system you can make your own or modify existing ones. Review Source MO Michael O. Owner Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Accubid Electrical Bidding Software " November 7, 2016 5.0 The Accubid software is extremely easy to use. All the necessary data I need is right at my fingertips Pros The navigational tabs for each process of the bid ensure nothing is missed. The designated alarms will always make sure I don't miss my sub contracts Cons I really have no issues with this produc Review Source LR Leif R. Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: ### "Easy-to-use Bidding Software" October 9, 2014 5.0 Pros The ease of use of this program makes it a high choice. The customer service is amazing and willing to help, no matter what the question is. Price streaming is easy to stream into Accubid, and the whole program is worth the money. I have been using it for a year now and have been landing jobs in a very competitive market, all with the use of Accubid. Cons I have nothing that I do not like about the program. Review Source JF Joshua F. Project Estimator Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Accubid - Electrical " February 23, 2017 5.0 Great Program. Highly recommend it. With the purchase of the program, plan on going through the training to get the full use of the program. Pros Pricing Updates Cons Difficulty to learn the Program Review Source MK Mustafa K. President Construction Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "New Customer Experience Review" July 16, 2019 3.0 Overall a pleasant experience but it probably will not be my daily user. Pros It was specifically for Electrical contractors which is what I was looking for. Cons It was not easy to use. The interface was difficult to understand unlike its competitors such as Stack and Planswift. Review Source JL Jay L. Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: ### "I have been using Accubid Classic Pro for 6 years." November 3, 2014 3.5 Pros The program is laid-out in a logical way that parallels the process of completing an estimate. Cons The database is not very versatile, is limited in terms of capacity and takes a lot of time to change, update or maintain. Review Source KS Kevin S. Design Used the software for: ### "Accubid enterprise" November 11, 2014 2.0 Pros The company is clearly putting resources in its development. Cons It's not a complete product, and startup would take a significant amount of time to acclimate. Review Source CP Cady P. Office Manager Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Action Electric" January 6, 2017 5.0 We chose Accubid and have been very pleased with our purchase thus far. Pros Once the program is used, very efficient for taking off bids. Cons Takes awhile to learn and be able to do take offs quickly. Review Source PS Patrick S. Chief Estimator Construction Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Need to be able to use existing database(s)." April 3, 2026 2.0 Since we can't use our existing databases, and the program doesn't seem to be any drastic improvement over what we're already using, we have had absolutely no reason to even entertain it. Now I just need to get a straight answer out of Trimble on when Classic is actually going away, if ever - I hear something different from every single Trimble individual I speak with. Would be nice to just get a straight answer at least one time. Pros Nothing seemed groundbreaking to us. You changed the program pretty drastically, but we're not seeing the improvements or streamlining of processes that we'd like to see go along with such extreme changes. Throw in the fact that, at great cost and time to the company, we'd have to completely rebuild ALL of our databases from scratch (databases we've been building and fine-tuning over decades), there really isn't much appeal in making the switch to Anywhere. Cons Can't use our existing databases. You've changed enough from Classic to Desktop on a fundamental level (requiring re-training of every single user on our end) without any major improvements to the functioning of the program itself - that's just a royal pain in our butts to make the switch, with very little to gain from that switch. Oh, and we'd have to completely rebuild all of our database from scratch. Review Source RN Robin N. President Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Disappointing quality of service " June 13, 2026 1.0 Pros The software is very complex and cover a lot of topics. Had a lot of problems waiting on the sale team not calling me back. Cons Support. It is horrible from the phone support to email ticket creation. I had created 8 tickets over 6 months starting I need help and to call me. The tech would just close the ticket with out calling or resolution. Then spend on hold with a phone call over 2.5 hour without a pick up. Switched from [McCormick Electrical Estimating](https://www.capterra.com/p/165314/Electrical-Estimating-Software/) Thought I would get better service. That’s a joke. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.