Vision InfoSoft

Vision InfoSoft has been selling estimating software to electrical and plumbing contractors since 1993, with development and support run out of Carlsbad, California. Electrical Bid Manager ships with thousands of pre-built assemblies and roughly 10,000 priced items out of the box, and hangs off the EPIC pricing service for live material costs across more than 2 million items and 100+ manufacturer catalogs. Deep plan takeoff comes from plug-in integrations with PlanSwift and On-Screen Takeoff rather than a native engine, and job cost data syncs to QuickBooks through Job Cost Q-Link. Advanced Substitution handles value engineering — swapping wiring methods, conduit and wire specs across an estimate. Unusually for this corner of the market, edition list prices are published: Standard $1,549, Plus $2,749, Pro $4,549. The billing basis is not stated on the page, and the product page separately advertises getting started for under $1,000/year, so the figures are recorded as published list prices rather than converted into a monthly rate.

• Electrical bid preparation
• Time-and-material service billing
• Keeping material pricing current

• Maintained material pricing service
• Covers both bidding and T&M billing
• Approachable for smaller shops

Smaller electrical and plumbing shops that need current material pricing and straightforward bid/T&M billing without an enterprise rollout.