Trimble Accubid

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Commercial, industrial, and specialty trade contractors, primarily in electrical, mechanical, plumbing (MEP), and ICT low-voltage trades, ranging from mid-sized companies to enterprise-level firms.

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Quote-only / custom pricing. Trimble does not publish public pricing for Accubid on its website. The software is provided under subscription-based cloud models (Accubid Anywhere) or license/subscription desktop models (Accubid Classic), with tiers dependent on trade modules and user seats.

Public pricing is not provided directly by Trimble. Third-party software analysis sites report that Trimble Accubid Classic starts at $2,000 to $3,000 per license, with a 10-user setup starting around $25,000 plus ongoing annual maintenance.

Trimble provides API capabilities (Project, Estimate, Final Price, Extension, and Bid Breakdown APIs) for Accubid Anywhere subscribers. However, separate subscriptions or licensing fees are required for key add-on modules and integrated tools, including LiveCount (graphical takeoff), TRA-SER (TradeService supplier pricing), and ChangeOrder Pro.

Implementation and onboarding fees are quote-based. Third-party industry estimates indicate enterprise deployments (e.g., 100 users) can expect implementation, training, customization, and data migration expenses ranging from $50,000 to $100,000.

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REST (OpenAPI specifications available; uses OAuth 2.0 / Trimble Identity Bearer token authentication and SignalR webhooks for Extension detail returns)

Gated behind an active Trimble Accubid Anywhere subscription (North America). Access requires contacting Trimble MEP support or a sales representative to be provisioned on the Trimble API cloud, as well as 'Full' permission for 'API Data Access' in Accubid Anywhere Manager.

Primarily read-focused for extracting projects, estimates, bid summaries, extensions, change orders, and final pricing data (with limited write/create endpoints for folders, projects, and estimates). Retrieval of extension detail returns requires implementing SignalR notifications. API calls follow a strict hierarchy requiring database tokens and project IDs, and database locked conditions return HTTP 409 Conflict errors.

Estimators can export estimates, bid breakdowns, and database tables directly to Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) or CSV using the Estimating Import/Export Tool. System reports can be exported to Excel, CSV, PDF, Text, and HTML formats.

Yes, Trimble operates a public app directory and ecosystem marketplace called the Trimble Marketplace (marketplace.trimble.com). It catalogs Trimble-verified apps, partner integrations, and extensions, including integrations connecting Accubid Anywhere to ERP platforms like Viewpoint Spectrum.

No major construction unified-API platform (such as Agave API or Merge.dev) currently offers a pre-built unified API connector specifically for Trimble Accubid. Instead, Trimble provides proprietary REST APIs (Accubid Anywhere APIs for Project, Estimate, Final Price, Extension, and Bid Breakdown data) for direct custom integrations.

Onboarding and achieving full department proficiency typically take several weeks to a few months due to database management, assembly setup, and a steep learning curve, though introductory training modules last 3 to 5 days.