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Whether you're drafting a bid or selecting one, ClearBid reads your documents the way a trained eye would.

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HOW IT WORKS
Paste what you have, or attach the PDFs and photos you were already sent.
ClearBid reads it for missing scope, vague wording, and risk nobody priced.
You get a plain-language read in about a minute — no jargon, no verdict you can't question.
Your bids and estimates aren't stored — they're read to produce your review, and that's the end of it. Why we built this
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Straightforward pricing

Whether this is the only project you'll ever put through ClearBid or the fourth one this week, there's a plan that fits. You pick one when you're ready for a full report — an account isn't required to look.

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Recommended for homeowners
Single review
$29.99/ one project

One full ClearBid report on one project. Pay when you need it, nothing after that.

  • One complete report — every flag, in full
  • Bid-by-bid breakdown with what each one misses
  • Negotiation guidance and questions to ask
Recommended for contractors and property managers
Unlimited
$49.99/ per month

Unlimited full reports — every estimate you send, every set of bids you receive.

  • Unlimited reports, comparisons, and estimate reviews
  • Everything in the single review, with no per-project cost
  • Review each estimate before it goes out

What a report actually says

The same sections you get in a real report, with one finding shown under each. A full report runs several times longer and covers every bid line by line — these are genuine findings from real documents, shortened to fit.

REVIEWING A BID YOU RECEIVED

“No clear recommendation yet — Bid 2 is the most complete and directly addresses the bouncy floor you flagged, but Bids 1 and 3 need to answer several questions before they’re truly comparable.”

BID BY BID
No mention of the bouncy floor you flagged, or any joist inspection.
In a 1978 house with a known soft spot this surfaces once the tub is out — and without a unit price agreed now, it becomes a change order negotiated with no competing bids in hand.
Only bid to price the joist question with an actual unit rate ($145/joist), requiring your approval first.
HOW THE BIDS COMPARE
Bid 1 is $8,400 cheaper mainly because it leaves things out, not because it’s a better price for the same job.
A properly ducted fan, a joist repair provision, the dumpster, and the contractor carrying the permit — all in one price and absent from the other.
NOT ADDRESSED BY ANY BID
Lead-safe practices, for a house sitting exactly on the 1978 cutoff.
Because all three are silent, comparing them side by side can never reveal it.
IF YOU WANT TO NEGOTIATE
Ask Bids 1 and 3 to state in writing what happens if the joists near the tub need sistering.
QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING
Mountain Ridge: what is the dollar amount of the tile allowance, and does it include installation labor?
CHECKING A BID BEFORE YOU SEND IT

“The core trade items are priced, but the two biggest exposures — an unopened wall of unknown bearing status, and a gas line relocation — have no structural, permit, or unit-price language at all.”

FLAGS
Wall removal priced as demo, with no load-bearing status or header allowance.
If it is bearing, a cosmetic remodel becomes a structural one mid-job — against a five-week schedule and a crew sized for the original scope.
→ Wall confirmed non-structural prior to demo; if load-bearing, header design and installation will be priced as a change order per engineer's specification, with schedule adjusted accordingly.
No allowance amounts for cabinets or quartz — both “owner selected”.
Any selection above what you assumed becomes an unwritten change order you have to argue for later.
STRENGTHS
Payment ties progress to a real milestone (cabinet install) rather than to dates.
WHERE CHANGE ORDERS TEND TO COME FROM
Wall found to be load-bearing, requiring header engineering not currently priced.
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