Vantage Cost Analytics

Win the work.
Price it right.

Professional cost software for the people who bid and estimate. Two tools, one account — find & win government contracts with Vantage Contracts, and build defensible, risk-adjusted estimates in any field with Vantage Estimator.

⭐ Vantage Contracts

Find, match & win Georgia government contracts — opportunity discovery, AI proposals, and win-probability scoring.

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📊 Vantage Estimator

Defensible, risk-adjusted cost estimates across construction, software, IT, energy, services, supply & professional work.

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Free to start · pay per bid with credits or subscribe · one account for both · Questions? Email us

For teams that bid & estimate
Construction Estimators Software & IT Teams Engineering & Energy Firms Cost Analysts & PMs Government Contractors Facilities & Services Firms Small Businesses Capture Teams
How Vantage Contracts Works
From opportunity to winning bid.

Most Georgia government contracts go to the businesses that simply find them first and bid them well. Vantage Contracts runs that entire workflow for you.

1
Get matched to Georgia contracts
We pull state, local & federal opportunities in Georgia daily and score each one against your NAICS codes, certifications, location, and capacity — so you only see the bids worth your time.
2
Draft a winning proposal with AI
Paste the RFP and the AI extracts the requirements, builds a compliance checklist, and writes full proposal narrative sections tailored to your company.
3
Score it before you submit
The AI evaluates your draft the way a source-selection panel would — criterion scores, compliance risks, a win-probability band, and the three highest-impact fixes. Want human eyes too? Expert proposal review is one email away.
4
Price the bid accurately
One click routes you into the right Vantage estimating tool — pre-set to the opportunity's Georgia locality — so your price is backed by a defensible, professional cost basis.
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Vantage Estimator
One estimating engine. Seven fields.

Vantage Estimator brings professional-grade rigor — parametric & build-up methods, a labor/material/equipment cost basis, Monte Carlo risk with component correlation, a named-risk register, escalation to your spend year, and a defensible P80 contingency with a one-click Basis of Estimate — to whatever you estimate. Pick your field below; it's all one tool, one login, one plan. (And when Vantage Contracts matches you to a contract, it routes you straight in to price the bid.)

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AI Walkthrough
A guided assistant walks you through every line item — explains it, asks a couple of questions, and suggests a low/likely/high range you review and apply. Rigor without the learning curve.
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Your own Rate Library
Set your unit costs once and reuse them across every estimate, so the numbers reflect your business — not generic averages.
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Six analysis views
Cost S-curve, sensitivity tornado, cash-flow / time-phasing, Monte Carlo distribution, contingency waterfall, and confidence levels — flip through them with one click.
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Analysis of Alternatives
Score competing options on cost, schedule, risk, and performance with editable weights, and get a ranked, defensible recommendation.
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Save, version & compare
Branch versions of a bid and compare them side by side with instant deltas on cost, P80, contingency, and every phase.
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Risk register
Log named risks — permitting, weather, supply, scope growth — each with a likelihood and a dollar impact. They feed the Monte Carlo on top of line-item ranges, raising your P80 contingency without inflating the point estimate.
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Basis of Estimate
One click produces a defensible BOE document: ground rules, cost breakdown, labor/material/equipment split, markups, escalation, the risk register, and qualifications & exclusions — ready to hand a client or reviewer.
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Escalation to your spend year
Carry base-year costs forward to the project midpoint, escalating labor, material, and equipment at their own rates. Enter a target year or just a duration — the midpoint is computed for you.
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Crews & labor-hour build-ups
A labor / material / equipment cost basis with named crew rates — seeded from public BLS wage data — so you can price a line as hours × crew rate, and see where every dollar of labor vs. material goes.
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Bring your own costs
Download a cost template, price it in Excel, and import it back — matched to your line items. Plus a built-in civil unit-cost reference from public DOT bid data, auto-adjusted to any of ~70 US metros.
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Share & sanity-check
Send a read-only snapshot of any estimate with one link — no login for the viewer. And passive reasonableness checks flag unpriced lines, missing risk ranges, or costs outside typical ranges before you commit.
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Export & proposal handoff
One-click PDF and multi-sheet Excel. And from Vantage Contracts, pull a finished estimate straight into your proposal's pricing section.
Vantage Software
Software Lifecycle
Software

The professional lifecycle cost estimating tool for cost analysts, program managers, and systems engineers. From parametric cost models to Monte Carlo risk analysis with a defensible P80 — all in one tool.

✓18 WBS frameworks — from Spiral and V-Model to DevOps and Shape Up
✓Your own rate library + six analysis views (S-curve, tornado, cash-flow…)
✓Analysis of alternatives with weighted decision scoring
✓Parametric CERs for function points & KSLOC, plus build-up and analogy methods
✓Monte Carlo risk with correlation, sensitivity tornado & cross-checks
✓One-click Basis of Estimate + named-risk register
✓AI Walkthrough — guided estimating, element by element
Included in Vantage Estimator — all fields, one plan
Estimate software → View pricing
Vantage Construction
Construction Projects
Construction

Professional construction cost estimating powered by CSI MasterFormat, public DOT bid-data location factors, and a parametric $/SF model across 17 building types and Georgia plus major US markets.

✓CSI MasterFormat 21-division cost breakdown
✓Parametric $/SF model — 17 building types × quality × delivery
✓Location factors for Georgia cities + major US metros
✓GC overhead, contingency, escalation, and soft costs
✓Estimate-class Monte Carlo with correlation & P80 contingency
✓Analysis of alternatives for design options
✓AI Walkthrough — guided estimating, division by division
Included in Vantage Estimator — all fields, one plan
Estimate construction → View pricing
Vantage IT
IT Infrastructure
IT Infrastructure

Cloud migration, network refresh, data center, and managed-services cost modeling — priced per workload with a phased plan / execute / operate breakdown and Monte Carlo risk.

✓4 program types — cloud migration, network refresh, data center, managed services
✓Per-workload parametric costing across plan, execute & operate phases
✓Your own rate library + six analysis views
✓Analysis of alternatives + PDF/Excel export
✓Monte Carlo risk with correlation & P80 contingency
✓AI Walkthrough — guided estimating, element by element
Included in Vantage Estimator — all fields, one plan
Estimate IT projects → View pricing
Vantage Energy
Energy Projects
Energy

Cost estimating for solar PV, wind, battery storage, and microgrids — priced per MW across development, EPC, and grid / commissioning phases with Monte Carlo risk.

✓4 system types — solar PV, wind, battery storage, microgrids
✓Per-MW parametric model across development, EPC & grid phases
✓Site-condition factors (greenfield / retrofit / remote)
✓Your own rate library, six analysis views & alternatives scoring
✓Estimate-class Monte Carlo risk analysis with correlation
✓AI Walkthrough — guided estimating, element by element
Included in Vantage Estimator — all fields, one plan
Estimate energy systems → View pricing
Vantage Services
Facilities & Services
Services

Price facilities and services bids — facilities O&M, janitorial, grounds, and security — with a parametric $/SF-per-year model, coverage factors, and Monte Carlo risk.

✓4 service types — facilities O&M, janitorial, grounds, security
✓Parametric $/SF-per-year with coverage factors and a labor / non-labor split
✓Your own rate library + six analysis views
✓Analysis of alternatives with weighted decision scoring
✓PDF & Excel export
✓Competitive bid risk — Monte Carlo with correlation & tornado
✓AI Walkthrough — guided estimating, element by element
Included in Vantage Estimator — all fields, one plan
Estimate services → View pricing
Vantage Supply
Supply & Equipment
Supply

Price supply and equipment bids — equipment, fleet, materials, and IT hardware — with per-unit parametric costing, goods & logistics breakdowns, and sourcing factors.

✓4 categories — equipment, fleet, materials, IT hardware
✓Per-unit costing with goods & logistics breakdowns
✓Sourcing factors (domestic / import / sole-source)
✓Your own rate library, six analysis views & alternatives scoring
✓PDF & Excel export
✓Bid-price risk — Monte Carlo with correlation & tornado
✓AI Walkthrough — guided estimating, element by element
Included in Vantage Estimator — all fields, one plan
Estimate supply → View pricing
Vantage Pro
Professional Services
Professional

Price professional-services bids — consulting, advisory, engineering, and A&E — with a blended $/hour build-up across staff levels plus other direct costs and Monte Carlo risk.

✓4 engagement types — consulting, advisory, engineering, A&E
✓Blended $/hour build-up across staff levels + other direct costs
✓Staff-mix factors (junior / mixed / senior)
✓Your own rate library, six analysis views & alternatives scoring
✓PDF & Excel export
✓Bid-price risk — Monte Carlo with correlation & tornado
✓AI Walkthrough — guided estimating, element by element
Included in Vantage Estimator — all fields, one plan
Estimate professional work → View pricing
⭐ The engine that ties it together

Vantage Contracts finds the work — the tools price it

Vantage Contracts is the heart of the platform: it discovers Georgia state, local & federal opportunities matched to your business, drafts your proposal with AI, and hands the bid to the right estimator above — already set to the opportunity's Georgia locality. Discovery, proposal, and pricing in one place.

Start Finding Contracts →
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Daily Georgia opportunity feed
State & local contracts, scored against your profile
✓
AI proposal drafting
Requirements extraction, compliance checklist, full narratives
✓
Proposal scoring & win probability
Evaluator-style criterion scores, compliance risks, fix-first list
✓
One-click pricing handoff
Routes to the right estimator, pre-filled with the bid's locality, square footage, or capacity
Why Vantage
Cost estimating deserves
a professional tool.

The old way

✕Spreadsheets with no audit trail or methodology documentation
✕Manual Monte Carlo in Excel — error-prone and slow to update
✕No structured WBS — costs lumped into vague line items
✕Comparing alternatives means maintaining multiple disconnected files
✕Location factors and division percentages looked up manually
✕No built-in risk visualization — tornado charts built separately

The Vantage way

✓Per-element methodology with full audit trail and basis documentation
✓Built-in Monte Carlo — Beta, Triangular, Normal, Log-Normal, Uniform
✓Structured WBS with phase subtotals, grand totals, and live rollup
✓Analysis of Alternatives — multiple estimates, side-by-side decision scorecard
✓Location factors, $/SF benchmarks, and CER presets built in
✓Live tornado charts, S-curves, and cost-at-risk timelines — updating as you type
Software Estimator
Everything a software cost analyst needs.
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18 WBS Frameworks
Six methodology families — Iterative, Lean, Formal, Feature-Driven, DevOps, and Emerging — from Spiral to SRE to Shape Up, each with built-in definitions. Switch instantly, keep your data.
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Monte Carlo Simulation
Up to 10,000 iterations with per-element three-point estimates, five distribution types, and correlation factors.
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6 Estimating Methods
Choose per work item: build-up (qty × unit), parametric CERs (linear, power & factor forms), analogy, learning curves, or a direct quote — each with a tailored calculator.
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Function-Point & KSLOC CERs
Parametric cost-estimating relationships for function points and COCOMO-style KSLOC, alongside build-up and analogy methods.
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AACE-Style Estimate Classes
Class 5→1 maturity automatically sets defensible risk ranges (−30/+50% at concept down to −5/+10% at bid).
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Analysis of Alternatives
Score competing options on cost, schedule, risk & performance with editable weights for a ranked, defensible recommendation.
Estimate software →
Construction Estimator
Precision estimating for construction professionals.
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CSI MasterFormat WBS
21 standard divisions from General Requirements through Site Utilities — with phase subtotals and grand total rollup.
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Location Cost Factors
Georgia cities plus major US metros — from New York (1.45×) to the national average (1.00×). Applied automatically to all division costs.
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Building Type Parametrics
17 building types — office, healthcare, industrial, education, multifamily, data center, and more — with $/SF ranges.
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Overhead & Soft Costs
Configurable GC overhead & profit, contingency by estimate class, escalation, and soft cost percentage.
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Estimate-Class Risk Analysis
Monte Carlo aligned to estimate maturity classes (Class 1–5). P10/P50/P90 confidence intervals built in.
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AI Walkthrough
A guided assistant explains each CSI division, asks a couple of questions, and suggests a low/likely/high range you review and apply.
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Labor / material / equipment
A three-way cost basis with named crew rates (seeded from public BLS wages) and labor-hour build-ups — plus a civil unit-cost reference from public DOT bid data, adjusted to your city.
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Named-risk register
Add permitting, weather, or supply risks with a likelihood and dollar impact that flow into the P80 contingency — beyond per-line ranges.
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Basis of Estimate
One click produces a defensible BOE — ground rules, breakdown, markups, escalation, risks, and exclusions — for owners, lenders, and auditors.
Estimate construction →
IT · Energy · Services · Supply · Professional
Five more fields, the same engine.

Each field ships with tailored project types and a phased work breakdown — every line item defined in plain English — running on the same parametric + Monte Carlo engine, the same rate library, six analysis views, alternatives scoring, and PDF/Excel export.

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IT Infrastructure
Cloud migration, network refresh, data center, and managed services — priced per workload across plan, execute, and operate phases.
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Energy
Solar PV, wind, battery storage, and microgrids — priced per MW across development, EPC, and grid / commissioning phases.
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Services
Facilities O&M, janitorial, grounds, and security — a parametric $/SF-per-year model with coverage factors and a labor / non-labor split.
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Supply
Equipment, fleet, materials, and IT hardware — per-unit costing with goods & logistics breakdowns and sourcing factors.
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Professional
Consulting, advisory, engineering, and A&E — a blended $/hour build-up across staff levels plus other direct costs.
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One engine, one plan
Switch fields anytime — Monte Carlo risk, P80 contingency, your rate library, analysis views, and exports work identically in every one.
Build Estimate — Vantage Estimator →
Pricing
Simple, transparent pricing.

Free tiers available on every app. Contracts Pro & Team include all seven estimating tools. No credit card required.

⭐ Contracts Pro and Team include the entire platform — all seven Vantage estimating apps come bundled at no extra cost, so you can find, propose, and price every bid under one subscription.
Monthly Annual SAVE 20%
Starter
$79/mo
 
For small businesses starting to bid on Georgia government work.
✓Daily-matched Georgia opportunities
✓Fit Score on every contract
✓5 AI proposals / month
✓Track 25 opportunities
✓Weekly email match alerts
Start Free
Pro
$149/mo
 
The complete bid-to-win workflow — discovery, proposals, and pricing.
✓Everything in Starter
✓All 7 estimating apps included
✓Unlimited AI proposals
✓Unlimited tracked opportunities
✓Win/loss pipeline tracking
✓Priority support
Start Free
Team
$299/mo
 
For firms where multiple people work the government pipeline together.
✓Everything in Pro
✓All 7 estimating apps — team tier
✓Up to 5 team seats
✓Shared pipeline
✓Dedicated onboarding
Start Free
📊 All 7 fields, one subscription — Vantage Estimator brings professional-grade parametric estimating (build-up, CERs, Monte Carlo, P80 contingency) to construction, software, IT, energy, services, supply & professional work. Need to find the work too? Vantage Contracts Pro adds daily opportunity matching + AI proposals for just $20 more.
Monthly Annual SAVE 20%
BEST VALUE
Vantage Estimator
$129/mo
 
Every field, one login — rigorous parametric estimating across all seven domains.
✓All 7 fields — full features
✓Monte Carlo risk analysis in each
✓Analysis of Alternatives & decision scorecards
✓CSV / HTML / PDF export + cloud save
✓AI assistant for every domain
✓1 seat
Get Vantage Estimator →
Vantage Estimator — Team
$249/mo
 
All seven estimators for a whole estimating team.
✓Everything in Vantage Estimator
✓Up to 5 team seats
✓Portfolio compare & export
✓Priority support
Get Vantage Estimator →
No subscription? Pay as you go
Buy credits — one bid at a time.

1 credit = one AI-drafted proposal in Vantage Contracts or one fully-unlocked estimate (save, exports, share & risk tools) in Vantage Estimator. Credits never expire and work across both apps — perfect when you just have one bid due.

1 credit
$19
Popular
3 credits
$49
~$16 each
10 credits
$129
~$13 each
Use in Vantage Contracts → Use in Vantage Estimator →
Doing this regularly? A subscription above is unlimited and works out cheaper past a few bids a month.
Who Uses Vantage
Built for professionals
who estimate at scale.
Cost Estimating
Cost Analysts & Estimators
Replace fragile spreadsheets with a structured, auditable estimating environment. Document your methodology at the element level with full traceability.
→ Bid & ROM estimates, independent cost checks, basis-of-estimate documentation
Project Execution
Program & Project Managers
Compare delivery options side by side with built-in alternatives analysis, and build the business case with charts ready for stakeholder reviews.
→ Budget planning, options analysis, go/no-go decisions
Technical Leadership
Engineers & Architects
Tie cost directly to technical parameters — software size, building type, location factor, and quality level feed the parametric models automatically.
→ ROM & parametric estimates, design tradeoffs, lifecycle cost modeling
FAQ
Common questions.
How do subscriptions work across the apps?
One account signs into everything. Each app can be subscribed individually — or subscribe to Vantage Contracts Pro or Team and all seven estimating apps are included automatically.
Is there a free tier?
Yes. Every app has a permanent free tier — no credit card required. Free lets you build and review complete estimates with live results and risk analysis; exporting (CSV, HTML, PDF), cloud save, and sharing require a paid subscription — or a single prepaid credit to unlock one estimate or proposal, no subscription needed.
Can I pay per use instead of subscribing?
Yes. If you're not ready for a monthly plan, buy prepaid credits: one credit unlocks a full AI-drafted proposal in Vantage Contracts, or one fully-unlocked estimate (save, all exports, and sharing) in Vantage Estimator. Credits start at $19, never expire, and work across both apps.
What WBS standards are supported?
Software: 18 development frameworks across six families — Iterative (Spiral, RAD, Incremental), Lean (Kanban, Scrumban), Formal (V-Model, RUP, PRINCE2 Agile), Feature/Behavior-Driven (FDD, BDD, TDD), DevOps (DevOps, SRE, CD), and Emerging (Shape Up, XP, Crystal). Construction: CSI MasterFormat 2016 with all 21 divisions.
How does the AI assistant work?
Every app has an embedded AI expert for its domain. They answer methodology questions and can reference your current estimate numbers for specific advice. Vantage Contracts adds AI proposal drafting and evaluator-style proposal scoring on top.
Can a human expert review my proposal?
Yes. Beyond the built-in AI evaluation, you can email your draft and the solicitation to [email protected] for a personal expert review with markup and recommendations — we reply within one business day with scope and pricing.
Can I try it without signing up?
Yes — contracts.vantagecost.co/demo drops you into a fully loaded demo workspace in one click. No account, no card.
Can I export my estimates?
Yes — CSV, HTML report, PDF via print, Analysis of Alternatives CSV, and full project save/load are all included on any paid subscription — or you can unlock one estimate's save, exports, and sharing with a single prepaid credit. The free tier is for building and reviewing estimates in the app.
How do I get help or report a bug?
Email [email protected] any time, or use the in-app Feedback button (in the account menu of any app) to send a question, suggestion, or bug report directly to our team.
Is my data secure?
Yes. Projects are stored in Postgres with row-level security — only you can access your data. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Cancel from your billing portal at any time. You keep access through the end of your billing period.
Do you offer team accounts?
Yes. The Team tiers — Vantage Contracts Team and Vantage Estimator Team — include multiple seats. Invite teammates by email; they share your plan's features under your subscription.

Win the work.
Price it right.

Two tools, one account — start free, no credit card required.

⭐   Find Contracts — Vantage Contracts → 📊   Build Estimate — Vantage Estimator →

…or jump straight into an estimating field:

💻   Software 🏗️   Construction ☁️   IT ⚡   Energy 🧹   Services 📦   Supply 💼   Pro

Questions? Email [email protected] · Need help? [email protected]