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Description

BidVariance is a web-based Monte Carlo estimation tool designed for consultants, agencies, engineering teams, and specialized contractors engaged in fixed-price projects. Users can create detailed task-oriented models by inputting optimistic, probable, and pessimistic estimates for both duration and costs, establishing connections between tasks, and incorporating probabilistic risks into their plans. The software's simulation engine performs thousands of outcome evaluations, providing insights on cost and scheduling variations, including P50, P80, and P90 results, as well as probabilities related to target margins, potential losses, and confidence in meeting deadlines, alongside the underlying assumptions that contribute to these variations. Additionally, users are able to explore alternative scenarios through Business and Consultant licenses, calculate quotes based on confidence levels, export their project information, and generate printable reports for decision-making. Project models are stored locally in the browser, but users must verify their online license to access the full suite of features. While free standalone bid calculators can be used without creating an account, the comprehensive multi-task simulation application requires a one-time license purchase for access. This combination of features makes BidVariance a versatile tool for effective project planning and risk assessment.

Description

Mindcat Projects serves as a comprehensive project management tool tailored specifically for fit-out and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) contractors, consulting firms, and project management offices. This software streamlines job management by organizing each project's schedule, approvals, long-lead orders, tasks, and handover processes into a detailed Gantt chart, while a portfolio overview displays the current status of projects and any associated risks. Teams can conveniently update tasks, add comments, and track progress via a mobile browser, log hours worked, attach relevant project documents, and create meeting agendas based on outstanding tasks. Additionally, clients and consultants can access read-only accounts to view project statuses, timelines, and tasks without incurring any per-seat fees. Mindcat Projects can be hosted within the UAE or Saudi Arabia or operated on a customer's own cloud infrastructure or servers. The pricing model is based on the number of members, and there are one-time setup charges along with optional additional features that can be integrated. This flexibility ensures that organizations can tailor the service to their specific needs, enhancing overall project efficiency.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Microsoft Excel No 

Integrations

Microsoft Excel Yes 

Pricing Details

$129 one-time
Pro is $129 one-time for one user; Business is $249 one-time for up to five internal users in one legal entity; Consultant is $399 one-time for a consultant or consultancy analyzing client projects. Licenses are perpetual and include free minor updates; there is no subscription.
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Pricing Details

AED 179 per member/month
You pay per member per month. The price drops as your team grows: each band’s price applies only to the members inside that band. A member is anyone with a login who creates or edits tasks, logs time or runs meetings, so project managers, planners, site engineers, QS and admins count. Clients, consultants and anyone with read-only access are free.

Band: AED | SAR | USD per month
1 to 10: 179 | 179 | 48.74
11 to 30: 69 | 69 | 18.79
31 to 100: 45 | 45 | 12.25
101 and up: 29 | 29 | 7.90
Worked example. A fit-out contractor with 30 members comes to 10 × 179 + 20 × 69 = AED 3,170, so it pays the monthly minimum of AED 5,349 a month (SAR 5,349, or USD 1,456.50). The minimum covers up to 78 members. With 100 members it is AED 6,320 (USD 1,720.90). With 250 it is AED 10,670 (USD 2,905.38). Your clients’ and consultants’ read-only logins add nothing.

How you run it changes the multiplier.

Shared servers, hosted by us in the UAE, up to 10 members: The member price above. Your own separate copy and database on servers we share between clients, because one install can’t keep two companies apart | AED/SAR 2,499 (USD 680.46)
Your own copy, hosted by us in the UAE or Saudi Arabia: The member price above | AED/SAR 5,349 (USD 1,456.50)
In your own cloud or servers, run by us: Member price × 1.25, and you pay your cloud bill directly | AED/SAR 6,199 (USD 1,687.95)
Two ways to start. Up to 10 members on the shared plan, we set you up on a fixed quick-start package, with no scoping call. The shared plan stops at 10. From 11 members, and at any size on your own copy or your own cloud, we set it up with you.

Quick start (we set it up): The shared plan, 1 to 10 members | AED/SAR 2,500 (USD 680.74), fixed | Your own copy on our UAE servers, your live jobs and members imported from our CSV template, our fit-out programme template with approval stages, the UAE or Saudi working week and public holidays, read-only logins for your clients, recorded training and guides in Arabic and English, and ticket support. No call and no on-site visit. The go-live date is counted from the day your CSV arrives. We send the payment link within 24 hours.
Managed: Your own copy or your own cloud, at any size | Up to 10 members: AED/SAR 4,900 (USD 1,334.24). 11 to 30: AED/SAR 9,900 (USD 2,695.71). 31 to 100: AED/SAR 19,900 (USD 5,418.65). Above 100: from AED/SAR 39,900 (USD 10,864.53), scoped in writing. | One working session with your operations lead, then setup to a written plan. It covers your live jobs and their programmes loaded from Excel or an MS Project or Primavera export, statuses for your approval stages, your working week and public holidays, logins for your team, read-only logins for your clients, your branding, the Arabic wording your team sees most, and training in Arabic and English.
Billed at cost, outside the member price. The maker’s Enterprise add-ons are optional and billed at cost, from EUR 5.95 per user a month at the maker’s list price with a 25-user minimum. You only need them for the team planner, single sign-on, baseline comparison, Gantt PDF export, or portfolio and resource management. No per-project fees. Annual prepay takes 15% off our part. Prices exclude 5% UAE VAT and 15% Saudi VAT.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

BidVariance

Country

Turkey

Website

bidvariance.com

Vendor Details

Company Name

Mindcat Technology Consultants FZE

Founded

2022

Country

F-15, Warba Center, Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Website

mindcat.ai/apps/projects

Product Features

Construction Estimating

Accounting Integration No 
Audit Trail No 
Bid Management No 
Billing & Invoicing No 
Building Product Database No 
Calculators No 
Change Orders No 
Contract Management No 
Cost Database No 
Customer Management No 
Customizable Templates No 
Electrical Estimating No 
HVAC Estimating No 
Historical Database No 
Job Costing No 
Plumbing Estimating No 
Price Data / Price Books No 
Project Management No 
Quote Management No 
Reporting/Analytics No 
Scheduling No 
Subcontractor Management No 
Takeoff No 
What-if Analysis No 

Product Features

Construction Management

Accounting Integration No 
Budget Tracking/Job Costing No 
CRM No 
Change Orders No 
Commercial No 
Contract Management No 
Contractors No 
Equipment Tracking No 
Estimating No 
Incident Reporting No 
Mobile Access No 
Offline Access No 
RFI & Submittals No 
Residential No 
Subcontractor Management No 
Timesheets No 

Project Management

Agile Methodologies No 
Budget Management No 
Client Portal Yes 
Collaboration Tools Yes 
Cost-to-Completion Tracking No 
Customizable Templates No 
Gantt Charts Yes 
Idea Management No 
Kanban Board Yes 
Milestone Tracking Yes 
Portfolio Management No 
Resource Management No 
Time & Expense Tracking No 
Traditional Methodologies No 

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