--- description: Learn more about Bolster price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in New Zealand. Read verified software reviews and find tools that fit your business needs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Bolster Pricing, Reviews & Features - Capterra New Zealand 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Construction Estimating Software](/directory/30056/construction-estimating/software) > [Bolster](/software/199769/bolster) # Bolster Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/199769/bolster Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/199769/bolster?page=2) > From first click to final payment, Bolster is the essential end-to-end solution for residential construction management. > > Verdict: Rated **4.2/5** by 69 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Bolster? Custom Home Builders, General Contractors, Residential Remodeling, Flooring \& Roofing. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.2/5** | 69 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Bolster - **Founded**: 2016 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$199.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate - **Pricing Details**: Bolster offers multiple packages based on users and usage rates. All packages include complete onboarding and support. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - Billing & Invoicing - CRM - Change Order Management - Client Management - Cost Database - Cost Estimating - Cost Tracking - Customisable Templates - Historical Database - Job Costing - Lead Management - Project Management - Proposal Generation - Quotes/Estimates - Scheduling - Takeoff - Task Management ## Integrations (2 total) - QuickBooks Online - Renoworks ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Phone Support ## Category - [Construction Estimating Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/30056/construction-estimating/software) ## Related Categories - [Construction Estimating Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/30056/construction-estimating/software) - [Remodelling Estimating Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/31307/remodeling-estimating/software) - [Residential Construction Estimating Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/31306/residential-construction-estimating/software) - [Subcontractor Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/32699/subcontractor/software) - [Solar Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/32437/solar/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Pricing may be high for smaller teams. > > Overall, Bolster is a solid platform that improves sales visibility and efficiency. It’s especially useful for teams that want better structure and insights into their pipeline. ----- ### "Started as a trial, then signed up for a year\!" — 5.0/5 > **BAYLEN** | *12 February 2025* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The extremely detailed professional bid that is actually customizable from every aspect of formatting. \[sensitive content hidden\] was assigned to help with onboarding, and he quick and thorough (almost making me lazy,lol) > > **Cons**: Ease of use to pull statements and add things like partial payments(accounting) > > These guys went over and beyond to prove the value of the software. They saw I was just getting started and helped tremendously. I can honestly say customers impressions of my bids have landed more jobs. If you understand excel this tool has more uses than one can imagine. ----- ### "Company Owner" — 1.0/5 > **Brooks** | *19 June 2025* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: I liked the idea of the software; however, they never finished setting up my software to allow me to use it. They would not provide a refund, so my experience felt like a total scam. > > **Cons**: Inability to get the roofing and bathroom estimating templates created. They did not finish the templates for me to use them. > > My initial rep was great and very helpful however he left the company, and no one picked up where he left off, so I was never able to use the software at all ----- ### "A game changer for remote teams." — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *30 January 2026* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Top two pros: Customization and Speed Love that I am able to tailor pricing to meet my company's needs. With the template features the turnaround time has sped up immensly. > > **Cons**: Top Two: Aesthetics and Technical Issues Every now and again there are glitches or features will "act incorrectly." Best way to deal with this is to make sure you are saving your work, and double check before sending out estimates. I miss the Aesthetics and user experience of the Cost Certified version of this software. It had more visual appeal. > > In spite of the cons, I would say that the software is worth it. It has enabled my estimating team to work in coordination and in a timely manner. The Bolster Support team typically responds quickly and is always helpful. ----- ### "Good overall, just need some improvemets" — 5.0/5 > **Quentin** | *16 December 2025* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Bolster’s estimating software has many useful tools, and when building an estimate, we have ENDLESS options including a prebuilt library of items we can edit to fit our needs. Before this we used QuickBooks for sending quotes, so this has been a nice step up and we have not regretted it\! > > **Cons**: With that said, there are some hassles we’ve learned to navigate when creating a proposal; when clicking the “clear changes” button, just know it will get rid of ALL work including anything saved, and when changing the theme (cover photo) of an estimate - while inside the preview layout - it will automatically change it on ALL other proposals currently using that same theme, without warning. A few other tricky features that we encountered: internal messages from prospective clients can be easily overlooked and once read, the notification seems to stay on, the processing company (Plaid) used for ACH invoice payments require personal banking information that our customers feel is too invasive, we prefer to send our own review requests after we completing a job instead of Bolster’s automatic surveys that are sent to our clients (this can be turned off, if requested). With any software program, there are unpredictable bugs that have halted our progress at times, requiring some flexibility on our part. > > the support team at Bolster is very responsive and they work hard to resolve system glitches. We have been using Bolster for a couple of years and though not perfect, it has been helpful for our company to have and it is worth a try\! ----- Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/199769/bolster?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/199769/bolster) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | ----- ## Structured Data