Manage construction projects easily.
Run estimates, budgets, and project work from one workspace. Live catalog prices cut spreadsheet guesswork — so your team spends less time chasing numbers and more time delivering the job.
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Two ways in: look up a live unit price, or describe a job and get a priced estimate.
From live construction data to a defendable estimate
Connect live catalog prices, project measurements, and your team history. Every output keeps provenance and source confidence.
- 01Gather your prices
Catalog prices, project files, measurements, and past jobs land in one working set.
- 02Match with confidence
Every suggested price is checked against code, description, unit, region, and how much its source can be trusted.
- 03Build the line item
Materials, labor, machinery, and factors stay itemized, so every number can be reviewed and defended.
- 04Export and improve
Deliver PDF or Excel — and every finished estimate sharpens the next one. BC3 export when you need it.
Every AI suggestion shows its work.
Every price tells you where it came from, how much the source is trusted, and when it was last seen. AI fills the gaps — and tells you when it did — so you're never defending a number you can't trace.
Import and export Excel, CSV, and BC3/FIEBDC when working with Spanish-market price banks — without making BC3 the center of your workflow.
Same product priced by 5 vendors? You see the median, the spread, and which source is most trusted by region.
Every AI call is metered against a budget you control, with a per-job ledger and a kill switch. No surprise bills.
Track every price observation against a market index. Spot anomalies before they hit your bid.
Real-Time Construction Material Prices
Track live price updates for concrete, steel, lumber, and more. Click any item for detailed specifications, suppliers, and price history.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
Transporte, puesta en obra y retirada de equipo completo de micropilotes, para recalce de cimentación CZM001 | €3,055.92 /ud. |
Transporte, puesta en obra y retirada de equipo completo para sistema Wellpoint AHW010 | €2,335.60 /ud. |
Cubierta plana transitable, no ventilada, ajardinada extensiva. Sistema Sedum Tapizante "ZINCO" QVE020 | €148.96 /m² |
CASETA PREF. MOD. 20,50 m2 COMEDOR DURACIÓN DE 6 A 12 MESES 19LPC90011 | €1,615.12 /ud. |
BALDOSA FERROGRÉS ESMALTADO 10x20 cm RS03802 | €1.54 /ud. |
CARRETE BB F.D. 100X500, PN-16 US10756 | €59.31 /ud. |
Pintura plástica sobre paramento interior de yeso o escayola RIP030 | €6.76 /m² |
OF. 1¦ CALEFACTOR O MECANICO TO01400 | €15.12 /h |
One workspace for every construction cost workflow.
Search live material, labor, and equipment prices.
Multi-source observations, regional prices, source history
Build defensible estimates with AI and project data.
Itemized budgets, quantities, source-backed pricing
Bring legacy price books and estimates into a modern workspace — including BC3 where required.
Excel, CSV, and optional BC3/FIEBDC for Spanish-market clients.
Connect external tools and AI clients without a separate plan.
REST API, MCP, llms.txt, OAuth discovery, and feeds
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Common questions about Omnicost
Short, self-contained answers about the catalog, its sources, and how to access it.
What is Omnicost?
- Omnicost is a construction cost estimation and project management platform built around an open price catalog. The catalog holds one canonical row per real-world material, labour, or equipment line, aggregating every vendor price recorded for it along with the source and the date it was observed.
Where do Omnicost's construction prices come from?
- Prices are aggregated from public procurement portals, vendor catalogs, and BC3/FIEBDC-3 budget files. Every source carries a trust score from 0 to 100, and each recorded price keeps the source it came from, its original currency, its region, and the date it was observed, so any figure can be traced back.
How often are construction prices updated?
- Each vendor observation carries its own timestamp, so freshness is per-price rather than site-wide — check the observed date on the item. Canonical median prices are recomputed nightly and weighted by source trust. Recently changed items are published in the Atom and RSS delta feeds.
Which countries does the catalog cover?
- Ten: Spain, the United States, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the European Union. Each region has its own delta feed, and prices keep the currency the source published them in.
Is there a free version of Omnicost?
- Yes. The public catalog API is free to read at 60 requests per minute, and a free developer key raises that to 200. There is a free workspace tier, and the AI estimator at /ai-cost-estimator runs without an account at all.
What is a BC3 or FIEBDC-3 file?
- FIEBDC-3, usually called BC3 after its file extension, is the standard Spanish format for exchanging construction budgets. It carries hierarchical chapters, unit prices, decompositions into material, labour, and equipment components, and measurement detail. Omnicost imports and exports BC3, which is how estimates move between Omnicost and Spanish tools like Presto and Arquimedes.
Can I access the catalog programmatically?
- Yes. There is a public REST API documented by an OpenAPI 3 spec, per-item markdown renderings for LLM consumption, Atom and RSS delta feeds, and an MCP server that exposes the catalog as tools an AI client can call directly. No authentication is needed for public reads.