Bobyard 2.0 is live!
Bobyard started on the belief that landscape estimating and takeoff could be faster and more accurate, and in being so, help landscapers send more bids, get more jobs, and focus on growing their business instead of counting plants by hand. Today, we're taking that belief further than we ever have.
This isn't a single feature launch, but an overall sharper, faster, and more powerful version of the platform, refined based on real feedback from the people using it every day, and rebuilt to scale into the future we're building for our customers and the industry at large.
Here's what's new, why it matters, and what it means for you.
What's new in Bobyard 2.0
Our customers (and landscape contractors in general) are some of the most detail-oriented, deadline-driven professionals out there. Their feedback wasn’t nitpicking, it was telling us exactly where to go next. So we dug in and landed on Bobyard 2.0.
1. A smarter, faster takeoff experience
Takeoffs are now material-centric from the start. Your quantities stay connected to pricing as you work, so there's no backtracking or rebuilding data later.
The biggest addition here is Multi-Measure. You draw once and instantly generate area, perimeter, volume, and related quantities in a single pass. No more repeating the same measurement work across different line items. What used to require multiple steps now happens in one.
Additional tools rounding out upgraded takeoff workflow:
- Consolidated AI Workbench
One consistent place for all AI tools across trades to run, review, and validate AI outputs. - Legend Manager
Gives you a dedicated space to create, edit, and run symbol and pattern legends your way. - Review Workflow
Inspect AI-generated outputs before committing them to your takeoff, with confidence levels surfaced for every item so you know exactly where to focus your attention. - Text Count
Turn words found directly in a drawing into count measurements.
2. A consolidated AI workbench
AI powers the Bobyard platform, and now it’s easier for our customers to use, too. Here’s what’s leveling up the AI workbench:
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- Consolidated AI Workbench
One consistent place for all AI tools across trades to run, review, and validate AI outputs. - Legend Manager
Gives you a dedicated space to create, edit, and run symbol and pattern legends your way. - Review Workflow
Inspect AI-generated outputs before committing them to your takeoff, with confidence levels surfaced for every item so you know exactly where to focus your attention. - Text Count
Turn words found directly in a drawing into count measurements.
3. Built to move as fast as you think and work
Good software should get out of your way so you can get in the zone. Bobyard 2.0 makes the whole experience faster to navigate and easier flow through:
- Phase Manager
Now supports multi-page and multi-polygon phases, so your project structure isn't limited by the plan layout. - Search Across Pages
Find text across all drawings. You can even convert results into measurable counts with Text Count mentioned above. - Page Links
Click callouts to jump directly to detail drawings and track all linked references easily. - Last Page Toggle
Switch instantly between your current drawing and the previous one with a single click. - New Pages Sidebar
Organize drawings with folders, search, and measurement visibility for complex multi-page projects.
4. A seamless path from takeoff to estimate
Once your takeoff is done, you shouldn't have to rebuild anything to get to a finalized estimate. In Bobyard 2.0, importing pricing and assemblies into our Estimate Table is simpler and more streamlined than ever so you can move from takeoff to a production-ready estimate without exporting anything to Excel or redoing anything just to see it in an estimate context.
What the industry is saying
We're proud to have the backing of two of the most respected names in professional landscaping supporting our launch.
Marty Grunder—founder of The Grow Group and Grunder Landscaping, and one of the most recognized coaches and thought leaders in the industry—has been watching this launch, with his team at Grunder Landscaping being Bobyard user champions. His take on 2.0?
"I'm fired up to introduce Bobyard 2.0 — the sleekest takeoff platform in landscaping. Everything just clicks now. The AI tools are on another level. We're talking cutting takeoff time in half on real jobs. If you're trying to level up your estimating this season, there's nothing else like this on the market. Period." — Marty Grunder, The Grow Group
Richard Sperber, the entrepreneur behind Valleycrest Landscaping (which grew into BrightView, the #1 landscaping company in the US) knows what best-in-class looks like. His reaction to Bobyard 2.0:
"I'll be honest — I was skeptical. But Bobyard truly does exactly what it says it does. This is the kind of tool that changes how you run a business." — Richard Sperber, Entrepreneur
When the people who've built and scaled the biggest landscaping companies in the country say this changes the game, we take the massive compliment and trust their judgment.
What Bobyard 2.0 means for you
If you haven’t tried Bobyard yet, now is the perfect time. Bobyard 2.0 is the most complete, capable version of the platform we've ever shipped, and it's only going to expand from here. If you’re excited by what you see here, upon signing up for Bobyard, you’ll immediately jump into the 2.0 experience.
Existing customers will see changes roll out in the next few days and weeks, and your customer success manager will give you everything you need to hit the ground running.
Bobyard 2.0 for landscaping today… 2.0 for more trades tomorrow
Bobyard 2.0 launches today for landscaping. But the platform we've built isn't just for landscaping.
We're expanding to new trades later this month. More details coming soon, but if you've been curious about what Bobyard looks like beyond landscaping, stay tuned. Make sure to follow us on LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.
The future of contracting is being built right now. We'd love for you to be part of it. Book a demo today.