CoreBridge plans and prices at a glance
CoreBridge prices by tier, and each tier bundles a user count, a feature set and usage limits. That is different from a flat plan where every feature is included.
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly toggle, per month | Users | Limits and notable features |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $129 | $99 | 1 standard and 1 production | 100 estimates and 25 orders a month, CRM, invoices and payments, 100 GB storage |
| Small Business | $339 | $299 | 5 standard and 5 production | Unlimited estimates and orders, vendor management, time clock, customer portal |
| Plus | $549 | $499 | 10 standard | Quick products and estimate variations, reorder from the portal, lead capture and sales pipelines |
| Professional | $899 | $799 | 20 standard | Inventory and multi-warehouse, parallel workflow and progressive billing, inbound email integration |
| Enterprise | Quote | Quote | 30 standard | Customizable reports, single sign-on, dedicated account manager and SLA |
The user counts are the part that surprises small shops. Starter covers one standard user. The moment a second person needs to build quotes, you are looking at Small Business at $339 a month, which is more than two and a half times the Starter price.
What a 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 person shop pays each month
We pick the smallest CoreBridge tier that covers the headcount as standard users, and the smallest SignEstimator plan with enough seats. List prices in US dollars, one-time onboarding left out because CoreBridge does not publish it.
| Shop size | CoreBridge tier | CoreBridge monthly | CoreBridge yearly toggle | SignEstimator plan | SignEstimator monthly | SignEstimator yearly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person | Starter | $129 | $99 | Solo | $49 | $24 |
| 2 people | Small Business | $339 | $299 | Shop | $149 | $74 |
| 5 people | Small Business | $339 | $299 | Shop | $149 | $74 |
| 10 people | Plus | $549 | $499 | Team | $399 | $199 |
| 20 people | Professional | $899 | $799 | Team | $399 | $199 |
A 20 person shop on SignEstimator Team pays about $2,388 a year on yearly billing. The same shop on CoreBridge Professional pays about $9,588 a year with the yearly toggle, before onboarding. The two are not the same product, and the next section explains what the extra money buys.
A worked three-year total for a five-person shop
Say you run a five-person shop, everyone builds or checks quotes, and you stay with one system for three years. These are list prices with the billing option that costs least, and one-time onboarding fees are not included because not every vendor publishes one.
| Vendor and plan | Monthly cost | Per year | Three years | What is not in the number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoreBridge Small Business, yearly toggle | $299 | $3,588 | $10,764 | One-time onboarding fee, amount not listed |
| shopVOX Express, 5 logins, monthly billing | $225 | $2,700 | $8,100 | Nothing extra listed for Express onboarding |
| SignTracker Small Teams, yearly billing | $116.10 | $1,393 | $4,180 | Nothing extra listed |
| SignEstimator Shop, yearly billing | $74 | $888 | $2,664 | Nothing extra, no setup fee |
The shopVOX and SignTracker rows come from our own breakdowns of shopVOX pricing and SignTracker pricing, where the math is spelled out. Over three years the CoreBridge figure is about four times the SignEstimator figure for the same headcount. If CoreBridge replaces three other tools in your shop, such as a job board, an inventory sheet and a customer portal, that can be a fair trade. If you bought it mainly to price jobs, it is an expensive way to get a number.
What the CoreBridge price covers for a sign shop
CoreBridge is a business management system for print, sign, graphics and apparel shops, and the price reflects that scope. For a sign shop the useful parts are:
- Estimating with built-in material, labor and vendor pricing, and templates for monument, channel letter and pylon jobs.
- Production boards that follow a job through design, fabrication, paint, assembly and install.
- Install scheduling visibility for field crews and customer notifications at milestones.
- A branded customer portal where customers approve work and pay, on Small Business and up.
- Invoices and payments tied to the job, with QuickBooks sync.
- Multi-location management for franchise networks, which is where its sign business concentrates.
Two limits are worth knowing. Starter caps you at 100 estimates and 25 orders a month, which a busy small shop can reach. And several features that sign shops ask about first, such as inventory and progressive billing, sit on the Professional tier at $899 a month.
Where a flat estimating plan fits better
A management system has to be set up before it pays you back. You enter products, pricing rules, job stages and users, and then your team learns it. Directory listings put CoreBridge go-live at 45 to 60 days, and the pricing page notes a one-time onboarding fee on top. During that window you quote the old way.
SignEstimator takes the opposite approach. It starts from an editable library of materials, rates and sign templates, so you can quote the same day, and the plan price already includes the seats. The engine computes the sheet count, LED modules, power supplies, machine hours, crew size and lift class from the sign itself, then shows sale price and margin before the quote leaves. See sign shop software cost for more vendors by shop size, and our CoreBridge alternative page for a feature-by-feature view.
One more practical point. Once a quote is approved, the follow-up emails from your estimators and office staff are part of how customers judge you. A shared company signature tool such as Autosignature keeps those emails consistent across everyone who talks to customers.
Six questions to ask before you buy CoreBridge
- What is the one-time onboarding fee for the tier I need, in writing?
- How many standard users do I need today, and what happens to my price when I hire one more?
- Does Starter's cap of 100 estimates and 25 orders a month fit my busiest month?
- Will the estimating templates cover lit signs and installs, or do I rebuild them as products?
- Which of the features I am paying for would I actually use in the first six months?
- Can I export my customers, quotes and files if I leave later?
The same six questions work for any vendor, including us. Ask them in writing and keep the answers with your budget.
Price a real job before you pick a plan
Take a job you quoted last week. Run it through the SignEstimator demo and compare the line items, sale price and margin with what you sent. If the numbers match, a management system may be what you are missing. If they do not, the gap is your answer.
