9 Best Construction Takeoff Software of 2026

STACK earns first place because it covers the whole measuring workflow in a browser and still lets a small contractor start for free. The free plan keeps 1 active project a month with up to 300 plan pages and 50 measurements per project after a 7-day Pro trial. Premium, at $299 per user a month billed annually, removes those caps and adds unlimited measurements, the full takeoff toolset, a pre-built item and assembly library, drawing version overlay, automatic plan naming and hyperlinking, symbol search and recognition, AI takeoffs and the STACK IQ assistant. STACK says its AI auto-counts symbols and suggests scope you might miss, which speaks directly to missed-item errors. Pro, at $349, turns quantities into worksheet-style estimates with a regional BNI cost library, missing-material checks and native proposals. The downside is cost per seat: a team of five estimators on Premium pays close to $18,000 a year.

Bluebeam Revu is not a dedicated takeoff product, but it ranks second because so many estimators already open drawings in it and its measurement tools are documented in detail. Basics, at $260 per user a year, measures length and area and handles PDF markup. Core, at $330, is the practical takeoff tier: it adds perimeters, counts, angles and volume, overlay and compare for revised sheets, and the ability to host Studio sessions where several people measure the same drawing at once. Complete, at $440, adds Dynamic Fill for complex regions and Quantity Link, which pushes measurement totals from multiple PDFs into Excel worksheets for bid calculations. Bluebeam also documents scaled viewports for detail sheets and symbol search with custom counts. What it lacks is an estimating layer: there are no labor or material assemblies, so pricing still happens in Excel or another system.

Kreo pairs one of the lowest published per-seat prices with a deep AI feature set. Essential, at $100 per user a month billed annually, covers manual takeoff without AI: area, length, volume and count measurement on PDF, CAD and image files, 2D and 3D views, drawing comparison and overlay, live-linked estimates with custom assemblies, a shared company cost database, and Excel import and export. Pro, at $175, adds one-click area and line measurement, auto symbol counting, AI takeoff of rooms, walls, doors and windows, AI scale detection and drawing naming, batch AI takeoff across sheets and the Caddie AI agent, which Kreo describes as reading drawings and running measurements under your control. Guests who only view and comment are free on every plan. The catch is that billing is annual only, and the Business tier starts at 5 seats.

PlanSwift has long been a default takeoff tool for trade contractors, and the current plans add AI on top of its familiar workflow. Essential, at $2,000 per seat a year, includes takeoff and estimating in one program, pre-built assemblies for your trade, and three AI tools: Auto Count finds every match of a symbol you point at, Auto Scale reads title blocks to set scale on each sheet, and Auto Bookmark links plan sheets to their details. Core, at $3,000, adds Auto Takeoff, which builds a first-pass takeoff of areas, lengths, counts and wall types for you to review. Each plan includes updates, priority support and 2 hours of one-on-one training. PlanSwift documents trade workflows from drywall and concrete to HVAC and landscaping, and an EarthWork Pro plugin for cut and fill. The limits are an annual-only license and a desktop program, which is less convenient for Mac users and remote teams.

Togal.AI is built around automated detection: upload a drawing and it detects, measures and compares areas and elements, which the company says reaches up to 98% accuracy. The Growth plan, at $299 per user a month billed yearly, includes unlimited automated takeoffs, unlimited Togal.CHAT prompts for asking questions about the plans, unlimited image and symbol searches, internal collaboration and unlimited external collaboration with people outside your account. One-click comparison of drawing sets helps estimators quantify changes between revisions. The Business plan, quoted for teams of 4 or more, adds onboarding, a dedicated support representative, a classification library template, SSO and quantity discounts. Togal.AI focuses on quantities rather than pricing, so estimates still happen elsewhere. At the same per-user price as STACK Premium but without a free plan or estimating tier, it scores lower on value even though its AI workflow is among the easiest to pick up.

ConstructConnect Takeoff is the web-based sibling of On-Screen Takeoff and PlanSwift, and it is one of the simplest ways to get AI help on a takeoff. When you upload plans, it names each sheet and reads the scale, then you measure linear, area and count conditions in a browser on almost any device. Starter, at $100 per seat a month on an annual contract, covers one seat, unlimited projects, Auto Name, Auto Scale, 25 plans per project and CSV export. Professional, listed at $205 per seat a month or $2,450 a year, adds Auto Takeoff from the Takeoff BOOST suite, unlimited plans per project, unlimited paid seats, view and edit collaborators and basic estimating integration. ConstructConnect says the product is built mainly for interior trades such as drywall, acoustical ceilings, painting and flooring. The limits are the 25-plan cap on Starter and annual contracts that cannot be refunded mid-term.

Square Takeoff keeps things simple: every plan includes every feature, and the only choice is how you pay. Month-to-month costs $249 with no contract, quarterly costs $599 and annual costs $1,699, which works out to about $142 a month. You drag in PDF or image files, set a scale or use the preset page scale, then measure areas, lengths and counts. Blueprint overlay compares versions so you can update a takeoff after revisions, a dedicated roof tool measures hips, valleys and gable ends, and the estimates module produces material, labor and equipment breakdowns from a parts catalog you can edit. Team management, bid management and Excel reporting round it out. The product does not document AI takeoff, so every measurement is drawn by hand, and teams needing several licenses have to call sales for pricing.

On-Screen Takeoff, usually called OST, is ConstructConnect's established desktop takeoff product for commercial work. It measures lengths, areas and counts on PDF, DWG and other formats with point-and-click tools, and adds Takeoff BOOST, the AI suite that measures areas, lengths and counts, identifies wall types and creates conditions automatically. ConstructConnect says it can generate initial takeoff data in as little as 30 seconds for review. Other documented tools include automatic page naming, multi-condition drawing for whole rooms, Typical Areas and Repeating Pages for repeated sections, pixel-based auto count of objects and callouts, reusable condition styles by trade, and side-by-side drawing comparison. OST connects to Quick Bid and other estimating tools rather than pricing work itself. ConstructConnect positions it for general contractors managing multiple bids and larger teams. Pricing is not published, so we score value conservatively.

Procore Estimating brings takeoff into the Procore platform, so quantities measured in preconstruction carry into the bid, the contract and project financials without rekeying. Procore documents linear, area and weight-based takeoff, 3D takeoff from models, automated area takeoff and AI that detects floor plan areas and auto-counts repeated symbols. Takeoffs draw on a customizable database of parts, assemblies, equipment and services, and plan overlay helps when drawings change. From there, estimators adjust material prices, labor units and margins and produce a customer-facing proposal. Procore charges an annual fee per product based on annual construction volume and includes unlimited users, so the cost depends on your company size rather than your number of estimators. That model makes sense for contractors already running projects in Procore, but it is not a fit for a solo estimator, and prices are only available by quote.