Measure the intended scope
Import a plan or image, calibrate from a reliable dimension, and create counts, lengths, areas, perimeters, and volumes tied to the source.
Construction estimating software · Windows
Turn measured scope into
an estimate you can explain.
Takeoff connects calibrated plans and photos to quantities, reusable assemblies, visible costs, a reviewed bid, and clear exports. Keep the estimating logic with the project so every estimate can make the next one better.
Construction takeoff and estimating software for Windows. $79 once. No subscription.
Actual product workflow
The source, quantity, and estimate stay connected.
Open a PDF, floorplan, or image; verify scale; measure the work; and carry those quantities into cost items and assemblies. Review the estimate beside its assumptions instead of rebuilding the number in a disconnected spreadsheet.
- Measured scope
- Counts, lengths, areas
- Pricing logic
- Items and assemblies
- Estimate record
- Saved bid versions
- Handoff
- Proposals and workbooks
Takeoff keeps the reasoning visible. It does not promise automatic quantities, automatic pricing, or a bid that no one needs to review.
Plan to estimate
Construction estimating is one chain of decisions.
A useful estimating system should preserve the chain from what you saw to what you priced and what you sent. Takeoff keeps each step close enough to inspect, revise, and reuse.
Build the price visibly
Apply material, labor, equipment, subcontract, waste, tax, overhead, profit, allowances, cost items, and assemblies without hiding the basis.
Issue it and keep the record
Review assumptions, save the bid version, export the estimate, and preserve the costs, formulas, assemblies, and scope that are worth using again.
- Import and verify. Confirm the current drawing or photo set and calibrate it from a dependable dimension.
- Measure. Capture only the scope you intend to price and keep each quantity connected to its markup.
- Price. Turn quantities into line items and assemblies with the waste, productivity, and markup assumptions exposed.
- Review and communicate. Check the estimate, freeze the version you issue, and export a proposal or workbook without retyping the work.
- Reuse what proved useful. Start the next similar scope with the assemblies, costs, formulas, and notes your company already reviewed.
Worked estimating example
Follow a drywall estimate from plan to bid.
The free drywall case study shows four partition runs becoming wall faces, ceilings, framing, insulation, eight estimate lines, exclusions, assumptions, and a worked bid. The dimensions and sample prices are published so you can inspect the reasoning.
- Partition runs
- 220 LF
- Net wall faces
- 4,106 SF
- Estimate lines
- 8
- Worked bid
- $33,670.23
This is a practice project with illustrative prices, not a customer bid or a current market-price promise.
Choose for the workflow you have
A focused local estimator, not a hosted enterprise platform.
The fastest self-serve purchase is an informed one.
Takeoff may fit when
One estimator needs a connected plan-to-bid workflow.
- You work from a Windows PC and want local project storage.
- You need plan and photo measurements tied to priced scope.
- You want proposals, workbooks, saved bids, and portable project packages.
- You prefer a one-time v1 license and offline core work after installation.
Choose another product when
Cloud collaboration or automation is a requirement.
- You need realtime browser, Mac, or mobile co-editing.
- You expect automatic AI takeoff or guaranteed supplier pricing.
- You need enterprise account administration and hosted project controls.
- You want software to replace drawing, field, trade, supplier, code, or professional review.
Buying questions
What should you know before buying?
Can Takeoff estimate from photos?
Yes, when a reliable dimension and the visible plane support calibration. Pair photos with a floorplan or field check when hidden conditions or the full room scope matter.
Does Takeoff work offline?
Core takeoff and estimating work remains available after installation. Projects stay on your PC; checkout, license activation, downloads, support, and updates still use the internet.
What does the $79 license include?
One named user can use the v1 release on two Windows PCs, including v1 updates. The purchase is covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Try the free practice plans Read the installation and first-project guide →