Questions
Questions
Which takeoff and estimating solution should I choose?
How do ConstructConnect Takeoff (CCOT), PlanSwift (PS), and On-Screen Takeoff (OST) (with or without Quick Bid (QB)) compare with each other?
Discussion
Although CCTO, PlanSwift, and On-Screen Takeoff Professional (with or without Quick Bid Estimating) are all powerful takeoff tools, each excels at some functions which may not offer the best solution for others. Below is a comparison of the three takeoff products as they compare to each other and to On-Screen Takeoff with Quick Bid Estimating. All our takeoff solutions provide estimators, project managers, and foreman features designed to improve takeoff speed, retain and organize data, and share projects with others. The matrix below helps you understand the major differences between the three takeoff products.
PlanSwift Viewer and On-Screen Takeoff PlanViewer are a minimalistic, plan-viewing and markup utilities, you can use to review a project before investing the time and resources to create full takeoff and an estimate. We don't include them in this article because they are not licensed products, nor do they have advanced takeoff and estimating capabilities. See Related Articles for more details.
Feature Comparison
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Capability/Feature | ConstructConnect Takeoff™ (CCTO) | PlanSwift™ Professional (PS) | On-Screen Takeoff Professional™ (OST) | OST w/Quick Bid™ Estimating (QB) |
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Bid (Project, Job, Tender, Estimate, etc.) Creation | ||||
Create Base Bid |
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Create Alternates and Change Orders |
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Create Project Versions |
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Organize Projects in or by Folders |
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Takeoff and Measurements | ||||
Access Artificial Intelligence-Powered Takeoff Boost™ to automate takeoff |
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Use Multi-Condition Takeoff(patented) to speed up drawing measurements | 🏆 |
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Measure (take off) Linears, Areas, and Counts | 🏆 |
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Generate multiple quantity results based on takeoff measurements | 🏆 |
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Save takeoff quantities |
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View a Legend of takeoff results per page |
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Auto Count |
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Create and Save Conditions/Takeoff Items | 🏆 |
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Assign Takeoff to Layers and Areas |
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Toggle Layers on and off to show/hide various takeoff objects |
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Create Custom Layers |
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Use Typical Takeoff to speed up takeoff process |
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Use Zones to breakout takeoff quantities |
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Custom Input Forms & Takeoff Tool Customization |
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Duplicate and Reassign Takeoff to Different Conditions | 🏆 |
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Use Advanced Pasting Controls to speed up the takeoff process | 🏆 |
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Draw/Record with multiple Conditions/Takeoff Items at the same time | 🏆 |
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Takeoff curved areas |
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Draw, Copy, and Paste Backouts (area deductions) |
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Digitizer (hard board) support |
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Exports, Reports, and Pricing | ||||
Price Materials and Labor |
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Use eQuotes to obtain up-to-date Material Pricing from vendors |
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Price using built-in Worksheet |
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Export takeoff results (and the estimate) to sharable file |
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Export takeoff bid to create project in Quick Bid |
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Export takeoff quantities to Excel or CSV |
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Export priced Condition/Takeoff Item quantities to Excel or CSV |
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Drag-and-Drop Assemblies and Parts onto takeoff | |
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Customize formulas |
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Link takeoff results directly to Excel |
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Link bid to work interactively with Quick Bid Estimating |
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Generate bid reports for analysis |
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Generate bid proposals and quotations |
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Export to various Accounting packages |
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Manage the project in Digital Production Control (DPC) |
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Plan Organization | ||||
Access AI-powered Auto Naming to speed setup of Pages |
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Download plans from ConstructConnect's Platform | 🏆 |
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Download plans from other Planrooms |
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View plans in color |
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View raster images (tiff, cal) |
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View vector and CAD images (pdf, dwg, dwf, etc.) |
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View photo images (jpg, png) |
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Organize and match up drawing revisions | 🏆 |
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Compare revisions using Overlay feature |
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Compare multiple revisions using Overlay feature |
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Annotation Tools | ||||
Add text to the drawing |
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Using electronic ink to markup drawing |
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Highlighter tool |
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Create Hot Links, Named Views, Bookmarks |
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Create Punch Lists and Punch Items |
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Stamps annotation |
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Attach a file directly to a Page |
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Turn Image Legend on and off |
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Ungroup, move, or edit the Image Legend |
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Collaboration | ||||
Allow multiple estimators to work on takeoff concurrently |
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Allow employees within the organization to see each other's work |
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Share bids with other users over the internet |
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Share bids with users outside your organization |
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Share bids between home office and field |
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View projects in ConstructConnect's Web Takeoff app |
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Data Access | ||||
Set permissions |
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Custom permissions |
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Access data from MS Access or SQL Database |
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Backup and restore information |
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Store and access your data in the Cloud |
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Onboarding | ||||
Training Videos, Webinars, Online Help |
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Custom training |
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Sample takeoff tools |
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Sample estimating Items & Assemblies |
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Trade-specific Items and Assemblies |
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Manufacturer Items and Assemblies |
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Earthwork Pro Plugin for site work, excavating, etc. |
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Notes
(a) You can define a maximum of 3 results
(b) Optional Plugin available
(c) You can link On-Screen Takeoff Condition Results to Excel
(d) One user can work in OST and another other on the QB side, but not at the same time
(e) See Backup your PlanSwift Jobs for details
(f) See Can I Use "Cloud" Storage? for details
(g) Optional, for-purchase add-on