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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

Key

(thumbs down) - Not supported or not available

(thumbs up) - Supports

πŸ† - Excels

Capability/Feature

ConstructConnect Takeoffβ„’ (CCTO)

PlanSwiftβ„’Β Professional (PS)Β 

On-Screen Takeoff Professionalβ„’ (OST)

OST w/Quick Bidβ„’Β Estimating (QB)

Bid (Project, Job, Tender, Estimate, etc.) Creation

Create Base Bid

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Create Alternates and Change Orders

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

πŸ†

Create Project Versions

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Organize Projects in or by Folders

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Takeoff and Measurements

Access Artificial Intelligence-Powered Takeoff Boostβ„’ to automate takeoff

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

πŸ†

Use Multi-Condition Takeoff(patented) to speed up drawing measurements

πŸ†

(thumbs up)

πŸ†

Β πŸ†

Measure (take off) Linears, Areas, and Counts

πŸ†

(thumbs up)

πŸ†

πŸ†

Generate multiple quantity results based on takeoff measurements

πŸ†

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(a)

(thumbs up)

(a)

Save takeoff quantities

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

View a Legend of takeoff results per page

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

πŸ†

πŸ†

Auto Count

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Create and Save Conditions/Takeoff Items

πŸ†

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Assign Takeoff to Layers and Areas

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Toggle Layers on and off to show/hide various takeoff objects

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Create Custom Layers

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

πŸ†

Use Typical Takeoff to speed up takeoff process

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

πŸ†

Use Zones to breakout takeoff quantities

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(b)

πŸ†

πŸ†

Custom Input Forms & Takeoff Tool CustomizationΒ Β 

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

Duplicate and Reassign Takeoff to Different Conditions

πŸ†

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

πŸ†

Use Advanced Pasting Controls to speed up the takeoff process

πŸ†

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Draw/Record with multiple Conditions/Takeoff Items at the same time

πŸ†

(thumbs up)

πŸ†

πŸ†

Takeoff curved areas

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

Draw, Copy, and Paste Backouts (area deductions)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(b)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Digitizer (hard board) support

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Exports, Reports, and Pricing

Price Materials and Labor

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

πŸ†

Use eQuotes to obtain up-to-date Material Pricing from vendors

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

Price using built-in Worksheet

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Export takeoff results (and the estimate) to sharable file

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Export takeoff bid to create project in Quick Bid

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

πŸ†

Export takeoff quantities to Excel or CSV

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Export priced Condition/Takeoff Item quantities to Excel or CSV

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Drag-and-Drop Assemblies and Parts onto takeoff

Β (thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

Customize formulas

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

Link takeoff results directly to Excel

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(c)

Link bid to work interactively with Quick Bid Estimating

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

πŸ†

Generate bid reports for analysis

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

πŸ†

Generate bid proposals and quotations

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

Export to various Accounting packagesΒ 

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(c)

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

Manage the project in Digital Production Control (DPC)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

πŸ†

Plan Organization

Access AI-powered Auto Naming to speed setup of Pages

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

πŸ†

Download plans from ConstructConnect's Platform

πŸ†

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

πŸ†

Download plans from other Planrooms

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

πŸ†

View plans in color

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

View raster images (tiff, cal)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

View vector and CAD images (pdf, dwg, dwf, etc.)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

View photo images (jpg, png)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Organize and match up drawing revisions

πŸ†

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Compare revisions using Overlay feature

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Compare multiple revisions using Overlay feature

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

Annotation Tools

Add text to the drawing

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Using electronic ink to markup drawing

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Highlighter tool

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Create Hot Links, Named Views, Bookmarks

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Create Punch Lists and Punch Items

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

Stamps annotation

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

Attach a file directly to a Page

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

Turn Image Legend on and off

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Ungroup, move, or edit the Image Legend

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

πŸ†

Collaboration

Allow multiple estimators to work on takeoff concurrently

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(d)

Allow employees within the organization to see each other's work

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Share bids with other users over the internet

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Share bids with users outside your organization

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

πŸ†

πŸ†

Share bids between home office and field

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

View projects in ConstructConnect's Web Takeoff app

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

Data Access

Set permissions

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Custom permissions

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Access data from MS Access or SQL Database

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Backup and restore information

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(e)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Store and access your data in the Cloud

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down) (thumbs up)

(f)

Onboarding

Training Videos, Webinars, Online Help

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

Β πŸ†

πŸ†

Custom training

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

Β πŸ†

πŸ†

Sample takeoff tools

(thumbs up)

(thumbs up)

πŸ†

πŸ†

Sample estimating Items & Assemblies

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

Trade-specific Items and Assemblies

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(g)

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

(g)

Manufacturer Items and Assemblies

(thumbs down)

(thumbs up)

(g)

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

Earthwork Pro Plugin for site work, excavating, etc.

(thumbs down)

πŸ†

(b)

(thumbs down)

(thumbs down)

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) SeeΒ Can I Use "Cloud" Storage?Β for details
(g) Optional, for-purchase add-on

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