Estimation built for how construction actually works

Upload drawings or BOQ. Get a fully priced estimate in minutes — not days.
AI-powered rate matching across 135+ catalogs, 7 specialist trade tools, and bid intelligence that wins more work.

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AI-Powered Preconstruction Estimation

78,000+
SOR Rate Items

Across 135+ catalogs - From government schedules, published handbooks, and state rate databases across 4 continents.

10x
Faster Takeoff

Vision AI reads your drawings in minutes. Not days with Bluebeam.

7
Specialist Tools

HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire, civil, fit-out, and labour factoring

Free
Starting Price

Start free, upgrade when you are ready. Plans for every team size.

Success Across Verticals

Tailored solutions for optimal project management.

General Contractors
MEP Subcontractors
Quantity Surveyors
Interior Fit-Out
Civil Contractors
PMC / Consultants
EPC Contractors
HVAC Specialists
Electrical Contractors

Everything You Need

One platform with all the tools to succeed.

Smart BOQ Parsing

Upload Excel, CSV, or ODS. Our parser handles merged cells, section headers, and hierarchies automatically — then matches every line to the right SOR item.

4-Step AI Rate Matching

Your history first, then selected catalogs, then same-country widen, then AI fallback. Every match shows its source, confidence score, and full audit trail.

Drawing Takeoff (Vision AI)

GPT-4o reads your PDF drawings — room areas, wall lengths, door counts, floor heights. Plus click-to-measure tools for calibration, linear, area, and angle.

7 Specialist Trade Tools

HVAC load compute (ASHRAE 62.1), electrical panel sizing (NEC 220), plumbing fixtures (IPC), fire protection (NFPA 13), civil earthworks, fit-out target-cost solver, and labour factoring.

Sub Bid Leveling

Upload 3-7 vendor quotes. AI normalises scopes, detects deviations, flags outliers, and ranks L1/L2/L3 with a smart recommendation engine and decision-deck cards.

Win IQ — Bid Intelligence

Historical win-rate analysis, margin sweet-spot prediction, post-mortem insights, and proactive similarity scoring on every new opportunity you pursue.

Go/No-Go Evaluator

26-criterion rubric across 7 categories. AI parses your tender documents and evaluates each criterion — structured decisions, not gut feel.

Professional Reports

CSI MasterFormat, NRM2 Cost Plan, CPWD DAR, CESMM3, AIA G703, and plain BOQ. GMP packages with executive dashboard, Gantt schedule, and S-curve cash flow.

AI Co-pilot

A right-rail assistant that knows your project — drawings, BOQ, rates, Win IQ history. 20 grounded tools. Ask it anything from explain this match to what should I remeasure.

Self-Learning Matcher

Every accept and reject you make feeds a nightly learning loop. Per-trade keyword weights, item demotions, and catalog trust adjust automatically. It gets smarter with every project.

What-If Scenarios

Change a rate and watch the project total update live. Target-seek to hit a budget. Clone scenarios. Compile best rates across vendor quotes into one optimised blend.

Multi-Market, One Platform

India (CPWD, 26 state SORs, GST), USA (state DOTs, Davis-Bacon, city cost indices), GCC (AECOM, FIDIC), UK (NRM2, CESMM3). Per-market terms, currencies, and tax regimes.

Upload Your First BOQ — Get a Priced Estimate in Minutes

AI-powered rate matching across 78,000+ items. Free tier, no credit card.

Pricing

Plans for every team size.

Free
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  • 1 project (ROM level)
  • BOQ upload up to 50 lines
  • Platform SOR catalog matching
  • Co-pilot: 10 messages/month
  • Watermarked exports
  • Network profile & discovery
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Trade
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  • Unlimited projects & BOQ lines
  • Full 4-step matching cascade
  • Custom rate library (My Rates)
  • 1 specialist tool (your trade)
  • Unlimited bid package responses
  • Labour rate tool
  • Material budget workbench
  • Co-pilot: 100 messages/month
  • Unwatermarked PDF & Excel exports
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GC
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  • Everything in Trade, plus:
  • All 7 specialist tools
  • Drawing takeoff + measurement
  • Outbound bid packages & leveling
  • Go/No-Go evaluator
  • Win IQ prediction & post-mortem
  • What-If scenarios & Value Engineering
  • Schedule + cash flow + GMP package
  • Unlimited Co-pilot
  • Slack & Teams integrations
  • Read-only API access
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  • Everything in GC, plus:
  • Full API (read + write)
  • SSO / SAML authentication
  • Custom integrations (Procore, SAP)
  • Dedicated white-glove onboarding
  • Custom SOR catalog curation
  • Data residency options
  • Multi-workspace (divisions/regions)
  • Priority SLA-backed support
  • Volume discounts available
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Frequently Asked Questions

Got questions? We have answers.

How is EstimateNext different from Bluebeam or CostX?
Bluebeam is a PDF markup tool — great for annotation, but you still price everything manually in Excel. CostX is a powerful QS tool but costs $5,000-$15,000/year and has no AI. EstimateNext starts where they stop: AI-powered takeoff, automatic rate matching across 78K+ items, bid intelligence, and specialist tools — at $39-99/month.
What rate data do you have for my market?
India: 78,000+ items from CPWD DSR (19 catalogs) and 26 state SOR catalogs with GST handling.
USA: 8,400+ items from 8 state DOTs, HUD Davis-Bacon wages, and 42-city cost indices.
GCC: 328 items from AECOM Middle East across UAE, KSA, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
UK: NRM2 and CESMM3 report templates with BCIS data integration in progress.
Can I upload my own rate library?
Yes. Upload a CSV or Excel file with your rates and they become a custom SOR catalog. The matcher considers your rates first (with a tenant-history boost) before checking platform catalogs. Your rates are private to your organisation.
How does the AI drawing takeoff work?
Upload PDF drawings. GPT-4o Vision reads every page — room areas, wall lengths, door/window counts, floor heights. You get a BOQ with quantities in about 10 minutes for a 40-page drawing set. Plus click-to-measure tools (calibrate, linear, area, count, angle) for manual adjustments with a full audit trail.
Is my data secure?
Your data is tenant-isolated (never shared across companies), encrypted at rest and in transit, stored on Azure with enterprise-grade controls, and never used to train AI models. Enterprise tier adds SSO/SAML and data residency options.
What report formats do you support?
Six formats out of the box: CSI MasterFormat (USA), NRM2 Cost Plan (UK), CPWD DSR/DAR (India), CESMM3 (UK/GCC), AIA G703, and plain priced BOQ. GMP packages include an executive dashboard, Gantt schedule, cash flow S-curve, and value engineering summary.
What does the free trial include?
Sign up free and choose your mode (GC or Trade Sub). You get one full project with all features of your tier unlocked — no time limit, no credit card required. When you want a second project, pick a plan. The Free tier stays available forever with basic features.
Can subcontractors use this for bid responses?
Yes — that is Trade Sub mode. You get a bid inbox with deadline urgency tracking, AI scope detection, specialist tools for your trade (HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire, civil, fit-out), a quote builder that generates a professional PDF with trade appendices, and Win IQ to know your margin sweet spot against each GC.
What currencies and regions do you support?
USD, GBP, INR, AED, SAR, QAR, OMR, and EUR. Each market has its own measurement standards, tax regimes, and vocabulary. US users see Bid Packages, Indian users see Tender Packages. Contact us for region-specific pricing.
Do you integrate with Procore or other PM tools?
Slack and Microsoft Teams integrations are available on the GC tier. Procore integration (push priced BOQ as job budget) is on the roadmap. Enterprise tier supports custom integrations with SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, and other ERPs via our read/write API.

Built by estimators, for estimators

EstimateNext was born from a simple observation: preconstruction estimation is 40% of the work and still 100% manual. Estimators flip through 2,000-page rate books, trace drawings by hand, and rebuild spreadsheets from scratch for every what-if question.

We built one platform that handles the entire preconstruction workflow — from drawing extraction to priced bid package — powered by AI that gets smarter with every project you price. Three modes (GC Pursuit, Trade Sub Response, EPC), one codebase, every geography.

78,000+ SOR items. 135+ catalogs. 7 specialist tools. Real rate data from real published sources — never fabricated, always cited. Whether you are a preconstruction director at a top-20 GC or a plumbing sub responding to 40 bids a year, EstimateNext is built for how you actually work.

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