Spend
less time
on takeoffs.
Open a PDF. Count, measure, group. Done.
No credit card · No install · Bluebeam import on the roadmap
Why TakeOn
The takeoff tool you'd build if you started over in 2026.
Bluebeam was designed in 2002. PlanSwift in 2008. They're great PDF tools that estimators stretched into takeoff workflows. TakeOn was designed from day one for the actual job — and for browsers.
- 01
In the browser.
No install, no Windows VM, no licensing dance. Open a PDF on any laptop and start clicking.
↳ Mac · Win · Linux
- 02
Properties, not symbols.
Templates with value lists, conditional fields, sticky values, bracket-name formatting. The estimating spreadsheet's data model — finally on the canvas.
↳ Schema-driven
- 03
Group by anything.
Same template, different property values = separate groups, separate colors, separate totals. Roll up by whatever your estimate needs.
↳ n-dimensional
- 04
Two estimators. One takeoff.
Real-time multi-user takeoffs with presence, live cursors, and per-resource sharing. Open the same plan in two browsers and watch each other work — no file passing, no merge conflicts, no waiting for the other person to close the project.
↳ Realtime · presence · per-resource sharing
- 05
Bid before the set's final.
Snapshot the takeoff before addenda land. Overlay revised pages on the old set to see what changed. Export against a prior checkpoint to price change orders — quantities diffed line by line.
↳ Checkpoints · overlay · export diff
- 06
AI that doesn't get in the way.
Find similar symbols. Pull page numbers and titles from a single title block. OCR notes off the PDF. Every AI feature shows its work, takes corrections, and waits for you to accept the result.
↳ Find Similar · auto page naming · note OCR
A property system that fits
The spreadsheet's data model, on the canvas.
Define a Lighting fixture template once. Give it properties for type, wattage, mounting, voltage, circuit. Use value lists so estimators pick from a dropdown instead of typing — and don't typo "2x4" three different ways.
Mark a property as conditional and it only appears when another property has a specific value. Mark one sticky and it carries forward to the next placement, so you don't re-enter circuit numbers all day.
Annotations with the same template but different property values become separate groups — each with its own color and its own count. No competitor does this. It's the difference between a takeoff that says 247 fixtures and one that gives you exactly the bill of materials.
Same job. Modern tools.
Takeoff software
hasn't been redrawn
since the early 2000s.
We did.
| Feature | TakeOn | zzTakeoff | Bluebeam | PlanSwift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web-based | ● yes | ● yes | — no | — no |
| Runs on Mac / Linux | ● yes | ● yes | — no | — no |
| Custom property templates | ● yes | ○ limited | — no | ○ limited |
| Property-based grouping | ● yes | — no | — no | — no |
| Conditional / sticky props | ● yes | — no | — no | — no |
| Bracket-name formatting | ● yes | — no | — no | — no |
| Real-time totals | ● yes | ● yes | ○ manual | ● yes |
| Real-time multi-user | ● yes | — no | ○ limited | — no |
| Checkpoint diff for change orders | ● yes | — no | — no | — no |
Pricing
Free to try.
No credit card.
TakeOn is free to try today. Open the app, upload a plan, run a real takeoff — no credit card, no install, no demo call. We'll publish pricing once the product is ready for it.
Per seat
Free
no usage caps
Includes
- ✓ Every feature, no usage caps
- ✓ Cloud storage for your plans
- ✓ Direct email support from the team
Last sheet
Stop wrestling with software
older than the iPhone.
Open the app and run a real takeoff in under fifteen minutes — no install, no credit card, no demo call.