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TakeOn vs Bluebeam, BuzzBID, On-Screen Takeoff, PlanSwift, and Quick Bid
In short: TakeOn is browser-based takeoff and estimating for electrical and low-voltage contractors: it runs on Mac or Windows with nothing to install, its templates carry your own properties so the bill of materials rolls up by them, and the same takeoff becomes a priced bid and proposal. Each page below says where the other tool is the better fit.
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TakeOn vs Bluebeam
Bluebeam Revu is the industry standard for construction PDF markup, and for RFI redlines, submittals and punch lists it's still the right tool. It can do takeoff, with counts, lengths and areas in the Markups List, but it isn't takeoff-first: the breakdown by voltage, circuit or mounting is set up in the list and its export, and pricing happens elsewhere. TakeOn runs in a browser, its templates carry properties so the bill of materials rolls up by them live, and the same takeoff prices into a bid.
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TakeOn vs BuzzBID
BuzzBID is Windows takeoff and estimating software for drywall, framing, acoustical ceiling, plaster, EIFS and fireproofing contractors, with computer vision that measures walls and ceilings. If that's your trade, it's built for you and TakeOn isn't. TakeOn is browser-based takeoff and estimating for electrical and low-voltage work: property templates, panel schedules, auto-routed homeruns and a priced bid.
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TakeOn vs On-Screen Takeoff
On-Screen Takeoff (OST, from ConstructConnect) is a mature Windows desktop takeoff program with a deep feature set, and pricing lives in a separate product, Quick Bid. It isn't being discontinued, but only the latest release is supported. TakeOn does takeoff and the priced bid in one app, in a browser on Mac or Windows. It doesn't import OST projects.
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TakeOn vs PlanSwift
PlanSwift is a serious desktop takeoff tool built around assemblies and digital tool sets, and it's Windows-only and installed on the machine. TakeOn makes the same basic motions in a browser, with user-defined templates that carry any properties, kits that expand into priced parts, and a Bid Summary and proposal from the same takeoff.
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TakeOn vs Quick Bid
Quick Bid is ConstructConnect's Windows estimating product: it prices the quantities you measure in On-Screen Takeoff, with item and assembly databases, eQuotes vendor pricing and accounting integrations. TakeOn does takeoff and the priced bid in one browser app, with a Bid Summary, material catalog, assemblies and a proposal PDF. It doesn't import Quick Bid estimates.
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