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Procore Estimating vs AutoCAD: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 13th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 1,712 reviews from Construction Estimating users.
% Fit
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Quotes/Estimates
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Cost Estimating
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Takeoff
5.0
Mobile Access
5.0
Project Management
4.0
% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Quotes/Estimates
NA
Cost Estimating
NA
Takeoff
NA
Mobile Access
3.8
Project Management
4.2
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews114
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.2
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.6
4.6
User reviews3,179
Ease of use
4.1
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.2
Customer support
4.2
Price starts from
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Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
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Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

Construction firms, general contractors, specialty contractors, public agencies, and project owners.

Designed for architects, designers, engineers, project managers, real estate developers, students, construction professionals who want to create precise 2D and 3D drawings.

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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1 / 4
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Swapnil M
Architect & BIM Manager
5.0

Swapnil: My name is Swapnil. I'm an architect. And I give AutoCAD a score of five out of five. For more reviews, click down here. We use AutoCAD in our company, me personally for working on architectural projects, mainly creating drawings on large-scale projects as well as small-scale projects. The problems that we generally are solving with AutoCAD are to do with checking surveys, 3D surveys, as well as 2D surveys, and measuring distances on all of these drawing elements. I love AutoCAD because of the speed. Unlike other tools which offer 3D features, AutoCAD is fast, it is quick to load. It is very smooth, and the toolset is unique as well as powerful enough to get each and any job done every time. The only thing that I don't really like or would like Autodesk to improve upon is adding more 3D features into AutoCAD. There's already a toolset called AutoCAD Architecture, but I feel it needs to be a little bit more evolved to show a little bit more realistic elements because all the other softwares are moving to that stage.

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Procore Estimating

Top Features
31/46
  • Access Control
  • API
  • BIM Modeling
  • Contract/License Management
  • Data Collection
  • Financial Management
  • For Residential
  • Invoice Management
  • Job Scheduling
  • Materials Management
  • Multiple Projects
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Subcontractor Management
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Audit Trail
  • Bid Management
  • CAD Tools
  • Calendar Management
  • Change Order Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commercial/Industrial
  • Cost Database
  • Cost Estimating
  • Cost Tracking
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management
  • Electrical Estimating
  • For AEC Industry
  • Historical Database
  • HVAC Estimating
  • Mobile Access
  • Plumbing Estimating
  • Project Management
  • Project Tracking
  • Proposal Generation
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Takeoff
  • Task Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Visual Assemblies
  • What-if Analysis
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AutoCAD

11/46
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Procore Estimating
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
AutoCAD
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Procore Estimating
  • By Procore Technologies
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2001
AutoCAD
  • By Autodesk
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1982
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