# On-Screen Takeoff Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 On-Screen Takeoff Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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On-Screen Takeoff

## What is On-Screen Takeoff?

On-Screen Takeoff® (OST) is the industry’s trusted digital takeoff solution that helps contractors measure plans faster, smarter, and more accurately. As the first digital takeoff software in preconstruction, OST continues to set the standard—now powered by Takeoff Boost™, our AI-assisted tool that automates takeoffs so you can bid with confidence. • Fast & Accurate – Measure lengths, areas, and counts in just a few clicks. • Smarter Takeoffs – Let AI handle the busy work so you can focus on the bid. • Seamless Integration – Connects with Quick Bid® and other estimating software. • Reduce Errors – Minimize costly mistakes and ensure your estimates are accurate.

## What is On-Screen Takeoff used for?

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Overall rating

Based on 155 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

90%

Neutral

6%

Negative

4%

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### On-Screen Takeoff

4.3 (155)

VS.

[4.5 (812)](https://www.capterra.com/p/166113/Contractor-Foreman/reviews/)

Starting Price

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Starting Price

$49

Per User, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.3 (155)

Ease Of Use

4.3 (812)

Value For Money

4.1 (121)

Value For Money

4.6 (752)

Customer Service

4.3 (132)

Customer Service

4.5 (770)

## On-Screen Takeoff alternatives

[4.5 (1,348)](https://www.capterra.com/p/147181/STACK-Takeoff/reviews/)

Starting price

$2599.00

Per User, Per Month

Highest Rated

[4.6 (1,420)](https://www.capterra.com/p/127994/Jobber/reviews/)

Starting price

$39.00

Per User, Per Month

[4.5 (596)](https://www.capterra.com/p/160201/ConstructionOnline/reviews/)

Starting price

$475.00

Per User, Per Month

[4.6 (178)](https://www.capterra.com/p/173135/buildXACT/reviews/)

Starting price

$199.00

Per User, Per Month

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## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Document Management

3.7 (3)

100.00% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Electronic Plans

4.0 (3)

100.00% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Create and store all design plans electronically

Subcontractor Management

4.3 (3)

100.00% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Track information, qualifications, and contact details of subcontractors

For AEC Industry

4.5 (2)

100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Primarily serving architecture, engineering, and construction industry professionals

2D Drawing

4.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Drawing and modeling designs within 2D flat dimensions

Annotations

4.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Highlight content and/or make notations about parts of content

On-Screen Takeoff 14 features

Drawing and modeling designs within 2D flat dimensions

Built-in accounting to manage ledger, accounts payable/receivable, financial reports, etc.

Highlight content and/or make notations about parts of content

Estimate project costs based on groups of items and procedures

Access to a library of manufacturing parts, models, and specs

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Create and store all design plans electronically

Estimate expected cost based on various factors before a project begins

Primarily serving architecture, engineering, and construction industry professionals

Specialized for organizations who focus on residential projects

Identify and respond to unexpected problems or failures (ie. "negative events")

Defining the project's scope, deliverables, schedules, resources, budget, critical path, dependencies and constraints

Track information, qualifications, and contact details of subcontractors

Measure digital plans to calculate labor and materials needed

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Features

4.2 (154)

4.2

Based on 154 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.1 (121)

### Starting price

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Value for money

4.1 (121)

4.1

Based on 121 reviews

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.3 (132)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.3 (132)

4.3

Based on 132 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.3

Based on 155 reviews

Filter by rating

5(77)

4(62)

3(10)

2(1)

1(5)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

CV

Chris V.

Senior Project Manager

Construction

### "On Screen Takeoff Review from a Construction Professional"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

April 30, 2025

Overall, I really enjoy using On Screen Takeoff. This software is a great tool for those looking for an easy use and learn estimating software.

Pros

Very easy to use platform for doing your takeoffs digitally. Working in Multifamily construction, this software is a must have for estimating.

Cons

Learning how to import your blueprints into the software was a little tricky at first. Luckily, On Screen Takeoff has great customer service and help videos within the software itself.

Switched from

[Bluebeam Revu](https://www.capterra.com/p/121586/Bluebeam-PDF-Revu/)

After learning what On Screen Takeoff capabilities were during the demo stage, it was an easy decision to switch to On Screen Takeoff

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

ME

Marvin E.

Estimator - Project Manager

Construction

### "The Best Estimating Software"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

January 20, 2025

I have been using this software for almost five years, and it's been the correct tool to get the work done, bids have been awarded, and the results have been great. Software is easy to use and with the right training and knowledge, which is very well provided, we can provide accurate budgets for our customers.

Pros

What I like most about On-Screen Takeoff is its capability to work on server level, that has allowed the team to work more efficiently and share information, and review projects, all in the same place.

Cons

Although this is optional, but we got the Takeoff Boost, but personally, I haven't used it a lot, I prefer to do the job manually because of different reasons.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AC

Andy C.

Estimator

Construction

### "Behind the times"

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

3.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

1.0

1.0

Likelihood to Recommend

6/10

September 6, 2024

It was suitable for an inexperienced estimator but not for long term use.

Pros

I liked the ability to accurately estimate radius' and curved structures.

Cons

The thing I liked the least about On-Screen Takeoff was the speed to download.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

NN

Naveed N.

Electrical Engineer

Construction

### "User"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

December 28, 2021

Pros

best tool in construction industry for quantity take. It helps a lot for material procurement.

Cons

there is nothing to dislike about this tool

Review source

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Response from Vendor

January 3, 2022

Thank you so much for the great review! We work very hard to help people like you succeed, and we are glad to hear we are.

RC

Ryan C.

Estimator

Construction

### "Estimating software used by the masses"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

5/10

July 27, 2021

Not as good as bluebeam in my opinion. there are alot of people that would strongly disagree with me.

Pros

Everyone seems to use this software. Its pretty simple and easy to perform takeoffs. You can download takeoff tools from databases and comes with databases so you dont have to create your own if you dont want to.

Cons

Requirement to convert the file format from PDF to JPEG and upload the files to the takeoff software. wish you could just start doing a takeoff of a large set of PDFs

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Response from Vendor

July 29, 2021

Thanks for the review.

AM

Aditya M.

Civil Designer

Civil Engineering

### "Great for Construction Contractors!"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

April 25, 2021

I have used OST for residential and commercial construction projects. It has been a great tool for general estimating. However, whenever I had projects which are very specialized, this software did not help much. for example mechanical/electrical station construction. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for something to start in estimating and costing.

Pros

The ease of use for this software is one of the important features that it has. You do not need to have all the technical knowledge regarding estimating for using this. It has been great software for all kinds of estimates. I can manage my drawings, create multiple layers, and group the quantities within few clicks to get perfect quantities. It is very fast, does not require much of a space on hard drive and works perfectly!

Cons

This software does not support Building Information Modelling (BIM). You can only get the quantities from this software. It does not identify CAD files and does not have a smart algorithm to identify the elements. You have to click, drag and set everything up manually. It does not do automated quantity recognition.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

NW

Nick W.

VP of Sales

Construction

### "Essential Construction Takeoff tool"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

March 30, 2021

Overall, we are using OST as our primary estimating takeoff solution. Our team has enjoyed its use.

Pros

This software is extremely intuitive, easy to use, and accurate. I have used various takeoff tools and this product has always been the best.

Cons

I wish the software came preloaded with takeoff items rather than having to create them or buy a database of items.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

MN

Mike N.

Chief Estimator

Construction

### "you need this .."

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

October 23, 2020

Good Multiple colors are incredible

Pros

layer and conditions features are very useful

Cons

can take a while to upload large set of drawings and it should automatically name the sheets by a pre determined title or number - but not a major woop

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

MA

Muhammad A.

Landscape estimator

Construction

### "Easy to use but has an upfront cost"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

August 7, 2020

So far it has been a very useful and easy program to use you can break down items based on categories you want and have sub categories it Also has a built in labor and price calculator if you want to use it. i usually count in OST then take it to excel.

Pros

OST is a very easy to use tool to do take offs with and what we like most about it is : 1- Fast Counts for areas, Linear feet, And counts. 2- you can overlay different versions of the plan on top of each other the old will be red and new blue that way you can see purple if noting changed or moved and blue if something changed. 3- easy to export to excel or other programs. 4- quick click links so you can jump between plan and detail fast.

Cons

1-2 people cant be in the same file at the same time and edit. 2- gets laggy with larger files and count items ( over 700 in one page from what i have seen) 3- Price. 4- cant Layer more than 2 drawings at the same time

Reasons for choosing On-Screen Takeoff

fast to use for counts

Review source

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Brent B.

Estimator

Construction

### "The best estimating software in the industry"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

August 7, 2020

I use on-screen takeoff daily as an estimator. Overall, it is feature heavy and a great step forward from classic estimating.

Pros

The scaling feature allows you to easily get a proper scale with just one measurement on the prints.

Cons

Sometimes the databases can crash, losing hours of work. Another feature I wish it had was preconstructed conditions so you wouldn't have to build them.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

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