--- title: "Construction Cost Estimator Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra" description: "With the help of Capterra, learn about Construction Cost Estimator Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Construction Estimating products and more." source_url: "https://www.capterra.com/p/127339/Construction-Cost-Estimator/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- # Construction Cost Estimator Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on August 26, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[FAQs](#faqs)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Construction Cost Estimator ## What is Construction Cost Estimator? An app for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac that helps contractors quickly create on-site estimates. ## What is Construction Cost Estimator used for? [Construction Estimating](https://www.capterra.com/construction-estimating-software/)[Residential Construction Estimating](https://www.capterra.com/residential-construction-estimating-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 11 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price $19.99 Flat Rate, One Time Free trial not available Free version not included Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... 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[4.6 (1,476)](https://www.capterra.com/p/127994/Jobber/reviews/) Starting Price $19.99 Flat Rate, One Time Starting Price $39 Flat Rate, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.4 (11) Ease Of Use 4.6 (482) Value For Money 4.6 (11) Value For Money 4.4 (416) Customer Service 4.1 (10) Customer Service 4.6 (422) ## Construction Cost Estimator alternatives [PlanHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/179042/PlanHub/) [4.4 (482)](https://www.capterra.com/p/179042/PlanHub/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 85% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/179042/PlanHub/) [STACK](https://www.capterra.com/p/147181/STACK-Takeoff/) [4.5 (1,399)](https://www.capterra.com/p/147181/STACK-Takeoff/reviews/) Starting price $2599.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 93% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/147181/STACK-Takeoff/) [Contractor Foreman](https://www.capterra.com/p/166113/Contractor-Foreman/) [4.5 (835)](https://www.capterra.com/p/166113/Contractor-Foreman/reviews/) Starting price $49.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 92% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/166113/Contractor-Foreman/) Highest Rated [Buildpartner](https://www.capterra.com/p/249001/Buildpartner/) [4.7 (105)](https://www.capterra.com/p/249001/Buildpartner/reviews/) Starting price $24.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 97% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/249001/Buildpartner/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/127339/Construction-Cost-Estimator/alternatives/) ## FAQs about Construction Cost Estimator Overview ### Which roles and teams benefit most from Construction Cost Estimator? Construction Cost Estimator is most used by estimators, project managers, engineers, and operations leaders who need fast, accurate budgeting for bids and project planning. Owners, managers, and entrepreneurs rely on it to compare costs, control margins, support purchasing decisions, and keep construction workflows aligned with financial targets. Answer based on 11 reviews Overview ### What company size and specific industries is Construction Cost Estimator built for? Construction Cost Estimator is designed for small to mid-sized businesses in construction and related trades, including general contractors, service companies, handymen, rehabbers, electricians, plumbers, flooring installers, roofers, insurance estimators, builders, painters, remodelers, and landscapers. Features and Usability ### What are the key features of Construction Cost Estimator? Construction Cost Estimator includes cost estimating, cost tracking, job costing, and quotes/estimates for construction budgets and bids. It also offers proposal generation, reporting/analytics, and an activity dashboard for project oversight, plus specialized estimating for electrical, HVAC, and plumbing work in the AEC industry. Getting Started and Support ### What customer support options does Construction Cost Estimator offer? Construction Cost Estimator provides 24/7 live rep support. Support is available at all hours for users who need direct help, but no reviewer feedback is available here to describe response times, helpfulness, or common frustrations with the support experience. ## Features AI summary Based on 2,314 Construction Estimating reviews Capterra reviewers highlight these as the features buyers value most when choosing construction estimating software: - **Quotes/Estimates** (**62%** of reviewers rated this feature as critical) - **Multiple Projects** (**50%**) - **Takeoff** (**62%**) Construction Cost Estimator supports **Quotes/Estimates**, so teams can create and share pricing details with clients more efficiently. However, it does not include **Multiple Projects** or **Takeoff**. Instead, it offers other important capabilities that reviewers also rate highly, including **Cost Estimating** (**61%**) and **Project Management** (**45%**). These features help businesses build accurate budgets, track job progress, and keep work organized, allowing teams to manage estimating tasks and project coordination more effectively. Activity Dashboard Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities Cost Database Collection of data related to the costs associated with various items, products, services, or activities Cost Estimating Forecast the cost and resources required to complete a project Cost Tracking Process to track, record, and analyze expenses that occurred over the entire duration of a given project Electrical Estimating Estimating software designed for electrical businesses For AEC Industry Primarily serving architecture, engineering, and construction industry professionals Construction Cost Estimator 13 features ### All Features - Activity Dashboard: Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities - Cost Database: Collection of data related to the costs associated with various items, products, services, or activities - Cost Estimating: Forecast the cost and resources required to complete a project - Cost Tracking: Process to track, record, and analyze expenses that occurred over the entire duration of a given project - Electrical Estimating: Estimating software designed for electrical businesses - For AEC Industry: Primarily serving architecture, engineering, and construction industry professionals - HVAC Estimating: Estimating software designed for HVAC businesses - Job Costing: Calculate total itemized costs, including initial costs and any changes - Plumbing Estimating: Estimating software designed for plumbing companies - Project Management: Plan and coordinate all the resources, costs and time needed to execute assignments - Proposal Generation: Create proposals based on costs of labor and materials - Quotes/Estimates: Generate quotes or estimates for customers - Reporting/Analytics: View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data --- Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 3.9 (11) 3.9 Based on 11 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.6 (11) Basic $19.99 Flat Rate,One Time Value for money 4.6 (11) 4.6 Based on 11 reviews Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.1 (10) 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 4.1 (10) 4.1 Based on 10 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.2 Based on 11 reviews Filter by rating 5(3) 4(7) 3(1) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent TD TATENDA D. ENTEPRENUER Computer Software ### "Actual Cost Estimation." 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 10, 2021 Pros Helps in knowing the cost of constructing any structure. Reduces time and resource wastages through manual estimation. Easy to use for small to medium enterprises. Reduces chances of shortages to materials that can be used to construct. Cons Only works for structured scale and maps. High chances of having a less costs as compared to the actual costs. Cannot work without power supply. Expensive to manage and requires skilled expertise to operate the software. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. KC Kimberly C. Owner/operator Construction ### "On the spot estimator for construction" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 August 14, 2020 My overall experience is great. I enjoy being able to make on the spot estimates and email to the customer. I find that the customers enjoy this just as much as I do. Very simple and easy to use even for the people that are not tech savvy. Pros I found that being able to estimate wit international currencies was the most useful. This feature made me like the software the most. Hard to find this feature in other products. Cons I had a brief issue with syncing to iCloud. This made saving an estimate difficult to say the least. That is the only thing that I did not like about the software. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. JM Jessica M. Operations Manager Construction ### "Awesome" 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 February 26, 2020 Wonderful experience Pros Easy to use, user friendly, good customer service Cons So far so good, I found few things I disliked Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AD Ana D. Commercial Segment Manager Construction ### "Construction Cost Estimator" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 November 21, 2019 Pros Lots of features attends my take off needs Cons It requires some training, lots of features i need to learn 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. PA Patrick A. Project manager Construction ### "Great for Retail estimation " 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 8/10 October 18, 2019 I have had a great experience so far and will continue to use it almost every day. Pros Very easy to use , pricing is dead on to what we charge per trade . Young or old , you should be able to use it. Cons I wish it had more choices to import existing data into the program , and more options to integrate other platforms. 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. AN Anonymous User Senior Estimator Construction ### "Value, value, value!" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 December 12, 2018 I was able to produce proposals impressive enough to land projects in the 6 figures quite often. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this software, in fact I have , many times... Pros Simple, it works on my phone or tablet. Relatively powerful, this software brought my company up to about $1 million/year before it started to groan under the weight. Cons Not really saleable. The company has another product that does more, but at a premium many times the cost of this one-not a good value when you can go to real, professional estimating software for about the same. 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. AN Anonymous User Owner/Manager Construction ### "Good Product" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 6/10 August 20, 2018 I used it exclusively for about a year to put together bids for small construction projects. The only drawback was figuring out the categories for different aspects of estimates, and learning CCE's wording for different jobs. I think if you had a background in the industry this would be easy, but CCE is probably on the "lite" end of similar products. It's a good product, and fit what I was doing at the time. But I eventually outgrew it. Pros The app has additional pricelists you can buy. Cons Adding your own custom pricing was somewhat cumbersome. 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. Mo Sabouti, B. Senior Estimator Construction ### "Functional and easy to use" 3.0 Overall Rating 3.0 3.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 6/10 July 11, 2018 Pros It is an easy software to use and install. Many of estimating software are not match with iPads, but you can install and use it in a very easy way. Appropriate for small-size projects. Cons Not recommend the software for mid or large size projects. Plus, if you want to work with a group of estimator on one file, it is not doable. 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. Rafael B. Jefe del departamento de Oceanografia ### "Softwares that without being of a very high quality, has reported me high benefits. " 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 0/10 May 8, 2018 Pros Compared with other "giants" of cost estimation, it represents an option with a high "benefit-cost" ratio. Excellent ease of use and installation in light equipment such as an ipod, for example. Cons Its main limitation to my way of seeing is that it is not based on the cloud or allows the export of the product made to another device, or failing that, send it via email. That limits its range of action. 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. AN Anonymous User Manager ### "Hard to find construction software designed for cell phones and estimating" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 April 2, 2018 Pros There is always a method to place a cost item where it makes sense. Grouping current, estimated and budgeted costs can all be pulled up when in the fleld Cons I would recommend an easier way to list public fees, ex sewer, water, hookup permits, etc.. I would also create a separate separate for when these fees should be paid. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. 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