Construction estimating
Electrical Estimating Software
Electrical takeoff and bidding software that builds your bid as you click.
This is takeoff and estimating software for electrical contractors. Drop in your PDF plans, calibrate the scale, then click to count devices and trace conduit and wire runs. A live bill of materials builds as you work, and the pricing and bidding tools turn it into a complete bid with labor, overhead, profit and tax, ready to send to the customer.
Built for: Electrical contractors, estimators and small estimating departments
✔ Proven in production: SKD Electric runs on this software.
Manual takeoffs are slow, error-prone, and cost you bids.
- Counting devices on paper plans takes days and one missed count eats your margin.
- Pricing lives in a separate spreadsheet that never matches the takeoff.
- You cannot easily compare a standard bid against a competitive one.
- Past bids are hard to find, and win/loss history is guesswork.
This software fixes that.
- Live
- bill of materials updates as you tag
- 2 bids
- standard vs competitive, side by side
- 20
- automatic version snapshots per project
- Browser
- or install as a desktop app
Why people choose this software
Click-to-count takeoff
Place color-coded tags for devices, measure conduit and wire, trace freeform runs and calibrate scale per page.
Live bill of materials
Devices by category, conduit and wire runs, feeders and site PVC all total in a live sidebar.
Full bid in one place
Material, labor hours, overhead, profit and sales tax, plus package costs with their own markups.
Bid tracker
Win rate, open bids, total bid and total won in one dashboard.
How it works
- 1
Load your plans
Drag in a PDF and calibrate the scale on each page.
- 2
Click to take off
Count devices and trace runs. The bill of materials builds live.
- 3
Price the bid
Apply labor, overhead, profit and tax, compare standard vs competitive.
- 4
Send and track it
Generate the bid PDF, then track the outcome in the Bid Tracker.
Everything included
The full list of what this software does, so there are no surprises.
Takeoff tools
- Drag-and-drop PDF loading with multi-page navigation
- Hand, Count, Measure, Polyline and Freeform tools, plus Calibrate for scale
- Fixed-length stamping for linear tags
- Takeoff Mode and Focus Mode for maximum canvas space
- Change Order mode to mark items added or removed from the original scope
- Undo / redo, zoom, fit-to-page and pan at any zoom
Databases
- Master tag database and project tag library
- Master materials database with cost, labor and vendor info
- Assembly manager with per-assembly material breakdowns
- Dedicated lighting fixture workflow
- Multi-unit BOM for multifamily projects (unit types × counts)
- Feeder options: conductors, conduit, parallel sets and bends
- Site PVC options: underground runs with fittings, conductors and warning tape
Pricing and bidding
- Full bid calculation: material, labor hours, overhead, profit and sales tax
- Standard vs Competitive bid side by side at different labor rates
- Package costs for lighting, gear, shipping, equipment rental and misc, each with markups
- Division-by-division breakdown with missing-price warnings
- Formal bid PDF for emailing customers
- Excel exports: Full Bid and Lighting Report (.xlsx)
Bid tracker
- Status for every bid: Bidding, Submitted, Won, Lost or Cancelled
- Win rate %, open bids, total $ bid and total $ won
- Filter and search by name or client
- Due date, award date, lost reason and notes
- Open any project straight from the dashboard
Data safety
- Cloud save plus a local project file
- Version history with an automatic snapshot on every save (last 20 kept) and one-click restore
- Unsaved-changes warnings
- Sign-in required, and hidden from search engines
Choose your plan
PROPOSED pricing. Accounts are set up for you within one business day of checkout.
Solo
For one-person shops.
$79/mo
- 1 user
- PDF takeoff and live BOM
- Pricing and bid PDF
- Bid tracker
- Email support
Pro
For growing contractors.
$149/mo
- 3 users
- Unlimited projects
- Assemblies, feeders and multi-unit BOM
- Excel exports
- Priority support
Team
For estimating departments.
$299/mo
- 10 users
- Shared materials and tag databases
- Version history and restore
- Onboarding call
Stop doing it the hard way.
Upload PDF plans, tag devices, measure runs and get a live bill of materials, pricing and a formal bid.
Electrical Estimating Software questions
What file types can I upload?+
PDF plans, including multi-page sets.
Can I handle multifamily projects?+
Yes. Multi-unit BOM lets you define unit types and counts so the bill of materials scales across units.
Can I compare a competitive bid?+
Yes. Standard and competitive bids are shown side by side at different labor rates.
Does it work on any computer?+
It runs in the browser and can be installed as a desktop app straight from the browser.
Can I get back to an old version?+
Yes. Every save creates a snapshot, the last 20 are kept, and restores can be undone.