Best Construction Estimating Software - Page 17

Ensign Estimating

Ensign Estimating is a construction estimating software solution built for mechanical, electrical, MEP, ductwork, and insulation contractors in the UK. It enables estimators and contractors to produce detailed, itemised cost estimates covering labour, materials, and subcontract work, helping businesses price jobs accurately and competitively. The software is designed to support the full estimating process, from initial take-off through to tender submission, and serves as a practical alternative to spreadsheet-based estimating methods. The software organises estimates by section, with each line itemising product codes, quantities, labour hours, trade prices, discounts, and material costs. Material prices are maintained within the system and can be updated to reflect current supplier pricing, ensuring estimates are based on accurate, up-to-date figures. Estimates can be built from take-off data imported directly from Ensign Take-Off or constructed manually using the trade-specific product database. Each trade has its own components, assemblies, and labour times built in, covering mechanical, electrical, MEP, ductwork, and insulation workflows. A summary table and bills output are available for tender submission, giving estimators a clear, structured breakdown to present to clients or use internally for cost control purposes. Ensign Estimating is used by UK contractors from SMEs to large Tier 1 businesses, across a range of project types and values. It has been developed and supported in-house by Ensign Software since 1980, with updates shaped by ongoing collaboration with contractors to ensure the software reflects how real jobs are priced. The in-house support team has extensive knowledge of contractor estimating workflows, providing responsive assistance when it is needed.

Eolus

Real-Time Cost Estimating Platform Eolus.AI is a first-of-its-kind cost modeling software that generates fully detailed, downloadable reports in minutes. Beginning with Capital Planning, Eolus enables users to quickly create a construction estimate, analyze value strategies, and establish accurate controls, with total construction cost, trade comparisons, graphs, and summaries updating in real-time. Project location, site constraints, and labor type are used to calculate scope and unit rates, ensuring your project properly reflects current market conditions. Types are tailored to each customer based on project sector/quality and can range from full-build development to specialized program elements. Industry-leading firms use Eolus.AI with a recorded accuracy within 5% of the build cost, and a proven ability to maximize their project efficiency, saving (on average) 4 months of project time and 3-6% of project value.

Equipment Estimator

The Industrial Equipment Setting Estimator (IESE) is purpose-built for estimating mechanical equipment setting on industrial projects — power plants, mills, and process facilities. Unlike general-purpose estimating platforms that arrive as an empty shell, IESE ships with a complete labored manhour database: 1,583 line items across 27 equipment categories, refined over 40 years of live bidding. Estimators produce defensible setting and rigging estimates in hours instead of days, with crew rate buildup, productivity factors (AACE RP 25R-03), cash flow, manloaded schedules, Gantt charts, and Excel exports built in. IESE runs entirely offline in your browser from a single file — no installation, no cloud, no subscription, no IT department required. One-time license. Free 10-day demo at equipmentestimator.com.

Espro

ESPRO Electrical Estimating Software

ESPRO is your detailed and comprehensive computer system streamlining your estimating process, increasing speed, accuracy and efficiency

ESTIM

Estim.ai

ESTIMATE

Built for the smallest of operators to the largest companies, ESTIMATE is the fast, accurate and intelligent solution for all construction estimating needs.

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Estimate Assistant

Estimate Assistant is an AI-powered construction estimating tool built for small and medium-sized contractors who don't have hours to spend on estimates every night after a full day on the job. Describe your project by typing, talking, or uploading a photo of the job — and get a detailed materials list with pricing and quantities across 20 trade and service categories in minutes instead of hours. Add labor, equipment rentals, markup, and tax, then export a clean, professional PDF estimate ready to hand to your client or email on the spot. This isn't enterprise software designed for giant firms with dedicated estimating departments. It's built for the one-person crew, the small team, the contractor who's been pricing jobs on napkins and spreadsheets and knows there has to be a better way. The interface is simple and mobile-friendly — you can build an estimate from the truck between jobs. Built by a family with decades of hands-on construction industry experience. We know estimating is tedious and time-consuming, so we made it faster and better to save you time, energy, and a little bit of sanity.

Esti-mate Electrical

EstimateIn10

EstimateIn10 is a mobile-first estimating tool for contractors. It turns jobsite notes, voice input, and photos into editable estimate drafts with scope, line items, labor, materials, pricing notes, and client approval links. The product is built for independent contractors and small trade businesses that need to send cleaner estimates quickly without moving their workflow into a full field-service platform.

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Esti-Mate Software Version 4.5

Estimation Builder

Estimation Builder is web-based estimating and invoicing software for construction professionals, including general contractors, remodelers, landscapers, concrete crews, and specialty trades. Users build itemized estimates with line items priced by square foot, cubic foot, linear foot, hourly rate, quantity, or flat rate. Each estimate generates a branded PDF proposal that can be emailed to the customer and signed online, and accepted estimates convert to invoices in one click with support for partial payments and balance tracking per job. The application also includes customer and job records, reusable estimate templates for repeat work, change orders against signed estimates, a catalog of saved line items, configurable acceptance deadlines and down-payment terms, and Stripe-based subscription billing for the contractor's account. Estimation Builder is delivered as a hosted SaaS application with no desktop install, priced as a flat monthly subscription per company that includes unlimited estimates, invoices, and customers.