AI estimating software
From plans to a priced bid in minutes. Exayard, an AI takeoff and estimating platform for contractors, reads your plans and turns them into a priced, trade-ready estimate in minutes. Your costs, your markup, ready to send.
What is AI estimating software?
AI estimating software turns construction plans into a priced bid automatically. It reads the drawings, measures the quantities, then applies your unit costs and markup to produce a line-item estimate you can send as a proposal, all without manual tracing or spreadsheet rekeying.
The difference from old estimating tools is the front end. Legacy software gives you a spreadsheet and makes you do the takeoff and the data entry yourself. AI estimating does the counting and the pricing, so you start from a finished draft and refine, instead of building every line from scratch.
From plans to a priced bid
Upload your plans.
A PDF plan set. The AI handles the takeoff, the counts, lengths, and areas. (More on the measurement step: AI takeoff software.)
Quantities become line items.
Each measured quantity maps to a line item in the estimate, organized by trade and scope.
Your costs and markup apply automatically.
Unit costs come from your catalog, markup is applied per your rules, and you get a total.
Send the bid.
Export or turn the estimate into a proposal. Adjust anything before it goes out.
Your costs, your markup
The estimate is only as good as the numbers behind it, so Exayard prices against your catalog, not a generic national database. Set your unit costs once and every AI estimate uses them. Apply your markup rules per trade or per line. The output reflects how your shop actually bids, which is what makes the number defensible when you send it.
Why estimators choose AI estimating
Bid more, faster.
Turn around more estimates in the same week because the slow part is automated.
Fewer costly misses.
Consistent detection means less undercounted scope and fewer surprises in the field.
Defensible numbers.
Your costs, your markup, with every line traceable back to a quantity on the plan.
Human in the loop.
Review and adjust every line before the bid goes out. The AI drafts; you decide.
No spreadsheet rekeying.
Quantities flow into line items automatically.
AI estimating vs legacy estimating software
| Legacy estimating software | AI estimating (Exayard) | |
|---|---|---|
| Takeoff | You trace it by hand | AI reads the plans |
| Data entry | Manual into a spreadsheet | Quantities flow to line items |
| Pricing | Your costs, entered each time | Your catalog, applied automatically |
| Speed to bid | Hours to days | Minutes |
| Your role | Build every line | Review and approve |
For your role and your business
AI estimating fits how you work, whether you bid as a sub or run the whole job. By role: estimators, project managers, owners. By business: subcontractors, general contractors, owners and developers.
Comparing tools? See how Exayard stacks up against STACK, ProEst, and Buildxact.
Frequently asked questions
Turn your next plan set into a bid
Upload your plans and watch Exayard price them in minutes. Your costs, your markup, ready to send.