Active Takeoff

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Full featured on-screen takeoff. Whatever the trade.

About Active Takeoff

Thanks to its inherent simplicity, Active Takeoff will instantly boost your productivity on all your takeoff and estimating jobs. Even if you've never used a computer before!

Stop spending countless hours measuring your paper plans manually and get more accurate results at the fraction of the time it used to take.

No incompatible scales. Supports Imperial or Metric systems.

Thousands of users are already using Active Takeoff, and they love it!


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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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Value for money

Reviewed on 13/11/2018

I use for expert opinion reports, helps me use professional/expensive estimators less

I use for expert opinion reports, helps me use professional/expensive estimators less

Pros

Had excellent support when I purchased. Fairly easy to use and learn

Cons

They may have added since I last used, but needs customizable items

Haley
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

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Reviewed on 13/02/2019

I've been using the software for about four years now, and it has been very easy to work with and...

I've been using the software for about four years now, and it has been very easy to work with and simple to train others with as well. I think there could be a few items added to help highlight automatically without going through everything myself, but overall, the software was exactly what I was looking for at the time of purchase.

Pros

I love how easy to operate the software is. I tried many programs before this one, but this one had the best bang for your buck, easiest to learn and most transparent to translate to the client.

Cons

The real only issue I have with the software is the routing the paths of the files. I've had to switch computers a few times, and the licensing can be a bit difficult to get transferred to a new computer, as is the transferring of the files. If I did not have technical support from my company, I wouldn't know how to do it myself.

Paul
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  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

One of the only takeoff options with the ability to record wire drops

Reviewed on 18/11/2016

Fairly easy to pick up basic functions. Help file is abysmal. Extensions are there, but aren't...

Fairly easy to pick up basic functions. Help file is abysmal. Extensions are there, but aren't explained very well. One of the only takeoff programs I've found that can actually record wire drops and rises throughout the run.

Pros

It has electricians in mind. Can record wire runs and has a better organizational structure than Planswift.

Cons

Doesn't have a very detailed help file. Doesn't integrate with any major products except Excel.

Curtis
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

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Reviewed on 13/11/2018

Faster quote turn around times, allow me to get more projects and have more profitable quotes since...

Faster quote turn around times, allow me to get more projects and have more profitable quotes since I'm not spending so much time that I don't mind charging more.

Pros

The ease of use, the more complicated uses that I don't need are easy to turn off to simplify everything.

Cons

The only issue I have is that it seems to hide my saved projects every time I update the software but that's probably easy to fix if I put my mind to it.

Nick
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

In my opinion the best takeoff software on the market

Reviewed on 29/07/2016

Prior to using this software I was scaling and taking measures by hand which was extremely time...

Prior to using this software I was scaling and taking measures by hand which was extremely time consuming for me and difficult to get perfectly accurate. I tried other similar products but found them no good and so complicated it was not worth bothering. I then trialed this software and was amazed at how easy it was to use. Drawings that would have taken 2 to 3 days to measure by hand can now be measured quickly in minutes or hours which means I can provide quotations to clients much faster and more accurately. After the trial period came to an end purchasing the product was a no brainer. It has paid for itself after just one week of use.

Pros

Its quite intuitive making it easy to use from the get go but also has a level of depth to it once you become more established.

Its very good value for money when compared to other products on the market that are both harder to use and more expensive.

Cons

It would be nice to be able to change the currency used for estimations. This may be an option I have not learned yet.

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Active Takeoff offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: US$749.00/one-time
  • Free Trial: Available

Active Takeoff has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

Active Takeoff supports the following languages:

English

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Active Takeoff offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat

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