● For solo estimators

Run more bids a week without hiring, or burning out.

Auto-detect handles the five biggest material categories on every plan set you upload, labeled and ready to review — so your time goes to the bid itself, not counting studs by hand at 9pm.

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The problem this solves

Volume is the job, and manual takeoff doesn't scale with it.

Running a one-person or small shop means the counting and the bidding both land on you. Every hour spent manually measuring walls and cross-referencing a legend is an hour not spent on the parts of the bid that actually need your judgment — pricing, scope, relationships. And the volume only goes up when business is good, which is exactly when you have the least spare time to keep up manually.

ReadMyBlueprint measures the full plan set at once — metal framing, wood framing, drywall, insulation, CMU — and hands back a labeled dashboard in minutes instead of hours, so a plan set that used to eat an afternoon takes the time it takes to read the results.

Why it fits a real bidding workflow

Built to slot into what you already do.

What speeds you up

  • All 5 material categories auto-detected in one pass, not run separately
  • Confidence labels mean you only double-check what's actually flagged
  • One-click CSV/Excel export straight into your existing bid workflow
  • 10 plan sets a month on Solo Estimator, or pay-as-you-go on Per Upload

What you're not giving up

  • Full traceability — every number ties back to real measured geometry
  • No black-box accuracy claim to take on faith — see how labels work
  • Priority email support on Solo Estimator
  • A real API if you want to pull results into your own tools
FAQ

Questions solo estimators actually ask.

How much faster is this than doing it by hand?
It depends on the plan set, but a full multi-page commercial set that takes hours to count by hand comes back in minutes. The time you keep is spent reviewing flagged results, not re-measuring everything from scratch.
What if some months I only need one or two plan sets?
Use Per Upload instead of a subscription — $49 a plan set, no commitment, no expiration on unused credits.
Can I export straight into my own estimating spreadsheet?
Yes — every result set exports to CSV or Excel with the confidence label included, so it drops into whatever workflow you already run.
What happens when I go over my monthly plan set limit?
Buy a Per Upload credit to cover the extra one, or switch to Small Firm if you're consistently going over.

Run your next bid faster.

Upload your plan set and get a labeled material count in minutes. Your first one is free.

Get started

Run an estimating or takeoff service? See ReadMyBlueprint for estimating services.

Doing it by hand? Read the step-by-step guide: How to do a construction takeoff: step by step.

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