The most common complaint in public reviews of takeoff tools is paying for a year before knowing if it fits your work. Reviewers of tools like STACK, Togal.AI and PlanSwift mention price creep, renewals, learning curves and imports that do not behave. Here is how to avoid that.
Ask about renewal terms, per-project versus annual options, how imports behave on your file types, Mac and browser support, and which trades are not covered. Our own answers are below, and you can compare us with Togal.AI, STACK and PlanSwift, or read what reviewers actually complain about.
Framing, drywall, plywood, insulation and CMU, from vector PDFs. Not scans, not MEP, not concrete. It is assisted takeoff: on a real 21-page apartment set (Freeport Square), 68.9% of walls matched on their own and 99.8% after one "Confirm all". You still review the rest. See the full comparison.
Yes. Your first plan set is free and needs no card. Upload a real digital plan set and check the counts against your own numbers.
No. Pricing is flat and self-serve, with a one-time per-upload option, and the monthly plan can be cancelled any time from the billing portal. Details are in the terms.
No install and no key. It runs in your browser: upload a plan set, review the results per wall type.
Yes, any modern browser works, including on Mac.
ReadMyBlueprint reads real vector PDFs and uses the printed scale. Scanned or image-only PDFs are not supported for automatic measurement, and we say so up front rather than guess.
Each result carries a confidence label (matched, ambiguous, needs confirmation). You confirm before a bid goes out.
No. Today it covers steel and wood framing, drywall, plywood, insulation and CMU.
No card needed. The ReadMyBlueprint Team
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