Construction Estimating Software Built for Subcontractors
Trade-specific takeoff and estimating for concrete, masonry, roofing, and excavation contractors. Half the price of STACK. None of the GC bloat.
100+ subcontractors already saving hours per bid
Why most contractor estimating software fails subcontractors
The enterprise tools were designed for GCs and priced accordingly. Excel breaks under volume. Manual bids miss margin. You’re leaving jobs on the table every week.
Excel wasn’t built for takeoff
No assembly libraries. No unit cost database. No SOV output. Just rows and formulas that break the moment someone edits the wrong cell.
$600/month tools built for GCs
STACK, PlanSwift, and Procore charge enterprise prices for enterprise complexity you’ll never use as a sub doing $500k–$10M/year.
Every bid starts from scratch
No saved assemblies. No pricing history. Hours spent per estimate that pull your estimator away from the next opportunity.
Margin mistakes you can’t afford
Manual pricing means missed items, wrong quantities, and thin margins. One bad estimate on a $500k job wipes out months of profit.
Estimating software for contractors who win bids
Every feature in ScopeTakeoff was built around how subcontractors actually estimate — not how enterprise GC software thinks you should.
Trade-Specific Assemblies
Pre-built assembly libraries for concrete, masonry, roofing, and excavation. Input quantities once — get a fully priced estimate with labor and material broken out.
PDF Plan Takeoff
Upload plan sheets directly. Measure quantities off drawings and push them straight into your estimate. No retyping, no switching tools.
SOV & Proposal Output
One click generates a professional Schedule of Values and client-facing proposal. Formatted, branded, and ready to submit. No more midnight reformatting.
Live Unit Cost Database
Material and labor costs updated regularly. Adjust to your market, save your preferred rates, and build pricing history as you bid more jobs.
Multi-Entity Profiles
Operate multiple entities or licenses? Set up profiles per company. Proposals auto-populate the right license number, address, and signatory every time.
Team Estimating
Give each estimator their own login. Review bids before they go out. See what’s in progress, submitted, and won — all in one dashboard.
The best construction estimating software for small contractors
Most construction estimating software is built for companies with 50+ employees and a dedicated IT team. ScopeTakeoff is built for subcontractors doing $500k–$10M/year who need to bid fast and win more work.
| Feature | ScopeTakeoff | STACK CT | Excel | Procore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built for subcontractors | ✓ Yes | Partial | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Trade-specific assemblies | ✓ Concrete, Masonry, Roofing, Excav. | ✓ General | ✗ Manual | ✗ No |
| PDF plan takeoff | ✓ Included | ✓ Included | ✗ No | ✓ Add-on |
| SOV + proposal output | ✓ One click | Partial | ✗ Manual | ✓ Yes |
| Self-serve onboarding | ✓ Signup and go | Sales call required | ✓ Yes | ✗ Implementation |
| Monthly price | $100/person | $499–$699 | $0 (but slow) | $600+ |
Trade-specific estimating software for every scope
ScopeTakeoff includes purpose-built assembly libraries for four trades. Each has its own dedicated takeoff tools, unit cost database, and SOV output — not a generic template repurposed from a GC platform.
Concrete Estimating Software
Flatwork, foundations, walls, columns, curb & gutter. Concrete assemblies, rebar takeoff, forming costs, and finishing labor — all pre-loaded.
Concrete estimating →Masonry Estimating Software
CMU block, brick, stone veneer, restoration. Unit counts, grout volumes, mortar quantities built in. No more counting blocks off plan sheets.
Masonry estimating →Roofing Estimating Software
TPO, EPDM, shingle, metal. Roof area calculations, slope adjustments, flashing lengths, and material waste factors applied automatically.
Roofing estimating →Excavation Estimating Software
Cut/fill volumes, grading, trenching, compaction. Swell and shrink factors applied. Export quantities directly to your equipment estimate.
Excavation estimating →Construction estimating software priced for subcontractors
Enterprise tools charge $500–$700/month because they can. ScopeTakeoff is $100 per person — simple, transparent, no annual lock-in.
- 1 estimator seat
- All 4 trade libraries
- PDF plan takeoff
- Unlimited projects
- SOV + proposal export
- Email support
- Up to 5 estimator seats
- All 4 trade libraries
- PDF plan takeoff
- Unlimited projects
- SOV + proposal export
- Bid review workflow
- Multi-entity profiles
- Priority support
14-day free trial. No credit card required. Cancel anytime.
Why subcontractors choose ScopeTakeoff over the alternatives
“We were on STACK at $600/month and honestly using maybe 20% of it. ScopeTakeoff has everything we actually need for our concrete work. Cut our bid time in half.”
“The masonry assembly library alone is worth it. I used to count every block by hand off the plans. Now I enter the dimensions and it spits out quantities, mortar, everything.”
“Our estimators turn around 3x as many bids per week now. The SOV export goes straight to the GC — no reformatting, no copying into Word. It looks professional.”
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