About Countfire

Countfire is electrical estimating software that uses automation to help estimators work faster, cut busy work and increase accuracy.

Features include:

True automated takeoff across all drawings
Estimates that learn how you work
Intelligent pricing
Automated specification comparison
Smart views & reports
Flexibly slice your estimate
Automated Excel estimate outputs
Multiplayer mode
Cloud-based - no download required
Work anywhere - Mac or PC
Continually improved
World class support
14-day free trial

Trial Countfire for free today to begin smarter estimating.

Pricing starting from:

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  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

Key benefits of Countfire

Countfire allows you to auto-count symbols across multiple PDF drawings, drastically reducing takeoff time while increasing accuracy.

Tools such as linear measurement, coverage areas and the ability to add items to drawings allow you to design your estimate as you go.

Countfire includes four separate stages of checking built into the process of completing a project to help ensure accuracy.

Move your takeoff into estimate in one-click, and start with an auto-populated estimate based on previous behaviour and products.

Automatically see and compare changes between specifications. Helping you to revise your drawings and pricing schedules, without having to start from scratch.

At the end of each project, Countfire automatically generates an Excel spreadsheet which shows project breakdowns, takeoff counts and pricing estimates.

Typical Customers

  • Freelancers
  • Small Businesses (2-50)
  • Mid-size Companies (51-500)
  • Large enterprises (500 and more)

Deployment

  • Cloud-based
  • On-premises

Markets

Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom and 1 others

Supported Languages

English

Pricing starting from:

Not provided by vendor

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

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Countfire Software - Auto-count across your entire project
Countfire Software - Measure lengths
Countfire Software - Check coverage areas
Countfire Software - With built-in checks for accuracy
Countfire Software - Split out costs using zones
Countfire Software - Easily export estimates as Excel reports
Countfire Software - Algorithms that price your regular items
Countfire Software - Smart views to slice and dice your estimate
Countfire Software - Automatically compare specifications
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Countfire Software - Auto-count across your entire project
Countfire Software - Measure lengths
Countfire Software - Check coverage areas
Countfire Software - With built-in checks for accuracy
Countfire Software - Split out costs using zones
Countfire Software - Easily export estimates as Excel reports
Countfire Software - Algorithms that price your regular items
Countfire Software - Smart views to slice and dice your estimate
Countfire Software - Automatically compare specifications

Features

Total features of Countfire: 35

  • 2D Drawing
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Assembly Takeoff
  • Automatic Backup
  • Bid Management
  • Bill of Materials
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Cost Database
  • Cost Estimating
  • Customer Management
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electrical Estimating
  • Electronic Plans
  • Estimating
  • For AEC Industry
  • Issue Management
  • Job Costing
  • Labor Cost Reporting
  • Project Estimating
  • Project Management
  • Project Workflow
  • Projections
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • SSL Security
  • Status Tracking
  • Takeoff
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Workflow Management

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Reviews

Overall rating

4.7 /5
(202)
Value for Money
4.4/5
Features
4.6/5
Ease of Use
4.7/5
Customer Support
5.0/5

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Mike
Mike
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Countfire - Pros and cond

Reviewed on 19/11/2018

Excellent, the online support is fantastic, as is the software. There have been some containment...

Excellent, the online support is fantastic, as is the software. There have been some containment drawings that I simply could not have lifted off with Pen and paper, but Countfire has made it possible and easy to review.

If in doubt do the trial on a big job and see how you get on!

Pros

Whats not to like? Not much. Its a fantastic tool for estimators, the more you use it the faster you get and the more confidence you gain.

Automatic counts - Brilliant
Manual Counts - When you cant use automatic counts this is still super fast compared to pen and paper
Measurements - Brilliant
Splits and multiples - essential and very helpfull

I have been using it for a year now and would recommend it to anyone involved in estimating or any other form of take offs.

Cons

Every now and again you get a bad drawing where all the symbols are slightly different and its a pain. Just use manual count and safe yourself a lot of frustration!

The cost is pretty high (but worth it in time saved) If I was self employed it could be out of price range.

Merv
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Users Review of Countfire

Reviewed on 13/05/2024

I have been using Countfire for 8 years and is the best counting and measuring software on the...

I have been using Countfire for 8 years and is the best counting and measuring software on the market by far. Ease of use.

Pros

Countfire has been developed specifically for take off from PDF drawings.

The ease of take from PDF drawings and the export in Excel.

The ability to create zones that match the tender breakdown/CSA.

The exceptional level and speed of support is second to none.

Cons

The estimating package need a lot of work to be used by major M&E companies.

The left hand margin and contents are fixed. This needs to be flexible to move and change fonts etc.

Can be slow for take with the background on. (Sometimes the background need to stay)

Response from Countfire

Best counting and measuring software on the market by far – love it! Thanks Merv.

You're spot on – Countfire has been designed by Estimators for Estimators with loads of features to help improve the speed and accuracy of your takeoffs.

Our support is something we're really proud of. From online training sessions to our in-app live chat, we do our best to make sure all of our users get the most out of the software.

Thanks for the feedback on the Estimating side of the software. We've recently added the ability to add prelims to your estimates and produce custom reports to suit your requirements. If you'd like to take a look, just let us know and we can set up a quick video call.

David
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Great Tool for Estimating

Reviewed on 22/06/2023

Pros

So easy to take off all elements and easier than trying to mark up manually

Cons

Nothing to add on this one that I have found at the moment

Response from Countfire

Appreciate the review David.

It's great to hear you're finding it easy to complete your takeoffs in Countfire.

We really welcome feedback from our users so if you do think of any features you'd like to see, you can either use the "Give feedback" option or "Send us a message" using the orange button in the bottom right hand corner of the app.

Kalvin
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

FMS Review

Reviewed on 30/11/2023

I've had a great experience overall. I use it daily.

I've had a great experience overall. I use it daily.

Pros

it speeds up my take offs on a daily basis.

Cons

sometimes it doesn't pick up some symbols

Response from Countfire

Thanks for the great review Kalvin!

Awesome to hear Countfire is speeding up your takeoffs on a daily basis.

Sometimes, symbols may look the same but they've been drawn differently when the drawings were created. All you need to do to count these symbols, is make an additional selection under the same heading.

Joe
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  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Countfire Review

Reviewed on 26/01/2024

Pros

Take offs and PDF comparison are good providing the pdf is in the right format

Cons

Expensive per user, no multi user plans so £200 a user seems high

Response from Countfire

Thanks Joe for the review!

Thrilled to hear you find take offs and the PDF comparison helpful.

We have a tiered pricing structure which offers a sliding discount for additional users. We also offer a 10% discount on yearly subscriptions.

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Countfire has the following typical customers:

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

Countfire supports the following languages:

English

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Countfire integrates with the following applications:

Microsoft Excel

Countfire offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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