Countfire

Pros: Customer Support was fantastic - Very fast response times to queries that i had. I felt very assured .

Cons: Training sessions need to be 1.5 hour minimum for 1st time users . My initial 45 session although very good . I felt i needed another session .

Pros: Its so easy to use and very helpful with take offs. its very easy to upload information and work you way around a drawing as well as mark it up.

Cons: nothing at this moment in time. I haven't found any problems as it seems to work fine and even when there was a problem the team was very responsive.

Pros: Excellent tool for estimating, customer support and training is excellent, very through. I am a first time user and have had great support

Cons: There are not many, there a few minor tweaks that could improve the overall experience, but can't think of anything offhand to complaint n about

Pros: Speeds up my take-off, now they are less of a chore. Quick responses from Customer Services. Easy to learn how to use.

Cons: No CTRL + Z undo function, though you can refresh your page but that reverts back to the last saved version.

Pros: The system is brilliant, it streamlines the whole take off process increasing the daily productivity.

Cons: Sometimes it seems like it can be a bit numb - id click on an item and it wouldnt have selected it, which can result in counting the wrong items.

Pros: Ability to use the system as a mechanical estimator, I always assumed that it was electrically biased. The support team are there around the clock and quickly get back and solve your issues or answer any queries you have.

Cons: I think being able to reduce the size of measurements and take off symbols. It can get quite clustered at the end of the job, despite having the ability to remove layers of the drawings.

Pros: Easy to use. Saves a huge amount of time on take-offs. Presents the data in a format which is easy to interpret.

Cons: Some larger drawings can affect the functionality of the software and slow down take-offs. This is more a drawing quality issue though.

Pros: Support is a next level, team are super fast and active. Anything help you need you can contact the live support team. They will try to fix your issue using Zoom or Teams within a few minutes. Ive never been longer than 5 minutes without someone responding and fixing my issue. (Issue was caused by me learning the software)

Cons: Honestly, It does exactly what i need to with ease, I dont have any Cons. It may not be the cheapest. But you get what you pay for. The time i save this software pays for itself for the month in a day or 2.

Pros: the way it counts across drawings is great, the way you can side by side documents to assess changes in specs etc is brilliant, and how you can override drawings with new stages.

Cons: the only real problems i have with it is normally if the drawing is bad i.e it has images on it and not done correctly at the designer end.

Pros: The look and feel of the app is clear and concise, ease of use is great. exporting of take offs are clear and well presented.

Cons: Not much to not like, usually the quality of PDF that make it hard if the PDF is not a good quality.

Pros: The software provides such a quick and easy way in to taking off from a drawing and provides so much functionality whilst also giving a fast entry point for users who have never used software before. Was the biggest plus point for me along with all the customer support.

Cons: Probably the estimating package but I think that was more down to me than the actual software itself which provided all the functionality that you might get with more expensive taking off and estimating packages.

Pros: the time it saves when counting a a new project, its brillaint once exported and laid out perfectly in microsfot excel which is easy to then move around and sort.

Cons: sometimes the system can be slow when reading drawing and sometimes it cant read the symbols perfectly first time.

Pros: Easiness to use and quick to upload drawing and start take offs. Like how it remembers items i have taken off on previous drawings of the same discipline.

Cons: Cant change size of the point for counting items on busy drawing. For example the circle covers other items i need to count and therefore can be missed.

Pros: What I liked most about Countfire , was how easily the software is to use , compared to the old method for carrying out take-offs

Cons: There was really nothing which I didn't like. Anytime I needed help , the online support was always quickly at hand

Pros: Straight forward software. Easy to set up your work schedule and easy to learn. Very useful the keyboard shortcuts

Cons: Every now and then the account shut down without the possibility to get access straight away. However, this isn't a big issue at all

Pros: I’ve been using Countfire for a two months now, and it’s completely transformed how I handle electrical estimating. What I like most is the true automated takeoff feature—it allows me to mark up symbols on one drawing and instantly counts them across all drawings. This alone has saved me hours of manual work and significantly reduced errors.

Cons: For highly detailed or non-standard drawings, the automation sometimes struggles to interpret symbols or layouts accurately, requiring manual adjustments.

Pros: The ability to make take offs from multiple documents/plans very quickly The ease of creating zones across plans

Cons: When making the same two zones across multiple plans e.g exterior and interior to separate CCTV systems, the generated spreadsheet does not show you a total for each zone across all plans only a total per zone for each plan, this means you have to manually add them up which is quite time consuming

Pros: speedy takeoffs - intuitive system. learns for future drawings so you don't need to assign reference for every drawing. excellent training provided and good customer support.

Cons: The estimating tool is clunky and difficult to adjust from takeoffs as items are already grouped by drawings.

Pros: I loved the fact there is someone knowledgeable generally available in a timeley fashion. the software is very user friendly and saves lots of time doing take offs.

Cons: the only thing i can think of was an issue opening an excel file which was down to my computers securtiy settings which i was guided through how to sort this issue by customer support.

Pros: The support network Countfire have is exceptional. Really quick and very helpful. They are always there to go above and beyond.

Cons: I honestly cannot really pick fault with it. I struggle with any new software, but i can see how beneficial this asset can be to my business.

Pros: It has made doing take off's so much easier. i am able to dip in and out and never lose my place. I use the manual count function marking up the drawings and this is a great way of doing take off's for me.

Cons: The auto count function does not suit the drawings we receive as they are marked up with lots of other markings which confuses the icon's. you are able to amend the icon's but it is alot of work

Pros: There's a simplicity in the functions to the complicated nature that comes with detailed schematics and drawings. Delving further, I can see there is more depth to each function, which I know will be very useful for future use.

Cons: The load can take its time, but I know that comes from the drawings themselves, so technically it's not with Countfire directly.

Pros: I like Countfire because it’s fast, accurate, and saves me a ton of time. It auto-picks symbols, keeps everything digital and tidy, and is really easy to use. No faff, no mistakes, just quicker quotes and cleaner take-offs.

Cons: Dislikes? Honestly, nothing so far. It just works. No glitches, no clunky interface, no wasted time. It does what it says on the tin and does it well