Takeoff Live is a takeoff and estimating solution designed for businesses of all sizes. It offers project estimating, audit management, plan design and vendor quotes management within a suite. The product is available on-premise and runs on Windows and Mac operating systems.
Takeoff Live allows users to upload plan files in different formats, such as PDF, TIFF and images. Once uploaded, users can estimate areas and linear distances in both metric as well as imperial standards. Users can also trace areas and linear distances free-hand and calculate volumes by adding height to the traced areas.
Takeoff Live is available in three different pricing plans based on the number of features offered. The vendor also charges a mandatory annual fee for license renewal. The vendor offers guides, email support and a knowledge base for customers.
I highly recommend this product to all of the contractors I work with.
Being one of the original purchasers of E Job Cost I saw the growth of this product from the beginning. It has always been reliable and useful in doing take offs from plan sets. As it has evolved to Takeoff Live a lot of additional features and improvements have been added making it much more robust and even easier to use. The fact that I can set my scale using a know measurement or to an architectural or engineering scale allows me to work from cad drawings, hand drawings and photographs.
There really aren't any cons. There are different levels of the product which allow you to customize it to your needs and everything works as advertised.
Mark from J.M.W. Tile Contractors, Inc.
Takeoff Software that doesen't take a month to learn and a year to pay for.
Highly recommended! i wish all products were this good a value.
Does any size or type of job takeoff. If you don't have or can't find the scale, you can set it yourself from a door opening or a dimention. you can do takeoffs from a photo if you want. Does all scales, all plans,etc. Can get plans VIA email or however and do a takeoff. Exports to excel or just print the form in Takeoff Live directly. Support is the best and most responsive support you will ever get anywhere! I recommend this for anyone who needs quantities for estimating, ordering or whatever. You can get a satalite photo of a roof or a photo of a building, or anything, set your own scale, and do a takeoff.
I would and have recommended this to those I know having a difficult time doing takeoffs from traditiona paper plans to digital formats. Its easy and the learning curve is small.
I am a long time user of Takeoff Live, its been a great product. Its clear, concise and easy to use and that is very important for me as I am a migraine sufferer and computers are one of my triggers. Im not in the business any longer but from time to time I get request to do small jobs and Takeoff live is what I use and suggest to others that may be looking for a great takeoff software.
None that I can tell, its difficult sometime to get tech support. They are great when you get them its just sometimes takes time to get them.
Have recommended it to a couple of others that I know already - even one who had bought a more expensive package and found it was too cumbersome for his needs.
Save function - doesn't seem to be able to be modified to a different directory?
View bar on LHS resorts to "ITS" position when restart - instead of staying where I wanted them - ADD & EDIT buttons grow HUGE on stretching the box.
Lost the ability to see the AUDIT sheet on screen first - is this a Standard vs Professional package??
Mike from MN Masonry, Inc.
I got burned once doing manual take offs to the tune of about $20K (I left a page of written measurements out of the final tabulation. I vowed never to let that happen again, and started shopping software programs. I chose Takeoff Live, and I'm glad I did. As long as you save often, and learn the quirks of this software, you can do everything you could have with a much more expensive piece of software, for a fraction of the price. Also, when you need help, their customer service is friendly, helpful, and above all, prompt!
Accurate, adequate features, exports to excel, relatively inexpensive.
Does not have hand grab drag tool (except on sidebar), can't undo a finished area or lineal measurement, crashes sometimes.
TAKEOFF LIVE has increased my productivity by 400%!!!!!
I would, and have, recommended this product to all of my contacts in the construction field. It is an abolute assett to my company and productivity.
I am truly grateful for the time and effort you all have put into this program. It has decreased the time it takes to estimate a project by more than 400%. I can take off 4 projects with this software vs. my previous takeoff procedure. And thank you to Dee for being so involved and responsive regarding his product. It has truly changed the way I can produce at the office.
I would recommend this software to anyone who needs a great time saving estimating software.
Very easy installation, easy learning curve, I have a condition that make it hard for me to look at computers long so the speed at which I can complete a project is important to me, The spreadsheet portion of the software is invaluable and saves me a lot of time and litteraly headache doing calculations. Just a supreme software.
customer support is great but sometime slow in getting back to you, the version I have, you have to be online to use it. Can be cost prohibitive to some.
I think this product is fantastic for measuring areas as it is accurate & very very affordable. I have not looked back since I found it & the cost is unbeatable!
Take off Live is everything I need to estimate jobs we are tendering. I find it easy to use and accurate.
Other products similar cost thousands of dollars so this is great value for money indeed!!!
The customer service is also great & response times are very quick which is important to me.
I haven't found any problems with it to be honest for what I use it for.
Using Takeoff Live set me apart from the average consultant and my work is of more value to my employer. I have not seen a comparable product with the type of customer support the Takeoff Live staff offers. Give it a try and you'll see what I mean.
The ability to use pdf drawings rather than dwg or other media has allowed me the ability to have more accurate information which in turn reduces bid ambiguities.
Depending on your computer security software, it is sometimes necessary to stop security applications from booting and then register Takeoff Live again.
Eric from Comfort Saver Inc.
I would recommend Takeoff live to anyone in the construction industry. Best bang for the Dollar spent on software to make my business and life a lot easier.
It continues to get better with each version.
The program was very inexpensive and it exceeded all my expectation of what this program would do.
It saves me Time and Money.
could not think of anything wrong with the current version of the program.
Only works on area as highlighted, could use some pitch calculators to make it more suitable for roofing. Also makes no allowances for 3D measurements as per floor plans.
Without a doubt this is the ONLY on screen take-off software that I would recommend.
The most versatile and user friendly On Screen Take-off software I have ever used. Since I started using Take-off Live, I have retired both Quest Take-off and Toolbox2. Complex take-offs, odd shaped areas are done with such ease.
I am sure there is something, but I haven't found it yet.
Two thumbs up, great tool for anyone who has to do estimates, bills of materials, and quotes.
I was up and running in minutes.
I could import all information into a master spreadsheet.
You don't lose your place as your trail is documented with color.
Much easier than doing materials take-offs manually.
Awsome package for the money!
Great takeoff tracking of estimated take off quanities. Ideal for both sub takeoffs as well as GC use.
Use is by seat. If the use was by paid subscription so more people could use the same license while not exceeding the number purchased it would save us some money.
Despite the fact that I only just purchased a version last month, it wont let me access the software, saying that my "trial period has expired" even though I have already paid $600!