Countfire

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True automated electrical estimating software

About Countfire

Countfire is electrical estimating software that uses automation to help electrcial 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 from ex-electrical estimators
7-day free trial

Trial Countfire for free today to begin smarter estimating.


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.


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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

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Overall rating

4.7 /5
(211)
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
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  • Value for Money
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  • 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.

Caelan
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

One year review of the Countfire software

Reviewed on 15/01/2024

Pros

The takeoff software allows the user to quickly takeoff any project. The symbol counting tool is impressive and in the future when the project is in a later build most estimators will use this software.

Cons

The technology, while impressive hasn't reached perfection yet. I believe in years to come this will no longer be a problem. An example of this is the symbol counting software which doesn't accurately take off every symbol. To counteract this Countfire allows you to take as many snippets of the symbol as you want. Hopefully in the near future this will no longer be an issue.

Response from Countfire

Thanks for the review Caelan, glad you have been impressed with Countfire!

Absolutely – it's great you have been able to complete your takeoffs quicker.

We acknowledge there's always room for improvement – our product team work in two week cycles to release hundreds of platform enhancements a year.

Countfire finds matches based on your selections. Occasionally, depending how the drawing has been created, symbols can be drawn differently so they don't automatically match with your first selection. To count these different symbols, just make additional selections under the same symbol heading.

Really welcome feedback from our users. To submit a feature request click on the orange button in the bottom right-hand corner of the app and choose "Give Feedback".

David
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • 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.

Caroline
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  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

My review of countfire

Reviewed on 4/06/2024

Excellent. No problem is too much to ask for help from the team. They are very responsive and...

Excellent. No problem is too much to ask for help from the team. They are very responsive and helpful.

Pros

I like that it saves me time on larger projects that have a lot to quantify, as well as making measurements easier and quicker.

Cons

I have had the odd drawing where it doesn't pick up the symbols very well.

Response from Countfire

Thanks for the great review Caroline!

Awesome to hear Countfire is saving you time and you're finding our support responsive and helpful.

There are a few things that can cause your symbols to not be picked up well including the format of the drawings and the way the drawings have been created. If you run into this on a project, I'd always recommend sending us a message on the orange button in the bottom right hand corner of the app – our support team can take a look and see if there's anything we can do to improve the quality of the drawings.

Paul
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Countfire Review

Reviewed on 30/07/2024

Pros

I like the quick and easiness of using Countfire.

Cons

Sometimes it takes a very long time to download a takeoff (I understand this maybe due to the size of the takeoff).

Response from Countfire

Thanks for the great review Paul!

Awesome to hear you're finding Countfire quick and easy to use.

At the end of your takeoff, you need to process it to produce your output documents. The time taken to process the takeoff can differ depending on the size and complexity of the project but most takeoffs are ready to download within a few minutes. While your takeoff is processing, you can work on other projects within Countfire however, if your takeoff is taking an unusually long time to process, I'd always recommend sending us a message on the orange button in the bottom right hand corner of the app so we can look into it for you.

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Countfire FAQs

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Countfire offers the following pricing plans:

  • Free Trial: Available

Contact Countfire for detailed pricing information.

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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