Countfire
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
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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- Industry: Construction Software
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support Software
- 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.
- Industry: Construction Software
- 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".
- Industry: Construction Software
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support Software
- 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.
- Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for Free Trial
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support Software
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Fantastic bit of Software
Reviewed on 16/05/2024
Pros
I found Countfire very easy to use and the speed of takeoffs for various systems saved valuable time. The online chat and support is fantastic too.
Cons
there are a few quirks but that wouldn't stop us from using.
Response from Countfire
Awesome review – thanks Lee!
We'd love to hear more about the quirks you experienced. You can send your feedback on the orange button at the bottom right hand corner of Countfire – either send us a message on our live chat or leave us a feature request at the "Give feedback' button.
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support Software
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Countfire review
Reviewed on 26/06/2024
Enjoy using countfire, it is a very handy tool to have for work.
Enjoy using countfire, it is a very handy tool to have for work.
Pros
Helps produce accurate take offs and minimizes mistakes.
Cons
Drawings can be very slow to load and can be waiting a while.
Response from Countfire
Great review – thanks Jamie!
Awesome to hear you're minimising mistakes and improving accuracy with Countfire.
Sometimes drawings are very complex and the layout is actually made up of lots of small parts – these drawings can be a little slow to load. If you run into this on any future projects, I'd recommend sending us a message on the orange button at the bottom right hand corner of Countfire. Our technical team can take a look and see if they can improve the drawing quality, speeding up the load time in-app.
Countfire FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Countfire.Q. What type of pricing plans does Countfire offer?
Countfire offers the following pricing plans:
- Free Trial: Available
Contact Countfire for detailed pricing information.
Q. Who are the typical users of Countfire?
Countfire has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Countfire support?
Countfire supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Countfire support mobile devices?
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Q. What other apps does Countfire integrate with?
Countfire integrates with the following applications:
Microsoft Excel
Q. What level of support does Countfire offer?
Countfire offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base Software, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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