Connect Claude or ChatGPT to estimating software that sees your folder
Connect Claude or ChatGPT to Estimator+ and the AI works in your own tender folder. Four steps, no terminal, your files stay put and there's no AI bill from us.
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Tender addenda shouldn't cost you a night: how Estimator+ does it
Drop a tender addendum in the folder and Estimator+ matches each new revision to its old drawing, supersedes it and gives affected subbies revision notes.
Compare subcontractor quotes properly: it starts with the invite
To compare subcontractor quotes you need quotes back. Estimator+ drafts invites in your own inbox, tracks who's pricing and levels every price beside its lines.
Tender exclusions and qualifications start with reading the tender
Tender exclusions and qualifications are only as good as the reading behind them. The Estimator+ takeoff reads the spec, contract and scope before it measures.
Best takeoff software in Australia: the takeoff you can check
The best takeoff software does the takeoff and lets you check it. In Estimator+ every quantity is a shape at the sheet's printed scale, labelled on the plan.
Can ChatGPT do a takeoff? Not in a chat. With Estimator+, yes
On its own in a chat window, ChatGPT can't give you a takeoff you can price. In Codex with Estimator+ connected to your tender folder, it can. Here's why.
AI takeoff software that reads the whole tender before it measures
The AI takeoff software worth using reads the spec, notes, contract and addenda before it measures. Here's how AI Takeoff V5 in Estimator+ does it.
Best estimating software in Australia: Estimator+ runs the tender
For commercial builders pricing through subcontractors, Estimator+ runs the whole tender: folder, AI takeoff, quotes, margin and submission, live with the team.
Bluebeam and Excel vs estimating software: the join that leaks
Bluebeam measures and Excel prices, and tenders leak money at the join. Estimator+ keeps the quantity, its revision, its quote and its exclusions in one tender.