Groundplan

4.8 (37)
Cloud-based construction takeoff software to estimate plans

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Value for Money
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Dan
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

William Electrical SA

Reviewed on 2022-01-20

Groundplan is more than a software program, it's backed by an energetic team that know their product and work diligently to ensure you get the most out of the program!

Pros

The Take-off abilities are efficient, templated and save time and energy! Initial set-up is easy and you are away!

Cons

I would love to see an auto count function developed in the future, I feel this is the only thing i want for.

Alternatives Considered

PlanSwift, Bluebeam Revu and Countfire

Reasons for Switching to Groundplan

Ease of use along with the support and training available!

Response from Groundplan

This is great feedback, thanks Dan.
Stay tuned for that request of yours. ;)

Jesse
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Groundplan is a must have...

Reviewed on 2020-08-26

Extremely happy I have tried other estimating software over the past 15 years and nothing has come close.

Pros

Groundplan saves me hours each and every day now that I have my template set up and understand how the program works it honestly saves me hours each and every plan I look at.

Cons

There are not too many features that don’t work beautifully and now that it is integrated with xero it is going to make my life even easier as it will spit out a quote once I have time to takeoff

Ambien
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  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Groundplan's ease of use

Reviewed on 2023-03-27

We are now using Groundplan with our technicians when they are counting items for a residential fit off. We believe it will lead to a more accurate count which will mean less return trips do to forgotten fit off items.

Pros

Ease of use. Without consulting the help guide it's easy to work out how to use the progream.But the help guide is extremely helpful & easy to follow when needed.

Cons

A multi coloured eraser tool would be good for the times when the plan has different colours.The ability to hide quantities on the pdf print of a plan legend.There is always room for more icons.

Alternatives Considered

3D CAD Automation

Reasons for Switching to Groundplan

Integration with simPRO
Peter
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Wish i had changed to groundplan sooner

Reviewed on 2023-02-20

Its really good, and once you get your head around a few of the formulas (which i did after one training session) its going to make pricing complex plans a breeze

Pros

I can price a plan on any computer/device with the internet not just the computer the software is on, and its so good being able to ring and get an answer straight away from someone in my own country.

Cons

There were a few things that i was not use to from using my old software but after 1 training session has got those sorted and was actually better than my old software

Response from Groundplan

This is great to hear Peter!

Those free 1 hour training sessions sure help eh?

Feel free to keep asking questions from the Support team and you'll be a formulas guru in no time.

Chris
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  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Love Groundplan a must have

Reviewed on 2022-12-01

The team at ground plan are lovely to deal with and the customer support is brilliant.

Pros

Ground plan is easy to use with many features and has become an essential part of our business. Ground plan is used every day to quote, keep track of stages within a job and can be used to draw up asbuilts and changes within plans as required. The development team add features to make our quoting experience pleasant and the team should be proud of their product.

Cons

I don't have any issues with Groundplan that impact me negatively at all.

Response from Groundplan

Mate this is so nice to hear. We love our Support team as much as our customers do.

And yes, we are proud of the product. Thanks for taking the time to review it Chris. It's great to hear how much it benefits your business.

Geoff
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Groundplan Review

Reviewed on 2016-09-20

Being an electrical contracting company, counting symbols off a plan can be tiring on the eyes as well as problematic if you miss something you did not see.

Using Groundplan has saved me printing off paper plans and hoping I can see all the symbols. Being able to zoom right into the plan and see everything has been a blessing on my eyes. No more need for the magnifying glass!

If your a Simpro user, Groundplan is a must as all your pre-builds are synced with Groundplan, so no double entry.

Pros

Sync's directly with Simpro
Can zoom into drawings and see everything
Scale the drawings, and do take-offs for cable, tray and conduits
Easily outsource the take-off and see what has been allowed for and if anything is missing

Malakai
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  • Industry: Civil Engineering
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Nothing But the Truth.

Reviewed on 2022-06-27

Super happy with it.

Pros

Just the user friendly aspects of the whole software. Very easy to learn and pick up on how to use it from the get go. Help tab is also very helpful as it has all the information the user will need. The Ground plan team are always ready to help when you need them too.

Cons

At this stage nothing. Everything I need for my takeoff is included in the software.

Response from Groundplan

What a fantastic review. Thanks Malakai. We do like to pay particular attention to the usability of the software so it's great to hear that you find it so easy to use.

John
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Takes off time spent on take offs

Reviewed on 2023-01-20

Pros

Great easy to use interface and featuresSaves time on clicking with new symbol recognition Tech support and service is impeccable

Cons

Nothing much I didn’t like other then some integration capabilities but the team have solved that problem!

Response from Groundplan

Ah the ol' tech support dept. What would we do without them?!

Good to see you're taking advantage of Count Assist. That'll save you soooo much time!

Paul
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

A review

Reviewed on 2022-12-16

Fantastic- Used for a long time. I would say im an active promoter.

Pros

Scale tool, integration with simpro. The ability to layer up into cost centres.

Cons

Can't edit the PDF plan to 'clean it up'

Response from Groundplan

Thanks for taking the time to write a review Paul. It's always appreciated. Also thanks for being an active promoter. So great.

I've asked Support to reach out to show you how to clean up the PDF. It's something you can certainly do.

Be sure to take advantage of the one hour free training. Even seasoned users are surprised at what they learn.

Katie
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  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • 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 10.0 /10

Best program ever!

Reviewed on 2022-10-18

We look more professional going to site meetings with the plans already done up and very clear to read. The program itself is amazing and very easy to use which is just what everyone needs!

Pros

I was able to trial the program (and many others) and Groundplan was the easiest one to use! The detailed videos on how to work through the site was incredible. I was able to use it immediately and pass onto my boss who thought it was also incredible! Very professional and looks great for our new clients!

Cons

I haven't found anything I don't like about the program - if I get stuck on trying to find something the team is only a message or zoom call away

Response from Groundplan

Well we couldn't ask for a better title than that!
Thanks Katie.

Feedback like that is fuel for us all here at Groundplan.

George
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

World class software? Not quite yet.

Reviewed on 2022-02-28

It is a great timesaver when it comes to quoting.

Pros

Take-off calculation is a breeze with this software.

Cons

As with any change in software use, you will always compare what you're using now to what you used to use. Although Groundplan is better overall, there are some little things which are clunky to use (e.g. editing text), or perhaps the functionality doesn't exist at all (e.g. moving symbols using arrow keys).
Also don't like the fact that you have no control over how symbols are "layered" on a drawing (e.g. arcs always on top of symbols).

Response from Groundplan

Glad you're finding takeoff calculation a breeze George.

We'll take the other feedback to the development team. It's the kind of functionality we're refining all the time. There are lots of updates on their way.

Ashley
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  • Industry: Executive Office
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great cloud-based drawing software

Reviewed on 2016-09-27

We've been using Groundplan since not long after it was first released to the market. It's a great product and well priced for the functionality it provides. We get very good assistance from their support team as well and they have always been open to developing the product further based on user feedback. It's also easy to use, with our team picking up the software and running with it very quickly. It's been a welcome asset to our business, improving efficiencies and producing great quality, take-offs, plans, and drawings.

Pros

Ease of use. Flexible. Ability to integrate to our other business system. Well priced, with concurrent licencing model available.

Cons

Nothing, it's a great tool

Jeremy
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  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Picking up the dollars and cents

Reviewed on 2020-08-26

Love the system. For me it’s saved a lot of phone calls and time on the project management side of the business.

Pros

This product, I think is essential for the quoting and documentation side of our business. It has shown us how much we were actually missing when we were previously quoting jobs. It also allows us to document on the go for the project managers, and helps them to accurately run the jobs.

Cons

I would like to be able to customise the symbols but being there is so many to choose from, it’s not a big deal.

Brendon
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  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support Software
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Groundplan Review

Reviewed on 2021-11-11

Pros

Ease of use. Plan measuring and scaling.

Cons

Inability to fully integrate with Smartbiz software.

Response from Groundplan

Thanks for the review Brendon. Glad to hear you're finding it so easy to use.

Glenn
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Excellent Product

Reviewed on 2016-09-02

I have used Groundplan for three years and absolutely love using it. The team at 3stack are constantly adding new features and are always available when I have any questions.

Pros

Its super easy to use and was easy to move off my old ways of estimating using excel and highlighters.

Lynton
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support Software
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Groundplan Review

Reviewed on 2020-08-26

Speed of Measuring
Integration with other platforms

Pros

Ease of Use
Speed on the web platform
Web Based
Integration with simPRO

Cons

Notations on drawings. Should integrate arrows

Darren
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Excellent service, terrific software!

Reviewed on 2017-05-18

Pros

Ease of use. Integration with SIMPRO is fantastic. Being able to do take offs and not miss anything is worth the money alone.

Cons

There are minimal cons with this software. There are small flaws throughout but nothing to sour the experience.

Response from Groundplan

Thanks for the review Darren. Great having you onboard!

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

Changed our business

Reviewed on 2020-08-26

This has changed our business from the quoting stage right to the end of the oroject

Pros

Ease of use and job management , stores all of our plans

Cons

Other people have it, I want it all to myself!!

Con
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  • Industry: Security & Investigations
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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Groundplan is the best from solution to customer service.....

Reviewed on 2017-04-24

From day one the team has been an awesome help with an awesome solution that works out with great customer feedback.

Pros

Easy to use

Cons

Zero issues

Steve
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Support

Reviewed on 2023-02-08

Pros

ease of use and ability to create mark ups

Cons

billing is US dollars

Response from Groundplan

Hi Steve,

We support several billing currencies. Perhaps you were outside of Australia when you signed up? We can certainly get you onto AUD.

Our Accounts Dept. will be in touch.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Easy to use, fully featured and great value

Reviewed on 2018-04-27

Pros

Our customers love this product, it has been a real game changer. It's got the balance right between being easy to use but having the features needed. Supports multiple file formats and integrates with simPRO AND it's cloud-based.. can't go wrong for the price.

Cons

There isn't a mobile app, not that it would really be practical to look at plans on a small screen, so you really need to be using an iPad or a Surface Pro or something if you're away from you PC.

Simon
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  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Fast response

Reviewed on 2022-11-02

Prompt

Pros

The Help Line is my favourite feature.

Cons

Old SIMPRO prebuilds that I have deleted do not delete from Groundplan.

Response from Groundplan

Our Support team sure are popular!
Thanks for the feedback Simon.

Nicholas
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  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Software, Great Support

Reviewed on 2022-05-05

Excellent, Super Fast Support

Pros

The Take off lists and Intergration are amazing.

Cons

Just the Fact of having to learn something different and get your head around it. ( Its unavoidable to make progress though)

Response from Groundplan

That's so great to hear Nicholas. Remember to reach out to the Support team if have any questions along the way.

Andrew
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  • Industry: Building Materials
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Maximising Pipe Layout Plans

Reviewed on 2021-10-07

Overall the interaction with Groundplan and in particular [SENSITIVE CONTENT] has been fantastic, the training sessions we had were very informative and a lot of fun.
Groundplan will be helping us grow as a business, developing relationships with plumbers by giving them pipe layouts that will maximise the efficiency of their installations.

Pros

Being able to import a PDF plan scale it and overlay the pipe plan with ease. I haven't been using Groundplan very long but already I feel confident enough to supply pipe layout drawings to plumbers that will help them maximise an installations efficiency

Cons

The software is so easy and intuitive to use it is hard to find anything that I dislike about it

Response from Groundplan

This is great feedback! Thanks Andrew.

Trent
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  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Refreshing, rewarding & easy for anyone (even with little experience) to get their head around.

Reviewed on 2017-05-11

Pros

This software has transformed our painful, time consuming and average presentation of plans and quoting into an easy, streamlined and completely professional package.
Groundplan has put our business a massive step ahead of our competitors!
The way Groundplan synchronizes with Simpro is outstanding.

Cons

If I had to put something down.... it could only be the cost. But, at the end of the day - good products, software and services cost money. We all know, you get nothing worthwhile for free.

Response from Groundplan

Thanks for the review Trent, Great working with you.