Active Takeoff Reviews

I called today for support. I spoke to the original person who designed the software in 2014. I found out I was one of the first 20 customers to purchase it in the United States.
I cannot tell you how happy I have been with this software and the customer service. Incredible.

Joe

Nothing it works great once you build your formulas.

We are a QS firm based in Western Australia. We have used pretty much all takeoff tools that are out there. Active Takeoff offers a clean measuring tool that leaves definable markups with a legend on each page that clearly indicates what is what. There are tools for amending the item of measure and most importantly the back-up service is excellent. Queries are answered in a language that we can understand and replies to queries come back in a timely manner. This, above anything else, is vital to us.

Nothing in particular. We are still familiarizing ourselves with the estimating side but nothing stands out that would prevent us commiting.

The Software is pretty easy to use. The reports are great for keeping tabs on several different

The scale needs to be a little more inclusive. I find several Plans with a 3”-1’ scale and Active Takeoff does not offer that option. Manual adjustments are fine, but often times there are not any good measurements provided to set that scale.

Easy to understand layout. Reasonable Price.

No Auto save so lose work unless you manually save all the time. Issues with memory, have to close other programs to make it function properly sometimes.

It is easy and fun to use. It makes my estimates extremely accurate. It has all the functionality that I need in my residential remodeling business. My designer wants to use it but I am having too much fun to give it up.

There are some features that I have asked for that do not exist yet. I have figured out how to work around them so nothing bad to say. My understanding is that it is a little less flexible and powerful than some far more expensive software packages but I am perfectly OK with that.

Super easy to setup, tracks all of my takeoff and sort info exactly how I need it in reports.

Sharing takeoff files from one machine to the next isn't available yet, but I hear that's in the next update. Other than this...The software is flawless.

The overall layout and design. Easy to use.

Wish they had curve points and auto counter

Very simple to use and figure out without any prior knowledge of this software. Speeds up the process of doing takeoffs with the extensions features.

Although this is very good at figuring out the estimates for the basic trades, if you're looking for more niche trades, those have not been added yet.

The professional results that can be easily obtained by using this program are second to none.

There could be a wider variety of color options available to use.

The software is extremely easy to use really takes no time to learn.

I would like to see a scale that goes up to at least 1 1/2" currently the software only goes up to 1" and there are a lot of drawings that are 1 1/2" scale and this has to be done manually and it takes time.

Very easy to navigate around the system to access and use the features. The system has halved the time it takes to complete a take-off.

If the copy and paste feature was improved for example if it was possible to copy an item and paste in a specific location, currently the item overlays which means the copied item has to be moved to the required destination.

Also the extension feature could be improved.

How Quick i can use it when im using it

How and where files are saved and trying to locate them

Simply add your plans as .pdf's, set the scale, and do your takeoff. Easy Peasy

Sometimes when it opens, the window doesn't appear and I have to right click the mouse and say show windows and it pops up.

The product is simple to use, with all the tools clearly labeled and it is fast to use.

There are a few selections I would like to see for the reports. Having a cubic yard item to total the takeoff with is handy, but I would like to see a little more flexibility with the quantification. For example, I would prefer to have the option to choose square yards of concrete rather than cubic yards, as I have to do a little additional multiplication.

Ease of use.
Great functionality.
Very comprehensive.
Great product that lets you use as many, or few, of the features you need.

Would like to see a way to set the scale for a group of plan pages at once, and not just setting the scale for each plan page individually.

I keeps up with counts and lengths. I don't have to do that manually after taking off the list.

The drop down menu where you choose the next item to take off is too small. I end up scrolling for days to find the one item I am looking for. I can't seem to find a way to expand its size either.

Every time that we have needed support the Active Takeoff support team has been there to answer our questions with a live technician. It sure feels good to know that there is still support out there without having to be on hold forever. They are working to make there product even more user friendly; I did not grow up using a computer, am old school, paper, pencil, eraser, calculator and arch. ruler, what it took days to do now takes hours. Thank you Active Takeoff, looking forward to your continual updates.

There is really nothing bad about this product. They are reprogramming some of the features that can allow us to identify the materials being used, but other than that, it is a great product for the value.

Accurate, easy to learn, files things easily and it saves me tons of time looking for the "one page" with measurements in a 50 page file.

The curser is hard to use when trying to do perimeters. A double click will not shut off and i have random lines being measured.

It's ease of use, it is very self explanatory.

It doesn't have customizable features for flooring. It is hard to measure for trim and/or base because there isn't an applicable extension. And the fact that there isn't a snap to feature, so it is hard to get a straight line quickly.

I like the ease which old projects can be accessed and new measures can be set up.

I think the selection process and visibility around the measures can be improved during the takeoff process. I think it has everything there that is needed but not quite the intuitive feel of some other software packages.

Easy to use fast for basic take off and marking up take off

The printing function is a bit clunky. I’d like an easier way to print exactly what is on the take off or the on screen quantity table. Also the quantity table is often overlapping the plans.

Ease of use, functionality. It just makes finding the square footage of areas so simple than conventional take offs.

When doing take offs on wall types that use the same paint but differ in length, there isn't a simple way to use same colors under one name.

It makes quoting jobs a lot faster and easier.

It would be nice to have more options to close shapes without have to click multiple times to follow contours of drawings.

Easy to up load plans

Don't really have any