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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

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Pricing starting from:

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  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription
Pricing plans
Free Trial

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.

Typical Customers

  • Freelancers
  • Small Businesses (2-50)
  • Mid-size Companies (51-500)
  • Large enterprises (500 and more)

Deployment

  • Cloud-based
  • On-premise

Markets

Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom and 1 others

Supported Languages

English

Pricing starting from:

Not provided by vendor

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription
Pricing plans
Free Trial

Images

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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Features

Total features of Countfire: 35

  • 2D Drawing
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Assembly Takeoff
  • Automatic Backup
  • Bid Management
  • Bill of Materials
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Cost Database
  • Cost Estimating
  • Customer Management
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management Software
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electrical Estimating Software
  • Electronic Plans
  • Estimating
  • For AEC Industry
  • Issue Management
  • Job Costing Software
  • Labor Cost Reporting
  • Project Estimating
  • Project Management Software
  • Project Workflow
  • Projections
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • SSL Security
  • Status Tracking
  • Takeoff Software
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Workflow Management Software

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Reviews

Overall rating

4.8 /5
(217)
Value for Money
4.4/5
Features
4.6/5
Ease of Use
4.7/5
Customer Support Software
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
  • Review Source

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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 2018-11-19

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.

George
Overall rating
  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source

Overall rating

  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support Software
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Positive Review

Reviewed on 2024-10-23

Excellent, easy to use, helpful when requesting help.

Excellent, easy to use, helpful when requesting help.

Pros

Easy to use, speeds up take offs and pricing

Cons

I dont have any cons for this section...

Response from Countfire

What a fantastic review – thanks George!

If you do ever have questions or feedback, feel free to send us a message on the orange button in the bottom right hand corner of the app.

Glad to hear you've found us helpful – from our in-app live chat to online training sessions, we're on hand to make sure you get the most out of Countfire.

David
Overall rating
  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source

Overall rating

  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support Software
  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Great Tool for Estimating

Reviewed on 2023-06-22

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.

MITCHELL
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  • Industry: Commercial Real Estate Software
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source

Overall rating

  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support Software
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

first time using

Reviewed on 2024-10-29

SO FAR IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT POSITIVE SOME MINOR ACCESS ISSUES BUT WAS RESOLVED BY THE TEAM IN A...

SO FAR IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT POSITIVE SOME MINOR ACCESS ISSUES BUT WAS RESOLVED BY THE TEAM IN A FEW MINIUETS

Pros

THE TAKE OFF ABILITY AND HOW QUICKY IT SYNCHS UP WITH OTHER ACCOUNTS ALMOST INSTANT

Cons

IF THE DRAWING IS POOR IT WONT AUTO SELECT

Response from Countfire

Awesome review – thanks Mitchell!

Great to hear you're having a good time using Countfire.

Sounds like you might have run into some images. Depending on the format chosen when the drawings were created, sometimes they are images rather than proper PDFs and unfortunately, you're not able to use the auto-count feature. Fortunately this is rare, and we do have manual counting tools to allow you to complete your takeoff even if your drawings are images.

Glad our team were able to help you with your issues – you can send us a message on the orange button in-app and we'll help rectify any issue you're running into on your takeoff.

Daniel
Overall rating
  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
  • Review Source

Overall rating

  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support Software
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Good job, keep it up!

Reviewed on 2024-09-02

the support team have been provided is brilliant, so a very good experience

the support team have been provided is brilliant, so a very good experience

Pros

the ease with which the software identifies the icons once the parameters are set.

Cons

where the same icon is slightly different the software can't yet differentiate

Response from Countfire

Thanks for the great review Daniel!

Awesome to hear you're finding it easy to count your symbols with Countfire.

Glad to hear you had a very good experience with our support team! We're super proud of our support – we have a live chat to answer any questions you have and offer free online training to make sure you're getting the most out of the software.

Sometimes symbols are drawn inconsistently when the drawings are created which can mean that you won't find many matches for your selections. I'd recommend sending us a message on the orange button in the bottom right hand corner and we can take a look at your drawings to see if there's anything we can do to improve your matches.

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Countfire FAQs

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Countfire offers the following pricing plans:

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 Software, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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