AI Takeoff & Estimating
AlphaBid reads your drawings, builds the takeoff, and produces a branded, submit-ready estimate — in minutes, not days.
Built in Toronto for Canadian plumbing, mechanical, and HVAC contractors.
How it works
Drop in the mechanical PDF. Multi-page sets and revisions handled out of the box.
Pipe sizes & lengths, fixture counts, joints, slab coring — pulled the way an estimator would pull them.
Download an editable Excel takeoff. Your prices, your assemblies, line by line. Re-upload when it's clean.
Your logo. Your address. HST line. Line items and totals. A professional PDF, ready to send.
Open the email, attach the estimate, hit send. Friday deadline met — without the all-nighter.
Features
Pipe runs, fixtures, joints, slab coring — counted and measured across every sheet by a model tuned for mechanical drawings.
Quantities exported as a clean Excel sheet. Apply your unit prices and assemblies, then upload it back to drive the estimate.
Your logo, contact details, HST line, line items, totals. Submit-ready to send to the client — no formatting work.
Ask the AI anything about your drawing set before you submit. "How many hand sinks?" "What backflow is spec'd?"
Built for
Fixture counts, pipe runs, joints, backflow, slab coring. The boring, expensive-to-miss stuff — counted right the first time.
Pipe sizing and lengths across multi-storey sets. Equipment schedules cross-referenced with what's actually on the plans.
Duct runs, diffusers, terminal units, equipment. Schedules and plans reconciled before you commit a number.
More trades on the roadmap. For now we focus where we're already credible.
Early pilot results
Early pilot results. Your mileage will vary by job — we won't pretend otherwise.
"We've been building AlphaBid with the Coultice estimators on real GTA mechanical jobs since day one. They tell us what's missing in the legacy tools, what would save them a day a week, and what we'd be crazy to ship without."
— Coultice Mechanical, launch design partner (Toronto, ON)
FAQ
The AI pulls quantities the way an experienced estimator would, then hands you an editable Excel sheet so you can sanity-check every line before you price it. Treat the output as a strong first draft, not a final number. Realistic variance from field-installed conditions runs ±15%, which is why a qualified tradesperson reviews and approves before submission.
PDF today — both vector and scanned. DWG/DXF and other formats are on the roadmap based on pilot feedback.
Free trial of 5 quotes, no credit card. Monthly plan: $200 for your first month, then $400/mo. Annual works out to $320/mo (billed yearly — saves you ~20%). See full pricing →
Yes. Built in Toronto, designed around the way Canadian contractors actually bid — HST line on every estimate, pricing in CAD, GTA pilot partners. We're not a US tool retrofitted with a maple leaf.
Excel export is the integration today — every major estimating tool reads it. Direct connectors to other platforms are on the roadmap based on what pilot partners ask for first.
Encrypted in transit and at rest, project data isolated per customer, and we never train shared models on your drawings. We're happy to walk through the details on a call.
No. AlphaBid produces the takeoff and the estimate; a qualified tradesperson reviews and approves before anything is submitted. AI-generated quantities are estimates and may vary ±15% from actual field conditions — humans stay in the loop on every bid.
Bring a real PDF to a 20-minute demo. We'll run a live takeoff on your drawings and you'll walk away with the editable Excel.
Book your demoAI-generated takeoff quantities are estimates and may vary ±15% from actual field conditions. Every estimate is reviewed and approved by a qualified tradesperson before submission.