PlanSwift made on-screen takeoff mainstream: point, click, drag assemblies onto a plan. Monaro removes the pointing and clicking. Here's how the two compare for distributor quoting.
PlanSwift (a ConstructConnect product) is takeoff and estimating software built for general and specialty contractors. Estimators click each item or drag assemblies onto digitized plans, and the software totals materials and labor for a full project cost estimate. It's still a manual count, just on screen instead of paper. Monaro was built for a different job: distributors quoting equipment supply. The AI does the counting, and the platform runs the rest of the quote workflow, from supplier RFQs to branded quotes, submittals, and ERP sync.
You're a contractor estimating full installed cost, including labor hours, fabrication, and materials across many trades, and you want hands-on control with assembly libraries. That's the workflow PlanSwift was designed around.
You're a distributor or branch team quoting the equipment on the drawings: diffusers, grilles, fans, fixtures, terminal units. Speed of response wins the work. Clicking every symbol in PlanSwift takes hours per bid. Monaro returns a verified count in under 20 minutes and takes the quote to the finish line.
It automates the math, not the counting. An estimator still identifies and clicks each item. Monaro's AI performs the count and flags anything ambiguous for review.
No, deliberately. Monaro is built for equipment supply quoting, not installed-cost estimating. Contractors estimating labor are better served by contractor tools.
Yes. Upload a drawing set and see the takeoff on your own project. No commitment required.
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