Construction estimating software with real local costs
Generate takeoffs and cost breakdowns in minutes with AI — then dial in material and labor rates for your state and city. Bid with numbers that fit your local market, not a wrong national average.
No credit card · Instant access · Runs in your browser
10x
faster than spreadsheets
Minutes
per estimate, not days
$0
to get started
What is OneEstimate?
OneEstimate is cloud-based construction estimating software that replaces spreadsheets and clunky desktop programs. Upload your project, let AI build the cost breakdown, adjust material and labor rates to your local market, and get a professional estimate ready for the client — all from your browser, with nothing to install.
National averages lose you money
Cost per square foot in Miami is not the cost per square foot in Jacksonville — let alone the national average. OneEstimate is built so your estimate reflects the market where you actually build.
One national number
- A single US average that is wrong in almost every market
- No adjustment for local wages or trade availability
- Ignores code and wind-zone requirements like HVHZ
- You end up guessing the local factor by hand anyway
Local costs in OneEstimate
- Material and labor rates tuned to your state and city
- Adjust for local wages and trade productivity
- Account for code and wind-zone requirements where you build
- AI does the breakdown, you set the local numbers once
Everything great estimating software should have
Six capabilities that replace spreadsheets, desktop programs and manual templates — all integrated and in the cloud.
AI-powered takeoff
Upload your plans as a PDF, calibrate the scale, and measure areas, lengths and counts right on the drawing. AI helps you quantify faster and every measurement flows straight into the estimate.
💡 Quantify and estimate in one flow — no more retyping numbers between programs.
AI cost breakdowns
Describe the scope of work and the AI builds a full cost breakdown: materials, labor, equipment and productivity. What used to take hours now takes seconds.
💡 Start every estimate from a professional baseline instead of a blank spreadsheet.
Real local costs
Dial in material and labor rates for your state and city instead of trusting one national number. Adjust for local wages, HVHZ and code requirements, and market conditions where you actually build.
💡 Bid with numbers that reflect your local market — not a wrong nationwide average.
Cost & margin control
Set your direct costs, overhead, contingency and profit. See how cost is distributed across trades and line items with live charts as you build the estimate.
💡 Know exactly what you make on every job and protect your margin before you bid.
Structured estimates
Organize every estimate by divisions, sections and line items. Each line carries its own quantities, unit cost and calculation notes for a clean, professional structure.
💡 A clear, itemized estimate that signals professionalism to owners and GCs.
Excel & PDF export
Produce polished proposals in PDF for the client and export to Excel to keep working. Add your logo and presentation format in a couple of clicks.
💡 Deliverables you can send to the client or drop into your existing workflow.
Leave spreadsheets and desktop tools behind
Why US contractors are moving to cloud estimating software.
Spreadsheets & legacy desktop
- Build every cost breakdown by hand, formula by formula
- Look up material prices one at a time
- Heavy files that corrupt or get lost
- Expensive per-seat licenses and installs
- No version history or automatic backup
OneEstimate (cloud + AI)
- AI-generated cost breakdowns in seconds
- Local material and labor rates you tune once
- Everything in the cloud, reachable from anywhere
- Nothing to install — start free instantly
- Automatic history, backup and team collaboration
Build an estimate in 3 steps
Start your project
Open a new estimate and set up divisions and line items. Upload your PDF plans if you want to measure directly on them.
Generate the estimate with AI
Describe each scope of work and the AI builds the cost breakdown with materials, labor and equipment — then you dial in local rates for your state.
Export and bid
Set your markup and margin, review the total and export to Excel or PDF. Send a professional proposal in minutes.
Why contractors choose OneEstimate
10x faster
Generate takeoffs and cost breakdowns with AI in a fraction of the time a spreadsheet takes.
Local, not national
Tune material and labor rates to your state and city instead of a single wrong national average.
Bid-ready accuracy
Calculation notes, productivity and detailed breakdowns that back up every number you bid.
Protect your margin
Control overhead, contingency and profit so you know your bottom line before you submit.
100% in the cloud
Nothing to install. Work from the office, the jobsite or home, on any device.
All in one
Takeoff, estimating, blueprint measurement, BIM and reports on a single platform.
Local cost guides for Florida contractors
We are rolling out state-by-state cost guides, starting with Florida. Real ranges for cost per square foot, labor rates and estimating workflows — built for the way you actually bid.
Cost per square foot by city
How OneEstimate compares
Honest, side-by-side comparisons against the tools US contractors already know.
Frequently asked questions
What is OneEstimate?
How is it different from national cost databases?
Do I need to install anything?
Can I import my plans and do takeoff?
Can I export to Excel and PDF?
Is there a free plan?
Start estimating with local costs today
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