Honest comparisons. Real prices. No marketing fog.
BidScreen XL is the only takeoff software whose canvas is Microsoft Excel. SiteWorx/OS is the original on-screen earthwork takeoff product, shipped 2007. These pages show, side by side, how Vertigraph stacks up against the products contractors most often weigh against us, including where the other product is actually the right call.
- BidScreen XL vs Bluebeam Revu
The Bluebeam alternative that lives inside Excel.
BidScreen XL is the Bluebeam alternative for estimators who already work in Microsoft Excel. Where Bluebeam Revu measures inside a PDF and exports to a spreadsheet, BidScreen XL adds PDF, DWG, DXF, and TIF measurement directly to the workbook your estimating team has already built. $400 a year, or $750 perpetual.
Read the comparison - BidScreen XL vs PlanSwift
The PlanSwift alternative built around Excel.
PlanSwift and BidScreen XL both measure quantity takeoffs from PDF, DWG, JPG, and TIFF drawings. Only BidScreen XL puts the quantities inside Microsoft Excel as live formulas, on the workbook your team already uses. BidScreen XL is $400 a year or $750 perpetual. PlanSwift is sold as a $1,749 per seat per year subscription; ConstructConnect retired the PlanSwift perpetual license for new customers.
Read the comparison - BidScreen XL vs STACK
The STACK alternative for estimators who live in Excel.
STACK is a cloud takeoff platform billed at $249 a month for Premium or $299 a month for Pro (about $2,988 to $3,588 per seat per year, billed annually). BidScreen XL is a Microsoft Excel add-in for quantity takeoff at $400 a year per seat or $750 perpetual. Both measure PDF drawings. Only BidScreen XL puts the measurement directly inside the bid workbook your estimating team has already built.
Read the comparison - BidScreen XL vs On-Screen Takeoff
The On-Screen Takeoff alternative at one-tenth the cost.
On-Screen Takeoff (OST) is ConstructConnect's flagship desktop takeoff product, sold by quote. Published industry estimates put single-user pricing around $1,850 a year and multi-seat or enterprise tiers materially higher. BidScreen XL is $400 a year or $750 perpetual. Both measure from PDF and DWG drawings. BidScreen XL lives inside Excel; OST has its own canvas and exports to spreadsheet.
Read the comparison - SiteWorx/OS vs AGTEK Gradework
The AGTEK alternative for earthwork takeoff.
SiteWorx/OS is the AGTEK alternative for excavation and site contractors. It computes cut, fill, sub-grade, over-excavation, trench, and topsoil quantities from PDF or DWG drawings, the same job AGTEK Gradework does. SiteWorx/OS is $1,295 a year lease or $2,795 perpetual. AGTEK Gradework is sold either as a perpetual license around $22,000 plus $1,200 a year support, or as an annual subscription around $7,300 a year for a base configuration. Both run on Windows. Vertigraph shipped the first software to calculate excavation quantities on-screen from PDFs in 2007.
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