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. Pursuit is our bid management and construction CRM. 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.
Read the comparison - Pursuit vs Followup CRM
The Followup CRM alternative that reads the plans, not just the pipeline.
Pursuit and Followup CRM are both construction CRMs built around a bid log. The difference is what sits behind each bid. Followup CRM tracks the sales pipeline: stages, closing ratios, proposals, and rep accountability, with ERP integrations like Foundation and Sage. Pursuit puts the bid documents to work: plans, specs, emails, and vendor RFQs live on the bid, and AI answers questions from them with the source cited. Pursuit publishes its prices, $47 to $79 per user per month, and you can start free today. Followup CRM does not publish pricing; you book a demo to get a quote.
Read the comparison - Pursuit vs Unanet CRM by Cosential
The Unanet CRM alternative an estimating desk can start today.
Unanet CRM by Cosential and Pursuit sit at opposite ends of the construction CRM market. Unanet CRM is an enterprise platform for AEC business development and marketing teams: opportunity pipelines, firm-wide project and personnel databases, and proposal automation including SF330 forms. It is demo-quoted, and G2 review data puts average implementation around five months. Pursuit is a bid-centric CRM for estimating teams: bids, vendor RFQs, correspondence, and documents with AI answers, at a published $47 to $79 per user per month with a free account to start the same day.
Read the comparison - Pursuit vs Procore
Bid tracking and CRM without the platform contract.
Procore and Pursuit solve different problems that meet at the word bid. Procore is a construction operating system: project management, financials, field tools, and a preconstruction suite where GCs distribute bid packages to subcontractors and level the responses. It is quoted by sales, priced on annual construction volume, and third-party estimates put realistic entry in the five figures per year. Pursuit is the estimator's side of the desk: a CRM that tracks the bids your team is pricing, with documents, vendor RFQs, correspondence, and AI answers, at a published $47 to $79 per user per month with a free account to start.
Read the comparison - Pursuit vs Buildertrend
The Buildertrend alternative for commercial bid work.
Buildertrend and Pursuit share the phrase construction CRM and almost nothing else. Buildertrend is a residential construction management platform: its CRM converts homeowners into signed contracts, then the platform runs the job with scheduling, job costing, change orders, and a client portal. Pricing is custom-quoted per company, historically in the hundreds of dollars per month, with no free trial. Pursuit is a bid-centric CRM for commercial estimators: invited bids, plan sets, vendor RFQs, follow-ups, and hit rates, at a published $47 to $79 per user per month with a free account to start.
Read the comparison - Pursuit vs HubSpot
The construction CRM you do not have to build first.
HubSpot is a general-purpose CRM, and a good one: 4.4 stars across more than 13,000 G2 reviews, polished Gmail and Outlook integration, and the best marketing tools in the business. But it ships with no concept of a bid date, an RFQ, a plan set, an addendum, or a bid calendar; construction teams rebuild those with custom pipelines and properties, and the features most teams need (sequences, automation, custom reports) start at Sales Hub Professional, $90 to $100 per seat per month plus a mandatory $1,500 onboarding fee. Pursuit is built around the bid from the first login: $47 to $79 per user per month, free account to start, nothing to configure before it understands your work.
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