A Free Alternative to Procore for Construction Takeoffs
Procore is a full construction management platform starting at $20,000/year. If you just need accurate takeoffs, Easy Takeoffs gives you that for free, without buying the whole platform.
Why Contractors Switch from Procore
If you are searching for a Procore alternative for takeoffs, you are likely a subcontractor or small to mid-size contractor who does not need (or cannot justify the cost of) a full enterprise construction management platform. You need to measure PDFs, not manage RFIs, submittals, and financials. Procore's minimum pricing starts around $20,000/year and scales with your annual construction volume, reaching $100,000 to $600,000+ for larger firms.
Easy Takeoffs is a free, focused takeoff tool that does one thing well: measure construction drawings. It is not a Procore replacement for project management. It is an alternative to the takeoff and measurement piece of Procore, available at no cost. Many contractors use Easy Takeoffs alongside Procore or other project management tools. This page gives you a detailed, honest comparison so you can decide whether the takeoff portion of Procore justifies the platform cost, or whether a free focused tool handles that job.
What Is Procore?
Procore is a publicly traded (NYSE: PCOR) construction management platform used by over 17,500 companies worldwide. It covers the entire project lifecycle: preconstruction, project management, financials, and field management. Procore acquired Esticom in 2020 and integrated it as "Procore Estimating" for takeoff and estimating capabilities. The takeoff module is an add-on inside a massive platform, not a standalone tool.
What Is Easy Takeoffs?
Easy Takeoffs is a free, focused takeoff tool that does one thing well: measure construction drawings. There are no modules to configure, no implementation project, and no training program. Sign up, upload a PDF, and start measuring in 60 seconds. The tool includes linear, polyline, area, rectangle, and count measurements with automatic scale calibration, color-coded groups, and export to PDF and CSV. Many contractors use Easy Takeoffs alongside Procore or other project management platforms for their takeoff measurements.
Why Contractors Switch from Procore
The most common reasons contractors look for a Procore alternative, drawn from verified reviews on G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, and Reddit.
Massive overkill if you just need takeoffs
Procore covers RFIs, submittals, scheduling, financials, daily logs, quality management, safety, BIM coordination, and more. If your actual need is "measure this PDF and export the quantities," you are buying a construction ERP to use a tape measure. The takeoff module is one small piece buried inside a platform with dozens of modules, each with its own learning curve and configuration requirements.
Enterprise pricing shuts out small contractors
Procore pricing is based on annual construction volume and starts around $20,000/year for smaller firms. Mid-size contractors pay $50,000 to $100,000/year. Large GCs report costs of $200,000 to $600,000+ per year. Implementation costs are separate and can add $10,000 to $100,000+ depending on complexity. There is no per-seat plan, no free tier, and no free trial for a subcontractor who just needs to measure a set of plans.
“We looked at Procore but the pricing was designed for companies 10x our size.”
— Reddit r/Construction
Months of implementation and training
Deploying Procore across an organization takes weeks to months. Training, configuration, data migration, workflow setup, and user onboarding are all required before teams become productive. Most companies report 3 to 6 months before proficiency and 6 to 12 months before full adoption. For a contractor who needs to measure a set of plans today, Procore's implementation timeline is a barrier, not a benefit.
“I hated Procore at first. It seemed overly complicated for no reason.”
— Capterra Review
Locked into the ecosystem at renewal
Once your company is on Procore, your RFIs, submittals, photos, daily logs, drawings, and project history all live inside the platform. This creates switching costs that give Procore leverage at renewal time. Users report annual price increases of 10% to 14%, with some companies seeing 150% increases with no negotiation option. For takeoffs specifically, there is no reason to accept this platform dependency.
Easy Takeoffs vs Procore
A side-by-side look at what each tool offers. We include features where Procore has the advantage, because an honest comparison builds more trust than a cherry-picked one.
No credit card, no installation, completely free.
Free vs $20,000–$600,000/Year
Procore pricing is based on annual construction volume and starts around $20,000/year for small contractors. Mid-size firms pay $50,000 to $100,000/year. Large general contractors report costs of $200,000 to $600,000+ per year. Implementation costs are additional: $10,000 for small firms to $100,000+ for complex deployments. There is no free plan, no free trial, and no takeoff-only pricing tier. Easy Takeoffs is free. If your need is takeoffs, not enterprise project management, you save at minimum $20,000/year and start measuring in 60 seconds instead of weeks.
Easy Takeoffs
$0/year
- ✓No credit card required
- ✓No trial expiration
- ✓No per-seat fees
- ✓Every feature included
Procore
$20,000–$600,000/year
Per user, per year. Annual contract.
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What Procore Does Better
Procore is the industry standard for construction project management, and its strength is the complete platform, not takeoffs in isolation. Procore unifies preconstruction, project management, financials, and field management into a single connected system. With 500+ integrations, a massive user base of 17,500+ companies, and unlimited user seats included in every plan, Procore creates a single source of truth for large construction organizations managing multiple projects and distributed teams. If your company needs a unified platform for everything from RFIs and submittals to daily logs and financial reporting, Procore delivers that at scale. Easy Takeoffs is a focused tool for one job: measuring construction drawings accurately at no cost. Many contractors use a focused takeoff tool alongside Procore for project management.
Who Easy Takeoffs Is Built For
Easy Takeoffs is built for subcontractors and small to mid-size contractors who need takeoffs without buying an enterprise platform. Your GC might use Procore for project management, but you do not need (or want to pay for) the full platform just to measure plans. You are a specialty contractor, a small GC, or an independent estimator who bids on plans and needs a fast, accurate way to get quantities. Upload a PDF, set your scale, measure, export. No implementation project, no training program, no annual contract. Just the tool you need.
How to Switch from Procore
If you have been using Procore's Estimating module for takeoffs, switching the measurement portion to Easy Takeoffs is simple because Easy Takeoffs is a separate, independent tool. Upload your plan PDFs, set your scale, and start measuring. You can continue using Procore for project management, submittals, RFIs, and everything else while doing your takeoffs in Easy Takeoffs for free. Many contractors already use specialized tools alongside Procore. Easy Takeoffs exports to CSV and annotated PDF, which can be submitted through Procore or any other platform your GC requires.
Procore vs Easy Takeoffs FAQ
Yes. Unlike Procore, which starts at $20,000/year and requires an enterprise commitment just to access its takeoff module, Easy Takeoffs is completely free. There is no credit card required, no trial period, no implementation project, and no feature gating. You get every measurement tool from day one: linear, polyline, area, count, scale calibration, groups, labels, annotations, and export to PDF and CSV. Sign up and start measuring in 60 seconds.
Procore is a full construction management platform that includes takeoff tools (via the acquired Esticom module) among dozens of other capabilities, starting at $20,000/year. Easy Takeoffs is a free, focused takeoff tool. For the specific job of measuring construction drawings, both tools offer linear, area, and count takeoffs with scale calibration and export. The difference is that Procore bundles takeoffs inside a massive platform, while Easy Takeoffs gives you takeoffs as a standalone tool at no cost.
Absolutely. This is a common workflow. Use Procore for project management, RFIs, submittals, and field work. Use Easy Takeoffs for your takeoff measurements. Export your quantities from Easy Takeoffs as CSV or annotated PDF and submit through Procore or attach to bid packages. The tools complement each other.
Yes. Easy Takeoffs uses standard digital measurement techniques: calibrate to a known scale, then measure on-screen. The accuracy is determined by drawing quality and scale calibration, not by the software performing the calculation. Project size does not affect measurement accuracy. Our users measure everything from residential remodels to multi-story commercial buildings.
Team collaboration features are on our roadmap. Currently, you can share takeoff results via PDF and CSV exports. Real-time multi-user collaboration is coming in a future update. For now, Easy Takeoffs is designed for individual estimators or small teams sharing exports.
Do your takeoffs in Easy Takeoffs (for free) and export your quantities as CSV or annotated PDF to submit through Procore or any platform your GC requires. Easy Takeoffs produces standard file formats that work with any system. You get accurate measurements without paying $20,000+/year for a platform you only use for takeoffs.
For the takeoff-specific portion of Procore, the main alternatives are Easy Takeoffs (free, cloud-based, focused on measurements), PlanSwift ($1,749/year, desktop with built-in estimating), STACK ($2,599+/year, cloud with AI and estimating), and Bluebeam Revu ($260–$440/year, PDF markup with measurement tools). Easy Takeoffs is the only free option. For full project management alternatives to Procore, tools like Buildertrend, CoConstruct, and Fieldwire serve different segments.
Easy Takeoffs competes with Procore specifically and only in the takeoff measurement space. Procore is a full construction management platform; Easy Takeoffs is a focused takeoff tool. For contractors whose Procore usage centers on measuring construction drawings, Easy Takeoffs is a free alternative for that specific workflow. For teams that rely on Procore's project management, financials, and field tools, the two products serve entirely different purposes and can be used together.
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