Count the sheet nothing else could.
Any trade, any legend, any scan. Request access, run one sheet, and see every instance found and marked for your sign-off — on your own machine. Free during early access.
- Free during early access
- Any work email, no credit card
- You sign off on every number
One real run at machine speed · laptop CPU, no GPU · how we measured it →
This is a real sheet. Drag the line.
Counted at machine speed — every symbol marked in the time it takes to read this sentence. Tap a live marker to review it.
Example: a real plan sheet — receptacles, fixtures, switches.
Now count yours — one sheet, back marked up.
- Request early accessUse your work email and say you want a pilot.
- Attach one sheetAny trade, any legend, any scan.
- Get it back marked upEvery instance found, anything unverified flagged — for you to review.
What is hand-counting costing you?
A transparent estimate — a projection from a 21-page run: 53 symbols across 21 pages in 11 minutes, including review. Change the numbers to your typical job.
Projection from a 21-page run — 53 symbols across 21 pages in 11 minutes, including review, on a laptop CPU — against an assumed hour per page by hand (the assumption). Your mileage varies with plan complexity.
- Estimator time per set
- $1,145
- Per year, at ~2 sets a month
- $27,478
You lose evenings tallying by hand. One miscount can sink a bid.
Hours you don't have
Counting symbols eats hours you don't have when a bid is due Friday.
One device, one lost bid
A single missed or double-counted device turns a winning bid into a loss.
Hard to defend
Inconsistent symbols and standards make hand counts hard to defend.
Nobody wants the work
Fewer people want the tedious work — and turnover keeps costing you.
Turn a multi-day takeoff into an afternoon — and bid more jobs than the firm across town, with the same crew.
Buried in plan sets, re-checking counts at 11pm, hoping you didn't miss a homerun.
Turn a bid around in an afternoon — and defend every number in the room.
Import → point at your symbols → review & export
Import your plans
Drop in your plan set as a PDF. Every sheet is ready to count.
Point at your symbols
Pick the symbols you need — the engine finds every instance, every sheet.
Review & export
Confirm the marked-up detections and export a defensible count.
Built for the estimator — not a generic AI demo
Finds every instance
The engine sweeps the whole plan set and marks every symbol — no highlighter, no tally sheet.
Defensible, uncapped counts
Real totals you can stand behind in a bid — never an estimate dressed up as a total.
Compounds with every job
Every symbol you teach is saved for every future job — your library and your speed compound the more you count.
Local by design
Desktop install, encrypted local database, no cloud required to count — the only thing that ever phones home is a small license check, never your drawings. Great for a locked-down or remote jobsite. Exports to Excel, CSV & PDF.
Teach a symbol once
Save it and count it on every future job — almost no ramp-up for your team.
The count lands in your estimate — not another silo
Export counts to Excel, CSV or PDF and drop them into whatever you bid in.
| Symbol | Description | Count | Sheet | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ◐ | Duplex receptacle | 142 | E-201 | — |
| ⬡ | 2×4 lay-in fixture | 88 | E-201 | — |
| ▤ | Single-pole switch | ≥ 37 | E-202 | floor |
Example export. Unverified counts show as a floor (≥), never dressed up as a total.
Only one is fast, flexible, and yours to defend
- Hours per sheet
- One miscount sinks a bid
- Hard to defend a hand tally
- Force your drawings onto their servers — no on-prem option
- Upload required before anything is counted
- No answer when IT says "keep it in-house"
- Minutes, not nights
- Counting runs locally — drawings never leave it
- A count you sign off on
Counting happens on the desktop — that's the product
Most takeoff tools force everything through their cloud. SimplyCount installs on your Windows desktop — same engine, same published benchmark, same count you sign off on — and your drawings never touch a third-party model.
Same engine.Same human sign-off.Same defensible count.
On your desktop
Installs on your desktop, inside your firewall. Counting runs entirely locally and plan sets are never uploaded — they stay in an encrypted local database. What connects to the internet, and when, is spelled out for IT below. Built to pass a strict security review.
On your server — same firewall
For firms that want one shared install, SimplyCount can run on a server inside your own firewall. Estimators connect on your network; plan sets stay in your building. Same engine, same sign-off, same encrypted local database — talk to us.
The Electrical & Construction Symbol Legend + Takeoff QA Checklist
A reference every estimator can use — whether or not you ever open SimplyCount.
You sign off — not the model
The riskiest thing you do is put a number in a bid. Here's how SimplyCount keeps that number yours — the count you can defend.
Human-in-the-loop
You review each symbol’s detections on the marked sheet and accept or reject them before anything leaves the app. The count that goes in your bid is the one you approved.
Your drawings never leave your building
Counting runs locally and plan sets are never uploaded — to us or to any third-party model. How your plans stay yours →
Honest totals, flagged
If a count isn't fully verified, SimplyCount shows it as a floor (≥), not a total — so nothing dressed-up ever lands in your bid. Every unverified region is flagged, never folded into the total.
How accuracy is measured — and why the count you sign off is the number that matters — is on the benchmark page. The strongest test is your own plan set.
Counting runs entirely on your machine — plan sets are never uploaded.
For IT & security
Desktop install; plans are processed locally in an encrypted local database, inside your firewall, and are never uploaded. SimplyCount checks its license once, when the app launches, over HTTPS to our licensing provider — that launch-time check needs an internet connection, carries license state only (never your drawings), and is how the free access period runs. After launch, counting runs fully offline — review and export do too; nothing depends on connectivity. For environments that cannot allow any outbound connection, a fully offline build with no license check is available at negotiated pricing. For firms that want one shared install, SimplyCount can also run on a server inside your own firewall — plan sets never leave your building. Workstation: Windows 10/11, 16 GB RAM minimum, no GPU required — full requirements. Forward the Trust & Security page to whoever signs off on your tools — it lists exactly what's implemented, and claims nothing more.
Download the security & data-handling one-pager →Pricing, guarantee & support — nothing hidden behind a signup
Pricing
Free during early access — no credit card, and counting is flat-rate with no per-sheet metering. When early access ends, counting needs a paid subscription; the price is published here before checkout opens, and everything you've counted stays viewable and exportable. Pricing details.
Guarantee
Try it on your own plans free, no card — and nothing is ever held hostage: walk away anytime and your exports go with you. Your counts stay viewable and exportable even after free access ends, and if you run on-prem, your data never leaves your building.
No learning curve
If you can use a highlighter, you can use SimplyCount. Import, point, review, export.
Support
Real humans: email support and the Help Center.
What files does it take? Only electrical plans?
What if it misses a symbol — or double-counts?
Can it learn my custom or non-standard symbols?
Where does my plan data live? Is it private?
Can we keep everything inside our network?
Can we run it fully air-gapped / inside our firewall?
Can I get the counts into Excel?
How fast is it, really?
What does it cost?
Count the sheet nothing else could.
Request early access with your work email — then run your first plan and see a number you can defend. 53 symbols · 21 pages · 11 minutes.
- Free during early access
- No credit card
- Counting runs locally