About us
Estimators are the best-paid people in the room — spending their evenings with a highlighter.
That never sat right with us. So we built SimplyCount.
That never sat right with us. So we built SimplyCount.
Humans discern symbols effortlessly. Computers don't. SimplyCount, a bootstrapped venture founded in 2020 by two science and technology enthusiasts, emerged from exactly that gap — and from watching skilled estimators lose nights tallying receptacles, fixtures and switches by hand, one miscount away from a lost bid.
Drawing on backgrounds in research, academia, and hands-on construction, we built SimplyCount to do the tedious part — find and mark every symbol on a plan set — while keeping the judgment, and the number, with the estimator. It runs on the estimator's own machine, so your drawings never leave your device — and the count stays yours to sign off.
A count you can't defend isn't a count. If it isn't verified, we show it as a floor (≥) — never dressed up as a total.
Your plans are yours. Counting runs on your own machine — encrypted, inside your firewall, never uploaded to us or to any third-party model. We never force your drawings onto a server you didn't choose. (For firms that want one shared install, SimplyCount can run on a server inside your own firewall — never a cloud you didn't choose.)
The tool assists; you decide. You review each symbol’s detections and sign off. SimplyCount does the tallying, not the bidding.
Honest floors beat flattering percentages. We'd rather tell you what we can prove than quote a number we can't.
Never taken outside funding. SimplyCount is bootstrapped — no pre-seed, no seed, no venture round. Credits and accelerator experience (gBETA) only.
Founded in 2020 by two science and technology enthusiasts with backgrounds in research, academia, and hands-on construction.
What it is: a Windows desktop application that finds and marks every symbol on a construction plan set. Counting runs on the estimator's own machine, and the estimator signs off on the count.
See what SimplyCount can do on your own plans — request free access with your company email — no credit card; the team reviews every request, bid deadlines first.
Want to pilot on your own plans? Say so in your request.