SimplyCount
SimplyCount

SimplyCount for Design-Build Firms

For design-build firms estimating early and often, SimplyCount turns a multi-hour manual takeoff into minutes — and keeps the number yours to sign off on.

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For design-build firms, SimplyCount turns a multi-hour manual takeoff into minutes without taking the number out of your hands. It finds every symbol instance across the plan set, you review and sign off on the count, and it exports cleanly to Excel, CSV or PDF for the estimating stack you already run. Your plans stay in an encrypted local database on your own machine — an easy yes for IT and procurement.

Why it's hard by hand

Manual symbol counting eats the hours you need for the actual bid.

One miscount can sink a job you should have won.

You shouldn't be forced onto someone else's cloud to get a count — you should get to choose on-prem or hosted.

How SimplyCount handles it

What you get

  • Finds every symbol instance across the plan set automatically.
  • You review each symbol's detections on the marked sheet and accept or reject them before anything leaves the app, and unverified counts show as a floor (≥), never dressed up as a total.
  • SimplyCount runs on your own machine: counting is local, plan sets are never uploaded, and results live in an encrypted local database inside your firewall. The license is checked once, at app launch, over HTTPS — after that, counting runs fully offline; a fully offline build with no license check is available for air-gapped environments at negotiated pricing, and firms that want one shared install can run SimplyCount on a server inside their own firewall.
  • Exports to Excel, CSV and PDF for your estimating workflow.
  • SimplyCount's benchmark is 60 unique symbols across 168 pages in about an hour, including review — roughly 168× faster than counting by hand. How we measured it.
168×
faster than hand-counting — 168 pages, 60 symbols, in about an hour
100%
of detections you review & sign off — you bid, not the model
0
uploads during counting — it runs on your own machine
Watch it count

Drag the line. See every symbol get found.

A real plan sheet — slide to reveal what SimplyCount marks.

A plan sheet before counting The same sheet with every symbol detected and marked Your planCounted Every symbol on this sheet — found & marked
Example: a real plan sheet.
Questions

Common questions

Can SimplyCount count our symbols automatically?
Yes. Point at the symbol from your own legend and SimplyCount finds and marks every instance across the whole plan set, then lets you review and sign off on the total before it lands in a bid.
Can we keep everything inside our network?
Your plan sets, yes: detection runs locally, results sit in an encrypted local database, and there is no upload step. SimplyCount checks its licence once, when the app launches — that check needs an internet connection and carries licence state only, never your drawings; after launch, counting runs fully offline. For environments that cannot allow any outbound connection, a fully offline build with no licence check is available at negotiated pricing — see the system requirements page.
How fast is it, really?
SimplyCount's benchmark is 60 unique symbols across 168 pages in about an hour — roughly 168× faster than counting by hand. Most sheets go from open plans to a draft count in minutes.
Can it learn our custom or non-standard symbols?
Yes. SimplyCount is self-learning: teach it a symbol once from your own legend and it counts that symbol on every future job, getting more accurate the more you use it.
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Never manually count another symbol

Request early access with your work email — the team reviews every request, nearest bid deadlines first — then run your first plan and see a number you can defend. 168 pages · 60 symbols · ~1 hour.

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Free during early access · Your work email · No credit card · Counting runs on your machine

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