Countfire

RATING:

4.7

Overview

About Countfire

Countfire is electrical estimating software that uses automation to help estimators work faster, cut busy work and increase accuracy. Some of our key features and benefits include: Auto-count symbols across multiple PDF drawings, drastically reducing takeoff time while increasing accuracy. Tools such as linear measurement, coverage areas and the ability to add items to drawings allow you to design your estimate as you go. Countfire includes four separate stages of checking built into the process of completing a project to help ensure accuracy. Move your takeoff into estimate in one-click, and start with an auto-populated estimate based on previous behaviour and products. Automatically see and compare changes between specifications. Helping you to revise your dra...

Countfire Pricing

Contact Countfire for detailed pricing information.

Starting price:

$119.00 per month

Free trial:

Available

Free version:

Not Available

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Countfire Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

(141)

(50)

(0)

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Countfire

1 - 5 of 191 Reviews

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Kelly

Verified reviewer

Construction, 1 employee

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

EASE OF USE

VALUE FOR MONEY

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

FUNCTIONALITY

Reviewed February 2023

Amazing Software - Would definitely recommend!!

Great, efficient, time saver!!

PROS

Easy & straightforward to use. Great user interface. Reliable automated counting (if drawings are half decent!)

CONS

Copying symbol selection over to new drawings & also reviewing later revisions of drawings does not always work as it should with no real explanation as to why apart from it being something related to the drawing

Reasons for switching to Countfire

Automated counting

Vendor Response

Thanks Kelly - appreciate you leaving this review! Really glad to hear you're getting on with Countfire so well. You're correct, copying symbols doesn't always work. Occasionally the revised drawings have been created slightly differently - there are usually 2 reasons why Countfire will not automatically find matches: 1 - The drawings have been converted to an image, removing the drawing layers - which means the symbols are not selectable 2 - When the original drawing was revised the symbols have been drawn differently or changed (i.e. the make-up of the symbols has different - for example the shape of a light fitting has changed).

Replied June 2023

Richard

Construction, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

EASE OF USE

VALUE FOR MONEY

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

FUNCTIONALITY

Reviewed January 2021

Countfire

Labour & cost saving, great product

PROS

Very efficient, software very easy to use, great support team, would not want to be without it.

CONS

Having correct symbols for design purposes, this is in the pipeline.

Reason for choosing Countfire

Much easy to use and the counting quantities is much more efficient with the download

Reasons for switching to Countfire

Countfire is much more efficient and has additional benefits

David

Construction, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

EASE OF USE

VALUE FOR MONEY

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

FUNCTIONALITY

Reviewed June 2023

Great Tool for Estimating

PROS

So easy to take off all elements and easier than trying to mark up manually

CONS

Nothing to add on this one that I have found at the moment

Vendor Response

Appreciate the review David. It's great to hear you're finding it easy to complete your takeoffs in Countfire. We really welcome feedback from our users so if you do think of any features you'd like to see, you can either use the "Give feedback" option or "Send us a message" using the orange button in the bottom right hand corner of the app.

Replied November 2023

Joe

Telecommunications, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

EASE OF USE

VALUE FOR MONEY

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

FUNCTIONALITY

Reviewed January 2024

Countfire Review

PROS

Take offs and PDF comparison are good providing the pdf is in the right format

CONS

Expensive per user, no multi user plans so £200 a user seems high

Vendor Response

Thanks Joe for the review! Thrilled to hear you find take offs and the PDF comparison helpful. We have a tiered pricing structure which offers a sliding discount for additional users. We also offer a 10% discount on yearly subscriptions.

Replied February 2024

Ryan

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

EASE OF USE

VALUE FOR MONEY

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

FUNCTIONALITY

Reviewed October 2020

Don’t bother with the others, countfire outshines them all

Countfire has been a breeze from start to finish, the help team have always been on hand to help out and implementing and training on the software was seamless! I love countfire, you will too.

PROS

I’m impressed, countfire allowed me to do a take off in 28mins... the other guy in the office actually had the take off and got out his fluro’s and a pad...he had allowed himself 2 days... It’s brilliant, simple and easy to use. The wholesalers love me because the take off is easy to read!

CONS

The cost is high, but the amount of time I saved means it’s worth the large cost!!

Reasons for switching to Countfire

Software was easier to use, cleaner, better output

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