--- title: "Countfire Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026" description: "Review of Countfire Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs." source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/countfire-profile/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Construction Estimating Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/cost-estimating-software-comparison/) / Countfire Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview [Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/countfire-profile/reviews/)[Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/countfire-profile/alternatives/) # Countfire Review Custom quote Free trial 1 plan Wondering if Countfire is right for your organization? Our Construction Estimating Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less. On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - Integrations - User Reviews - Popular Comparisons ## Overview Countfire 4.8 [(250)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/countfire-profile/reviews/) Pricing Pricing available upon request ### About Countfire Countfire is estimating software built specifically for electrical and mechanical contractors. It gives estimating teams the accuracy, consistency and capacity to win more bids. Accuracy comes first. Countfire counts items automatically across your drawings, and check sheets built into every output let your team verify each count rather than simply trust it. Smart Select, AI trained on real takeoff data, takes on the repetitive work, while your estimators stay in control of what’s counted. Takeoff and pricing sit in one cloud-based platform. Completed takeoffs import straight into a linked, customisable estimate, revised drawings can be compared and recounted without starting again, and the whole team can work on projects from anywhere. Countfire has been building estimating software since 2012. Our support team includes former estimators, so when you need help, you speak to someone who understands the job. Wondering if Countfire is right for your organization? Our Construction Estimating Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less. ## Countfire User Interface ## Popular Countfire Alternatives Main Product Countfire 4.8 [(250)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/countfire-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.73Ease of use - 4.37Value for money - 4.96Customer support - 4.59Functionality Pricing Available upon request Get Price Alternative Product [zzTakeoff](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/525970-zzTakeoff/) 5.0 [(72)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/525970-zzTakeoff/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.96Ease of use - 4.94Value for money - 4.93Customer support - 4.89Functionality Pricing Starting at $49.99 per month Get Price Alternative Product [STACK](https://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/stack-profile/) 4.5 [(1399)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/stack-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.47Ease of use - 4.27Value for money - 4.67Customer support - 4.24Functionality Pricing Starting at $49.00 per month Get Price Alternative Product [AGTEK Gradework](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/531860-Gradework/) 4.8 [(53)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/531860-Gradework/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.47Ease of use - 4.50Value for money - 4.88Customer support - 4.64Functionality Pricing Starting at $650.00 per month Get Price Alternative Product [InSite Elevation Pro](https://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/insite-sitework-profile/) 4.8 [(206)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/insite-sitework-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.50Ease of use - 4.70Value for money - 4.92Customer support - 4.48Functionality Pricing Starting at $3900.00 per year Get Price Alternative Product [Beam AI](https://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/beam-ai-profile/) 4.9 [(50)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/beam-ai-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.96Ease of use - 4.74Value for money - 5.0Customer support - 4.80Functionality Pricing Available upon request Get Price ## Countfire Pricing and Plans Starting price: Connect with an advisor for pricing Free Trial Free Version Countfire Pricing available upon request No plan information available Confused about pricing? 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Get a personalized pricing breakdown tailored to your specific needs—no guesswork, no generic estimates. ## Countfire Features - Popular features found in Construction Estimating Accounting Integration Audit Trail Bid Management Change Order Management Customizable Templates Historical Database Project Management Proposal Generation Quotes/Estimates Subcontractor Management Takeoff What-if Analysis - More features of Countfire 2D Drawing Activity Dashboard Activity Tracking Assembly Takeoff Automatic Backup Bill of Materials Collaboration Tools Cost Database Cost Estimating Customer Management Customizable Reports Data Import/Export Document Management Document Storage Drag & Drop Electrical Estimating Electronic Plans Estimating For AEC Industry Issue Management Job Costing Labor Cost Reporting Project Estimating Projections Project Workflow Real-Time Updates Reporting & Statistics SSL Security Status Tracking Third-Party Integrations Workflow Management ## Countfire Integrations Microsoft Excel Integration rated undefined from -1 review ## Countfire User Reviews ## Countfire customer ratings - Overall rating: 4.8/5 - Total reviews: 250 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 189 reviews (76%) - 4 stars: 61 reviews (24%) - 3 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.7/5 - Value for money: 4.4/5 - Customer support: 5.0/5 - Functionality: 4.6/5 --- ### Introduction to Countfire - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bradley H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: August 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Very, very good. Getting to know the functions and tools is really good, and the support we have had has been excellent - [sensitive content hidden] in particular, who did a 1-to-1 with us, this was very useful and insightful. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros There's a simplicity in the functions to the complicated nature that comes with detailed schematics and drawings. Delving further, I can see there is more depth to each function, which I know will be very useful for future use. #### Cons The load can take its time, but I know that comes from the drawings themselves, so technically it's not with Countfire directly. #### Vendor response Thank you for the great review Bradley! Awesome to hear you've found Countfire simple to use. You're spot on – when you upload your drawings to the app, they go through a quick preparing stage. Depending on the complexity of the drawings, this can sometimes take a little longer but if you run into any issues, I'd recommend reaching out to our support team on our live chat on the orange button in the bottom right hand corner of the app. We're super proud of our support. As well as our live chat, we also offer 1-2-1 training sessions tailored to you to make sure you can get the most out of the software on your takeoffs. Replied August 2025 --- ### Countfire Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Joe H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, Countfire was a very effective estimating tool that significantly improved speed and accuracy compared to manual take‑offs. Once set up properly, it provided a reliable platform for producing professional estimates and helped streamline the tendering process. It’s a strong piece of software for electrical and building services estimating. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Countfire made the estimating process much quicker and more consistent. The take‑off tools were easy to use, and the built‑in rules helped reduce errors when measuring containment, cabling, and builderswork. It was especially useful for producing structured, repeatable estimates without having to manually calculate everything each time. #### Cons Occasionally, drawings could take a while to process or load, particularly on larger or more complex projects. However, this often appeared to be related to the quality or formatting of the PDF drawings rather than an issue with the software itself. #### Reasons for switching to Countfire Miles more features for time saving, we used to count items one by one. now we can count multiple drawings at once. #### Vendor response It's great to hear your estimating process is now much quicker and more consistent. Counting multiple drawings at once – love to hear it Joe! You're spot on. When you make a selection in Countfire, you're not just counting that item on the current page, you're also looking for matches on any other drawings in your discipline. Complex drawings can sometimes take a little longer than usual to prepare and load in-app. If you run into this, it's always worth sending us a message on the orange button in the bottom right hand corner of the app. Our technical team can take a look to see if there's anything they can do to improve the quality of the drawings. Replied May 2026 --- ### CountFire Automated Take-Off Software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Eric B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I could not be more pleased with CounFire. It is fast, accurate, easy to use, and has cut my time to perform a take-off by a factor of 10. Some may question a factor of 10, but try it and see that drawing symbols when counted on one drawing are also counted on all other drawings within the project drawing package automatically. Orientation is not an issue, and items not picked up are easily identified and added to the correct symbol list. Check drawings are also supplied as part of the final report to assure all errors have been resolved. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros CountFire being a cloud based service gets you up and running quickly. CountFire Sales is there to get you started and introduce you to Technical Assistance and Training. The On-Line Help function is integral to the CountFire Platform allowing you to be able to function seamlessly as you work on projects. I can count drawing elements or make extremely accurate measurements in one tenth of the time I did manually without the cost of drawing reproduction. The Final Reports are perfectly formatted in MSExcel and ready for Bill of Material development. #### Cons I am still looking for a Con. I thought that since CountFire is in Great Britain that communications might be hampered by five, (5) time zones, but this was not the case. CountFire was there 24X7 to solve my self-inflicted start-up issues. #### Reasons for choosing Countfire 1. Cloud Based, 2. Price, 3. Ease of Use, 4. Support --- ### Robert Daly Electrical Project Manager Countfire Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Robert D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: August 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered very impressed with the system as a whole and would definitely recommend and i have already suggested that the business uses this more at operational level on site. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Countfire drastically reduced time spent completing electrical drawing take offs compared to traditional techniques. i also found it great that we can break drawings into zones in line with programe dates allowing us to have accurate information zone by zone. #### Cons Although i am electrically biased i tried to carry out pipework take offs which were not as easy. i think with some further training this could be better but again i am only carrying out electrical take offs so it has been great. #### Vendor response Thank you for the brilliant review Robert – great to hear Countfire has drastically reduced the time you're spending on electrical takeoffs! The zoning feature is super useful for splitting your projects down. Really appreciate your feedback on completing mechanical takeoffs in Countfire. We've actually just released our brand new "Length system" tool which helps to make linear takeoffs quick and easy in-app. It would be great to jump on a demo with your mechanical colleagues to show them the benefits of Countfire – just send us a message on the orange button at the bottom right hand corner of the app to book a time that works for you. Replied August 2026 --- ### Countfire Estimating - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Harry W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Absolutely fantastic. The customer support is always there to help you no matter the question which really helps you see the value for money you are getting. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The Estimating take off software that Countfire provides is second to none. I kind the measurements that I can take off are incredibly quick and precise with good mental security that the project is correctly taken off. It includes all of the features that you will need and more. #### Cons Rarely the saving feature glitches out and won't let you open another drawing. Apart from that Countfire is great. #### Reasons for switching to Countfire Ease of use and alot of issues made us change #### Vendor response What an awesome review – thank you Harry! It's great to hear you're finding your takeoffs quick and accurate with Countfire. Appreciate you letting us know about the issues you ran into saving your work. If you run into it again, I'd recommend reaching out to us on the orange button in the bottom right hand corner of Countfire so we can look into it for you. Replied June 2026 --- ### Positive impact to our business. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Adam D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall great. helped save time within tendering and have given our Project management team a great overview of what is required and items needed. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The look and feel of the app is clear and concise, ease of use is great. exporting of take offs are clear and well presented. #### Cons Not much to not like, usually the quality of PDF that make it hard if the PDF is not a good quality. #### Reasons for switching to Countfire better reporting and clearer workspace within take off. #### Vendor response Thank you for the fantastic review Adam – great to hear you're finding Countfire easy to use! Completely understand the quality of the PDFs you receive can be mixed. If you're running into issues on your drawings, I'd recommend sending us a message on the orange button in the bottom right hand corner of the app. Our technical team can take a look to see if there's anything they can do to improve the quality of the drawings. Replied January 2026 --- ### My count is on fire - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Duncan C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: April 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall very pleased with using countfire, could do with tweaks but really speeds up mechanical take off's #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Excellent tool for estimating, customer support and training is excellent, very through. I am a first time user and have had great support #### Cons There are not many, there a few minor tweaks that could improve the overall experience, but can't think of anything offhand to complaint n about #### Reasons for switching to Countfire Moved companies, so new comapny uses Countfire #### Vendor response Really appreciate your review Duncan! It's great to hear you've had an excellent experience with our support team. From 1-2-1 training to our in-app chat, we're on hand to help you get the most out of the app. It would be great to get more information on the tweaks you'd like to see in Countfire – just send us a message on the orange button in the bottom right hand corner of Countfire and we can pass your comments on to our product team. Replied April 2026 --- ### Mechanical review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Kyle J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Very good and enjoying using it. Making take offs very quick and saves printing off drawings and cost effective. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easiness to use and quick to upload drawing and start take offs. Like how it remembers items i have taken off on previous drawings of the same discipline. #### Cons Cant change size of the point for counting items on busy drawing. For example the circle covers other items i need to count and therefore can be missed. #### Reasons for switching to Countfire Countfire more used friendly and like how quick it is to do take offs. #### Vendor response Awesome to hear you found Countfire easy and quick to use Kyle! Appreciate your feedback on changing the size of manual points. I can definitely see how this would be super helpful. We do have a feature request for this – you can add your vote by heading to the orange button in the bottom right hand corner of the app, selecting 'Give feedback' and searching "Adjust size and opacity of manual points". Replied December 2025 --- ### Countfire review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Steven S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: September 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. For takeoffs excellent, for estimating i am still undecided, feels like some further development is required to make it more flexible. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros speedy takeoffs - intuitive system. learns for future drawings so you don't need to assign reference for every drawing. excellent training provided and good customer support. #### Cons The estimating tool is clunky and difficult to adjust from takeoffs as items are already grouped by drawings. #### Reasons for switching to Countfire I move companies and Countfire was being used by new employer #### Vendor response Thanks for the review Steven! Great to hear you've had a good experience with our support team – we know how important it is to be able to hit the ground running so, while there is a bit of a learning curve involved in getting started with Countfire, we're on hand to help you get the most out of the software. Appreciate the feedback on the estimate side of the app. One of the great things about Estimate is the flexibility of grouping your data. You can completely change how your estimate is laid out with a few clicks, whether you're looking to split your project differently or match a client summary you need to fill out. It would be great to jump on a quick training session to go through this – just send us a message on the orange button at the bottom right hand corner of Countfire and we can figure out a time that works for you. Replied October 2025 --- ### Excellent software and a must-have as Estimator - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Steven H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Excellent software and support from Countfire with any issues has been faultless. Countfire are always looking to improve the software too. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Intuitive software that's easy to use, saves time and accurate. Interface is clear and responsive. The formatted Excel document is also very useful. #### Cons I'd like the ability to add symbols and multiply to provide a marked-up drawing. For example drawing linear fittings and placing them on a layout. #### Vendor response Thank you for the great review Steven! While you are able to add points and produce marked up output drawings, I can see how it would be handy to add specific symbols to the drawing. You can add your vote to our feature request for this – just click "Give feedback" on the orange button in the bottom right hand corner of Countfire and search for "Customise symbols and measures". You're spot on – our support team are on hand to make sure you can get the most out of the software and, if you do have any feedback, just let us know. We're keen to hear exactly what you would like to see in-app so Countfire can be as useful as possible. 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