Feature · AI estimating
Quote faster.
Without the spinning wheel.
Upload plans, measure on screen with AI assistance, and let quantities flow into estimates, budgets and purchase orders. Built to stay fast on big plans, so slow takeoff stops costing you leads.
7 days free · $199 first month · $435/mo after · Month-to-month
01 / What it does
What this feature does
AI estimating is how VIABUILD takes you from a set of plans to a priced quote. You upload the drawings, measure on screen with AI helping the takeoff, and price the job using your own rates and assemblies. The quantities you measure don’t get re-keyed. They become the estimate, the estimate becomes the budget, and the budget generates your purchase orders.
The point isn’t a clever demo. It’s speed when it matters: opening a large plan set without freezing, recalculating as you type, and getting a quote out while the lead is still warm.
02 / Why it matters
Why builders need it
Slow quotes lose jobs
Every day a quote sits unfinished, the lead cools. Faster takeoff means more quotes out, more often.
Big plans shouldn’t freeze
Detailed plan sets are where most estimating tools choke. VIABUILD is built to stay responsive on large files.
One set of numbers
Quantities flow from takeoff to estimate to budget to PO. No re-keying, no copy-paste, no drift between documents.
Your rates, your assemblies
Price with your own cost library and assemblies so quotes reflect how you actually build, not a generic template.
Tighter margins start here
When the estimate becomes the budget cleanly, real-time cost tracking has something accurate to measure against.
Less double-handling
The estimate you win on is the budget you run the job against. The handoff from sales to delivery stops leaking detail.
03 / The VIABUILD way
How VIABUILD handles it
AI-assisted takeoff that feeds the whole job.
Upload your plans and measure on screen (areas, lengths, counts) with the AI assisting the takeoff so you’re confirming measurements rather than starting from scratch. Apply your assemblies and rates to turn quantities into a priced estimate.
When you win the job, that estimate becomes the budget without a re-build, and the budget generates purchase orders to your suppliers. The same quantities carry all the way through, which is what keeps cost tracking honest later.
- On-screen takeoff with AI assistance
- Fast on large, detailed plan sets
- Your own rates and assemblies
- Quantities flow to estimates automatically
- Estimate becomes the budget on win
- Budget generates purchase orders
04 / The workflow
How it runs, step by step
- 01
Upload plans
Drop in the drawing set. Large files open without freezing.
- 02
Measure with AI
Take off areas, lengths and counts on screen with AI assistance speeding the work.
- 03
Price it
Apply your assemblies and rates so the quote reflects how you build.
- 04
Send the quote
Get a clean estimate out while the lead is still warm.
- 05
Win and convert
The estimate becomes the job budget, with no re-keying.
- 06
Raise POs
The budget generates purchase orders, ready for the AP inbox to match against.
05 / FAQ
Common questions.
It’s built to stay responsive on large plan sets, opening detailed drawings without freezing and recalculating as you price. The bigger win is workflow speed: quantities flow from takeoff to estimate to budget to purchase order without re-keying, so you get quotes out faster.
No. The AI assists the takeoff so you spend less time on manual measuring, but you confirm the measurements and price with your own rates and assemblies. You stay in control of the numbers you quote.
Yes, that’s the point. When you win a job the estimate becomes the budget, the budget generates purchase orders, and real-time cost tracking measures actuals against it. One set of numbers from quote to close-out.
No. AI estimating and plan takeoff are included in the platform, with no separate per-month charge for estimating like some platforms apply.
06 / Keep reading
Related features & guides
Take off your next plan set.
Start with 7 days free: full platform, real data. $199 for your first month, then $435/mo. Upload a real plan set and see how fast the quote comes together.