Civils.ai
Pricing. Plans start at $90 a month. Enterprise pricing is tailored to your team. Reach out to the vendor for a quote. See full pricing · Updated October 14, 2026
Civils.ai is a web-based construction takeoff and document-checking workspace that reads PDF drawings and specs, runs natural-language measurement and compliance prompts, and returns Excel plus marked-up PDFs after human QA review for civil and infrastructure contractors.
Civils.ai sells to contractors and consultants who still spend days measuring PDF civil sheets, geotechnical appendices, and spec sections by hand. Users upload PDFs, describe the scope in plain language, and receive quantities with reviewer oversight before they export to spreadsheets or annotated drawings.
Public marketing states that more than two hundred organizations have used the service, cites ninety-seven percent accuracy on a highlighted client metric, and references over ninety-five percent accuracy for modern PDF takeoffs with a human-in-the-loop review on every run (Civils.ai, 2026). A pricing-page case study also mentions verified savings across many months for a thirty-eight-person team; treat those figures as vendor-supplied until you audit your own jobs.
Beyond takeoffs, the product advertises unlimited AI searches and checks across uploaded libraries, geotechnical borehole extraction, and template-style compliance questions you can save for repeat bid cycles. Turnaround aims for within twenty-four hours per workflow, so same-day bids still need planning.
Starter, Professional, and Enterprise plans differ by monthly takeoff counts, storage, and support depth, with Enterprise adding multi-user access, API hooks, MCP integrations, and SSO according to the public grid. Dollar amounts on the pricing page were blank at the time of capture, so procurement must request a quote for exact fees.
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Pros and cons
Pros
- Combines civil-focused takeoffs with cross-document checks in one subscription.
- Human review differentiates it from fully unattended AI counters on messy scans.
- Published plan grid explains takeoff credits and fair-use rules for AI searches.
Cons
- Public pricing showed placeholder dashes during capture, so you must talk to sales for numbers.
- Twenty-four-hour processing targets mean it is not always instant for every workflow.
- Very old hand-drawn sheets may fall below the stated accuracy band per vendor disclaimers.
Key features
PDF takeoffs: Measures areas, lengths, volumes, and counts from civil PDFs using typed prompts, then exports to Excel and annotated PDFs.
Human QA review: Marketing promises analyst review on AI extractions before results return, which targets higher trust on bid quantities.
Document checks: Run repeated natural-language checks across drawings and specs, save templates, and cite source pages in the viewer.
Geotechnical helpers: Upload borehole logs or reports to extract structured subsurface data and visuals for infrastructure studies.
Tiered plans: Starter and Professional tiers cap monthly takeoffs while Enterprise advertises custom volumes, unlimited users, API, MCP, and SSO.
Data handling controls: FAQ copy describes TLS encryption, US-region hosting, user-initiated deletion, and a policy that uploaded files are not used to train shared models.
Pricing
Enterprise (contact sales)
Contact sales
Custom takeoff and storage allowances, API and MCP, SSO and SAML, custom DPA. Volume pricing and annual contracts. Request a demo.
Starter
per month
$90.00
US$90 per month, billed monthly, cancel anytime, single user. 10 takeoffs per month, unlimited AI searches and checks (fair use), 2 GB storage, email support.
Professional
per month
$270.00
US$270 per month, billed monthly, cancel anytime, single user. 30 takeoffs per month, 50 GB storage, revision requests, priority support.
Prices come from each vendor’s public listings and can change. Double-check the current price on the vendor site before you buy.
Frequently asked questions
How does Civils.ai count a takeoff?
FAQ text defines one takeoff as one trade measurement on one drawing sheet. Measuring two trades on the same sheet counts as two takeoffs, and multi-sheet scopes multiply accordingly with a per-sheet cap described on the pricing page.
Are Civils.ai searches unlimited?
Starter and Professional tiers advertise unlimited AI searches and checks subject to a fair-use policy for a single user. Advanced multi-step agents may incur custom fees, which the vendor says they disclose before running.
How accurate are Civils.ai takeoffs?
Marketing claims above ninety-five percent accuracy on modern PDFs and lower reliability on very old hand-drawn sheets. Because analysts review outputs, you still spot-check critical bid lines before you submit.
Where is Civils.ai data stored?
Public FAQ states US-based cloud infrastructure with TLS in transit and encryption at rest, plus tooling for users to delete projects. Run your IT questionnaire for retention, subprocessors, and sovereign data rules.
Does Civils.ai work for tunneling or heavy civil bids?
Case studies reference tunneling contractors and large infrastructure consultancies using the workflows for bidding and digital twin inputs. Confirm whether your drawing standards and languages are supported before you rely on it for a must-win tender.
Can Civils.ai replace my quantity surveyor?
It augments estimators by automating repetitive measurements and checks, yet humans should still validate scope, allowances, and risk items on every bid.
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