Questions contractors ask before they sign up.

On clean, scaled plans, Plan Pull's material counts are typically within 3–5% of a careful manual takeoff. Quantities are the most accurate component. Costs are estimates based on trailing 30-day pricing and vary wider (±10–15%) depending on your market. We recommend treating Plan Pull's output the same way a senior estimator treats a junior estimator's first pass: a solid draft that you verify before sending. Every report shows you where in the plan each item came from, so cross-checking is fast.

You can edit any line item, change waste factors, swap vendors, and re-export. The exported PDF gets updated with your changes. We also log every correction you make — the more you use Plan Pull, the better it learns your preferences (e.g. your preferred waste factor for stud framing).

Yes. Photograph or scan your sketch, include dimensions (even "rough" ones), and tell us what trade you are. Plan Pull will extrapolate, ask clarifying questions when the drawing is ambiguous, and produce a takeoff. Sketches typically go through a short back-and-forth ("Is this wall 8 feet tall? Should I assume 16" on center?") before the full report runs.

Yes. We OCR scanned PDFs, including older blueprint-style drawings (white-on-blue), as long as the scan is at a reasonable resolution (300 DPI or higher). For very faded or photocopy-of-photocopy scans, results can degrade — in that case, you can still use the photo or sketch workflow to add the dimensions manually.

PDF (any size, any number of sheets), JPG, PNG, HEIC (iPhone photos), DWG and DXF (CAD files), and DWFx. For multi-sheet plans, upload the whole set — Plan Pull figures out which sheets are relevant to your trade.

Individual files up to 250 MB. Single plan sets can be any page count — we've processed 200+ sheet commercial drawings. On Starter, each takeoff counts as one regardless of page count.

Both work. For scaled plans, Plan Pull detects the scale automatically and measures. For photos of walls or rooms without a scale reference, just include one known dimension ("this wall is 12 feet long") or a reference object (a stud, a standard outlet plate, a tape measure in the shot) and we calibrate from there.

12 first-class trades: Electrical, Plumbing, Framing, Drywall & Paint, Tile & Stone, Roofing, HVAC, Flooring, Concrete, Insulation, Remodel/GC, and Solar. Plus Cabinetry/Millwork and Site/Earthwork. Don't see yours? We'll tune a custom template in 48 hours — contact us.

Yes — this is the whole idea. Select your trade on the ask screen and the report is scoped to just your trade. A tile contractor gets SF of tile, grout, thinset, backer, and substrate prep. They don't get framing, electrical, or anything else they don't care about. Same plan, different report per trade.

Yes. Select "Remodel / GC" and Plan Pull runs every relevant trade template and rolls them into a master schedule with sub-totals per trade, a project grand total, and a demo/dumpster/protection line. Great for CDs review and pre-bid planning.

Yes. Each trade has toggles: include/exclude fixtures, include/exclude labor estimates, waste factor per category, preferred vendors, tax rate, and more. Pro users can save their preferences as a custom template and reuse it across jobs.

PDF (client-ready, branded), XLSX (editable spreadsheet with formulas), CSV (for import into estimating software), and DOCX (narrative-style scope of work). You can export any report in all four formats.

Yes — low, mid, and high estimates for every line item. Costs come from ZIP-code-localized pricing data (RSMeans-backed on Pro and Agency), refreshed monthly. Labor estimates are optional and use regional trade wage data. You can override any pricing and Plan Pull remembers your overrides.

Yes, on Pro and Agency. Upload your logo once and every exported PDF is branded with your company name, logo, license number, phone, and email. It looks like something you paid a designer to make.

Yes — national (Home Depot, Lowe's, Ferguson, 84 Lumber, Graybar, etc.) and local suppliers based on the project's ZIP code. Local vendor recommendations are on Pro and Agency. Each includes a phone number, email, website, and — when available — live pricing for the items on your list.

Yes. First 3 takeoffs free, no credit card. You only enter payment info when you want to go beyond that. See full pricing.

Yes. One click from your account. No phone calls, no retention pressure. You keep access through the end of the paid period.

30 days. If Plan Pull doesn't save you time or money in the first 30 days, email us and we'll refund your most recent payment. No hoops.

They're stored encrypted (AES-256 at rest, TLS in transit) on your account, visible only to you and anyone you invite. We don't sell, share, or license your drawings. We don't train public AI models on them. When you delete a project, the files and derived data are wiped from our storage within 30 days. On Pro and Agency, you can set auto-delete intervals (30 / 90 / 365 days).

Yes. Project names, addresses, and notes are treated as confidential. We comply with CCPA and GDPR. Agency customers can sign a BAA or data processing addendum if required by their clients.

We're in the middle of a SOC 2 Type I audit, targeting completion late 2026. If your client's procurement team needs specific compliance documentation before then, contact us — we'll work with you.

PlanSwift and Bluebeam are pro-grade tools that still require you to click through the plan and draw measurements — the software is fast at measuring, but you're the one doing the work. Togal is AI-assisted but mostly targets commercial GCs and costs $5–15k/year. Plan Pull is built for residential and small-commercial contractors who need a takeoff without clicking through every line. Upload a plan, tell us your trade, and the work is done. We're also priced for a crew, not a corporation.

For most solo contractors and small crews: yes. For shops that already have a full estimating stack (Sage, Procore, HeavyBid), Plan Pull is a front-end — it produces a CSV you can drop into your existing software, saving the takeoff time without changing your downstream workflow.

ChatGPT is a general-purpose assistant. It'll give you a plausible-sounding answer, but it doesn't know construction pricing, waste factors, code minimums, fitting schedules, or local suppliers. Plan Pull is trade-specialized: it knows a #14 Romex run on a 20 amp circuit is wrong, it knows your county's waste factor for drywall, and it knows which Home Depot is closest to the job. Plus it outputs a branded PDF your customer will actually pay off of.