The only estimating solution made by builders
One place to measure the plan, price the work, and produce the bid. Set up for ten trades, tuned to your company’s own numbers.
What It Is
and EDGE Smart Takeoff
The EDGE® is a desktop estimating system built for subcontractors who bid by condition, not by square foot allowance. Takeoff, database, pricing, and proposal all read from the same job file, so a change in one place is a change everywhere.
Benefits
Inside The EDGE®
How it Works
Blueprint takeoff by mouse-click, with no manual measurement. Trade-specific material databases come pre-loaded for your specialty.
Smart Labor® calculates and adjusts production rates based on the job conditions you define, so labor costs stay accurate as conditions change.
When a material changes, The EDGE updates every instance across your entire estimate, so your bid stays consistent from first takeoff to final submission.
Proposal Writer auto-populates client-ready bids with 100+ pre-loaded data points from any completed estimate within minutes.
Who It’s for
Win more bids with faster, more accurate takeoffs, built for how your trade actually estimates.
Keep every job on track, from approved bid to closeout, without chasing numbers across tools.
Protect your margins and grow with confidence, backed by 30 years of trade expertise.
I’m very pleased with the amount of estimates and budgets we can put together in a very short period of time.
I interact with the reports daily, and I love it. The amount of information The EDGE can produce for you is impressive.
I’ve been using The EDGE estimating for approx. 25 years, it’s user-friendly and they are constantly updating the software.
We were struggling with a bottleneck in our estimating department. The EDGE has saved us time and money.
The EDGE has allowed us to perform fast take-offs and quick pricing breakdowns for bids.
My takeoffs are extremely accurate with The EDGE, and SF and LF costs are very consistent.
Easy to use after you have setup your desired database. Strongly recommend this software to anyone in this line of work.
The EDGE has become our daily workhorse for pushing out bids and capturing work for our business. We couldn’t do it without this software!
The EDGE has been a great asset to our company. It allows accurate, speedy takeoffs. Now over 16 years with this GREAT tool.
I think The EDGE is great. I would love to see the changes forthcoming with Version 12.
I like how The EDGE is an all-in-one software. I was relatively new to construction, and it allowed me to be very productive.
It takes the guesswork out of PDF takeoffs and really is like having another person in the office.
Frequently Asked Questions About The EDGE
Everything you need to know to make a confident decision, straight from the people who built it.
Most estimating software is built for everyone, which means it’s truly built for no one. The EDGE is designed specifically for specialty trade subcontractors, with trade-specific material databases, takeoff tools and workflows that reflect how your trade actually works. It also combines takeoff and estimating in a single platform, so there’s no toggling between two programs or manually transferring numbers between systems.
Yes, The EDGE includes a Vendor Quote feature that lets you request pricing directly from your vendors and distributors through a secure electronic request. When quotes come back, updated prices import directly into your bid. No manual entry. No copy-paste errors. Your estimates reflect what you actually pay, not generic database pricing.
The EDGE is designed to be intuitive for both new and seasoned estimators. Because it’s built around the construction workflow, not adapted from a generic tool, the learning curve is significantly shorter than re-training on software that doesn’t match how your trade works. And because estimates are standardized and stored in the cloud, institutional knowledge doesn’t walk out the door when an estimator does.
Both. The EDGE is installed locally on your machine for performance and reliability, with cloud access built in for remote work and real-time collaboration. That means your team can share assemblies, project data and reports in real time, without being tied to a single workstation.
Yes, The EDGE integrates with leading accounting and project management platforms, including FOUNDATION®, Procore and FollowUp CRM. It connects with EagleView and Workpack for advanced takeoff capabilities, and with EDGE On Site for seamless handoff from the estimate to field project management.
