The best Togal alternatives in 2026.

Best Togal alternatives in 2026: the short answer

People look for tools like Togal for three reasons: the seat price multiplies with every estimator, Togal is takeoff only, and its trade list leans to GCs and interiors while MEP and structural estimators want their own sheets read. No tool here fixes all three. Kreo lowers the seat price and adds estimating. Pilars answers the third and costs about the same per seat as Togal, so it is on this list for trades and automation, not for price.

Pricing reviewed 13 November 2026, based on public documentation as of Nov 2026. Togal.ai, Kreo, STACK, Beam AI, Attentive.ai, Bobyard, ConstructConnect and Exayard are trademarks of their owners; this is an independent comparison.

Togal competitors compared

How these were judged. Each tool was scored on who does the reading (the estimator or the software), trade fit beyond floor plans, platform, whether a real price is published, and review signals from G2 and Capterra. Prices were read on each vendor's own pricing page on 13 November 2026; ratings and review comments come from third-party listings and are small samples. Disclosure: Pilars publishes this page and is one of the products on it.

What Togal does well, so you know what you are replacing

Togal is quick at detecting and measuring spaces on architectural plans, and the Growth plan includes unlimited automated takeoffs, chat prompts and symbol searches for one flat seat price. Outside collaborators need no account. Third-party listings report a G2 rating of 4.8 out of 5 from about 60 reviews. For a GC or a drywall, paint or flooring sub living in floor plans every day, that is a strong product.

The complaints in G2 reviews are manual clean-up of detections, rework on Excel exports, slowdowns at busy times and weaker civil and sitework results. Togal's homepage publishes no accuracy figure today. One cheaper route to the same AI: eTakeoff sells Togal.ai as an $1,800 per year add-on to its desktop plans from $795. More detail in our Togal AI review and Togal pricing breakdown.

The seven tools like Togal, ranked

1. Pilars

Pilars reads the whole plan set and the spec book in minutes and returns quantities sourced to the sheet. It is ranked first here on trade coverage, automation and the benchmark below, not on price, which is level with Togal. Four things separate the two, and the fifth is a tie.

• You keep control. The first pass is automatic, but nothing is locked. Open any detection, reclassify a wall type, add or remove a device, adjust a boundary or a quantity, and the totals update. The estimator has the final say.
• Speed. There is no drawing or clicking for the first pass and no service queue to wait on.
• Accuracy you can check. On our published duplex receptacle benchmark, one real power plan, Pilars counted 97.5% correctly against 84% for Togal. That is one test on one sheet, not an overall accuracy claim.
• Trades. Nineteen trades from one upload, including electrical, plumbing, HVAC, fire protection, concrete and steel as well as the interiors Togal is architectural-first on.
• Price. Level. Pilars is $300 per user per month with unlimited takeoffs, against $299 for Togal billed yearly. Pilars can be billed monthly. Each Pilars user covers one trade, so a GC taking off several trades needs a user for each, whereas a Togal seat is not sold per trade.

The limits: Pilars is takeoff, not an estimating database, and there is no free tier, though you can run your own set in the live demo. Best for: electrical, plumbing, HVAC, fire protection, concrete and steel estimators, and anyone else whose trade Togal is not built around, who want an automated first pass they can edit. Full comparison at Pilars vs Togal.

2. Kreo

Kreo is the closest like-for-like Togal alternative: browser AI takeoff for rooms, walls, doors and windows with symbol counting, plus live-linked estimating. AI starts on Pro at $175 per user per month billed annually ($2,100 a year), about $1,500 a year per seat under both Togal and Pilars, with a 7-day free trial. The $100 Essential plan has no AI. Capterra reviewers say Auto Measure output can need a lot of tidying. Best for: cost estimators and quantity surveyors who want takeoff and estimate in one seat. See Togal vs Kreo.

3. STACK

STACK is manual cloud takeoff with estimating and proposals built in, a free version, and paid plans from "as low as $299 per user per month". Its AI is narrower than Togal's: Floor Plan AI is a paid add-on with no published price, and its symbol counting is documented for electrical sheets only. Best for: teams who care more about getting from quantities to a proposal than about AI doing the measuring. See Togal vs STACK.

4. Beam AI (Attentive.ai)

Beam AI, from Attentive.ai, is for people who do not want to operate takeoff software at all. In the done-for-you tier you send plans and receive finished, QA-checked takeoffs in 24 to 72 hours; it covers all trades and starts at $25K per year. A self-serve licence starts at $8K per trade per year and covers HVAC, plumbing and steel only. Third-party listings report about 4.9 out of 5 on roughly 30 reviews. The trade-offs are turnaround and a five-figure annual commitment. On the receptacle benchmark linked above, Attentive scored 65%. Best for: contractors with steady bid volume who would rather outsource takeoff labour than hire. See Togal vs Beam AI and Beam AI pricing.

5. Bobyard

Bobyard runs an AI first pass with confidence scores and ties it to an estimate and cost database. It began in landscaping and now lists six trades, adding electrical, plumbing, mechanical, interior finishes and paving; the newer trades date from 2026. Pricing is not public; you get a quote. Best for: landscape and paving contractors first, and MEP shops willing to trial a newer model. See Togal vs Bobyard.

6. ConstructConnect Takeoff

The browser product from the owner of On-Screen Takeoff and PlanSwift. Takeoff BOOST AI handles linear, area and count items, and it targets the same interior trades as Togal. Pricing is not public; you get a quote. Best for: On-Screen Takeoff shops that want AI and a Mac-friendly browser tool from a vendor they already know.

7. Exayard

Exayard publishes monthly prices: $99 per user for Starter (50 manual takeoffs a month and $100 of AI credits) and $249 for Professional (unlimited manual takeoffs, $250 of AI credits). AI use is metered, so heavy use costs more than the seat, and there is little independent review data yet. Best for: small teams that want to avoid an annual contract.

The price math: Togal and Pilars cost the same per seat

Togal is $299 per user per month billed yearly, $3,588 per estimator per year, with unlimited takeoffs. Pilars is $300 per user per month, $3,600 a year at the monthly rate, also with unlimited takeoffs, and you can pay monthly or annually. One estimator on one trade pays within $12 a year either way. Three estimators come to $10,764 on Togal and $10,800 on Pilars, and five to $17,940 at Togal's list price (four or more users is a custom quote) against $18,000. Price does not settle this one.

Where the bills part is trades. A Pilars user covers one trade. A GC estimator who takes off drywall, flooring and paint from one Togal seat pays $3,588 a year; the same three trades in Pilars are three users, $10,800. For that buyer Togal is clearly cheaper. A single-trade sub pays the same either way and should choose on whose software reads their sheets better. If a lower bill is the goal, Kreo Pro at $2,100 a year and Exayard from $99 a month both undercut Togal and Pilars, while a Beam AI self-serve licence from $8,000 per trade is more than twice a Pilars user. Current figures are on our pricing page.

Which Togal alternative should you pick?

• You bid electrical, plumbing, HVAC, fire protection or structural work and want the software to run the first pass: Pilars.
• You want Togal-style AI plus estimating for less per seat: Kreo Pro.
• You need a proposal out the door more than you need AI: STACK.
• You want to hand the takeoff to someone else: Beam AI.
• You live in architectural floor plans, or each estimator takes off several trades: keep Togal.

For Togal against a manual tool, see Togal vs PlanSwift, Togal vs Bluebeam and Togal vs On-Screen Takeoff.

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