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BidcoreAI Compared with Togal.AI, CostX and Trimble

Togal.AI, CostX and Trimble's estimating tools are all established ways to measure drawings and price work. BidcoreAI takes a wider view: one program from the tender documents to the submitted proposal. Here is how they differ, and when each is the better choice.

Takeoff to proposal Runs locally Cited AI

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One program from tender documents to proposal

AI findings cite their source

Runs on your Windows computer or server

Bring your own AI agent, with approval

Federal Go/No-Go; India cost models

Compare Estimating Software: What It Is and Why It Matters

These tools solve overlapping but different problems. Togal.AI is a cloud takeoff tool built around automatic detection of spaces, walls and objects on plans. CostX is a 2D and 3D/BIM takeoff and cost-estimating package. Trimble offers several estimating products split by trade, including Accubid for electrical and MEP, Quest for heavy civil and WinEst for general and specialty contractors.

BidcoreAI covers the work around the measurement as well: reading the tender documents, qualifying the bid, pricing, building subcontractor packages and levelling quotes, and drafting the proposal. That is the main difference, and it matters most to contractors who bid a lot and lose time moving data between tools.

At a glance

	BidcoreAI	Togal.AI	CostX	Trimble estimating
Main focus	Tender to proposal, plus project tools	AI takeoff	2D and 3D/BIM takeoff and estimating	Estimating products by trade
Takeoff	PDF drawings, with AI-assisted counting	Automatic detection of spaces, walls and objects	2D plus 3D/BIM models	Graphical takeoff in each product
Bid packages, ITBs, quote levelling	Built in	Not a focus of its public material	Not a focus of its public material	Separate products
Proposal drafting	Built in	No	No	No
Reading tender documents with citations	Built in	Chat over project documents	No	No
Where it runs	Your Windows computer or server	Cloud web application	Installed software	Cloud (Accubid Anywhere, Quest) and installed
Local AI, private data	Yes	Cloud	Not AI-led	Cloud for the SaaS products
Own AI agent with approval	Yes	No	No	No
Federal Go/No-Go; India CPWD / MoRTH	Yes	No	No	No

Competitor information is taken from each vendor's public website and from software review sites, as of November 2026, and may be out of date. Product names belong to their owners; BidcoreAI is not affiliated with them. If something here is wrong, tell us and we will correct it.

What is different about BidcoreAI

One flow, tender to proposal

From the tender documents to takeoff, estimate, bid packages, subcontractor quotes and the proposal, in one program.

No exporting quantities between separate tools
A change in the bid flows into the proposal

AI that shows its source

AI reads the documents and drawings, and every finding points to the page it came from.

Citations on requirements, risks and quantities
A person reviews every result

Private and local

Installs on your Windows computer or server with a local database and local AI services.

Core features work without internet
Outside AI engines are off until you switch them on

Agentic, with your approval

Connect your own AI agent; it proposes takeoff items and assemblies and you approve them.

Permissions set per key, revocable
A log of anything sent outside

Built for how tenders really work

US federal Go/No-Go from SAM.gov data, and in India CPWD, CPWD E&M and MoRTH cost models with tender-document analysis.

Set-asides, NAICS and bonding capacity
BOQ and cost models on bidcore.in

Choose BidcoreAI when

You bid often and want takeoff, estimate, subcontractor packages and proposal in one place
You want AI that cites its source and keeps your data on your own machine
You bid federal work, or Indian tenders with CPWD or MoRTH cost models
You work across trades and do not want a separate tool for each

Another tool may fit better when

Togal.AI: all you need is very fast automatic area takeoff in the cloud
CostX: your workflow is BIM model takeoff from Revit, Archicad or IFC
Trimble: you are a specialist electrical or heavy-civil estimator who needs deep trade databases and the wider Trimble ecosystem

How to compare fairly

1. Pick one real bid. Use a drawing set you have already priced.
2. Time the whole job. Count the time from tender documents to submitted proposal, not just the measuring.
3. Check the evidence. See whether every quantity and finding can be traced to a source.
4. Ask where the data lives. Cloud or your own machine, and what leaves it.

Compare Estimating Software: Your Questions Answered

They are built for different scopes. Togal.AI centres on automatic takeoff in the cloud. BidcoreAI covers takeoff, estimating, bidding and the proposal, and runs on your own machine. If you only need automatic area takeoff, Togal.AI is a focused option; if you want one flow to the proposal, BidcoreAI is.

For PDF-based takeoff and estimating it can. CostX also supports 3D/BIM model takeoff, which BidcoreAI does not; if BIM takeoff is central to your work, CostX is purpose-built for it.

Trimble sells separate products by trade with deep trade databases. BidcoreAI is a single program across trades that also handles bidding and proposals. Specialist MEP or heavy-civil estimators may prefer Trimble's depth.

On your Windows computer or your own Windows server, with a private local database and local AI services.

No. Prices change and public sources disagree. Ask each vendor for a current quote.