Upgrade Your Painting Estimating Software Workflow with AI Takeoffs
Upgrade Your Painting Estimating Software Workflow with AI Takeoffs
Tired of manually taking off paint quantities? Save 90% of your time with Beam AI. Automate your material takeoffs or walls, ceilings, trim, and more, so you can deliver accurate bids faster.
Tired of manually taking off paint quantities? Save 90% of your time with Beam AI. Automate your material takeoffs or walls, ceilings, trim, and more, so you can deliver accurate bids faster.
Increased revenue by $1M within 6 months
Reduced 80% Time on Takeoffs
2X revenue growth - $900K to $2M
Doubled Revenue from $6M to $12M
Reduced 80% Time on Takeoffs
2X revenue growth - $900K to $2M
Why top contractors trust Beam AI over traditional painting estimating software for takeoffs
How our AI-based material takeoff software works for painting estimating software
Generate complete, automated painting takeoffs in 4 simple steps.
Upload your project plans in PDF format
Drop your architectural, finish, or interior elevation drawings. Beam AI reads all painting-related sheets and finish schedules automatically.
Confirm your scope of work
You can check your pre-aligned scope, including wall and ceiling surface areas, trim, doors, and millwork finishes, and more. Review and add project-specific notes before AI processing.
Let AI handle the takeoff
Beam AI extracts all paintable areas (SF) and finish counts by type and coat, including primers and special coatings. Outputs fit seamlessly into your painting estimating software or painting estimating takeoff software.
Receive reviewed takeoffs in 24–72 hours
Every takeoff is QA-verified before delivery. You’ll receive a downloadable PDF, Excel file, and shareable view-only link. Excel outputs are easily compatible with your paint estimate software workflow.
Manual takeoffs with your painting estimating software lose you bidding opportunities
Manual painting takeoffs take too long and leave room for error, increasing your bid turnaround time, limiting your ability to push proposals out, and eat into your profit margins.
Still spending hours measuring wall areas and counting coats?
Manually tracing walls, ceilings, and trims can eat up 50–80% of your bid cycle, time you could use for vendor coordination, material pricing, or final proposal review.
Losing bids because your estimating process can’t scale?
When RFPs pile up, manual painting estimates slow you down. Competitors using painting estimating software or AI paint estimators can deliver bids faster and with fewer mistakes.
Your painting estimating software powered by AI-based takeoffs
Automate surface takeoffs for walls, ceilings, trims, and coatings with Beam AI. Save time, increase accuracy, and keep your estimating workflow exactly the same.
Save 90% of your time on painting takeoffs
Beam AI automatically calculates paintable surface areas, coat counts, and finish types directly from your plans. Get QA-reviewed takeoffs in 24–72 hours, ready to plug into your preferred painting estimating software, painting estimate program, or painting estimate spreadsheet.
Bid 2X more painting jobs with the same team
With Beam AI doing the measuring, your estimators can focus on chasing more jobs and pricing accuracy, crew scheduling, and vendor quotes, not manual plan tracing.
Newly launched: Smarter preconstruction tools beyond automated Al takeoff software
Beam Al is more than fully automated takeoffs. Now get a powerful construction bid tracking system - making preconstruction workflows better.
Bid Dashboard
Your all-in-one construction bid tracking software.
Track every bid – status, due dates, owners, RFIs, ITBs, and addenda, in one organized view
- Get Automated email reminders & in-app notifications ensure you never miss a deadline.
- Access one-click Excel exports keep reporting simple.
- Linked workflows and custom bid statuses make handoff seamless from takeoff to submission.
See what our customers have to say
“Takeoff with Beam AI is quick; it’s painless, and it just gets done. We’re bidding more than ever now that we’e not spending 20-30 hours per takeoff.”
Jordan Kipnes
CEO | Pro Works Painting
Read Success Story"With significantly less time being spent on doing the takeoffs, we can focus on other parts of the project—getting pricing from suppliers, checking material availability, and ensuring accuracy in our bids."
Laura De Sanctis
Assistant Director| JBG Flooring and Installation Ltd.
Read Success Story“Beam AI has completely transformed how we do takeoffs. We’re winning more jobs, growing the business, and doing it all without expanding our team. It’s become an essential part of how we operate.”
Viri Ramirez
Co-owner | Cart Construction
Read Success Story"With Beam AI, we’ve streamlined our estimating workflow - saving 40+ man-hours per takeoff while ensuring no critical details are missed."
Ricardo Pacheco
CTO | Building Preservation Material Technologies
Read Success Story"We’re saving a week’s worth of time on takeoffs and recording 1.5x business growth after switching to Beam AI."
Roy Cabrera
Estimator | Pilkington Construction Co.
Read Success Story
FAQs
What is a painting estimator?
A painting estimator calculates surface areas, coat counts, and paint types needed for each space. They use this data to generate accurate painting estimates for commercial and industrial projects. Many painting contractors pair this process with painting estimates software to improve accuracy and speed.
What is painting estimating software?
Painting estimating software is a digital solution designed to help painting contractors automate the calculation of project costs. It transforms measurements and project variables—such as surface dimensions, coating systems, and labor pricing—into structured output for bidding. Modern paint estimating programs often integrate with business functions like job costing and project management, improving workflow efficiency and profitability.
Is Beam AI a full painting estimating software?
Beam AI automates the takeoff process, the most time-consuming part of estimating painting jobs. It does not build full cost estimates but provides structured quantities ready to import into your preferred painting estimating software or paint estimation software. This is made possible through Beam’s advanced AI painting estimator engine.
How does Beam AI handle painting estimating?
Beam AI reads your PDF plans, quantifies all paintable surfaces (walls, ceilings, trims), and categorizes them by finish type and number of coats. QA-reviewed results arrive in Excel format, ready for your painting estimate template or imported into a painting estimate spreadsheet used by your team.
Can Beam AI replace my existing estimating software?
No. Beam AI complements your current tools by automating takeoffs and feeding organized data into your painting estimates software or commercial painting estimating system. You can continue managing pricing and labor as usual in your existing painting estimate template.
What kind of file do I receive after a painting takeoff?
You’ll receive a structured Excel sheet with:
- Wall and ceiling areas (SF)
- Trim and door lengths (LF)
- Primer and finish quantities by type and coat
- Notes for high-performance or industrial finishes
You can import these into your painting estimate template or painting estimate spreadsheet.
How fast are AI takeoffs compared to manual estimating?
Beam AI delivers QA-reviewed automated painting takeoffs, saving up to 90 % of your manual takeoff time and helping you bid more projects every week.
Can Beam AI read blueprints directly?
Yes. Beam AI acts like a blueprint estimating software for painting, it reads elevations, finish schedules, and room notes automatically to generate takeoffs without manual tracing.
What makes Beam AI different from other painting estimating tools?
Beam AI combines AI automation with human QA review to produce accurate, ready-to-price outputs for commercial and industrial painting estimating. It cuts out repetition and lets estimators focus on profitability, not measurement.
How to estimate painting jobs accurately?
Traditionally, masonry estimates involve reviewing drawings, calculating wall areas, deducting openings, and applying unit costs for each material. With Beam AI, those steps are automated, the software reads your blueprints, calculates material quantities, and gives you organized outputs to finalize costs quickly.
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