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Groundplan
Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
What it is
Groundplan is a cloud-based takeoff and estimating platform for trade businesses. It counts and measures materials and labour from construction plans using item counts, length measurements, surface areas, formulas, and BOQ or worksheet workflows. PDF, JPG, PNG, and TIFF plans can be uploaded. The PDF editor includes more than 500 trade symbols, custom symbol uploads, cable or pipe drawings, annotations, and professional PDF exports. Estimates can be exported to Excel or sent through integrations including Simpro, Xero, Fergus, QuickBooks, ServiceM8, AroFlo, and Ascora. The platform serves subcontractors, general contractors, and suppliers across electrical, plumbing, landscaping, fire, security, roofing, concrete, HVAC, audio visual, and building trades. It runs online from any device without installs or updates. Paid access includes a 7-day trial; the Yearly plan is NZ$990 a year per seat. Support includes email, chat, phone, and one hour of free training for new companies.
For and against
For
- Supports four common plan file formats
- More than 500 trade symbols
- Exports estimates to Excel
- Works online without installations
- Free training for new companies
Against
- Yearly plan costs NZ$990 per seat
- No free plan
- Count Assist is an add-on
- 7-day trial only
The verdict
Groundplan combines plan measurement, estimating workflows, exports, and trade-focused editing in a browser service. Its paid model offers a 7-day trial, with pricing listed per seat for yearly billing.
Who it suits
It suits construction trade subcontractors, general contractors, and suppliers preparing measured takeoffs and estimates. Teams needing plan uploads, trade symbols, exports, and integrations can use it online.
Plans and prices
Yearly
Free Training & Support · No Contracts. Pay-as-you-go · Concurrent Licensing
Read 30 Sep 2026 · groundplan.com
On the record
- Cancellation
- Users can cancel at any time, and Groundplan holds account data for 30 days so the account can be reactivated.groundplan.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Cloud access
- The service is accessed online from any device and does not require software installs or updates.groundplan.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Count Assist
- Count Assist is an add-on for existing Groundplan subscribers that automatically finds matching symbols and is aimed at high-volume electrical, fire and security takeoffs.groundplan.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Exports
- Completed estimates can be exported to Excel or sent through supported integrations.groundplan.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The integrations page lists Simpro, Xero, Fergus, QuickBooks, ServiceM8, AroFlo and Ascora.groundplan.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Measurement tools
- Groundplan provides item counting, length measurement, surface-area calculation, integrated formulas and BOQ/worksheet workflows.groundplan.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Plan design
- Its PDF editor supports more than 500 trade symbols, custom symbol uploads, cable or pipe drawings, annotations and professional PDF exports.groundplan.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Plan files
- Users can upload PDF, JPG, PNG and TIFF plans.groundplan.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Groundplan is a cloud-based takeoff and estimating platform for trade businesses that counts and measures materials and labour from construction plans.groundplan.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Security
- Accounts can enable two-factor authentication, while Google sign-in uses Google authentication instead of Groundplan's two-factor flow.help.groundplan.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- Groundplan offers email, chat and phone support, plus one hour of free training for every new company.groundplan.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Supported trades
- The software is designed for subcontractors, general contractors and suppliers across trades including electrical, plumbing, landscaping, fire, security, roofing, concrete, HVAC, audio visual and building.groundplan.com · read 30 Sep 2026
