Yes, PlanSwift has AI through Takeoff BOOST.
Ruh keeps the work moving beyond the estimate with shared knowledge and accountable automation.
Yes, PlanSwift has AI through Takeoff BOOST, a suite that automates takeoff, symbol counting, sheet scaling, and plan-to-detail bookmarks. It focuses that AI on measuring drawings, pricing the work, and sending the bid, while Ruh adds AI employees for the functions around the estimate.
For Ruh work beyond the takeoff workflow, your team approves every number before it goes out.
Takeoff BOOST Automates the Drawing; Ruh Connects the Work Around It
Takeoff BOOST applies AI directly to plans through Auto Takeoff, Auto Count, Auto Scale, and Auto Bookmark. Ruh covers takeoff and estimating on the contractor's own rate book, then extends AI employees into accounts payable, invoice coding, and construction marketing. Ruh's supported functions share one knowledge base and one audit trail in the customer's own tenant and existing tools, with a person approving every output.
Compare AI Takeoff and Broader Capabilities
The table gives PlanSwift full credit for Takeoff BOOST and separates its drawing-focused AI from the broader functions documented for Ruh.
| Capability | PlanSwift | Ruh AI |
|---|---|---|
| On-screen takeoff from drawings | Yes The product accepts PDF, CAD, and image plans for on-screen takeoff. | Yes Ruh performs on-screen takeoff from drawings. |
| AI-assisted measurement and counting | Yes Takeoff BOOST Auto Takeoff creates measurements and counts, while Auto Count finds matching symbols across a plan set. | Yes Ruh performs takeoff from drawings, including detection, measurement, and counting, and produces a priced estimate using the contractor's own rate book. |
| Priced estimate on your own rate book | Yes PlanSwift prices the takeoff with material and labor assemblies and labor rates the user sets. | Yes Ruh prices the estimate on the customer's own rate book. |
| Published pricing | Yes PlanSwift publishes annual prices for its Essential and Core plans, each with 1 seat, and offers a 14-day free trial. | No Ruh does not publish prices, so a quote is needed to compare. |
| Accounts payable and invoice coding | No The product covers takeoff and estimating, not accounts payable or invoice coding. | Yes Ruh adds accounts payable and invoice coding. |
| Construction marketing | No The workflow ends with sending the bid, not running construction marketing. | Yes Ruh adds construction marketing around the bid workflow. |
| Shared knowledge base and audit trail across functions | No The product does not provide one cross-functional knowledge base and audit trail. | Yes Ruh gives its supported functions one shared knowledge base and one audit trail. |
Twelve Functions, One Workforce.
PlanSwift brings drawing takeoff, estimating, and Takeoff BOOST automation together in one strong bid workflow. Ruh earns its place by carrying the work beyond the estimate across functions that share one knowledge base and audit trail, with every number approved by your team. Ruh deploys AI employees across the work that surrounds it, sharing one knowledge base and one audit trail.
Ruh AI vs PlanSwift, Answered.
Does PlanSwift have AI?
Yes, PlanSwift has AI through its Takeoff BOOST suite. Auto Takeoff generates areas, lengths, counts, and wall types; Auto Count finds matching symbols across a plan set; Auto Scale reads title blocks and sets sheet scale; and Auto Bookmark maps plan sheets to their detail sheets.
What does Takeoff BOOST do, and where does its scope end?
Takeoff BOOST handles drawing-based automation inside PlanSwift. Auto Takeoff creates areas, lengths, counts, and wall types; Auto Count finds repeated symbols; Auto Scale sets sheet scale from title blocks; and Auto Bookmark connects plan sheets to details. Its scope is takeoff and estimating, not accounts payable or marketing.
Does Ruh replace PlanSwift?
No. The product can remain the takeoff and estimating workflow, including Takeoff BOOST, while Ruh handles work around it such as invoice coding and construction marketing. Ruh runs in the customer's own tenant and existing tools, with a person approving every number.
How much does PlanSwift cost?
PlanSwift publishes annual prices for its Essential and Core plans, each with 1 seat, and offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card (checked 19 October 2026). Ruh does not publish prices, so this page makes no pricing advantage claim. A current Ruh quote is needed for a real comparison.
Which files can PlanSwift use and export?
PlanSwift supports PDF, DWG, DXF, JPG, TIFF and PLN files, and DWF import can vary by file. It includes Excel export with a Live Excel Link, and plugins and starter packs for trade and manufacturer data.
Who is PlanSwift built for?
PlanSwift is built for construction estimators at general contractors and specialty trades, with more than 18 trades named. The company also states that more than 41,000 estimators use it, but that figure is the vendor's own claim rather than a measurement by Ruh. The capability comparison does not rely on that claim.
Why choose Ruh over PlanSwift?
Choose Ruh when you want the work to keep moving after takeoff and estimating, with AI employees supporting accounts payable and construction marketing. PlanSwift remains strong at drawing takeoff and estimating, while Ruh gives those broader functions one shared knowledge base and audit trail inside your own tenant and existing tools. Your team approves every number, so expansion across the business stays accountable.