8 Best Residential Construction Estimating Software in 2026

Buildertrend is construction management software for home builders and remodelers that bundles estimating with everything after the estimate: proposals, scheduling, selections, change orders, daily logs, and a client portal.

If you're researching CoConstruct — which used to hold this spot on our list — note that Buildertrend acquired it in 2021 and has been retiring it since: the platform is in maintenance mode, and existing customers are being migrated to Buildertrend. Evaluate Buildertrend directly rather than starting on CoConstruct today.

Buildertrend doesn't publish pricing; it's quoted per company, and third-party guides in 2026 put typical plans in the hundreds of dollars per month, rising with the plan tier. It's a meaningful monthly commitment, so it fits builders running several projects at once better than a one-crew remodeler who mainly needs to bid jobs and invoice them.

Considered one of the simplest estimating tools for residential construction industry professionals, Clear Estimates helps you create professional quotes in minutes.

It is a cloud-based platform that empowers you to manage your cost estimates irrespective of where you are. Since this software is powered by RemodelMAX, your cost database, along with the material and labor expenses, becomes all the more accurate and in line with the current market rates.

Clear Estimates also ships a large library of remodeling templates that you can personalize for pricing, services, and margins, and support via email, phone, and chat is included. As of September 2026, the Standard plan runs $79/month billed monthly (about $59/month on annual billing), with a Pro tier around $119/month that adds a Buildertrend integration and custom reports — confirm current plans at clearestimates.com.

With ArcSite estimating software, you can create ready-to-sign, personalized proposals in minutes right after you are done with the project drawings.

You can easily add your brand colors, logo, and marketing materials to match your organizational communication standards. It packs in a virtual canvas for you to draw your scope of work.

What's interesting is the software can price the jobs automatically while you are still drawing the scope. That helps you get rid of the errors and miscalculations which occur when one types in the measurements manually.

You can access ArcSite online or through its mobile app, whether you're at the office or on-site. On pricing, plan structures have changed several times: as of September 2026, third-party listings show basic drawing plans starting around $15 per user per month, with the takeoff-and-estimate tiers running roughly $120–$160 per month. ArcSite's site doesn't make current tiers easy to pin down from the outside, so confirm at arcsite.com before budgeting.

Whether you are taking up a flooring project or building an entire home from scratch, MeasureSquare can streamline your takeoffs and measurements. It's best known in flooring, where its cut-and-roll layout optimization helps you generate competitive bids without giving away your profit margin to waste.

Moreover, you can leverage diverse bid scenarios with varying margins at different project levels.

Thanks to its dedicated mobile app, you can generate quotes on-site, and estimates can itemize labor, freight, incidentals, and material costs. Pricing is split by platform: 2026 listings show mobile retail plans from about $49–$54 per user per month, with the Windows desktop versions substantially higher (roughly $149–$179 per user per month). MeasureSquare's own pricing pages are the reliable source here — confirm before you buy.

Procore is enterprise construction management software. From general contractors to specialty contractors, the platform connects the field and the office on every project, with project tracking, budgeting, document control, and collaboration tools, and it's known for connecting general contractors to their subcontractors smoothly.

Be clear-eyed about the cost, though. Procore doesn't publish pricing: it quotes an annual fee based on your annual construction volume, with unlimited users included. Third-party 2026 guides put entry-level contracts in the several-thousand-dollars-per-year range and typical small-GC contracts well above that. For a residential remodeler, dedicated quoting software for builders will cost a fraction of that.

STACK is cloud-based takeoff and estimating software. If your estimates start from a set of digital plans, this is the category to look at: features like cost codes, pre-built assemblies, on-plan measurement, and a material database are built for doing a takeoff in construction quickly and accurately, which eliminates a whole class of cost errors before you ever price the job.

Know the budget class you're entering, though. STACK's Takeoff & Estimate plans start at roughly $2,599 per year as of 2026 (a free trial and a limited free version exist). That's justified if you bid plan-based work every week — and hard to justify if you quote kitchens and decks from site visits.

Jobber is field service management software: quoting, scheduling, dispatching, invoicing, and a customer database in one place. It fits residential contractors whose work looks like a steady stream of smaller jobs — handyman work, repairs, punch-list remodeling — more than long custom builds.

You quote the job, Jobber schedules the crew and notifies them of the details, and automated payment reminders chase the invoice so you don't have to.

Jobber's own site advertises plans starting at $29/month (annual billing, single user) as of September 2026; month-to-month billing and multi-user team plans cost meaningfully more, stepping up past $100–$200/month as your team grows. Confirm the tier math at getjobber.com for your team size.