Kreo

tiered subscription Win & Set Up the Work

AI-powered 2D/PDF/CAD construction takeoff and cost-estimating platform that auto-measures rooms, walls, and openings, auto-counts repeated elements, and prices quantities against an items/assemblies database, with cloud-based collaboration (comments, callouts, shared projects) for quantity surveyors and estimators.

3.6 /5 composite score

Actively shipping (Kreo 6.0, March 2026) AI takeoff/estimating SaaS with transparent per-seat pricing on its Lite/Plus/Pro tiers, a documented Core Platform API with key auth, and real Excel/PDF export paths, though API access requires a sales conversation and no BIM/CDE (Procore, Revit) integration was confirmed.

Solid

Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion	Score	Evidence
Value for the price	4/5	tiered subscription, from $35 Source →
Agent Friendliness	3/5	API: Core Platform API (REST): /upload, /project, /project/{id}/measurements, /project/{id}/pdf-export, /project/{id}/groups -- gated to Pro/Enterprise tiers and requires a sales conversation to enable Source →
Ease of adoption	4/5	web-saas, moderate learning curve Source →
Portability & lock-in	4/5	3 file formats, export: api
Interoperability	3/5	2 integrations Source →

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How we verified this: we checked Kreo against its live site and an independent source — kreo.net. Nothing on this page is listed from memory. See how we grade. Verified 2026-07-04.

Evidence

File formats

Format	Direction	Support
PDF	import	full -- Primary 2D drawing takeoff source, with AI-based scale detection.
DWG	import	partial
XLSX	both	full

Integrations

Contractor Foreman Microsoft Excel

Adoption

Deploymentweb-saas

Self-serve signupyes

Implementation requiredoptional

SSO/admin requiredno

Training requiredtutorials

Learning curvemoderate

Data export

Export mechanismapi

Export scopeper-file

Ecosystem

Plugin marketplaceno

Pricing detail

Billing unitper-seat

TiersLite ($35), Plus ($70), Pro ($175), Enterprise

Sources

Pricing API docs Signup Integrations Changelog

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