How this page was prepared: CyanBuild publishes this page and is one of the products discussed. The product facts below come from the linked vendor pages, each checked on October 29, 2026. No controlled, independent benchmark of these products was run for this page. The order is a reading order, not an accuracy or speed ranking, and published prices change — verify the current terms before you buy.
What Countfire publishes
Countfire is a takeoff and estimating tool for the electrical and fire-protection trades. It counts symbols across PDF drawing sets, names and organises the symbol types automatically, then pushes the counts into a priced estimate with preliminaries and markups. The vendor's own pages are unusually clear about what the product does and unusually silent about what it costs.
The clearest statement of scope comes from the trial signup page: access to all features including AI Smart Select, team collaboration from day one, and unlimited projects. The takeoff page adds that there is no limit on drawing count. The US site names six sectors it serves: electrical, lighting, fire protection, security and fire alarm, low voltage, and mechanical.
| Capability | Published status | What the vendor's own page says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI symbol counting across PDF drawing sets | Documented | Counts symbols automatically across multiple PDFs; no accuracy percentage is published | countfire.com/product/takeoff-software |
| Smart Select (AI names and organises symbol types) | Documented | AI trained on real takeoff data that identifies, names and organises each symbol type | countfire.com/product/takeoff-software |
| Drawing count limit | Documented | No limit on drawing count, so upload everything at once | countfire.com/product/takeoff-software |
| Page, sheet and upload-size limits | Not published | Not published (checked October 29, 2026) | countfire.com/product/takeoff-software |
| Estimate build from takeoff quantities | Documented | One-click quantity import; pricing linked from previous estimates with manual adjustment | countfire.com/product/estimating-software |
| Price list and kits | User-supplied | You will need to upload your price list and create kits first | countfire.com/us/faq |
| Assemblies | Not documented | The word assemblies does not appear; the closest construct is a user-created kit | countfire.com/product |
| Specification comparison | Documented | Spec compare module with colour-coded change highlighting | countfire.com/product/specification-comparison |
| Billing and invoicing | Not documented | Bids, estimates and Excel quotations only; no billing module is listed | countfire.com/product |
| Integrations | Documented | Two named integrations: Excel and Dropbox | countfire.com/faq |
| Platform | Documented | Cloud, runs in a web browser on Mac or PC; tablets and phones are not supported | countfire.com/faq |
| Free trial length | Documented | 7 days, described as a free 7-day trial with full access | countfire.com/faq |
| Trial project allowance | Documented | Unlimited projects; no drawing-count or user cap is stated | countfire.com/get-started |
| Trial card requirement | Not published | Not published (checked October 29, 2026) | countfire.com/get-started |
| Seat counts and seat price | Not published | Not published (checked October 29, 2026) | countfire.com/terms |
| Subscription term and renewal | Structure only, no price | Auto-renews; 7 days' notice to cancel; 14-day invoice terms | countfire.com/terms |
| Onboarding fee amount | Not published | Not published (checked October 29, 2026) | countfire.com/us/refer |
| Training time | Documented | Roughly 2.5 hours across both products, divided into sessions | countfire.com/faq |
| Trades served | Documented | Electrical, lighting, fire protection, security and fire alarm, low voltage, mechanical | countfire.com/us/ |
What Countfire documents, and what it does not publish (checked October 29, 2026). Documented means the vendor's own site describes the capability. Not published means the vendor discusses that area but withholds a number; not documented means the capability is not described at all. Every figure was read on the cited page on October 29, 2026.
What Countfire does not publish
The absence is specific and verifiable rather than a vague gap. On October 29, 2026:
- No price.
/pricingreturns HTTP 302 and redirects to/contact. The path/pricing-plans,/products,/features,/us/pricingand/us/pricing-plansall return 404, and/plansredirects to the homepage. - No plan names. The only internal concept is a “Countfire Service Plan” in the Terms of Service, with no names, prices or tier features attached to it.
- No seat count and no seat price. The Terms grant access to “any person authorised by the Customer” with no numeric cap.
- No page, project, drawing or upload allowance beyond the absence-of-cap statements above.
- No billing period or minimum commitment. The Terms say the subscription period is “chosen by the Customer when selecting its Countfire Service Plan”; the available periods are not listed.
- No accuracy figure of any kind, and no onboarding fee amount, although the Terms define an onboarding fee and the US referral page confirms a $150 setup fee is normally charged.
Two things are often mistaken for prices and are not. The vendor's ROI example uses a $400 per day US estimator rate and a £300 UK rate to estimate labour savings — those are assumptions about your own workforce. The referral programme pays $335 per qualified referral and waives a $150 setup fee — those are marketing payments. Neither is a subscription price, and neither should appear in a price column.
| Item | Published price | How to buy it | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| All plans and all tiers | Not published (checked October 29, 2026) | /pricing returns HTTP 302 to countfire.com/contact; /pricing-plans, /products, /features and /us/pricing all return 404; robots.txt disallows /pricing | countfire.com/pricing |
| Free trial | Free — no card mentioned (card requirement not published) | Self-serve signup, 7 days' full access, unlimited projects; free email domains are refused | countfire.com/get-started |
| Enterprise | Not published (sold by call) | Book a call with the enterprise team | countfire.com/us/enterprise |
Countfire published pricing (checked October 29, 2026). There is no plan row to publish, and no figure on this table is a subscription price. The only currency amounts Countfire publishes anywhere on its own site are referral-programme amounts ($335 referral commission and a $150 setup-fee waiver in the US; £250 and £100 in the UK) and the ROI calculator's assumptions about your own estimator's day rate. Those are not subscription prices and are deliberately excluded from this table.
What the contract terms do say
The Terms of Service are the one place Countfire states its commercial structure. The Trial Period is defined as 7 days. A subscription auto-renews for successive renewal terms, and termination requires at least 7 days' notice before the end of the current billing period. Invoices fall due within 14 days, late interest runs at 4% over the base rate, and fees may rise on 30 days' written notice. None of this is priced.
The company is Countfire Ltd, company number 08510775, incorporated in England and Wales, with a registered office at The Old Church, 89b Quicks Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 1EX and VAT number 161083140. The /us/ pages are a localised version of that same UK entity, not a separate US company — so a US reader should confirm what terms actually apply to them.
How to compare a product with no published price
Start with the free trial, because it is the one part of the commercial model that is public. The 7-day trial is self-serve: the signup form asks for name, company, job title, work email, division and team size, and trials from free email domains are refused. Bring a drawing set you have already taken off by hand, and count the corrections in two separate columns: items the tool got wrong that you had to fix, and items it missed that you had to add from scratch. Add your checking time to both. That total, against the hours your hand takeoff took, is the comparison you can actually make.
Then ask the vendor the questions its pages leave open, in writing, before you compare anything: what does a subscription cost for my trade and team size, is the price per seat or per company, what is included, what happens at renewal, and what does it cost to cancel. Also ask what the onboarding fee is, because the Terms define one and the referral page confirms it is normally charged.
Two published figures are worth noting when you plan. Training is stated at roughly 2.5 hours across both products, divided into sessions. Support response time is quoted at about 2 minutes via live chat. Neither is a quality measure, but both are part of what you are buying, and both are on the vendor's own page.
Where Countfire fits
Countfire's documented scope is narrow and specific: symbol counting for electrical, lighting, fire protection, security and fire alarm, low voltage, and mechanical, feeding into a priced bid. The takeoff page claims it counts thousands of symbols in seconds across every drawing. If your work is M&E symbol counts on a large set, that is the case it makes. If your work includes route lengths, surface areas or concrete volumes, the vendor's own pages do not claim those capabilities, and you should verify them rather than assume.
For a broader view of where different tools fit, read how construction takeoff software compares and how to read a published takeoff fee. If you want the feature-by-feature version of this comparison, see CyanBuild vs Countfire.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Countfire cost?
Countfire does not publish a price. Its /pricing URL returns HTTP 302 to a contact form, /pricing-plans and /us/pricing both return 404, and its robots.txt disallows /pricing. Checked October 29, 2026. The only dollar amounts on Countfire's own site are referral-programme figures, which are not subscription prices. Request a scoped quote.
Does Countfire offer a free trial?
Yes — a 7-day free trial, described on the vendor's FAQ page as full access with unlimited projects and all features including AI Smart Select. It is self-serve signup, not a gated demo. Trials from free email domains such as Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo are refused. Whether a card is required is not published.
Is Countfire an American company?
No. Countfire Ltd is registered in England and Wales (company number 08510775) at Wimbledon, London, with VAT number 161083140. The /us/ pages are a localised version of the same UK company, with US dollar pricing assumptions and a US phone number. No US office, address or subsidiary is published. Countfire was co-founded in 2012 and is part of TAG Software Group, an operating group of Valsoft Corporation.
What trades does Countfire serve?
The US site names electrical, lighting, fire protection, security and fire alarm, low voltage, and mechanical. The UK site uses fire sprinkler and data and AV instead of fire protection and low voltage. The product modules are Takeoff, Estimate and Spec compare.
Does Countfire publish an accuracy figure?
No. The vendor publishes no accuracy percentage, error rate or symbol-recognition benchmark. Its only quantified claims are speed claims — thousands of symbols in seconds — and customer testimonials about drawings processed per week. Any accuracy number attributed to Countfire on another site should be checked against this.
What should I compare if I am evaluating Countfire?
Run the same sheet set through the free trial and through your own current process, then count corrections in two columns: items it got wrong, and items it missed. Add your checking time. Because Countfire publishes no seat count and no page allowance, ask the vendor directly what your drawing volume and user count cost before you compare it with any other subscription.