Does PlanSwift run on a Mac?

Not natively. ConstructConnect's own support documentation states PlanSwift can only be installed on Windows 10 or 11 Pro, that it cannot be installed directly on a Mac, and that running it under Bootcamp or a virtual machine such as Parallels is untested and unguaranteed. SquareTally runs in a browser, so the operating system is not part of the decision.

Does PlanSwift export to QuickBooks Online?

PlanSwift's pages describe printing or exporting to Excel and exporting into an estimate, without naming QuickBooks Online on the pages we checked. SquareTally can create linked estimates directly in QuickBooks Online through Intuit's API, or download a branded PDF quote.

Which is better for a general contractor?

PlanSwift, clearly. A general contractor takes off concrete, framing, drywall, roofing and flooring from the same plan set, and PlanSwift covers all of them with trade plug-ins and assemblies. SquareTally measures hardwood and nothing else, so a GC would be buying a tool that handles one line of the bid.

Comparison

SquareTally vs PlanSwift

Q: How much does PlanSwift cost?

PlanSwift's own pricing page lists PlanSwift Professional at $2,000 USD annually, and states that the annual subscription includes support, software updates, and 2 hours of training. There is a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.

PlanSwift is a general construction takeoff platform, owned by ConstructConnect, that has been digitising plan sets for a very long time and covers every trade on the drawing. SquareTally quotes hardwood floors off that same drawing and ends as either a branded PDF quote or linked QuickBooks Online drafts. One of those is a much bigger product than the other, and that is exactly the point of comparing them.

PlanSwift is horizontal, SquareTally is vertical. If you take off more trades than flooring, PlanSwift is the obvious buy and this page should not talk you out of it. If flooring is the whole job and the estimate has to reach QuickBooks Online, a general takeoff tool leaves you doing the last third by hand.

What PlanSwift actually is

PlanSwift digitises a plan set so quantities can be pulled off it: areas, lengths and counts, across whatever trade you point it at. For flooring specifically its pages describe one-click area select for tile, carpet, hardwood or laminate floor areas, and quick perimeter measurement for nail strip and baseboard. That perimeter feature is a genuinely good detail that we do not have.

Its AI layer, Takeoff Boost, is described as a suite of AI tools built into the software — auto takeoff with presets for areas, lengths and counts; auto count that finds every instance across selected plans; auto scale that sets scale across every page in a plan set in one action; and auto bookmark that links floor plans to detail pages and sections. Auto scale across a whole plan set is a real time saver on a thick drawing, and it is more automation than we apply to calibration.

Where PlanSwift wins

Every trade that is not flooring. Concrete, framing, drywall, roofing, earthwork. Trade plug-ins and starter packs with templates, parts and assemblies. We measure hardwood.
Counts and lengths. Auto count across a plan set, and perimeter runs for baseboard and nail strip. SquareTally traces areas; it does not count fixtures or chase linear runs.
Whole-plan-set automation. Setting scale on every page in one action beats calibrating a page at a time, which is what we ask for.
Maturity and install base. A long-established product with a large user community, a documented knowledge base and a corporate owner behind it.

The cost shapes are very different

PlanSwift's pricing page lists PlanSwift Professional at $2,000 USD annually, stating that the annual subscription includes support, software updates and 2 hours of training. There is a 14-day free trial with no credit card.

SquareTally's plan-measuring tiers start at $49 a month with the Solo plan, per shop with unlimited seats, metered on projects rather than users. A shop quoting a handful of jobs a month is comparing roughly $588 a year against $2,000, and getting a much narrower tool for the difference. A shop taking off five trades is comparing the wrong two products.

PlanSwift is Windows software. ConstructConnect's own support documentation states it can only be installed on Windows 10 or 11 Pro, that it cannot be installed directly on a Mac, and that Bootcamp or a virtual machine such as Parallels is neither tested nor guaranteed. For a design-led shop running Macs this is usually the end of the conversation before price comes up. SquareTally runs in a browser.

Where the two diverge for flooring

A takeoff gives you square footage. Quoting a hardwood job needs four more things after that, and this is the stretch where a general tool stops helping.

Waste by laying pattern. Straight plank commonly carries 10%; herringbone and chevron carry 20%, because every board is cut at an angle. SquareTally applies the rate per room from the pattern assigned — the herringbone calculator shows the arithmetic. In a general takeoff tool this is a formula you maintain yourself.

Price from your own dealer sheets. Hardwood pricing comes from a distributor's PDF, priced to your zone and dealer tier, reissued twice a year. SquareTally reads the figure out of that PDF and shows you the page it came from before $/sqft is filled. The dealer page covers the price shelf in full.

Two output paths. Download a branded material PDF, or create linked QuickBooks drafts: priced material grouped by product and pattern, plus a labor skeleton at $0. The integration page lists every field written. PlanSwift's pages describe printing or exporting to Excel, which means the last hop into the accounting system stays manual.

A render of each room. Per room, in the floor chosen, doors and windows where the plan draws them. No takeoff tool produces this, because it is not a takeoff feature.

Side by side

	PlanSwift	SquareTally
Scope	All construction trades	Hardwood flooring
Platform	Windows 10/11 Pro desktop	Browser
Listed price	$2,000/year, Professional	From $49/month per shop for plan measuring
Counts and linear runs	Yes, including auto count	Areas only
Scale setting	Auto scale across a plan set	Calibrate a dimension per page
Waste by laying pattern	Build it yourself	Per room, per pattern
Dealer price-list lookup	—	Reads your vendor PDFs
Quote outputs	Excel export described	Branded material PDF or linked QuickBooks drafts
Client-facing room renders	—	Per room, in the product chosen

The one-sentence version

PlanSwift takes off everything on the drawing and hands you quantities. SquareTally takes off the hardwood and hands you a branded PDF or linked estimates in QuickBooks Online with the material already priced. Multi-trade estimators should buy PlanSwift; hardwood shops should talk to us.

How much does PlanSwift cost?: Their pricing page lists PlanSwift Professional at $2,000 USD annually, including support, software updates and 2 hours of training, with a 14-day free trial.
Does PlanSwift run on a Mac?: Not natively — Windows 10 or 11 Pro only, with Bootcamp and virtual machines explicitly untested by ConstructConnect. We run in a browser.
Does PlanSwift export to QuickBooks Online?: Their pages describe Excel export and exporting into an estimate; QuickBooks Online is not named on the pages we checked. Ours writes to QuickBooks Online directly.
Which is better for a general contractor?: PlanSwift. A GC needs every trade off one plan set, and flooring is one line of that bid.
Does SquareTally do baseboard or trim?: No. We measure floor areas. PlanSwift's perimeter measurement covers nail strip and baseboard, and that is a real gap on our side.

Every PlanSwift claim on this page was checked against planswift.com and ConstructConnect's support documentation on 7 August 2026. Their product changes; if something here has gone stale, tell us and we will correct it.

Bring a plan set, we'll take it off

Twenty minutes on one of your own jobs. We calibrate it, trace the rooms, price two flooring options and render them, live.

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