PlanSwift is software you drive — you import the plans, calibrate the scale, click every wall and door, and assemble the bid yourself. Klorra is built differently. Upload your plans and four hours later get a complete bid package back: takeoff, cost estimate, scope of work, and a conflict report flagging where the architectural, structural, and MEP sets disagree. No measuring, no catalog setup, no exporting to Excel.
| Klorra AI | PlanSwift | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $299 PAYG single bid · $329/mo Builder · $999/mo Pro · 25% off annual · First bid free | $1,749/year per user (annual subscription only as of 2025) + $250/year support + per-trade plug-ins |
| Operator | AI does the work; you review | You drive every measurement |
| Time per bid | ~4 hours unattended | Several hours to a full day, fully attended |
| Plan reading | Cross-reads architectural + structural + civil + MEP | One sheet at a time; no cross-discipline check |
| Cost estimate document | ✓ Generated automatically — Excel + line items | Export quantities; build estimate yourself in Excel |
| Scope of Work document | ✓ Generated automatically — DOCX | ✗ Not produced |
| Conflict / coordination report | ✓ Flags inconsistencies between disciplines | ✗ Not produced |
| Cost-code framework | Shipped — inherited from an active builder, regional rates baked in | BYO; you build and maintain your own catalog |
| Mac support | Browser-based (any OS) | Windows-only (long-standing complaint) |
| Best for | Custom home builders running 1–25 bids/year | Estimators / GCs who want to own every click |
PlanSwift markets "Takeoff Boost" — pattern recognition that claims to make the basic workflow up to 95% faster. You're still in the seat for hours. Klorra runs the entire pipeline in ~4 hours, unattended. For a builder bidding 8 jobs a year, that's 8 days of human time recovered.
PlanSwift gives you a takeoff. You then build the cost estimate yourself in Excel, write the scope of work in Word, and try to spot scope gaps in your head. Klorra delivers all four — cost estimate XLSX, takeoff XLSX, SOW DOCX, conflict report DOCX — ready to ship to the client. The unit of value is the finished bid package, not a quantity export.
The reason most custom builders' estimates drift is that the price catalog is half-finished, out of date, or copied from someone else's job. Klorra ships a complete cost-code framework inherited from an active Naples FL custom builder — regional rates, real assemblies, maintained by people whose money is on the line. PlanSwift hands you an empty catalog and tells you to set it up.
We'd rather lose your business honestly than win it on a misleading promise.
You want to own every click. Some estimators need to defend every measurement in court or in a contract dispute. That's a real use case where PlanSwift's manual workflow is genuinely better — every number has a click history. Klorra's output is auditable but the AI made the calls. If defensibility-by-click matters, PlanSwift is the right choice.
You bid commercial trade work with deep plug-in needs. PlanSwift has a mature ecosystem of trade-specific plug-ins (electrical, plumbing, HVAC). Klorra is built for residential custom homes; we don't cover commercial trade-specific workflows. Mismatch.
You need real-time takeoff iteration. A PlanSwift user can change a measurement and see the cost update in seconds. Klorra's 4-hour cycle means iteration is slower. If you want to A/B price your own design changes mid-meeting, the live-click model wins.
Upload one plan set, get the full deliverable back in 4 hours. First bid is free, no card required. If it's not better than what you get out of PlanSwift, you've lost nothing.
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