SimplyCount
SimplyCount

Controls / BMS Takeoff Software — Count Every Symbol Automatically

SimplyCount finds and marks every controls / bms symbol on your plan set — sensors, actuators, controllers and points on a BMS drawing — in minutes, on-prem or in the cloud, your call. You review and confirm every detection before it leaves the app, and unverified counts show as a floor (≥), never dressed up as a total.

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SimplyCount is on-prem AI takeoff software built for controls / bms estimators. Instead of dragging a highlighter across every sheet, you point at each symbol from your own legend and the engine finds every instance across the whole plan set. You then review the marked-up detections, reject or add any you need, and export a count you can defend. Run it fully on-prem so your drawings never leave your device, or use the hosted cloud mode — your call. Because SimplyCount is self-learning, teaching it a non-standard controls / bms symbol once means it counts that symbol on every future job.

Why it's hard by hand

Hand-counting controls / bms symbols across a full plan set costs hours you don't have.

A single missed or double-counted device can turn a winning bid into a loss.

Inconsistent symbols and standards make a hand tally hard to defend.

How SimplyCount handles it

What you get

  • Finds every instance of the symbols you count most in controls / bms work.
  • Learns your custom or non-standard symbols — teach it once, count it forever.
  • Exports to Excel, CSV and PDF for your estimating stack.
  • Deploy it your way: run SimplyCount fully on-prem — encrypted local database inside your firewall, air-gap-capable, nothing uploaded — or as a hosted cloud solution with nothing to install. Two supported modes; you pick the one your shop needs.
  • SimplyCount's benchmark is 60 unique symbols across 168 pages in about an hour — roughly 168× faster than counting by hand.
faster than hand-counting — 168 pages, 60 symbols, in about an hour
of detections you review & sign off — you bid, not the model
reclaimable industry-wide with better document workflows
Watch it count

Drag the line. See every symbol get found.

A real electrical panel sheet — slide to reveal what SimplyCount marks.

An electrical panel sheet before counting The same sheet with every symbol detected and marked Your planCounted Every symbol on this sheet — found & marked
Example: an electrical panel sheet.
Questions

Common questions

Can SimplyCount count controls / bms automatically?
Yes. Point at the symbol from your own legend and SimplyCount finds and marks every instance across the whole plan set, then lets you review and sign off on the total before it lands in a bid.
Can we keep everything inside our network?
Yes — that's the on-prem/offline mode: detection runs locally, results sit in an encrypted local database, there's no upload step, and you can run it with the network cable pulled, inside your firewall, air-gapped. Prefer zero install? Run the hosted cloud mode instead. You choose per your security needs.
How fast is it, really?
SimplyCount's benchmark is 60 unique symbols across 168 pages in about an hour — roughly 168× faster than counting by hand. Most sheets go from open plans to a draft count in minutes.
Can it learn our custom or non-standard symbols?
Yes. SimplyCount is self-learning: teach it a symbol once from your own legend and it counts that symbol on every future job, getting more accurate the more you use it.
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Never manually count another symbol

Start free — run your first plan and see a number you can defend. 168 pages · 60 symbols · ~1 hour.

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