What Makeoff does

Makeoff is an AI-powered electrical estimating software platform built for commercial and industrial electrical contractors in the United States. The product reads full plan sets, spec books, and MEP documents to automatically surface buried scope, contradictions, OFCI (Owner-Furnished, Contractor-Installed) items, and NEC code compliance issues — capabilities packaged as the Spec Reader, Plan-Set Risk Scanner, NEC Delta Highlighting, and Scope Integrity Engine. A Value Engineer module uses generative AI to produce cost-saving alternates (e.g., copper-to-aluminum feeder swaps with downstream conduit/fill recalculation), and a Bill of Materials engine auto-matches parts to a 7,000+ item multi-vendor catalog with live pricing from Graybar and World Electric Supply. The platform claims a roughly 9x reduction in estimating time and is reported to have helped individual contractors win multi-million dollar projects by catching scope gaps competitors missed.

The product is operated under Cornerstone AI (legal entity per site copyright) and is delivered as a single web-based SaaS priced at $199/month with a publicly signaled transition to $299/month, including a 30-day money-back guarantee and no annual lock-in. Go-to-market combines product-led self-serve sign-up at app.makeoff.com, sales-assisted demos (led by Will Zacher via Calendly), and channel partnerships with at least five trade associations — Independent Electrical Contractors chapters in Northern Ohio, Atlanta & Georgia, New Jersey, and Oklahoma City, plus the Electrical Council of Florida — offering member-only pricing and trial access. Active users span 35+ US cities; named customers are predominantly SMB and mid-market electrical contractors (Precision Electrical, Miles Electrical, Emloh Electric, Dolak Electric, Esposito Electric, A-Electric, Watts Good Electrical), with early-adopter onboarding dating to August 2025. Integrations include CSV/Excel import from Bluebeam and McCormick for takeoff data, while the company itself has not disclosed funding, headcount, or revenue.

Name

Makeoff

Legal name

Cornerstone AI

Website

https://makeoff.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Makeoff is a US-based SaaS platform that uses AI to read commercial electrical plan sets and specs, automatically flagging scope gaps, NEC code issues, and pricing errors to generate defensible, value-engineered bids for SMB and mid-market electrical contractors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Buffalo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Subscription: Monthly SaaS subscription for autonomous AI estimating platform. Users pay a flat monthly fee to access all features including spec scanning, value engineering, BOM matching, and NEC compliance checking. Pricing appears tiered with upcoming $299/mo tier.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Makeoff is a SaaS-based autonomous AI estimating platform for commercial electrical contractors. It reads full plan sets, specifications, and MEP documents to flag hidden scope, contradictions, OFCI items, and NEC code issues; auto-matches bill-of-materials to multi-vendor catalogs with live pricing; and generates defensible, value-engineered bids. Pricing is a flat monthly subscription ($199/mo, transitioning to $299/mo) bundled with all features.

Product overview

Makeoff is a single SaaS-based autonomous AI estimating platform for commercial electrical contractors. The core offering is the MakeOff Electrical Estimating Software platform, which integrates a Spec Reader (for reading plans and surfacing buried scope), a Value Engineer (for generating cost-effective alternates), a Plan-Set Risk Scanner, a NEC Delta Highlighting module, a Responsibility & OFCI Tracker, an Estimator Workflow Organizer, a Defensible Pricing Guardrails system, a Material Shopping feature, an Issue-Free Export Prep tool, a Scope Integrity Engine, and a Bill of Materials Match & Live Pricing engine — all unified in one web-based workspace. The platform is priced at $199/month (formerly $299) covering all features; there is no modular pricing. It connects to external tools including McCormick estimating software (via CSV/Excel import), Bluebeam takeoff exports, and vendor catalogs (Graybar, World Electric Supply) for live pricing. Early adopter onboarding began August 2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MakeOff Electrical Estimating Software Autonomous AI estimating platform for commercial electrical contractors that reads plan sets, catches hidden scope and contradictions, validates pricing and labor against real standards, and generates complete, defensible estimates with value-engineered alternates — reducing estimating time by approximately 9x. Priced at $199/mo (transitioning to $299/mo) with 30-day money-back guarantee and no annual lock-in.

Quantifiable outcome

• 9x reduction in estimating time (multi-hour bids become 20-minute processes)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability10 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) - Northern Ohio ChaptercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIndustry association partnership for product reviews and demos with IEC Northern Ohio members. Features owner/operator Erin Batyreva (Emloh Electric) review. Special IEC member pricing offered.
• Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) - Atlanta & Georgia ChaptercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRound-table panel review with IEC instructors Brad Christian (ECI), Michael Gunter (27-year IEC instructor), and Todd Hawkins (VP Education & Membership Development). Special IEC member pricing offered. Contact: [email protected]
• Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) - New Jersey ChaptercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPanel review with founder Jared Dolak (Dolak Electric), Tim Sullivan (All Service M-E), Brandon (Esposito Electric), Steven (A-Electric), and Matt (Watts Good Electrical). Special IEC NJ member pricing and trial access offered.
• Electrical Council of Florida (ECF)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProduct review with Miles Electrical Contracting (North Florida) case study featured on ECF website. Company logo displayed. Special member pricing offered.
• Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) - Oklahoma City ChapterminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCompany logo displayed alongside other IEC chapters on case study page, indicating partnership/association membership.
• Cornerstone AIminorOthersParent company powering Makeoff. Described as 'Powered by Corner Stone Construction AI' on login page. © 2025 Cornerstone AI. All rights reserved.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Autodesk Construction Cloud: Broad construction software suite from Autodesk including takeoff, BIM coordination, and project management tools used across the construction industry. Represents both a potential AI-estimating competitor and a likely acquirer for trade-specialty AI startups.
• Bluebeam (Nemetschek): Industry-standard PDF markup and takeoff tool used across construction trades, including electrical contractors (Makeoff accepts Bluebeam CSV exports as input). Broader than Makeoff but directly integrated into the same estimating workflow.
• Procore: Leading construction management platform spanning project management, financials, and field operations for general contractors and specialty trades. Represents a potential acquirer and an indirect competitive threat if Procore extends into trade-specific AI estimating.

Emerging players

• Stack Takeoff: Cloud-based takeoff and estimating platform built for specialty trade contractors. Overlaps with Makeoff's takeoff and bid-preparation workflow for electrical contractors with a modern SaaS delivery model similar in spirit to Makeoff's PLG approach.

Direct peers

• McCormick Systems: Electrical and mechanical estimating software serving contractors preparing commercial bids. Makeoff integrates with McCormick via CSV/Excel export, indicating overlapping customer base and direct competitive overlap in commercial electrical estimating.
• Accubid (Trimble): Trimble-owned electrical estimating solution for mechanical and electrical contractors, one of the most entrenched incumbents in commercial electrical takeoff. Named as a legacy tool Makeoff is displacing (Emloh Electric previously used Accubid), with deep installed base and Trimble's broader construction software bundle.
• TurboBid: Electrical estimating software specifically built for electrical contractors preparing commercial and industrial bids. Direct competitor in the same trade-specific estimating niche Makeoff serves.
• ConEst Software Systems: Long-established electrical estimating software for commercial and industrial contractors. Direct competitor named repeatedly in Makeoff's customer switching stories (Miles Electrical, Emloh Electric migrated from ConEst), serving the same commercial electrical bid preparation workflow.
• 4btx: Electrical estimating software built specifically for electrical contractors preparing commercial bids. Direct competitor in the niche Makeoff serves, with comparable focus on simplification and modern workflows versus legacy desktop tools.
• PlanSwift (Trimble): Trimble-owned takeoff software used widely by trade contractors including electricians for material and quantity takeoff from digital plans. Competes for the same digital takeoff workflow step that Makeoff's Spec Reader and Plan-Set Risk Scanner address.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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