Quoting.ai vs Kreo
Verified against the live products on 2026-07-05.
Kreo repositioned around agentic AI takeoff in May 2026 with Caddie, a live plan-then-execute agent that measures drawings and produces Excel bills of quantities across eight trades, at transparent self-serve pricing from $35 to $175 per user per month. Quoting.ai Takeoff covers Division 8 doors and windows deeply: schedule semantics, 4 Eyes reconciliation of schedule against plan symbols against legend, and apartment-based numbering. Kreo wins on trade breadth and a quantities-to-cost pipeline; Quoting.ai wins where a missed opening is the expensive failure and where the number must land in an ERP, not a spreadsheet.
Pick Quoting.ai when
- Division 8 is your business: you need schedule attributes, hardware groups, and submittal-ready numbering, not generic window and door recognition.
- Omission detection matters more than speed: 4 Eyes triangulates three sources; Caddie's recognition works from what it sees on the sheets.
- Your endpoint is a priced quote in a business system. Kreo's ERP integrations are roadmap items as of July 2026; output today lands in Excel and reports.
- Your sets are messy scans from real bid packages, not clean vector PDFs.
Pick Kreo when
- You estimate many trades, flooring, concrete, electrical, drywall, steel, masonry, and want one tool with an assemblies database and cost planning past the takeoff.
- You want to self-serve a trial this week at published prices, including cheap non-AI tiers at $35 to $70 for solo estimators.
- You like Caddie's transparent plan-approve-execute agent UX and work mostly from clean vector drawings, CAD, or BIM.
Both say agentic. What should an estimator actually check?
Three things. First, what the agent reads: Kreo's recognition measures what is drawn; Quoting.ai also parses the schedule and legend as independent sources and reconciles them. Second, what happens on disagreement: 4 Eyes lists every mismatch with sheet references for a human decision. Third, where the output lands: an Excel BoQ still gets rekeyed into whatever system prices and sells the job; Quoting.ai's path ends in a quote your business system can act on.
Credit where due: Caddie shipped to all active users in May 2026 with a plan-approve-execute model. It is a real product, and its breadth is a real advantage outside Division 8.
Common questions
Is Kreo cheaper?
Kreo publishes self-serve tiers: $35, $70, and $175 per user per month billed annually, with AI in the Pro tier. Quoting.ai Takeoff is free to try on your own set, with production pricing per seat on the pricing page. Compare on your own job, not on list price.
Does either tool do walls?
Kreo covers framing and drywall among its eight trades today. Quoting.ai's walls and framing takeoff is in development with early access open, and its pages say so plainly.
Settle it with your own work
Demos flatter every tool. Your real RFQs and your real plan sets are the honest benchmark.