Civils.ai vs Togal.AI
Both use AI to speed up takeoffs from construction drawings. Here's where they actually differ — the review model, document search, and pricing.
Togal.AI and Civils.ai both automate quantity takeoffs from PDF drawings using AI. Togal's help centre describes Togal.CHAT as answering questions "using information found in your uploaded drawings and specs" — a way to query and verify your plans — and states that it "cannot perform takeoff"; the takeoffs themselves run through Togal's automatic detection. The clearest difference is what happens after the AI runs: Civils.ai runs every takeoff through a further quality-assurance step before delivery, while Togal.AI's own pages describe self-service software run by your estimators, with the estimator in control, and don't document an equivalent review step. Togal.AI offers unlimited automated takeoffs and chat prompts on a flat per-seat plan, so the right choice depends on whether you want to run and check takeoffs yourself or have them reviewed for you.
How each one frames itself.
Each product's own positioning, in its own terms — before the feature-by-feature detail below.
Civils.ai
Civils.ai positions itself as a QA-reviewed takeoff service with a document-intelligence layer on top — you get the automation and a further quality-assurance check on the numbers, plus the ability to search and cite across specs, contracts and civil engineering data — boreholes, reinforcement drawings, subsurface utilities and volumetric calculations.
Togal.AI
Togal.AI positions itself as the fastest self-service AI takeoff tool for general contractors — unlimited automated takeoffs and chat prompts on a flat per-seat subscription ($299/month per user, billed yearly), with no usage cap.
Feature by feature.
Every claim below is sourced from Togal.AI's own public pages where possible — see the "source" link on any row.
| Feature | Civils.ai | Togal.AI |
|---|---|---|
| Reads & measures quantities directly from PDF drawings | Built-in Type your scope in plain English; AI measures the drawing, with a further quality-assurance step before delivery. | Built-in Core product — their FAQ describes automated takeoffs across standard drawing formats. source |
| Takeoff requests via plain-English prompts (not manual clicking) | Built-in Type a specific scope (e.g. "measure all asphalt paving") and get exactly that measurement back. | Not built-in Togal.CHAT takes plain-English questions about your plans, but Togal's own help centre states it "cannot perform takeoff and does not measure areas, lengths, or counts" — takeoffs run through their automatic detection instead. source |
| Every takeoff goes through a further quality-assurance step before delivery | Built-in Standard on every plan. | Partial Not documented on their pricing or FAQ pages. Togal describes its software as something "your estimators run", with "your estimator in control"; no separate review service is described. source |
| AI search & Q&A across contract, spec & bid documents, with citations | Built-in Unlimited documents, always cites and opens the source. | Partial Togal's help centre says Togal.CHAT answers questions "using information found in your uploaded drawings and specs"; its blog describes searching other document types as something users "will be able to" do. Not documented: contract search, or a click-through, cite-and-open-the-source mechanic the way Civils.ai has. source |
| Civil engineering data extraction (boreholes, reinforcement, subsurface utilities, volumetrics) | Built-in Extracts borehole logs from geotechnical reports, reinforcement/rebar schedules from structural drawings, buried/subsurface utilities, and volumetric takeoffs (concrete volumes today; earthworks cut-and-fill volumes coming soon). | Partial Not mentioned anywhere in their public materials; product appears scoped to above-ground drawing takeoffs, with no evidence of borehole, reinforcement, subsurface-utility or volumetric-calculation extraction. |
Pricing and feature claims about Togal.AI are drawn from its own public pricing and product pages, checked 15 Oct 2026. Civils.ai is not affiliated with or endorsed by Togal.AI. Software changes fast — if something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it.
Who each one is for.
Pick Civils.ai if…
- You want every takeoff run through a further quality-assurance step before it lands in your bid
- You need to search and cite answers across specs, contracts and bid documents, not just measure drawings
- Your scope spans earthworks, civil engineering data (boreholes, reinforcement, subsurface utilities, volumes) alongside quantity takeoffs
Pick Togal.AI if…
- You want a flat per-seat annual license with unlimited self-service takeoffs and no per-project review step
- Your team is comfortable running and checking AI takeoffs entirely in-house
- You need the multi-user Business tier's SSO and security-compliance features for a larger estimating team
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Every Civils.ai takeoff is measured by AI, checked by a person, and delivered as an annotated PDF plus a clean Excel export — not a self-service result you have to verify yourself.
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Togal.AI's Growth plan lists at $299/month per user, billed yearly, as of 15 Oct 2026 (togal.ai/pricing); a Business tier for teams of four or more users is custom-priced. Civils.ai's current plans are on our /pricing page — the right comparison depends on how many seats and how much QA-reviewed volume you need.
Togal.AI's public pricing and FAQ pages don't document a human QA review step; Togal describes its software as something your estimators run, with the estimator in control. Civils.ai runs every takeoff through a further quality-assurance step before delivery. If you use Togal.AI and this isn't accurate, let us know.
Partly. Togal's help centre says Togal.CHAT answers questions using information in your uploaded drawings and specs. We found no documentation of contract search, or of citing and opening the exact source the way Civils.ai does for every answer.
We found no mention of borehole, reinforcement, subsurface-utility or volumetric-calculation extraction in Togal.AI's public materials. Civils.ai reads borehole logs from geotechnical reports, extracts reinforcement schedules, and takes off subsurface utilities and volumes.
Yes — most teams run both in parallel on a project before committing. Neither tool locks you in beyond your existing subscription term.
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