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Free PlanSwift: a Windows trial and nothing else

A classic of on-screen takeoff, sold by licence, which assumes a Windows machine and an install.

Is it actually free?

PlanSwift downloads as a free trial and then runs on a licence, perpetual or subscription depending on the reseller. There is no permanent free edition. The trial is full-featured, which is fair, but it requires a Windows machine: no Mac version, no web version, and no way to pick up your work from another computer.

What is genuinely free

The full trial, downloaded from the vendor's site or a reseller's.
Tutorials and takeoff sheet templates, public and transferable elsewhere.
Export to Excel during the trial, worth checking before judging the tool.

Where it stops

The takeoff stays manual: you trace every area and every run with the mouse. It is precise, it is slow, and the paid version does not change that. The trial lasts only a few days, which rarely covers a real pricing exercise.

What FloorScan opens up for free

FloorScan runs in the browser, on Windows and Mac alike, and detects walls, rooms and openings automatically before you correct them. Thirty free days across every module, then a manual takeoff that stays open: enough to cover a real file, not a three-day look around.

Open the demo Manual takeoff, no time limit

Free and immediate, no account: the matching calculator.

Cost breakdown by trade

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free version of PlanSwift?

No, only a time-limited trial. After that you need a licence, bought directly or through a reseller.

Does PlanSwift run on Mac?

Not natively. You go through a virtual machine or a Windows box, which adds cost and a source of breakage. A web tool avoids that detour.

How do you save time on a manual takeoff?

By letting automatic detection do the first pass and keeping control of the corrections. That is FloorScan's bet: the AI proposes walls, rooms and areas, you validate or redo, and your time goes to the contentious cases.

Offers and free tiers taken from public sources at the time of writing. A vendor can change them without notice: check their site before deciding.

That settles the price question. For the feature question, the full comparison:

FloorScan vs PlanSwift

See the feature in detail : Full takeoff