Fire protection estimating software you can trust
Join fire safety estimators using Countfire to streamline the takeoff and estimating process. Count sprinkler systems and turn those counts into accurate proposals, in record time.
The basics
What is fire protection estimating software?
Fire protection estimating software helps estimators count, measure and price fire protection systems from project drawings, producing accurate proposals in a fraction of the time manual takeoff allows. Instead of counting sprinkler heads by hand and building the estimate separately in a spreadsheet, everything happens in one tool.
Countfire uses automated takeoff to count sprinkler symbols across every drawing in your project at once, measures coverage areas between devices, and lets you split quantities by zone on the final estimate. Built-in coverage tools help you check sprinkler positions against the design requirements, and add heads where there are gaps. The software supports your compliance checking; the design responsibility stays with you, but you can see coverage clearly on the drawing rather than working it out by eye.
Intelligent takeoff
Fast, accurate counts in seconds
With true automated takeoff features you can count symbols for sprinklers, measure coverage areas between devices and split quantities on your estimate using zones.
Intelligent pricing
Estimating done right
Countfire's intelligent pricing adds figures to the fire items you use regularly. Saving you time, no matter how complex the project.
Intelligent estimating
Confidently check coverage area
Tools to help you check the coverage areas of sprinkler positions. Manually add items where needed and see all items on your final estimate.
Digital records
Fully cloud-based
Forget paper drawings, automated estimating happens in Countfire. Keep a stored record of estimates so you can refer back and make changes, even after the estimate is complete.
Fire protection estimating companies who love Countfire
The future of estimating
Why Countfire for fire protection estimating?
99% accuracy
Countfire has been built with accuracy at its core, so you can win more work and remove manual errors.
Built by estimators
As former electrical estimators ourselves, we know first-hand what it takes to win accurate estimates in today's world.
World-class support
Our product specialists are there to support via live chat, phone, or email so you always get your estimates in on time.
Fully cloud-based
From day one Countfire has been a fully cloud-based tool. Access estimates from wherever you work.
Collaborate easily
Work together on estimates to increase team visibility and meet client deadlines.
Continually improved
Working in two-week cycles, we release and share hundreds of platform enhancements each year.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Countfire for?
Countfire is for the people pricing fire protection work: fire protection estimators, estimating managers and quantity surveyors at specialist fire protection contractors, sprinkler installers and the fire divisions of larger M&E businesses. It covers both wet and dry systems, across residential, commercial and industrial projects.
It is fully cloud-based, with estimating teams using Countfire across the world. Adept Fire, a specialist fire protection contractor in Australia, uses Countfire to estimate multiple jobs a day across residential towers, commercial buildings and warehouses.
If your bids involve counting hundreds of heads across multi-level drawing sets and checking coverage by hand, Countfire removes most of that manual work.
How to use fire protection estimating software
Here is how a fire protection estimate comes together in Countfire:
- Upload your project drawings. Add the full PDF drawing set, from a single floor to multiple towers with basements.
- Run automated takeoff. Countfire identifies and counts every sprinkler symbol across all drawings in one pass, so a multi-level project is counted in minutes rather than days.
- Check coverage. Measure coverage areas between devices to confirm sprinkler positions meet the design requirements. Where there are gaps, add heads manually and they appear on the final estimate alongside everything else.
- Split by zone. Break quantities out by zone on your estimate, so pricing maps to how the project will actually be delivered.
- Price the estimate. Intelligent pricing applies figures to the fire items you use regularly, drawn from your previous estimates, so you are not looking up the same head or valve price every bid.
- Export and keep the record. Produce a client-ready estimate with a full breakdown. Every version is stored in the cloud, so you can refer back or make changes even after the estimate is complete.
Because every count is traceable to the drawing, you can answer quantity queries with evidence rather than memory.
Why fire protection estimators choose Countfire
Fire protection contractors choose Countfire because it holds up under real bid pressure. Adept Fire estimates multiple jobs a day across wet and dry systems, including residential projects spanning several towers and basements. Their Estimating Manager, Eddy Tobaji, describes the workflow as smooth and scalable: takeoffs completed quickly, junior estimators reviewing and pricing, and senior time freed up for the bigger picture.
The reasons estimators give most often:
- Accuracy you can evidence. Built-in checks flag missed items, and every count links back to the drawing.
- Speed at volume. Automated takeoff across whole drawing sets makes high-volume bidding practical without adding headcount.
- Support that answers. Product specialists are available by live chat, phone or email, and Countfire holds Capterra and Software Advice badges for customer support alongside an overall 4.8 star Capterra rating.
- Built by estimators. The team behind Countfire are former estimators, so the workflow matches how bids actually get priced.
Loved by customers
"Being able to spend less time and resources on this aspect of the job really helps us to keep our costs down and lowers our risk. We can focus our time better."
"It's changed the game. Takeoffs are no longer stressful. Projects that used to take me four hours now take me less than an hour."
Nick Scicolone
Armor Tech
"Countfire has been a great investment for our company. I've been able to complete tasks faster than doing manual takeoffs."
Kendra Tietz
JG Innovations
"Countfire has made my estimating process faster, more accurate, and far less stressful. It's a must-have tool for any electrical contractor or estimator looking to modernize their workflow."
Jacek Zak
Comp+
"I have been extremely impressed with Countfire! The software has given me so much time back! Not only that, the customer service that I have received on multiple occasions has been absolutely stellar!!"
Mark Miller
Brilliant Lighting Center
"Countfire Makes Staying Organized Effortless and Boosts Efficiency. My efficiency as an employee has skyrocketed. I can stay more organized without having to create extra work for myself to achieve that level of organization"
Andrew Meredith
Braun Electric Company
"Effortless Device Counting with Smart Symbol Recognition. The feature that tracks counts really helps my work appear much faster."
Elma Baez
Centrifugal Electric
"Absolutely the best in class for customer support! Live chat, on the spot zoom calls, live specialists to speak to. You can't get any better than this."
Joshua Knott
Leviton Manufacturing
"Countfire is a dream to use. It does everything I wanted when I imagined a program to help automate the takeoff process, and they are still improving and adding more. I can't say enough good about the team behind this software, they are going to change the industry. I can't believe a couple of months ago I was still printing drawings and using a yellow highlighter."
Nicholas Buonaiuto
Firecom
