QuoterPlan alternative: the criteria to compare

Why look for an alternative: the right questions

People rarely look for other software without a reason. Before comparing, write yours down:

What is missing today: a report, a way of deducting, a site layout plan?
Who checks your take-offs, and what do you hand over?
How many computers need equipping, and for what yearly budget?
Will your take-offs in progress have to be redone?

This page does not rank or score. It describes Kotelys, which we know, and refers you to the publisher for the other software.

What we can say about it. Quoter Plan (often written QuoterPlan) is published by Logiciels Quoter Inc. Its official website presents it as take-off software for PDF drawings, which opens digital drawings (PDF, TIF, JPG, PNG), measures on screen with the mouse, works in metric or imperial units and exports to Microsoft Excel (quoterplan.com, French pages consulted on 12 November 2026). For its other features, its editions, its price and its trial conditions, the only up-to-date source is that website: we do not reproduce them.

The criteria to compare, in the same order for both

Ask both programs the same questions, and note the answer you see for yourself:

Drawings accepted: vector PDFs, scanned drawings, images; behaviour on your heaviest drawings.
Scale: how is it set, and how is it checked?
Deductions: voids, openings in a wall, threshold below which a void is not deducted.
Take-off calculations: is the working of each quantity written out, so that someone else can check it?
Excel export: what does the workbook contain, and in what order?
Site layout plan: do you need one, and where do you produce it today?
Price: is it published? Subscription or purchase, per computer or per user?
Free trial: complete or limited, and for how long?

The detailed checklist, valid for any software, is in the guide PDF take-off software: how to choose.

What Kotelys does, which you can check during the trial

Drawings: PDFs and images (PNG, JPG, TIFF), scanned drawings included.
Scale: suggested from the one written on the drawing when Kotelys finds it, calibrated on a dimension, checked with the difference in %.
Deductions: voids drawn inside an area, openings placed on a length with their height, adjustable threshold per type for voids not deducted.
Take-off calculations: each object with its working written out and its deductions itemised; plus a quantity summary and an annotated drawing set.
Excel: two sheets, “Summary” and “Detail by object”, in fixed values.
Site layout plan: cranes, site cabins, fences, gates, machines and signage, to scale, on the same drawing.
Units and languages: metric or imperial; interface in French, English and Spanish.
Price: Kotelys is free during the beta, by invitation. The announced price afterwards is €24.90 excl. VAT per month per computer, or €249 excl. VAT per year (2 months free), with a one-month free trial.

Details are on the Features page.

What Kotelys does not do

Kotelys does not open projects from any other take-off software: the PDF drawings are opened again and the take-off is redone. And, whichever tool you are leaving:

No DWG or DXF import: Kotelys works on PDFs and images.
No pricing or estimating: it gives quantities; prices stay in your own tool.
No automatic symbol recognition: every counted item is clicked.
No online collaboration: a project is a file, opened by one person at a time.
No Mac or web version: Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit.
No earthworks volumes from a terrain model: a volume is an area multiplied by a thickness.

Run your own test: redo one of your take-offs

A comparison table written by a publisher is no substitute for your own trial. The protocol has five steps:

Take a take-off already done, on a drawing from a real job, whose quantities you know.
Redo it in the software on trial, noting the time spent.
Compare the quantities item by item: a difference must be explained by the scale, a deduction or rounding.
Produce the take-off calculations and the Excel workbook, and have them checked by the person who usually receives them.
Do exactly the same with the other software.

To do it with Kotelys: ask for access to the beta.

Frequently asked questions

Does Kotelys open Quoter Plan projects?

No. Kotelys does not import projects from any other software: you open the original PDF again and redraw.

Is Kotelys connected to Quoter Plan?

Not at all. Kotelys is independent software, published in France by Lucas Bourdeau EI.

Where can I find the price of Quoter Plan?

On its publisher's website. We do not publish the price of other software: it may change without this page knowing.

Can I try Kotelys without leaving my current software?

Yes: Kotelys installs alongside it and does not touch your existing files.

Quoter Plan, QuoterPlan, Microsoft Excel and the other names mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners, used here to refer to their products. Kotelys is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by those publishers.