Kamai vs PlanSwift
Legacy markup tool
PlanSwift is a long-running click-and-measure desktop tool. You mark up the sheet by hand, one measurement at a time. Kamai does the clicking for you: the models read the sheet in one pass and return structured data.
PlanSwift waits for you to click. Kamai reads the whole sheet automatically and hands you structured data. Not a replacement for the workspace, a replacement for the manual labor.
What each tool is built for.
The honest read, including the rows where the other tool wins.
| Capability | Kamai | PlanSwift |
|---|---|---|
| Manual click takeoff | Not in scope | Primary workflow |
| Automated takeoff | Primary workflow | Limited |
| Plugins and extensibility | API-first | Plugin store |
| Desktop vs. web | Web plus API | Desktop (Windows) |
| Multi-user collaboration | Yes, cloud-native | Single-user license bound |
| Drawing format support | PDF (vector and raster) | PDF plus image |
| Vector-native precision | Sub-millimeter | Pixel-bound |
Why Kamai is built this way.
- We chose web-first because takeoffs increasingly move between teams and devices.
- We automate the markup because clicking measurement by measurement hasn't gotten faster in 20 years.
Why PlanSwift is built that way.
- PlanSwift kept the desktop markup model because the user base is loyal to it.
- PlanSwift invested in plugins rather than rebuilding its core extraction.
If you have a deep PlanSwift workflow with custom templates, that's hard to leave overnight. Kamai's path: run alongside it first, route automation through the API, retire the manual markup incrementally.
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