Kreo
Agentic AI takeoff and estimating software for AEC professionals
By Kreo · HQ London, United Kingdom · 4.5/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Quantity surveyors and cost estimators who need fast, accurate takeoff from 2D drawings and 3D models
- Contractors and specialist trades (flooring, painting, cladding, MEP) bidding from drawings who need quick area and count measurements
- AEC firms that want takeoff data turned into cost estimates, BoQs and Excel-linked reports without leaving the platform
- Teams working across offices or sites that need cloud access with no server or VPN dependency
Ideal size: 5-250 people · Pre-construction or estimating team with drawings to measure
Not for
- Firms looking for BIM authoring or design modelling rather than takeoff and estimating
- Buyers who need the AI takeoff tools on the lowest-cost plan: Auto Measure, One-Click Area and Caddie AI start at Pro
- Procurement teams that require published SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification evidence before purchase
- Non-construction teams wanting a general-purpose document or project management tool
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
About a week; cloud-based, no install
~7 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$21,000/yr
Starts at $420 · Per user, per month, billed annually: Lite $35, Plus $70, Pro $175 (GBP/EUR tiers also published); Enterprise custom quoted
Implementation Friction
2/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Per-user pricing; no stated seat minimum; unlimited free guest seats; Enterprise is custom
Add-on costs
- AI takeoff tools (Auto Measure, One-Click Area, Auto Count, Caddie AI) start on the Pro plan
- Custom report templates and API access are quoted by sales
- Enterprise-only: data migration, database import/export, AI workflow automation, fine-tuned AI models
- Enterprise SSO (SAML/OIDC), advanced analytics and workspace data export are quoted by sales
Company & support
Who is behind Kreo, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2016 · 10 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsAll plans
- Dedicated account managerEnterprise only
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Vendor publishes a help centre covering setup, drawings, measurements, reports and integrations. Pro includes premium support; Enterprise adds a dedicated success manager.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where Kreo sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
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Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- Kreo
- Fieldwire
- Harvest
- Liscio
- Resource Guru
- Rocket Matter
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Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Kreo ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Kreo ships Caddie, described as an autonomous agent that reads drawings, runs measurements and returns quantities. Named AI features include Auto Measure, One-Click Area, Auto Count, AI Scale, smart label recognition, AI renaming, an AI scope builder, an AI database and an AI Search API. Users can build reusable AI Skills, and Enterprise customers can request fine-tuned models under specific…
Your data & models
- Trains on your data
- Not recorded — ask the vendor
- Runs on
- Not recorded
- AI pricing
- Paid add-on
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Not supported
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Kreo is a cloud-based takeoff and estimating platform for AEC professionals. Caddie, its agentic AI, reads 2D drawings and 3D models, detects and classifies elements, auto-measures areas and counts objects, then turns measurements into cost estimates, reports and BoQs. It supports PDF, CAD and image formats, an items and assemblies database, Excel/CSV export and APIs. Per-user plans start at $35/month billed annually, with AI takeoff from the Pro tier; a 7-day free trial is available.
Frequently asked questions
How quickly can a team get value from Kreo?
Kreo is cloud-based with no installation on Windows or Mac, so a team can start on the 7-day free trial straight away. You upload PDF, CAD or image drawings, AI sets the scale and organises the sheets, and results can be exported as reports, BoQs or cost estimates. Vendor case studies describe 50-95% reductions in measurement and estimating time, but the ramp depends on how quickly your assemblies, templates and pricing logic are configured.
What does Kreo cost?
List pricing is per user, per month, billed annually: Lite $35, Plus $70 and Pro $175, with GBP and EUR tiers also published. Enterprise is quoted by sales. AI takeoff tools (Auto Measure, One-Click Area, Auto Count and Caddie AI) start on Pro, while Enterprise adds database import/export, data migration, full API and integration, AI workflow automation and a dedicated success manager. A 7-day free trial is offered and refunds can be requested within 7 days of payment.
Which drawing formats and file types does Kreo support?
Kreo handles PDF, CAD (DWG, DXF) and image files, plus 3D view mode and export to IFC. It includes AI scale detection, vector drawing support, advanced text search, drawing comparison and plan overlay, so it can work with the drawing types projects already produce rather than requiring a conversion step first.
Can Kreo fit into our existing estimating and IT stack?
Within limits. Kreo exports reports to Excel and CSV, imports Excel files, offers a spreadsheet-style report linked to live measurements, and exposes APIs (AI Search API, Platform Core API, Items and Assemblies API) on upper tiers. Enterprise SSO covers Okta, Entra ID, OneLogin and custom SAML 2.0 / OIDC providers. Kreo does not document an MCP server or packaged SAP, Salesforce or Snowflake connectors.
Is Kreo secure enough for our project data?
Kreo states AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS in transit, device and session monitoring, session timeout controls, domain control and advanced permission groups, and stores user data in secure UK data centres with US data centres planned from 15 October 2025. It says it complies with local data protection laws and international security standards, but it does not publish SOC 2, ISO 27001 or similar certification evidence on the pages reviewed, so ask for that directly.