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Corbel
Built for South African quantity surveyors

Take-off & estimating that prices itself.

Corbel reads your drawings and drafts a priced ASAQS bill of quantities, in rands. You confirm every reading, and the Corbel Assistant guides you.

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A marked-up floor plan with Corbel's AI take-off panel beside it: schedule and stated-area readings waiting to be accepted, with an Accept all readings button.
Real screens · fictional drawing · example figures
How it works

From drawing to priced bill in five steps.

Corbel project overview — the uploaded drawing set listed as All parsed, above the project's elements and estimate total
Corbel Assistant · included in every plan

Chat with your project. Apply only what you approve.

  • Explains what it read

    Walks you through the analysis and answers questions about your drawings.

  • Cleans up and prices

    Proposes dropping wrong or duplicate readings, and rates what is unpriced from your library.

  • Builds the bill

    Opens Draft BoQ with the items that are ready.

Every change is a card you approve.

Made for how South African QSs price.

ASAQS bill, in rands

ASAQS-format sections, JBCC preliminaries and VAT, priced in rands.

  • CSV
  • Excel
  • PDF
  • WinQS

CSV, Excel and PDF on every plan, WinQS bills on Consultancy.

Corbel's priced bill worksheet in rands: masonry, carpentry and finishes sections with quantities, rates and amounts, then subtotal, markup, VAT at 15% and the total including VAT.
  • SA rates, with sources

    Paid plans

    Start from the SA library. Live research cites each rate's source page.

  • QS sanity checks

    Create my bill flags what a QS would look at twice. Notes, never blockers.

  • Client rate books

    Consultancy

    Price a client differently and your practice book stays untouched.

  • Revision compare

    Overlay a new revision on the old one and see what moved.

1-month free trial · no card

Simple pricing, in rands.

Every plan has the full take-off, the bill and the Corbel Assistant. Prices exclude VAT.

Solo

For the solo QS.

R690/mo

R6 900/yr billed annually

  • 5 active projects
  • 5 users
  • 5 GB storage
  • CSV, Excel & PDF export
  • 10 AI take-offs / month
  • 40 Assistant turns / month
Start Solo free
Best for firms

Studio

For a growing practice.

R1 480/mo

R14 800/yr billed annually

  • Unlimited projects
  • 25 users
  • 50 GB storage
  • CSV, Excel & PDF export
  • 30 AI take-offs / month
  • 100 Assistant turns / month
Start Studio free

Consultancy

For QS consultancies.

R2 980/mo

R29 800/yr billed annually

  • Everything in Studio
  • 60 AI take-offs / month
  • 150 Assistant turns / month
  • WinQS bill export
  • Client rate books
  • Staff see only their projects
Start Consultancy free

Enterprise

For larger firms.

Custom

Billed per written agreement

  • Everything in Consultancy
  • Unlimited users & storage
  • Unlimited AI take-offs
  • 1 000 Assistant turns / month
  • SSO and SCIM
  • Custom JBCC templates
  • Dedicated support
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Extra Assistant turns

+100 turns a month on top of any plan's own.

R490/mo · excl. VAT
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Corbel plans compared, prices excl. VAT
SoloR690/moStudioR1 480/moConsultancyR2 980/moEnterpriseCustom
Limits
Active projects5UnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Users52525Unlimited
Storage5 GB50 GB50 GBUnlimited
Take-off & AI
AI take-offs a month103060Unlimited
Assistant turns a month401001501 000
Rate research runs a month2612Unlimited
Bills & exports
CSV exportIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Excel and PDF billsIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Tender snapshotsIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Xero and Sage templatesIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
WinQS bill exportNot includedNot includedIncludedIncluded
Custom JBCC templatesNot includedNot includedNot includedIncluded
Team & clients
Client rate booksNot includedNot includedIncludedIncluded
Staff see only their projectsNot includedNot includedIncludedIncluded
SSO and SCIMNot includedNot includedNot includedIncluded
Support
Dedicated supportNot includedNot includedNot includedIncluded

Every plan includes

  • Take-off viewer
  • Live quantities
  • ASAQS bill of quantities
  • Assemblies & rate library
  • Materials schedule
  • AI drawing analysis
  • Create my bill
  • Corbel Assistant
  • Live SA rate research
  • ASAQS · JBCC · ZAR · VAT

Before you start.

Something else? Ask us. Full terms are in the refund policy and privacy policy.

What happens when the free month ends?

If you haven't subscribed, your account is paused. You can still open your projects, drawings and estimates, but not edit them. Nothing is deleted, and subscribing restores full access straight away.

What does the AI actually do?

It reads the drawing before you measure: schedules, printed room areas, spec notes and the scale, and it traces plan walls drawn in CAD-red masonry. You confirm or reject each reading, and you draw whatever the drawing doesn't state.

Does it work on scanned drawings?

Yes. On a scan, Corbel still reads the printed room areas, the door and window schedule and the scale. Plan walls are only traced from a CAD vector PDF with the masonry drawn in red, so on a scan you draw the walls yourself. Either way, you confirm every reading.

Can I use my own rates?

Yes. Build your rate library from the rates your firm actually uses, or start from the SA starter library. Lines pick up those rates when you review them on Materials and draft the bill, and nothing in your bill changes until you accept it.

What is the Corbel Assistant?

A chat built into Corbel, included in every plan. It walks you from the analysis to a full priced bill: it explains what was read, cleans up wrong or duplicate readings, prices unpriced items from your rate library and drafts the BoQ. It only proposes. Every change is a card that lists exactly what it will do, with a tick on each line, and nothing changes until you press Apply. Removals, and changes to a rate you set yourself, start unticked unless you asked for them. You can Undo an applied card while the items it changed are untouched.

What is a turn, and what if I run out?

A turn is one message you send to the Assistant, with its reply. Each plan includes a monthly allowance: Solo 40, Studio 100, Consultancy 150 and Enterprise 1 000 turns a month. The free trial includes 20 turns for the whole trial. Applying or undoing a card doesn't use a turn. If you run out, the Assistant pauses until your allowance renews and the rest of Corbel carries on as normal. To carry on sooner, add Extra Assistant turns: +100 turns a month for R490 a month or R4 900 a year, excl. VAT, on any plan.

Can I get my bill into Excel or my other estimating software?

Bills export as ASAQS-format Excel, PDF or CSV. The Consultancy plan also exports a WinQS bill. For other estimating packages, Excel or CSV is how you move a bill across.

Can I cancel any time?

Yes. There's no fixed-term contract and no cancellation fee. You keep access until the end of the period you've paid for, and your projects are kept, not deleted.

Price your next project with Corbel.

1-month free trial · No card needed · Cancel any time