Side-by-Side Comparison

Sqwizflow AI vs
STACK Estimating

STACK Estimating is a cloud-based takeoff and estimating platform that offers digital plan measurement and cost estimating. While cloud-native, it still requires significant manual work for pricing, lacks AI-powered BOQ extraction, and has no South African market intelligence.

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See It In Action

Watch Sqwizflow AI price a live tender

The dashboard below shows exactly how STACK Estimating users can switch from manual processes to AI-powered BOQ pricing. No setup. No training. Just upload and go.

sqwizflowai.co.za/tender-engine
AI Engine
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AI BOQ Extraction
99.8% accuracy on PDF & Excel
Live Market Pricing
Real-time SA supplier rates
Compliance Checks
CIDB, COIDA, Tax auto-verified
Submission Docs
Method statements auto-generated

How We Compare

Feature
Sqwizflow AIAI extracts every line item from PDF and Excel BOQs
STACK EstimatingRequires manual takeoff from plans
Feature
Sqwizflow AILive SA market pricing from supplier databases
STACK EstimatingManual rate entry and maintenance
Feature
Sqwizflow AIBuilt-in CIDB compliance checks and documentation
STACK EstimatingNo SA compliance features
Feature
Sqwizflow AIAuto-generated method statements, HIRA, quality plans
STACK EstimatingNo compliance document generation
Feature
Sqwizflow AIZAR pricing starting at R399/month
STACK EstimatingUSD pricing starting at $99/user/month
Feature
Sqwizflow AITender search and eTender integration
STACK EstimatingNo tender discovery features
Why South African Contractors Choose Sqwizflow

Built for SA. Powered by AI. Priced for everyone.

STACK is cloud-native like Sqwizflow, but it stops at takeoff. It doesn't price, it doesn't check compliance, and it doesn't generate tender documents. Sqwizflow is a complete tender pricing platform.

STACK has no SA market data. A contractor in Johannesburg gets the same experience as one in Ohio. Sqwizflow knows CIDB, knows SA supplier networks, and knows local compliance requirements.

Your tender documents are PDFs and Excel spreadsheets — not digital plans. Sqwizflow is built for document-based BOQs, which is how most SA tenders actually work.

Where STACK Estimating Falls Short

The gaps that cost you tenders

No AI BOQ extraction from tender documents
Manual rate entry — no automated market pricing
No South African construction data or supplier integration
No CIDB, COIDA, or SA compliance features
No method statement or HIRA auto-generation
Limited to takeoff-based estimating — doesn't handle document-based BOQs
No tender search or eTender integration

See It Work On Your Tender Documents

The same AI that powers this demo reads your actual PDF and Excel BOQs with 99.8% precision.

sqwizflowai.co.za/tender-engine
AI Engine
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Pricing, not just takeoff

STACK helps you measure. Sqwizflow helps you price — with AI that reads your BOQ and finds the best market rates automatically.

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