Pelles AI Review 2026: Document AI Built for MEP and Specialty Trade Contractors

Updated October 27, 2026 – Tested Intelligence

Quick verdict: Pelles AI is a document intelligence platform built specifically for mechanical, electrical, plumbing and specialty trade contractors, not for general contractors first. Its Core tools read drawings, specs and contracts and turn them into RFI lists, contradiction reports and cited answers, and its Build layer lets a team create its own apps and agents without developers. The honest limit is pricing and scope: there is no public price, and Pelles is not a takeoff tool or a replacement for Procore or Autodesk Construction Cloud.

What it is

Pelles, at pelles.ai, pitches itself as a trade contractor’s AI operating system. Instead of a single chatbot window, it indexes a project’s pages – classifying, reading and indexing drawings, specifications and contracts in parallel – and then works from that project knowledge and from the company’s own standards.

Teams usually start, in Pelles’ own description, in estimating and preconstruction, then expand into project management, service and back office work. The company says trade contractors are running more than 7,000 projects on it, and cites a named customer estimating 70 to 80 percent less review time – both vendor figures, not independent measurements.

Key features

• DoubleCheck: reviews drawings, specs and contracts and surfaces contradictions and risks, with page references
• Compare: highlights what changed between document revisions
• Draft RFIs and changes for team review, rather than sending them automatically
• Pelles Build: teams describe a workflow in plain words and build their own apps and agents on the same platform, with no developers needed
• Cited answers: each answer is traced to its source page, on infrastructure Pelles says is isolated per project
• Works alongside Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Trimble and Microsoft 365, with 25-plus integrations claimed
• Count & Measure, in beta, can check counts against a schedule – Pelles itself says to keep your takeoff software

Pricing

Pricing is not public. Pelles says only that it is priced by team or company, with unlimited usage and no per-token or usage-based billing. There is no published per-seat price, tier list or free plan on its site, so a real quote requires a sales conversation. The low-friction entry point it does offer is a 30-minute session running DoubleCheck and a contradictions report on a real project from your trade, using your documents or theirs.

Who it’s for

MEP and specialty trade contractors whose teams lose hours reading plan sets, spec books and subcontracts written for the general contractor’s workflow, not theirs. It fits best where the same questions recur on every bid – indemnification, liquidated damages, change-order requirements, scope contradictions – and a team wants its own standards applied consistently, with citations a person can check.

Who should skip it

Teams looking for a takeoff. Pelles says plainly that it is not one, and that Count & Measure is still in beta. General contractors looking for a full project management platform should also look elsewhere first: Pelles is designed to work alongside Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud and Trimble, not replace them. And if you need a published price before you will take a sales call, there is none to check.

Pros

• Built for trade contractors specifically, rather than adapted from a GC platform
• Answers and findings carry page citations, so a reviewer can verify instead of trusting
• Revision comparison and contradiction reports attack real preconstruction rework
• Agents draft work for human approval instead of sending it on their own
• SOC 2 Type II attested, and Pelles says it does not train its models on customer content

Cons

• No public pricing – cost is only knowable after a sales process
• Not a takeoff tool, and its count-checking feature is still labelled beta
• Customer time-saving figures are vendor-published claims, not independent tests
• Value depends on connecting your existing systems and standards, so setup is real work

FAQ

Is Pelles AI a takeoff tool?

No. Pelles reviews drawings, specs and contracts and produces deliverables such as RFI lists and contradiction reports. Its Count & Measure feature is in beta and can check counts against a schedule, but Pelles itself tells customers to keep their takeoff software.

How much does Pelles AI cost?

Pricing is not public. Pelles says it charges by team or company with unlimited usage and no per-token billing, but it publishes no dollar figures, tiers or per-seat price.

Does Pelles replace Procore or Autodesk Construction Cloud?

No. Pelles says it works alongside Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Trimble and Microsoft 365, reading from those systems and writing back what a team asks for, rather than replacing them.

Bottom line

Pelles is worth the 30-minute real-project test if you are a trade contractor whose review work is repetitive, high-risk and currently done by eye. Its strongest ideas are the unglamorous ones: compare the revisions, flag the contradictions, cite the page, and let a person approve the draft. Go in knowing there is no public price and no takeoff at the end of it – judge it only on whether DoubleCheck finds real problems in your own bid set.