Exayard Review 2026: AI Electrical Takeoff That Cross-Checks the Panel Schedule

Updated November 12, 2026 – Tested Intelligence

Quick verdict: Exayard is a cloud AI takeoff and estimating platform with a dedicated electrical workflow: it counts receptacles, switches, fixtures and panels across every sheet at once, measures conduit and wire runs, and cross-references the counts against the panel schedule before you price the bid. Plans are published from $99 per user per month, but the AI is metered in dollars per seat — $99 of AI usage a month on Starter and $300 on Professional — so heavy plan sets are a Professional conversation, not an unlimited one.

What it is

Exayard takes a plan set in PDF, image or CAD form and turns it into quantities, a priced estimate and a branded bid in one flow. The electrical page is specific about the work: the AI reads E-sheets the way an estimator would, distinguishing duplex and GFCI receptacles, single-pole from three-way and four-way switches, junction boxes and panels, and it flags home runs back to their designated panels. Counts come back organized by sheet, panel and branch circuit, not as one undifferentiated tally.

From the count it measures. Conduit routing is traced and split by type — EMT, rigid and flexible metallic conduit, read from plan notes — wire pull lengths are calculated plus termination allowances and broken out by gauge, and the material list accounts for branch circuits, feeders and NEC fill requirements. Exayard says 8 to 12 hours of counting on a mid-size commercial job compresses to 1 to 2 hours of review; treat that as the vendor’s claim, but the 50-plus-sheet handling is the real point for shops that normally pass on large bids.

What the pricing page doesn’t make obvious is that the AI itself is a metered allowance stated in dollars, not sheets or takeoffs. Starter includes $99 of AI usage per seat each month and Professional includes $300, described as including $51 free. No overage price or rule for exceeding the allowance is stated on the pricing page, and no free trial is stated there either. The same page does add a useful footnote most vendors omit: prices are per seat before tax, local prices are reviewed every six months, and existing subscribers keep their price for 12 months after any change.

Key features

• AI symbol counting: standard and custom electrical symbols — receptacles, switches, lighting fixtures, junction boxes, panels — tallied across all sheets simultaneously, adapting to project-specific legends
• Conduit and wire measurement: routing paths traced with footage by conduit type, and wire lengths calculated with vertical rise and termination allowances, broken out by gauge
• Panel schedule cross-reference: device counts checked against panel schedule loads, breaker ratings checked against conductor sizing, and feeder runs checked against the one-line diagram to catch discrepancies before bid day
• Smart Estimates and branded bids: takeoff flows into your price book, live supplier prices and published cost-book market prices, then out as a bid with your logo, e-signature and reminders
• Exa AI agent: an agent on the web, by email and WhatsApp, and on your own website, where it captures leads and quotes common services such as panel upgrades after hours
• Automation access: MCP, REST, webhooks and a public CLI on paid plans, so the platform can be driven from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or n8n

Pricing

Two published paid plans plus a custom tier, priced per user per month in USD. Starter is $99 a month billed monthly, or $82 a month billed yearly ($990 a year), with $99 of AI usage per seat each month. Professional, labelled most popular, is $249 a month billed monthly, or $207 a month billed yearly ($2,490 a year), with $300 of AI usage per seat each month. Enterprise is custom, for large firms, and is the only tier with dedicated support and custom training; it adds custom integrations, a dedicated account manager, an SLA guarantee and volume discounts. Every plan includes every measuring, pricing and bidding feature, unlimited projects and manual measuring, alternates, allowances and revision compare, plus QuickBooks. Cancellation is stated plainly in the vendor’s FAQ: you can cancel at any time, with no long-term contracts or cancellation fees. An independent electrician-focused guide from Blynq also lists Exayard as its takeoff pick at $99 per user a month, matching the vendor’s starting price.

Who it’s for

Electrical contractors — solo estimators through mid-size commercial shops — whose bottleneck is counting and measuring plan sets rather than running service work. It fits best when you bid multi-sheet commercial jobs, need the count tied to panels and circuits rather than a raw tally, and want the same tool to carry the number through pricing into a signed, branded bid.

Who should skip it

Service electricians who quote from a flat-rate price book in the customer’s kitchen should skip it — QuoteIQ is built for that job, with its AI Estimator on every plan from $29.99 a month. Shops that need NECA-grade assembly libraries and a mature desktop estimating database should compare Trimble Accubid Anywhere or Quotr.ai first, and any shop should pilot its real AI usage before assuming Starter’s $99 allowance covers a heavy bid month.

Pros

• Electrical-specific AI: panel-schedule cross-checks and conduit-type splits go beyond simple symbol counting
• Published per-seat pricing with a yearly discount and a 12-month price hold for existing subscribers after a change
• Every feature is in every plan — the tiers differ mainly in AI usage, not in locked tools
• Takeoff, pricing and a signable branded bid live in one flow, with QuickBooks and live supplier prices attached
• Cancel anytime with no contract or cancellation fee, stated on the pricing page

Cons

• AI usage is capped in dollars per seat — $99 on Starter — and no overage rate is published
• No free trial is stated on the pricing page, so evaluation starts with a paid seat
• Dedicated support and custom training are Enterprise-only
• Counts still need estimator review on ambiguous or unusual scope before a bid goes out — the AI drafts, it does not stamp

FAQ

What does Exayard actually count on an electrical set?

Receptacles, switches — split by configuration — lighting fixtures, junction boxes, panels and disconnects, across all sheets at once. It also learns custom legend symbols for a project, measures conduit runs by type, calculates wire footage by gauge and circuit, and organizes everything by sheet, panel and branch circuit.

Is the AI takeoff unlimited?

No. The pricing page meters it in dollars per seat per month: $99 of AI usage on Starter and $300 on Professional, the latter described as including $51 free. Manual measuring and projects are unlimited, but the automated AI work is an allowance, and the page does not publish what happens — or what it costs — beyond it.

How is this different from Quotr.ai or PataBid Quantify?

Those tools also do AI electrical takeoff into a priced bid. Exayard’s distinguishing claims are the panel-schedule and one-line cross-reference that flags count and breaker mismatches before bidding, and an all-features-in-every-plan structure where you pay for AI volume rather than for unlocked modules.

Bottom line

Exayard is the most complete electrical takeoff story we have covered for bid work: count, conduit, wire, panel check, price and signed bid in one place, at a published $99 starting seat. Budget with your eyes open — choose the tier by the AI allowance your bid volume will actually burn, run one real plan set through it against a hand count, and let that review time, not the marketing claim, decide.