BIM Cost Estimation
The smarter way to estimate costs from your BIM model.
Upload an IFC file, apply your own cost formulas, and get a full material breakdown: walls, beams, slabs, and everything in between. Flexible, fast, and yours to control.
Three inputs. One complete cost breakdown.
Your 3D model already contains everything needed to generate an accurate material cost estimate. We built the tool that unlocks it.
- Step 1
Upload your IFC file
From Revit, ArchiCAD, or any BIM platform that exports to the open IFC standard
- Step 2
Apply your cost formulas
Your pricing rules per material type, element category, and size range, fully customizable by your team
- Step 3
Get your cost breakdown
Itemized by element type (walls, beams, slabs, columns), ready to feed into your estimating workflow
Everything your estimating workflow actually needs.
Fully customizable cost formulas
Define your own pricing logic per material type, element category, and size range. No rigid presets: if your workflow has it, the tool can model it. Update formulas anytime without touching the model.
Works with any BIM platform
IFC is the open standard. If your tool exports it (Revit, ArchiCAD, FreeCAD), our software reads it. No vendor dependency, no plugin to install.
Element-level granularity
Costs broken down by walls, beams, slabs, columns, windows, doors, and custom element types. Drill into any element to see exactly how the number was calculated.
You own your data and your workflow
Your formulas, your pricing, your output formats. Nothing is locked in a proprietary format you can't export. The tool is designed so your team controls every variable that goes into the estimate, and can audit every number that comes out.
Ready for wherever the estimate needs to go.
Project-level cost summary
Summary View
Total cost by element category, with percentage breakdown by material type. One-screen overview for stakeholder reviews.
Element-by-element breakdown
Detail View
Every element in the model, with its quantity, unit cost, formula applied, and total. Exportable for further analysis.
Spreadsheet-ready output
Export
Export to CSV or Excel for integration with your existing cost management or reporting tools. No re-keying required.
What the people using it actually said.
We were developing 15-story buildings and malls across the city and needed a cost estimation tool that could keep up with how we actually work. We had a tool before that did this, but it was discontinued and there was nothing on the market that fit our workflow. Snakebird built exactly what we needed: flexible enough for our formulas, connected to our IFC models, and fits right into our workflow.
Bring your IFC file. We'll show you the rest.
A 30-minute demo using a real model, yours or ours. We'll walk through the full workflow, show you how formulas are configured, and answer every question about how it fits your process.
Request a demo