What it is
Specialty/trade contractors (e.g., electrical, plumbing, HVAC, concrete) and general contractors ranging from small businesses to mid-market and enterprise firms
Source: enr.com: What it isNot verified from available source evidence: Category Desc, Ownership, Founded Year. Unavailable evidence is not a negative product verdict.
Pricing & cost
Esticom (now Procore Estimating) uses a quote-only custom pricing model based on Annual Construction Volume (ACV). Historically prior to acquisition, it operated on a per-user monthly/annual subscription model.
Source: procore.com: Pricing & costNot verified from available source evidence: Typical Cost, API Or Integration Fees, Implementation Cost. Unavailable evidence is not a negative product verdict.
API & data access
Free account registration on the Procore Developer Portal provides access to sandbox testing environments. Accessing production data requires an active Procore subscription, OAuth 2.0 app credentials (Client ID and Client Secret), and authorization/installation by a Procore company administrator.
Source: developers.procore.com: API & data accessStandard rate limits are 3,600 requests per hour (60-minute rolling window) and a short-term spike limit of 100 requests per 10 seconds (scalable to 7,200 or 14,400 requests per hour upon request). Additionally, API endpoints specific to Procore Estimating (REST v2.0) are primarily focused on company cost catalogs and catalog items.
Source: developers.procore.com: API & data accessExport options include downloading Bills of Materials (BOM) and Cost Catalog items as Excel (.xlsx) / CSV files, generating customer proposals as PDF or Microsoft Word (.docx) files, downloading marked-up plan drawings, and direct integrated export of estimates/budgets into Procore Project Financials (Budgets) and Procore Drawings.
Source: support.procore.com: API & data accessNot verified from available source evidence: Has API. Unavailable evidence is not a negative product verdict.
Native AI features
Not verified from available source evidence: AI Features Summary, AI Dispatch, AI Finance, AI Assistant Or MCP. Unavailable evidence is not a negative product verdict.
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- support.procore.com: Native AI features
- en-ca.support.procore.com: Native AI features
- procore.com: Native AI features
- acewatt.com: Native AI features
- contractortoolstack.com: Native AI features
- youtube.com: Native AI features
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- lobehub.com: Native AI features
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Integrations & ecosystem
Esticom does not maintain a standalone public app marketplace or partner directory. Instead, following its acquisition by Procore Technologies, it is listed as 'Procore Estimating' on Procore's public App Marketplace (marketplace.procore.com), which acts as the integration directory for third-party apps and ecosystem partners.
Source: marketplace.procore.com: Integrations & ecosystemNot verified from available source evidence: Accounting Integrations, Unified API Support. Unavailable evidence is not a negative product verdict.
Accounting fit & implementation
Esticom does not support general accounting methods (accrual or cash) natively. It is built strictly for pre-construction quantity takeoff, estimating, and proposal creation, not as a general ledger or accounting system of record.
Source: softwareadvice.com: Accounting fit & implementationOnboarding typically takes hours to a few days. Because it is a cloud-native application, users report learning the core takeoff and estimating workflows quickly after reviewing online tutorials or participating in vendor training sessions.
Source: capterra.com: Accounting fit & implementationNot verified from available source evidence: Certified Payroll, WIP POC Support, Requires Implementer. Unavailable evidence is not a negative product verdict.
Adoption & market position
At the time of its acquisition by Procore in October 2020, Esticom had more than 1,000 contractor customers and approximately 1,600 users.
Source: enr.com: Adoption & market positionGrowing / Modern platform. Esticom is recognized as a modern, cloud-native Web application rather than a legacy desktop software system. Designed to replace paper blueprints and legacy spreadsheet/desktop takeoff tools, its market presence and technical integration expanded after being fully incorporated into the Procore construction management platform as Procore Estimating.
Source: businesswire.com: Adoption & market positionNot verified from available source evidence: Market Position. Unavailable evidence is not a negative product verdict.
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