AEConnect for Architects

For Architects

See the budget impact before the design decision locks in.

Connect your model once, keep designing in your native tools, and watch cost updates flow as the design changes. Deliver with cost certainty through schematic design, DD, and CDs.

One seat. No contract. Cancel within the first 30 days.

AEConnect Revit model quantity extraction workflow
AEConnect live cost dashboard at design milestone
AEConnect estimate line items populated with quantities

Model in, priced estimate out — one saved workflow that re-runs on every version.

What Changes for Architects

How It Usually Works
  • Traditional cost consultants take two to three weeks to turn around an estimate
  • Cost feedback arrives after design decisions have already locked in
  • Value-engineering surprises hit at DD or CD
  • Client trust erodes when budgets blow up
With AEConnect
  • Cost updates flow automatically as the model changes, in days instead of weeks
  • See the budget impact before a decision locks in
  • Continuous cost feedback prevents value-engineering surprises
  • Protect design intent and client relationships with budget defense documentation

Make trade-offs with real numbers, not guesses.

Show clients you’re managing their budget, not just designing.

Get AEConnect · $400/mo
Faster turnaround
Respond to design changes at the pace of your practice, with cost feedback in days, not weeks.
Fewer VE cycles
Catch budget issues early when changes are cheap. Protect your design intent through delivery.
Stronger client trust
Be the advisor your client needs, with design alternative analysis and quantified trade-offs.
Proven on a $4.3B hospital program
The same platform California Drywall runs in daily production, now available without a scoped engagement.
California Drywall Company jobsite

“We went from sixteen days of takeoffs per iteration to under five. That is time we can now spend on higher value work.”

Casey Cardin, BIM Engineer, California Drywall  ·  one trade partner running AEConnect in daily production, industry-wide

16 → 5
Days per iteration
~3x
Iterations, same team
$80K+
Recovered per major update

Results from AEConnect in production use on a $4.3B California hospital program. Outcomes vary by project and workflow.

One seat for the person who tracks cost on your projects
$400
per seat, per month

Annual commitment, billed monthly. First month charged at signup. Cancel within the first 30 days, with no refund of the first month; otherwise the annual term continues.

Get AEConnect · $400/mo

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