Quotiqa vs Excel for fit-out BOQs

Excel is flexible. That is why fit-out estimators keep using it.

The problem is not Excel itself. The problem is the gap between the measured plan and the quote schedule.

Where Excel still works

Excel is hard to beat when a team needs custom formulas, one-off commercial checks, or a familiar approval format.

It is also useful as a backup export. A contractor should be able to keep a spreadsheet copy of quote rows when issuing or archiving a job.

Where Excel slows BOQs down

The repeated handoff is where time leaks:

• Measure the PDF in one place.
• Copy quantities into a BOQ spreadsheet.
• Apply rates and margins.
• Format the client quote.
• Recheck everything when the drawing changes.

The estimator may do every step correctly and still lose time because the source quantity and BOQ row are no longer connected.

What Quotiqa changes

Quotiqa keeps the measured source and BOQ rows together:

• Calibrate the PDF.
• Measure lines, areas, and counts.
• Assign fit-out quote items.
• Review live BOQ rows.
• Export client quote PDFs, spreadsheets, and subcontractor packages.

Excel can remain the backup. It no longer has to be the place where the quote is rebuilt.

How to choose

Stay in Excel if the spreadsheet is already a mature estimating system and the drawing handoff is not painful.

Test Quotiqa if the team keeps retyping scope, fixing quote formatting, or reviewing margin after the BOQ is already built.

Open the sample project, compare it with the sample quote PDF, then decide whether the workflow removes enough manual rebuild work to matter.