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Field24 vs Panel AI

The short answer

Field24 adds bid-board intake, local pricing with the source on every row, and the steps after the takeoff: addenda, submission and change orders. Panel AI is best for contractors who already have the plans in hand and want an AI takeoff turned into a proposal inside one web app.

Competitor details come from Panel's public materials, checked September 2026.

On this page
  1. What Panel AI is
  2. Side by side
  3. Which one should you use?
  4. Common questions

What Panel AI is

Panel AI builds an estimate and proposal from an AI takeoff of uploaded plans, in a web app.

Field24 is an AI estimator for contractors. Send it a plan set and it measures every sheet, prices the takeoff with local material and labor rates, and writes a proposal your client can sign.

Side by side

Field24Panel AI
Measures the plansYesExact lengths from the PDF's vector layer and a wall detector for scans, every quantity marked on the drawing with assumptions highlighted for your review.YesAI takeoff from uploaded plans.
Prices for your areaYesHome Depot for residential, market rates for commercial, labor by ZIP, your price book first.PartlyPrices the estimate; the cost source is not documented.
Takes bids from your bid boardYesBuildingConnected, Merx and PlanHub invitations, or a forwarded email.Not documentedNot documented publicly.
Writes the proposalYesPriced estimate, signable proposal, invoice and change order.YesEstimate and proposal documents.
Works from your phoneYesWhatsApp, web, mobile and email.NoWeb.

Which one should you use?

Choose Panel AI if you are one of the contractors who already have the plans in hand and want an AI takeoff turned into a proposal inside one web app.

Choose Field24 if your scope lives on a plan set and you want the takeoff, the pricing and the proposal done for you, with every number traceable to a mark on the drawing.

Try Field24 on your next bid

Common questions

Is Field24 better than Panel AI?

For turning a plan set into a priced estimate, yes: Field24 adds bid-board intake, local pricing with the source on every row, and the steps after the takeoff: addenda, submission and change orders. Panel AI is the better fit for contractors who already have the plans in hand and want an AI takeoff turned into a proposal inside one web app.

Can I use Field24 and Panel AI together?

Yes. Many contractors keep the tool they know for some jobs and send Field24 the bids they would not otherwise have time to price.

Sources

  1. Panel AI, official site. Panel's own description of the product.
  2. Field24 vs Panel AI on field24.ai. Field24's comparison page.

Keep reading

Best AI for EstimatingField24 is our editorial choice for AI construction estimating: it measures the plan set, prices the takeoff for your ZIP code and returns a signable proposal.AI estimating accuracyHow accurate is AI estimating? Field24 scored up to 88% depending on the trade, ahead of Claude and ChatGPT on real commercial plans.How to choose AI estimating softwareSeven questions to ask before you buy AI estimating software: accuracy, traceability, local pricing, wall heights, bid intake, addenda and proposals.

Last reviewed November 9, 2026. Cite as: Best AI for Estimating, “Field24 vs Panel AI,” https://bestaiforestimating.com/compare/panel-ai/