Gable Takeoff vs Competitor A
Competitor A is a 3D building designer sold to red-iron metal building manufacturers and their dealers. Both put a 3D building on your website that a client can size, color and send to you. The biggest difference is what the price on the screen covers.
We don’t name other vendors on this site. We tested a dealer’s live Competitor A configurator, on desktop and on a phone, on October 14, 2026.
Side by side
| Feature | Gable Takeoff | Competitor A |
|---|---|---|
| Price the client sees | A budget range for the building erected on a slab | A live range for the building kit only. Adding a 10′ lean-to and a door didn’t move it in our test |
| Starting points | 6 presets: shop, garage, barndominium, RV/boat cover, hay barn, equipment barn | 10 templates by use, including a hangar, mini storage and an automotive shop with office |
| Placing doors and windows | Tap a highlighted bay on the 3D drawing | Click a wall to place it, drag it along, resize handles on the model |
| Colors | 22 named colors for walls, roof, trim, wainscot, soffit and doors | 12 generic colors (“Orange”, “Red”) |
| Quote form | Name, a phone or email, city and state. Land, financing and timeline questions are optional and yours to switch on | About 15 fields and a 250-country list; asks the client to type out the doors and windows already on the model |
| The lead you get | An email with 3D drawings and a design link that opens a priced estimate, plus a lead inbox | A quote request from the form |
| Branding on the page | Yours only | A “Powered by” badge; a shared link’s page title showed another company’s name |
| Estimator behind it | The full Gable Takeoff estimator: material list, order list, labor, concrete | Not part of what we tested |
| Price | $99/month for Pro + Website, published | Not listed on the configurator we tested |
From our own test of one dealer’s live configurator on October 14, 2026. Features differ by dealer setup and change over time; check with the vendor.
Where Gable Takeoff is ahead
- The range covers the building erected and the slab, so it doesn’t double on the first phone call
- Named sheet colors, gutters and gable extensions
- The lead email carries 3D drawings and a link that opens a priced estimate in your estimator
- No help pop-ups and no third-party badge on your page
- A 5-day free trial with no card and a public demo, so you can try it before you pay
One thing, done well
Competitor A is built for steel building manufacturers to hand out to their dealer networks. We do one thing and do it well: weld-up red iron, from the span charts and the takeoff to a price on your website that covers the building erected on a slab.
See the other comparison: Gable Takeoff vs Competitor B.
Try the configurator a client would use.