Terms of service
Last updated: 29 June 2026. Applies to all use of
QS Takeoff ("the Service") at
qstakeoff.com
during the public beta.
1. Agreement
By registering an account or using the Service, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service. These terms form a legally binding contract between you ("you", "the user") and the operator of the Service ("we", "us").
2. Beta status
The Service is currently in public beta (version 0.9). This means:
- It is provided "as is" and "as available", with no service-level commitments and no warranty of uninterrupted availability.
- Features may change, be added, or be removed during the beta.
- We may temporarily or permanently discontinue the Service, or any feature of it, at any time. Where reasonably possible we'll give registered users at least 30 days' notice and an opportunity to export their data.
- The Service is currently free to use. We may introduce paid plans for future versions; we'll give registered users reasonable advance notice before any pricing applies to them.
3. Your account
You're responsible for keeping your password and any access to your account secure. Tell us as soon as possible at if you suspect unauthorised access.
You must be at least 16 to register. By creating an account you confirm that the email address you provide is yours, and that the information you give is accurate.
You can delete your account at any time by emailing us. Account deletion permanently removes your saved projects from our database.
4. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- Use the Service for any unlawful purpose.
- Upload, store or transmit content that infringes another party's intellectual property, breaches confidentiality, or contains malware.
- Attempt to compromise the Service's security, probe for vulnerabilities, or otherwise interfere with normal operation. Good-faith security research is welcome — please coordinate with us first.
- Use automated systems to access the Service in a way that places excessive load on it, or to scrape, harvest, or otherwise extract data from it beyond what the user interface allows.
- Resell or sublicense the Service without our written permission.
5. Your content and your projects
You retain all rights in the drawings, measurements, project data and any other content you create or upload using the Service ("Your Content"). PDF drawings themselves are processed entirely in your browser and are never uploaded to us; we never see them.
For the take-off data you choose to save to your account, you grant us a limited, non-exclusive licence to host, store, transmit and back up that content solely for the purpose of providing the Service to you.
You're responsible for ensuring you have the right to use any drawings you process with the Service, including respecting any third-party copyright, NDA or confidentiality obligations attached to those drawings.
6. Our content
The Service itself — its code, design, branding, documentation and any included content — is owned by us or our licensors. You are granted a personal, non-exclusive, revocable licence to use the Service for its intended purpose. You may not copy, modify, reverse-engineer or redistribute the Service except where local law expressly permits it.
7. Disclaimer of warranties
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranty of any kind, express or implied. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that measurements produced by the Service will be free from error.
Take-off accuracy is your responsibility. Measurements depend on calibration values you set and on the accuracy of the source PDF. Always verify take-off quantities against the contract drawings before using them for tender, pricing, contract administration or any other commercial decision.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits your statutory rights as a consumer under UK law, or our liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or any other liability that cannot be excluded by law.
8. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for:
- Loss of profit, revenue, business, contracts or anticipated savings;
- Loss of goodwill or reputation;
- Indirect, special, incidental or consequential losses;
- Losses arising from inaccurate measurements that have not been independently verified;
- Losses arising from your use of, or inability to use, the Service during a beta phase.
Where liability cannot be excluded, our total aggregate liability to you in connection with the Service is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you have actually paid us in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, and (b) £100.
9. Beta data
Because we're in beta, we cannot guarantee data persistence to the standard of a production service. We back up the database regularly, but you should keep your own copy of any project that's commercially important to you — the CSV/JSON export features in the app are designed for exactly this.
10. Termination
You can stop using the Service at any time. We may suspend or terminate your account if you breach these terms, or if continued provision becomes commercially unviable. We'll try to give you reasonable notice and an opportunity to export your data, except where immediate termination is justified by the nature of the breach.
11. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms during the beta. Material changes will be communicated by email to registered users at least 14 days before they take effect. Continued use of the Service after that constitutes acceptance of the updated terms. If you don't accept the changes, stop using the Service before they take effect.
12. Governing law and jurisdiction
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, except that consumers may rely on mandatory protections of the law of the country where they live.