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On-Screen Takeoff vs Oracle Textura Payment Management

On-Screen Takeoff logo

On-Screen Takeoff

Construction

Digital quantity takeoff from drawings, now subscription only and bundled rather than sold alone

From
On request
Rated
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Oracle Textura Payment Management logo

Oracle Textura Payment Management

Construction

Construction payment, lien waiver and compliance workflow where the subcontractor pays the fee

From
On request
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: On-Screen Takeoff perpetual licensing is no longer offered on current releases, so long-standing users who paid once now face a recurring annual cost they never budgeted, and staying on an old version means no support for newer PDF formats; Oracle Textura Payment Management the subcontractors pay 0.22 per cent of their contract value to invoice a customer that chose the platform for them, which makes rollout a negotiation with every trade on the job and produces genuine refusals from small specialty contractors
  • They diverge on capability: On-Screen Takeoff covers Drawing takeoff, Oracle Textura Payment Management covers Pay application workflow.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which On-Screen Takeoff and Oracle Textura Payment Management actually diverge.

Attributes where On-Screen Takeoff and Oracle Textura Payment Management differ
AttributeOn-Screen TakeoffOracle Textura Payment Management
Pricing modelquotePercentage of subcontract value, plus a quoted contractor subscription
PlatformsWindowsWeb

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Construction).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in On-Screen Takeoff

  • Drawing takeoff
  • Revision overlay
  • Condition libraries
  • Automatic scaling
  • Bid zones and phases
  • Quick Bid handoff
  • Excel export

Only in Oracle Textura Payment Management

  • Pay application workflow
  • Lien waiver automation
  • Compliance document tracking
  • Sub-tier visibility
  • Funds disbursement
  • Owner and lender draws
  • Integration to ERP

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

On-Screen Takeoff

  • A drywall contractor measuring wall area and openings across a 300 sheet set where manual takeoff would take a weeknot Oracle Textura Payment Management
  • An estimator who receives a late addendum and needs to know which rooms changed rather than re-measuring the whole floornot Oracle Textura Payment Management
  • A flooring subcontractor maintaining reusable conditions with waste factors so quantities and material orders stay consistent between estimatorsnot Oracle Textura Payment Management
  • A trade contractor that wants takeoff quantities split by phase so progress billing matches the way work is actually releasednot Oracle Textura Payment Management

Oracle Textura Payment Management

  • A general contractor on a 200 million dollar hospital wants every lien waiver in the correct state form before funds leave the account, with an audit trail the title company will acceptnot On-Screen Takeoff
  • A developer requires sub-tier visibility down two levels because a supplier lien on a previous project cost it a payment it had already madenot On-Screen Takeoff
  • An owner-lender arrangement needs the upstream draw package to be assembled automatically from the approved downstream billings each monthnot On-Screen Takeoff
  • A contractor operating across several US states wants the statutory waiver language selected by jurisdiction rather than by a coordinator with a template foldernot On-Screen Takeoff

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

On-Screen Takeoff

  • Perpetual licensing is no longer offered on current releases, so long-standing users who paid once now face a recurring annual cost they never budgeted, and staying on an old version means no support for newer PDF formats
  • ConstructConnect does not publish a price, and the product is increasingly sold inside a bundle with lead data and estimating, so buyers who want takeoff alone often find the quote priced around a package they do not need
  • It is Windows desktop only, with no macOS version and no meaningful browser or tablet workflow, which rules it out for firms standardised on Apple hardware
  • The interface has changed little in years and estimators coming from browser-based tools find the condition setup and layer management slow to learn, so onboarding a new estimator takes longer than the software cost would suggest
  • ConstructConnect sells lead data, takeoff and estimating as a portfolio and has consolidated several acquired products, so a buyer committing to On-Screen Takeoff should ask directly where it sits against the newer cloud takeoff products in the same portfolio

Oracle Textura Payment Management

  • The subcontractors pay 0.22 per cent of their contract value to invoice a customer that chose the platform for them, which makes rollout a negotiation with every trade on the job and produces genuine refusals from small specialty contractors
  • The fee is charged per project, so a subcontractor working ten projects a year for Textura-using general contractors pays ten times, and there is no annual cap across projects
  • Subcontractor-side usability is poor enough that trades routinely need coaching for their first pay application, and the general contractor absorbs that support burden even though Oracle collects the fee
  • It is an Oracle enterprise product, which means procurement, contract negotiation and an implementation partner, so the time from signature to first live project is measured in months and not weeks
  • Data export on project closeout is limited to reports and standard extracts rather than a full structured handover, so a contractor leaving the platform keeps the PDFs but loses much of the queryable payment history

Pricing, plan by plan

On-Screen Takeoff

On request
  • On-Screen Takeoff$undefined/year
    • Annual subscription per seat on version 4 and later
    • Sold increasingly as part of a ConstructConnect takeoff and estimating bundle
    • Perpetual licensing not offered on current releases

Oracle Textura Payment Management

On request
  • Subcontractor usage fee$undefined/project
    • 0.22 per cent of subcontract value on projects created after 19 January 2023
    • No minimum fee
    • Capped at 5,000 USD, reached around 2.3 million USD of contract value
  • General contractor subscription$undefined/year
    • Quoted by Oracle against project volume and modules
    • Not published
    • Usually sold with Primavera or Aconex

Which should you pick?

Choose On-Screen Takeoff if

  • You need drawing takeoff.
  • You work on Windows.
  • You also want revision overlay.

Choose Oracle Textura Payment Management if

  • You need pay application workflow.
  • You also want lien waiver automation.

Questions people ask

Is On-Screen Takeoff or Oracle Textura Payment Management better?
Neither clearly leads. On-Screen Takeoff starts at On request and Oracle Textura Payment Management at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, On-Screen Takeoff or Oracle Textura Payment Management?
On-Screen Takeoff starts at On request and Oracle Textura Payment Management at On request.
Does On-Screen Takeoff or Oracle Textura Payment Management run on more platforms?
On-Screen Takeoff runs on Windows. Oracle Textura Payment Management runs on Web.
What is On-Screen Takeoff best used for?
On-Screen Takeoff is most often used for a drywall contractor measuring wall area and openings across a 300 sheet set where manual takeoff would take a week, an estimator who receives a late addendum and needs to know which rooms changed rather than re-measuring the whole floor, a flooring subcontractor maintaining reusable conditions with waste factors so quantities and material orders stay consistent between estimators, a trade contractor that wants takeoff quantities split by phase so progress billing matches the way work is actually released. Of those, a drywall contractor measuring wall area and openings across a 300 sheet set where manual takeoff would take a week and an estimator who receives a late addendum and needs to know which rooms changed rather than re-measuring the whole floor are not what Oracle Textura Payment Management is typically brought in for.
What can On-Screen Takeoff do that Oracle Textura Payment Management cannot?
On-Screen Takeoff covers Drawing takeoff, Revision overlay, Condition libraries, Automatic scaling. Oracle Textura Payment Management covers Pay application workflow, Lien waiver automation, Compliance document tracking, Sub-tier visibility.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

On-Screen Takeoff: Can I still buy a perpetual licence?

No. Current releases are annual subscription. Older perpetual licences continue to run but do not receive updates.

Oracle Textura Payment Management: Who actually pays for Textura, the general contractor or the subcontractor?

Both. The general contractor pays Oracle a subscription that is not published. Each subcontractor is separately billed 0.22 per cent of its contract value per project, capped at 5,000 US dollars, with a flat 100 dollars for sub-tier contracts.

On-Screen Takeoff: Is it sold separately from Quick Bid?

It can be, but ConstructConnect increasingly quotes it as part of a takeoff and estimating package. Ask explicitly for standalone pricing if that is what you want.

Oracle Textura Payment Management: Can a subcontractor refuse to use it?

In practice no, if the prime contract mandates it, because pay applications are only accepted through the platform. Some subcontractors price the fee into their bid instead.

On-Screen Takeoff: Does it run on a Mac?

Not natively. It is a Windows application and Mac users run it under virtualisation, which is unsupported in practice for large drawing sets.

Oracle Textura Payment Management: Is Textura the same thing as Textura Payment Management?

Yes. Oracle sells one product under the name Oracle Textura Payment Management. There is no separate Textura product line to buy.

On-Screen Takeoff: Will it read a scanned drawing?

Yes, but measurement accuracy on a scanned raster set depends entirely on the scan quality and on setting scale from a verified dimension.

Oracle Textura Payment Management: Does it handle lien waivers outside the United States?

It has European and Australian variants with local payment and compliance handling, but the statutory lien waiver machinery is a United States feature and is the main reason to buy it.

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