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BroadPaper vs Craft Quantities

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BroadPaper compared with Craft Quantities
DetailBroadPaper logo BroadPaperCraft Quantities logo Craft Quantities
What it doesEmbeddable report designer for React and Angular applications Free JSON API for construction calculators with test vectors and building codes
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FoundedNot given Not given
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Pricing modelPaid Open source
PricingNot given Free under CC BY 4.0 licence
Key features
  • Structured document model with blocks, sections, rows and columns
  • Automatic pagination with orphans, widows and repeated headers
  • WebAssembly PDF engine for browser and Node rendering
  • AI template design with schema validation
  • .NET 8 and .NET 10 client library
  • 1,173 construction calculators with full inputs and test vectors
  • 3,485 published test vectors for validation
  • No authentication key or rate limits required
  • Citations to building standards with section numbers
  • Executable API for running calculations on request
  • MCP server integration for AI assistants
  • 79 job takeoffs with calculator sequences
  • Cross-market glossary in US, Canadian, UK and Australian usage
  • Corrections ledger tracking confirmed errors
  • Unit conversion with exact statutory factors
What makes it different
  • No server-side PDF library required - WebAssembly engine runs in the browser or Node
  • Type-safe data binding with schemas - autocomplete and validation
  • Same JSON template renders across environments - browser, Node, .NET, render service
  • Minimal integration - thirty lines of code to mount designer
  • No API key required with no rate limits or quotas
  • CC BY 4.0 licence allows commercial use and redistribution
  • Every calculation cited to specific building code sections
  • Pinned test cases prevent silent changes to published figures
  • Complete accessibility with CORS support for browser use
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last checkNot checked yet
Trust Flow (Majestic)180
Citation Flow (Majestic)1726
Referring domains (Majestic)5029

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