Tagsight vs outsourcing the P&ID takeoff.
Sending the drawing set to a data-entry house is a real option. Someone else types the instrument index and the I/O list off your P&IDs, and you get a spreadsheet back. It works for a one-time backlog. The friction shows up on turnaround, on the drawings leaving your hands, and on every revision after the first.
Comparison.
| Axis | Tagsight | Alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Turnaround | The read comes back the same day for your engineer to confirm. No delivery queue and no batch cutoff. | A delivery cadence measured in days or weeks per batch, plus a round of back-and-forth on the misreads. |
| Where the drawings go | The drawing set stays in your workspace. Nothing is sent to a third party. | The set is sent out, often offshore, to be transcribed by hand. Engineering IP leaves your control for the duration. |
| Who reviews the result | Your engineer confirms each read against its source page and region, then exports. | Your engineer checks someone else's transcription after it is delivered, and re-does the tags that came back wrong. |
| Revisions and MOC | Upload the new revision, diff it against the last, and export an MOC-ready change report. The record stays in house. | Each revision is a fresh engagement. Re-send the drawings, re-quote, and wait for the next delivery. |
| Consistency | The same classification runs on every sheet, tunable to your convention, with the uncertain reads surfaced for you to confirm. | Consistency depends on which operator handled your batch and how well your convention was briefed. |
When this is the right call.
- The drawings are sensitive and cannot leave your environment
- Turnaround matters and a multi-week delivery cadence does not fit the schedule
- Revisions are expected and each one would otherwise mean re-sending and re-quoting
- Your engineer should own the review rather than check a third party's transcription
When it is not the right call.
- A one-time legacy backlog with no revision expectation, no IP sensitivity, and no wish to involve anyone internal
Common questions
Is Tagsight a service or a tool.
A tool your team runs. You upload the drawings, the registers come back, and your engineer confirms them. There is no external team handling your drawings and no delivery queue.
Can it handle a large legacy backlog like a service house would.
Yes. Drawing sets run in parallel, and the bottleneck is your review rather than a delivery schedule. Scanned and CAD-exported sheets both work as input.
What about the drawings we cannot send outside.
They stay in your workspace. Nothing is sent to a third party to be transcribed, which is the usual blocker with an outsourced takeoff.
What happens at the next revision.
Upload the revised drawing and compare it to the last issue. The change report lists added, removed, and moved tags and exports as MOC-ready Excel, with no new engagement to arrange.
Run it on your drawings.
Upload a P&ID set and see how it compares to outsourcing the P&ID takeoff.