Profile · Active 2026
Alkali
Alkali is the closest direct comparison to Lift on member coverage. It detects the same six categories of structural steel and runs AISC weight math automatically. It also supports collaborative bid markup. Its Column Scanner ships as a named feature, a gap Lift is still closing.
01 · Spec sheet
Website
https://www.alkali.engineering/
Members detected
Beams, Columns, Joists, Braces, Base plates, Miscellaneous steel
Integrations
Tekla, Excel, Bluebeam, Adobe, PDF markup
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed
Elevations
Partial
Customers
D5 Iron Works, Skyline, Arcline, RWI, ASW, CSteel, IWP, MYWI, SMF, Skouria
Quoted results
Aggregate: Users take off 7% of monthly U.S. structural steel volume
02 · Strengths
- Wide member coverage, including base plates and miscellaneous steel.
- Column Scanner shipping as a named feature, with stock-aware nesting downstream.
- Real-time collaborative estimating with live cursors.
- Aggregate footprint: 7% of monthly U.S. structural steel volume runs through the product.
03 · Gaps
- Public pricing not disclosed.
- Throughput claims are aggregate volume, not customer-by-customer outcomes.
- Elevation telemetry is less battle-tested than Lift's.
04 · How it compares to Lift
For a side-by-side breakdown with Lift, including the head-to-head scoring and the full spec table, see the dedicated comparison page.
05 · Sources