Buildertrend

Construction project management software (cloud-based platform integrating project scheduling, financial management, estimating, client communication, and lead tracking)

Residential contractors including custom home builders, remodelers, spec home builders, and specialty trade contractors; primarily small-to-midsize established contracting businesses

Buildertrend uses a custom, volume-based quote pricing model tailored to a company's annual construction revenue, builder type, and operational needs rather than publishing fixed public tiers. The subscription fee covers flat-rate company access including unlimited users and unlimited projects.

Buildertrend provides official data export capabilities to Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) and CSV formats across various feature modules and reports, including Lead Opportunities, Takeoff estimates, and financial reporting dashboards (such as Work-in-Progress, Invoicing, Profitability, and Budgeted vs. Projected reports).

As of 2025-2026, Buildertrend's native AI capabilities focus primarily on administrative communication, financial document extraction, and customer support rather than full AI estimating or dispatching. Shipped/GA native features include: 1) AI Client Updates (beta tested early 2025, fully launched June 2025), which parses daily logs, schedules, change orders, and invoices to auto-generate weekly project summaries for clients; 2) AI Bill Capture (embedded in Bill Pay), which uses optical character recognition and AI to extract vendor details, line items, and cost codes; 3) AI Search, allowing users to query project data in natural language; and 4) Bailey (launched February 2026), an AI support chatbot. Buildertrend does not offer native AI estimating (its Takeoff tool relies on digital measurements via Square Takeoff integration) or AI-powered dispatching.

Buildertrend does not offer native AI-powered dispatching or automated AI trade/subcontractor scheduling optimization. Scheduling relies on standard Gantt charts, manual shift reason tracking, and calendar dependencies.

Buildertrend offers native AP automation through 'AI Bill Capture' inside its Bill Pay module. The feature extracts vendor details, line items, and cost codes from incoming vendor invoices/bills, mapping them into job costing budgets and syncing with external accounting software like QuickBooks and Xero. Traditional AR invoicing and progress billing are otherwise rule-based workflows.

Buildertrend connects natively via direct two-way sync to accounting software including QuickBooks (Online and Desktop), Xero, and Sage Intacct. Because Buildertrend functions as a project management and field system, these native integrations directly link its job costing, budgeting, estimates, bills, purchase orders, and client invoices with back-office accounting without requiring a third-party intermediary.

Buildertrend maintains a public integration directory called 'Buildertrend Marketplace'. It highlights native software integrations and partner applications across categories including accounting (QuickBooks, Xero, Sage Intacct), CRM and lead management (Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive), payroll (Gusto), takeoff/estimating (STACK), and materials purchasing (The Home Depot Pro Xtra).

Buildertrend is supported by Agave, a construction-specific unified API platform that normalizes data access across construction project management systems, ERPs, and field tools. Generalist unified APIs like Merge.dev focus on core horizontal software categories (HRIS, general CRM, standard accounting) and do not offer a native construction unified model for Buildertrend.

Typically 60 to 90 days (2 to 3 months), depending on data migration complexity, company size, and team onboarding scope.

No. Buildertrend provides in-house implementation and onboarding directly through its Customer Success team (via self-guided digital learning or paid in-house programs like Buildertrend Boost and Onsite Consulting) without requiring third-party implementers or VARs.

Buildertrend is a leading cloud-based construction project management platform in North America, holding a dominant market position in residential construction (homebuilders, remodelers, and custom contractors) where it powers over half of all new home builds in the U.S. In 2021, growth equity investments from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities and HGGC enabled Buildertrend to acquire primary competitor CoConstruct as well as group purchasing organization CBUSA, bringing combined annual recurring revenue (ARR) past $100M.

The platform powers 20,000+ active construction businesses (representing 23,000+ combined client accounts across Buildertrend and CoConstruct) and has reached more than 1,000,000 users across 80+ countries since its inception in 2006.