Buildertrend Pricing 2026: Volume-Based Quotes Explained

In 2026, Buildertrend made a major shift in how they price their software. The three published tiers (Essential, Advanced, Complete) are gone. If you load their pricing page today, you won’t see a single dollar amount. Instead, you’ll see a five-step quote form that asks for your builder type, your annual construction volume, your implementation timeline, your role in the company, and your contact information.

Only after you submit that form does a Buildertrend sales rep reach out with a custom quote.

This is the same pricing approach Procore has used for years: price is a function of your annual construction output, not a flat subscription. It means a $2M remodeler and a $12M general contractor typically pay different rates for the same software. It also means Buildertrend’s sales team has your revenue data before they quote you, and they use it to anchor the price.

If you’re evaluating Buildertrend in 2026, this is the breakdown you need before you fill out that form.

How Buildertrend Pricing Works in 2026

Buildertrend’s pricing page is now a multi-step intake form. Here’s what it asks and why each question matters.

Step 1: Builder Type

The form asks you to select your builder type: homebuilder, remodeler, specialty contractor, or commercial general contractor. Your answer here steers which product packaging Buildertrend’s sales team will push. Homebuilders get pitched heavily on selections, warranty, and client portal features. Specialty contractors get pitched on scheduling and daily logs.

Step 2: Annual Construction Volume (The Price Anchor)

This is the question that determines what you’ll actually pay. Buildertrend’s form offers 11 brackets:

• $0-499K
• $500K-999K
• $1M-1.99M
• $2M-4.99M
• $5M-7.99M
• $8M-10.99M
• $11M-15.99M
• $16M-20.99M
• $21M-25.99M
• $26M-30.99M
• $31M+

Your bracket becomes the anchor for your quote. Larger brackets map to higher quotes. Smaller brackets map to lower quotes. Two contractors using the exact same feature set can pay meaningfully different rates if they fall into different brackets.

Step 3: Implementation Timeline

The form asks when you want to be up and running. Urgency signals tend to translate into less negotiating room on price.

Step 4: Role in the Company

The form asks whether you’re the owner, project manager, office manager, accountant, or other. This tells Buildertrend’s sales team who they’re talking to and how to frame the pitch.

Step 5: Contact Information

Name, email, phone, company. After you submit, a Buildertrend sales rep reaches out.

Why This Change Matters

The previous tier model (Essential, Advanced, Complete) had published prices that anyone could compare in under a minute. You knew what Essential cost. You knew what Advanced cost. You could match features to tiers and calculate your total.

The volume-based quote model removes that transparency. Here’s what it means in practice.

You can’t compare total cost without contact-info disclosure

Evaluating software usually starts with a pricing page. Under the new model, Buildertrend’s number is only available after you hand over your contact information, which puts you into the sales funnel before you’ve decided whether you want to be there.

Your renewal can go up because you grew

Under the old tier model, if you signed up on Essential and your revenue doubled, your Buildertrend bill didn’t automatically double. The tier was the tier. Under the new model, growing your business into the next bracket is a signal Buildertrend’s pricing system is designed to respond to. Renewals can reflect revenue growth, not just feature upgrades.

Two customers on the same features pay different prices

This is the core mechanic of volume-based pricing. A $2M remodeler using scheduling, daily logs, and estimating pays one number. A $12M general contractor using the exact same features pays a different number. The software is identical. The price is not.

The old published tiers are a reference, not a quote

Many third-party sites still list Buildertrend’s old Essential, Advanced, and Complete plans with 2024-2025 pricing. Those numbers are no longer what you’ll pay. The current number is whatever Buildertrend quotes you after you submit the form.

What About the Features?

Under the old tier model, feature access was clear-cut. Essential got you scheduling, daily logs, a client portal, and basic CRM. Advanced added estimating, change orders, and budget tracking. Complete layered on selections, warranty, and advanced reporting.

Under the new volume-based quote model, feature access is less transparent. Buildertrend still packages features into tiers internally, but which tier gets quoted to you is now part of the sales conversation, driven by the volume bracket you selected on the form. A $1M-1.99M bracket contractor asking about selections management may get packaged differently than a $11M-15.99M bracket contractor asking for the same thing.

The practical implication: two contractors can walk away from Buildertrend’s sales process with the same software at different prices, or different software at similar prices, depending on how their sales call goes.

What typically gets bundled

Based on Buildertrend’s historical tier structure, most quotes include some combination of:

Almost always included at any bracket:

• Scheduling (Gantt and calendar views)
• Daily logs with photos
• Client portal
• Cloud file storage
• Mobile time tracking
• Basic CRM

Usually bundled at mid-volume brackets and up:

• Estimating and takeoffs
• Change order workflows
• Budget vs. actual cost tracking
• Vendor purchase orders
• QuickBooks, Xero integrations

Typically positioned as higher-bracket features:

• Client selections management
• Warranty and service request tracking
• RFIs
• Advanced dashboards and reporting

Because the tier structure is no longer published, confirming what’s in your specific quote requires asking the sales rep to put it in writing.

The Costs That Don’t Show Up on the Pricing Page

The subscription is just the starting point. Here’s where Buildertrend pricing gets more complicated than the clean three-tier breakdown suggests.

Onboarding: Free to $100+/month

Buildertrend offers a program called Buildertrend Boost that includes a dedicated coach, data migration help, and QuickBooks integration setup. If you sign an annual contract, Boost is included at no extra charge. Month-to-month subscribers pay about $100 per month for it.

That sounds reasonable until you realize that getting set up properly in Buildertrend basically requires Boost. The platform has a lot of moving parts. Multiple contractors on forums have mentioned that the learning curve is steep without guided onboarding. So that “optional” add-on starts to feel pretty mandatory.

Payment Processing Fees

If you collect payments from homeowners or pay subs through Buildertrend, credit card transactions run about 2.99% and ACH transfers carry a small flat fee. These aren’t unusual for the industry, but they add up. On a $500,000 custom home where the client pays by credit card, that’s nearly $15,000 in processing fees.

The Data Lock-In Problem

This one caught our attention. A contractor on Capterra wrote: “I reached out to support, expecting a solution, and was told that there is no option for bulk downloading data. I’ve been forced to continue paying for a platform I’m no longer actively using simply because I need access to my historical project data.”

That’s a real cost that doesn’t show up on any pricing page. If you build years of project history in Buildertrend and then want to leave, your data doesn’t come with you easily. You’re essentially paying rent on your own records.

What Real Users Are Saying About Buildertrend Pricing

We didn’t just read the marketing materials. Here’s what contractors are actually saying across review sites and forums.

On price increases:

A contractor on ContractorTalk.com posted in late 2022: “They’ve recently submitted another round of rate increases. Ours went up 65%.” Other users in the same thread confirmed seeing significant hikes and started looking at alternatives like JobTread and Contractor Foreman.

Thousands of contractors have made the switch. See what they have to say.

Another user in the same thread explained the pattern: “When they launched, entry price points were $199/month. When they felt comfortable, they raised our subscription price 2X+ to a base fee plus per user fee. The rates have gone up once again but the interface remains fairly basic.”

On Reddit:

A construction manager posted in 2025: “Started using Buildertrend when the price tag was a few hundred bucks, but now it’s inching towards $1,000/month. We mainly use it for daily logs, time clock, files, and leads. That’s it.” Another commenter replied that his buddy left Buildertrend because “the price went up too much for him.”

On G2:

“I think Buildertrend is expensive. Although it is one of the best tools in the industry, I believe it may be overpriced.”

On Capterra:

“We moved from CoConstruct. Buildertrend has a ton of features but it is not intuitive and does not tie together well. It is a mile wide but an inch thick. It is not designed for the Custom Home Builder, it is for a production Builder.”

Another Capterra reviewer: “I have been using it for a couple of weeks and having come from various construction software systems I am finding Buildertrend really poor. It feels like there has been some effort put towards the look and feel but functionally it just feels like everything is a workaround.”

The CoConstruct Merger: What It Means for Pricing

In 2021, Buildertrend acquired CoConstruct, its biggest head-to-head competitor in the residential construction management space. At the time, contractors were worried about exactly one thing: price increases.

They were right to worry.

Brandon Harrington of Construction Tech LLC said it plainly after the announcement: “There is less competition in the software space now which tends to drive price up. I only see Buildertrend or CoConstruct or both getting a lot more expensive.”

Another builder shared: “It makes me nervous to have to learn a new format if that is their plan. Also, I am worried about a price increase.”

And that’s essentially what happened. The 65% price hike reported on ContractorTalk came roughly a year after the merger. With one of their biggest competitors absorbed, Buildertrend had less pressure to keep prices competitive. Classic consolidation play.

Former CoConstruct users got hit from a different angle. Several reported on Capterra that support quality dropped after the acquisition: “When I started with CoConstruct in 2017, the staff was very helpful and would tailor the various modules to our company. Once they were purchased the product support was not as solid.”

Buildertrend Price History: The Trend Is Clear

Buildertrend doesn’t publish historical pricing, but the pattern is well-documented across contractor forums:

• 2018-2019: Entry-level pricing around $99-$199/month. This is when many current long-term users signed up.
• 2020-2021: Prices crept up to $299-$399/month range. The CoConstruct acquisition closed in early 2021.
• 2022: Major price hike. Multiple contractors reported 50-65% increases at renewal.
• 2023-2024: Plans restructured into the Essential/Advanced/Complete tier model with published pricing from the high-$300s/month up past $1,000/month.
• 2026: Published pricing removed entirely. Replaced with volume-based custom quotes tied to 11 annual construction volume brackets.

If you signed up for Buildertrend five years ago paying $199/month, you could easily be paying 3-5x that amount today for the same core features. The move to volume-based pricing continues that trajectory. Under the new model, growing your business can trigger rate changes independently of general price increases, which makes long-term cost harder to predict. For a broader comparison of what’s available, see our construction software pricing guide.

Cost Comparison: Buildertrend vs. Projul

Here’s what your annual cost picture looks like with Buildertrend versus Projul at two common company sizes. Because Buildertrend no longer publishes pricing, the Buildertrend column reflects what contractors in those brackets have historically been quoted.

What Projul costs (published, flat-rate)

Core includes estimating, scheduling, job costing, change orders, QuickBooks sync, client portal, and the mobile app with Spanish-language support. Core+ adds selections management, progress billing, advanced reporting, and RFIs. Pro adds WIP reports, custom workflows, and priority support. See the full pricing page for a side-by-side.

What Buildertrend costs (volume-based quote)

You won’t know until you submit the form. What you can anticipate, based on where the volume brackets sit:

• A $500K-999K bracket contractor is quoted at the low end of Buildertrend’s pricing range.
• A $2M-4.99M bracket contractor is quoted in the mid-range.
• A $16M-20.99M bracket contractor is quoted toward the high end.
• A $31M+ bracket contractor typically gets an enterprise quote that is negotiated line by line.

Without published numbers, direct dollar-to-dollar comparison requires you to complete Buildertrend’s intake form, which is the exact friction the new pricing model creates.

Volume-Based Pricing: What It Means for Your Three-Year Cost

The shift to volume-based quotes changes how you should think about Buildertrend’s cost over time. Under the old tier model, your rate was anchored to the features you picked, not the size of your business. Under the new model, your rate is anchored to the bracket you fall into.

Growing into a higher bracket = higher bill

If you sign up at $2M-4.99M in annual volume and grow your company to $5M-7.99M over the next two years, you’ve moved up a bracket. At renewal, Buildertrend’s pricing system is designed to reflect that growth. This is not a rate hike across the board. It’s a rate change tied specifically to your business getting bigger.

For comparison: Projul’s Core plan is $4,788/year whether you’re doing $1M or $10M in annual volume. The rate is flat because the software is the same. You pay for the platform, not for your success.

The Procore comparison

Procore has used volume-based pricing for years. Their customers are typically large commercial GCs doing $20M+ annually, and the pricing model reflects that buyer. Buildertrend adopting the same model signals a move toward the enterprise end of the market, which changes the math for small and mid-size contractors who were their core customer base under the old tier model.

Under Procore-style pricing, the smallest contractors subsidize the cheapest quote tier, mid-size contractors pay mid-range, and enterprise contractors pay the most. It’s designed to capture more revenue from customers who grew on the platform. Whether that’s a good fit depends on whether you want your software bill to scale with your revenue.

What you actually save at three common team sizes

Without published Buildertrend prices, exact comparisons now depend on quote. What we can say confidently:

• At the $1M-1.99M volume bracket, Projul Core at $4,788/year gives you more features (estimating, change orders, job costing, QuickBooks sync) than Buildertrend typically bundles at equivalent low-bracket quotes.
• At the $2M-4.99M volume bracket, Projul Core+ at $7,188/year adds selections, progress billing, and advanced reporting at a flat rate, versus a Buildertrend mid-bracket quote that may match or exceed that number without the same feature depth.
• At the $11M-15.99M volume bracket, Projul Pro at $14,388/year is flat. Buildertrend enterprise quotes at this bracket often exceed that number, and they can continue climbing at renewal as volume grows.

Hidden Costs Contractors Discover After Signing

The subscription price is what gets you in the door. These are the costs that hit you after you have already committed.

Training Time Is Real Money

Buildertrend has a steep learning curve. Multiple reviewers on G2 and Capterra mention it taking weeks or even months to get their teams fully up to speed. For a crew of 15, if each person spends 10 hours learning the system (a conservative estimate based on reviews), that is 150 hours of billable time. At $50/hour loaded labor cost, that is $7,500 in lost productivity before anyone builds anything.

Projul was designed by a contractor specifically to minimize training time. Most field crews are using it productively on day one. The interface is built for people who swing hammers, not people who push mice.

Onboarding Fees Add Up

Buildertrend Boost is “free” with annual contracts, but that free onboarding is limited. If your setup is complex, if you need custom templates migrated, or if your team needs extra hand-holding, expect to pay for additional coaching sessions. Some contractors report spending $500 to $2,000 above the base onboarding getting their system configured the way they actually need it.

With Projul, onboarding is included. Not the stripped-down version. The full version, with a real person who has actually worked in construction walking you through setup, data migration, and template configuration.

Integration Costs Nobody Mentions

Buildertrend integrates with QuickBooks and Xero out of the box. But if you need to connect other tools (your CRM, your takeoff software, your lead sources), you are either paying for Zapier at $20-$70/month or building custom workarounds. Over a year, a Zapier subscription plus the time spent maintaining those connections can easily add $1,000 to $2,000 to your actual software cost.

Annual Price Increases Are the Norm

This is the hidden cost that bites hardest. Buildertrend does not guarantee your renewal rate. Contractors have reported increases of 50-65% at renewal. If you budget $7,188/year for Buildertrend Advanced and your renewal comes in at $10,000+, that is a planning problem you did not see coming.

Ask your Buildertrend rep to put your renewal rate in writing. If they will not, that tells you everything you need to know.

Payment Processing Markups

If you run client payments through Buildertrend, you are paying roughly 2.99% on credit card transactions. On a $300,000 project where the homeowner pays by card, that is $8,970 in processing fees. You can avoid this by using a separate payment processor, but then you lose the convenience of having everything in one system, which was the whole selling point.

When to Switch From Buildertrend

Not every Buildertrend user needs to leave. But if any of these sound familiar, it is time to seriously evaluate your options.

You Are Paying for Features You Do Not Use

This is the most common reason contractors switch. If you are on the Advanced or Complete plan but your team only uses scheduling, daily logs, and time tracking, you are lighting money on fire. Run an honest audit: log in to Buildertrend and look at which features your team actually touched in the last 90 days. If the answer is less than half of what you are paying for, you are overspending.

Your Crew Refuses to Adopt It

The best software in the world is worthless if your guys will not use it. Buildertrend’s interface is powerful but complex. If your field team is still texting you photos instead of logging them in the app, or if your project managers are keeping their own spreadsheets alongside Buildertrend, adoption has failed. That is not a people problem. That is a software problem.

Projul’s mobile app was built for the field. Large buttons, simple workflows, works on any device. Contractors tell us their crews adopt it within a day, not weeks.

Price Increases Made Your Budget Unworkable

If your Buildertrend renewal came in way above what you were paying and the rep will not negotiate, you have two choices: pay the new price or move. Many contractors take the renewal shock as the push they needed to evaluate alternatives they should have looked at years ago.

You Need Better Support

Multiple reviewers mention that Buildertrend support quality has declined since the CoConstruct acquisition. Longer wait times, less personalized help, more canned responses. If you are paying $700-$1,100/month and cannot get a human on the phone when something breaks during a client walk-through, that is a problem.

The Migration Path Is Simpler Than You Think

Switching construction software sounds painful. It does not have to be. Here is the basic path from Buildertrend to Projul:

1. Export what you can. Pull your client contacts, project lists, and any documents you can download from Buildertrend.
2. Book a Projul demo. Our team will walk through your specific workflow and show you exactly how it translates. Schedule your demo here.
3. Onboarding takes days, not months. Projul’s team handles data migration, template setup, and QuickBooks connection. Most teams are fully operational within a week.
4. Keep Buildertrend read-only for a month. Do not cancel right away. Run both systems in parallel for 2-4 weeks so your team can access old project data while new work goes into Projul.
5. Cancel Buildertrend. Once your team is comfortable, pull the trigger.

For a detailed walkthrough, check out our Projul vs Buildertrend comparison.

Buildertrend vs Competitors: 2026 Pricing Comparison

Here is how Buildertrend stacks up against the other major construction management platforms on price and features. All pricing reflects 2026 rates for annual billing where available.

How JobTread Compares

JobTread has gained traction with contractors who want strong financial tracking. Their base price starts at roughly $499/month, but they charge $50 per user per month after your first three users. For a 15-person team, that means $499 + (12 x $50) = $1,099/month, or $13,188/year. That puts JobTread well above both Projul and many Buildertrend quotes for larger teams. JobTread is worth considering if you have a small team of 3-5 and financial tracking is your top priority.

How CoConstruct Compares

CoConstruct is now owned by Buildertrend, so the long-term trajectory of this product is uncertain. As of 2026, CoConstruct still operates as a separate platform with its own pricing, starting around $399/month. But development investment has clearly shifted to Buildertrend. If you are evaluating CoConstruct today, be aware that you are buying into a product that may eventually be sunset or fully merged into Buildertrend. Several former CoConstruct users on Capterra have already reported declining support and slower feature updates since the acquisition.

How Projul Compares

Projul starts at $4,788/year with no per-user fees and includes estimating, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, job costing, invoicing, and QuickBooks integration on every plan. No feature gating behind higher tiers for core functionality. No onboarding fees. No annual price surprises.

The biggest differentiator is not price, though. It is adoption. Projul was built by a contractor who understands that software your crew will not use is software that wastes money. The interface is simple on purpose. The mobile experience is built for the job site. And the support team includes people who have actually run construction projects, not just read about them.

See Projul pricing | Compare Projul vs Buildertrend

Is Buildertrend Worth It? A Real-World Assessment

Here’s our take, and we’ll be straight with you.

Buildertrend makes sense if:

• You’re a production home builder doing 20+ homes per year
• You need client selections, warranty tracking, and service request management
• Your team is large enough (15+) to spread the cost across many projects
• You want a single system from pre-sale to post-close
• You’re okay with a steeper learning curve and longer onboarding period
• Annual revenue is $5M+ and the $800-$1,100/month is a rounding error

Buildertrend probably isn’t worth it if:

• You’re a small to mid-size contractor (under $3M annual revenue)
• You mainly need scheduling, daily logs, time tracking, and basic financials
• Your crew isn’t tech-savvy and you need something they’ll actually use
• You’re paying $500-$1,000/month and only using 20% of the features
• You’re worried about price increases (history says they’re coming)
• You’re a custom home builder or remodeler (multiple reviews say it’s built for production, not custom)

That Reddit post sums it up perfectly: a construction manager paying nearly $1,000/month who only uses daily logs, time clock, files, and leads. That’s paying top dollar for a fraction of the platform. If that sounds like your situation, you’re overspending.

Alternatives to Buildertrend

If Buildertrend’s pricing doesn’t fit your budget, or you’re looking for something simpler that your crew will actually use, here are your options.

Projul (Best Value for Small to Mid-Size Contractors)

Projul was built by a contractor who got tired of software that was either too expensive, too complicated, or both. Starting at $4,788/year with no per-user fees, it includes CRM, estimating, scheduling, time tracking, job costing, invoicing, and QuickBooks integration. No per-user fees. No surprise price hikes. White-glove onboarding included.

Where Projul really stands out is adoption. Your field crew can be using it by lunch on their first day. The mobile app is built for people wearing gloves and standing in the sun. The mobile app is built for people wearing gloves and standing in the sun, not sitting at a desk. And because it’s built by a contractor, the workflows actually match how construction companies operate.

See Projul pricing | Watch a demo

JobTread

Good option for contractors who want strong estimating and financial tracking. Pricing starts lower than Buildertrend but scales with usage. Worth a look if financials are your primary need.

Contractor Foreman

Budget-friendly option starting around $149/month. Covers the basics but lacks the depth of Buildertrend or Projul for growing companies. Good for very small operations.

BuildBook

Designed specifically for remodelers and custom home builders. Lighter weight than Buildertrend. Good if you’re a small remodel company running 2-5 projects at a time. If you’re considering BuildBook, check out our best BuildBook alternatives roundup.

Want to see this in action? Get a live demo of Projul and find out how it fits your workflow.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Buildertrend cost in 2026?

Buildertrend no longer publishes pricing on their website. To get a number, you fill out a multi-step form that asks for your builder type, annual construction volume, implementation timeline, and contact information. A sales rep then provides a custom quote tied to the volume bracket you selected.

Why did Buildertrend stop publishing pricing?

In 2026, Buildertrend shifted from flat-tier pricing to a volume-based custom quote model. The practical effect is that larger contractors pay more, your rate can scale with your revenue at renewal, and you can’t compare total cost against competitors without submitting contact information first.

What are Buildertrend’s volume brackets?

The intake form lists 11 annual construction volume brackets: $0-499K, $500K-999K, $1M-1.99M, $2M-4.99M, $5M-7.99M, $8M-10.99M, $11M-15.99M, $16M-20.99M, $21M-25.99M, $26M-30.99M, and $31M+. Your quote is anchored to the bracket you select.

Does Buildertrend charge per user?

Buildertrend historically did not charge per-user fees. Under the new quote model, what’s included at your quoted price is determined by the sales team rather than published. Projul includes unlimited users with no per-user fees on every plan, with published pricing.

Is there a free version of Buildertrend?

No. Buildertrend does not offer a free plan. Promotional discounts and money-back guarantees have historically been available but must be confirmed during the sales process.

Has Buildertrend raised prices?

Yes, significantly. Contractors have reported price increases of 50-65% in single renewal cycles under the old tier model. The platform originally launched with entry pricing around $99-$199/month and climbed to $399-$1,099/month before the 2026 shift to volume-based pricing. Under the new model, renewals can reflect revenue growth, not just general rate increases.

Does your Buildertrend bill go up as your business grows?

With the volume-based quote model, yes. Growing into a higher volume bracket is a signal Buildertrend’s pricing system is designed to respond to. Renewals can reflect revenue growth, not just feature upgrades. Projul’s flat-rate pricing does not change with your revenue.

Is Buildertrend good for small contractors?

Under the old tier model, the entry price was hard to justify for contractors under $2-3M in annual volume. Under the new model, smaller contractors see quotes at the low end of the bracket scale, but without published numbers you have to go through the sales process to find out. Alternatives like Projul publish pricing starting at $4,788/year with the same rate regardless of your construction volume.

Can I export my data from Buildertrend?

This is a known problem. At least one Capterra reviewer reported that Buildertrend does not offer bulk data export, forcing them to continue paying for access to historical project records even after they stopped actively using the platform. Ask about data portability before you sign up.

How does Buildertrend compare to Projul on price?

Projul’s Core plan is $4,788/year, published on the website, and the same rate regardless of your annual construction volume. Buildertrend’s price is whatever their sales team quotes you after you submit the intake form, anchored to your volume bracket. For a growing contractor, the Projul rate stays flat over time. The Buildertrend rate can move with your revenue.

Ready to leave Buildertrend behind? See our complete guide to switching from Buildertrend to Projul for a step-by-step migration plan.

Last updated: April 2026. Pricing information sourced from Buildertrend’s website, third-party review sites, and contractor forums. Prices may vary based on quote, volume bracket, contract terms, and negotiations. Contact Projul for current pricing.