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Buildertrend vs Knowify Comparison (2026)

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Buildertrend

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Knowify

Overview

Buildertrend is a construction project management software designed to help home builders, remodelers and specialty contractors manage jobs, sales, finances, client relationships and more on one convenient platform. The software offers a range of features, such as scheduling, financial management, communication toolsnd more.

For HVAC commercial subs looking to run a more productive business. Seamless job management with invoicing, job costing, and more.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

99

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.5

2.4K

5

4

3

2

1

1.7K

590

110

31

15

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
84%
would recommend this app

4.5

110

5

4

3

2

1

67

34

9

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
76%
would recommend this app

Pros

“It makes scheduling, communication, budgeting, and document sharing easy in one platform, helping construction projects stay organized and on track.”
NC

Nikki C.

PERMIT TECHNICIAN

“By introducing Buildertrend, our labour force was able to enter all of their daily logs, expenses, and project updates all from their phone, which resulted in fewer lost documents, more daily awareness from all teams, and more than 30 hours saved in manual data entry and filing time for the administrative team.”
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Salina T.

Operations Coordinator

“Client updates feature is very popular with our clients and the AI feature to pull photos and generate a summary for the client is gold.”
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Julieann L.

Office manager

Pros

“ie. if we have Electrical Rough in and Schedule Electrician A and we also have phase Electrical Top out it will not automatically pull the electrician into that phase meaning there is a lot of time input to make sure the schedules are correct. ]”
TC

Taylor C.

Managing Partner

“It keeps all document numbers in order, helped with professionalism and allowed us to spend more time bidding jobs instead of on spreadsheets.”
EK

Erica K.

Chief of Admin

“The resource board is a little complicated since our project have mutliple phases that the subcontractors are responsible for and when scheduled on one item they do not go over into other phases.”
TC

Taylor C.

Managing Partner

Cons

“This is quiet an expensive software for a small company to manage, and I found their sales team to be a bit pushy regarding add-ons even though we frequently reminded them that the add-ons were not applicable to our business, either due to structure or size, and out of price range.”
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Salina T.

Operations Coordinator

“I’ve been a long-time Buildertrend user, and while the software itself is fine and generally works as advertised, I’ve run into a major issue that anyone considering this platform should be aware of: it’s extremely difficult to export your information if you ever decide to leave.”
RT

Rob T.

Owner

“They also make it incredibly difficult to retrieve your information and export it out if you cancel.”
RT

Rob T.

Owner

Cons

“The inability to have multiple templates for proposals and also not being able to edit or change the proposal template without contacting knowify's it team.”
MS

Marie S.

Business Manager

“The bill approval integration with QB is annoying. When the bill is input into knowify it only allows the option to sync with QB or not PRIOR to the approval or rejection.”
TC

Taylor C.

Managing Partner

“The submittal process is not ideal, the flow is difficult to manage and it is lacking some functionality that would be nice to help manage the submittal process.”
GL

Geni L.

Business Manager

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review6 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa month ago

Key features

  • Total features180
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Add & Edit Photos
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Approval Process Control
  • Approval Workflow
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Bid Management
  • Billable Items Tracking
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Bills of Material
  • Budget Control
  • Budget Management
  • Budget Tracking
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Calendar/Reminder System
  • Cash Management
  • Catalog Management
  • Change Order Management
  • Chatbot
  • Client Management
  • Client Portal
  • Client Tracking
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Commercial
  • Commercial/Industrial
  • Communication Management
  • Communications Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Construction Breakdowns
  • Contact Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Contractor Database
  • Contractor Management
  • Cost Database
  • Cost Estimating
  • Cost Tracking
  • Cost-to-Completion Tracking
  • Customer Database
  • Customer Management
  • Customer Portal
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Debit/Credit Card Processing
  • Dispatch Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Documentation Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electrical Estimating
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Templates
  • Employee Management
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Estimating
  • Expense Tracking
  • File Sharing
  • File Storage
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • For AEC Industry
  • For Commercial and/or Industrial Electrical Contractors
  • For Plumbing Industry
  • For Remodelers
  • For Residential
  • Forecasting
  • Forms Creation & Design
  • Forms Management
  • GPS
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • General Ledger
  • Generative AI
  • HVAC Estimating
  • Historical Database
  • Idea Management
  • Incident Reporting
  • Inspection Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Issue Management
  • Job Costing
  • Job Management
  • Job Scheduling
  • Job Tracking
  • Kanban Board
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Labor Cost Reporting
  • Lead Management
  • Location Tracking
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Materials Management
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Signature Capture
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multiple Projects
  • Multiple User Accounts
  • Offline Access
  • Online Payments
  • Online Time Clock
  • Order Management
  • Overrun Reporting
  • Payment Collection in the Field
  • Payment Processing
  • Payroll Management
  • Percent-Complete Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Permit Management
  • Photo Capture
  • Plumbing Estimating
  • Portfolio Management
  • Price/Margin Management
  • Pricing Management
  • Pricing and Cost Calculations
  • Production Cost Tracking
  • Productivity Tools
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Accounting
  • Project Billing
  • Project Estimating
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project Planning/Scheduling
  • Project Scheduling
  • Project Templates
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Project Tracking
  • Projections
  • Proposal Generation
  • Proposal Management
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Qualification Tracking
  • QuickBooks Integration
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • RFI & Submittals
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Recurring Tasks
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Remote Support
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Rescheduling
  • Resource Management
  • Risk Management
  • Sales Pipeline Management
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Service History
  • Staff Calendar
  • Status Tracking
  • Subcontractor Management
  • Subcontractor Monitoring
  • Summary Reports
  • Supplier Management
  • Takeoff
  • Task Management
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Task Scheduling
  • Team Collaboration
  • Team Management
  • Technician Management
  • Template Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Tracking
  • Time Tracking by Client
  • Time Tracking by Project
  • Timer
  • Timesheet Management
  • Traditional Methodologies
  • User Management
  • Vendor Management
  • What-if Analysis
  • Work Order Management
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features146
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Add & Edit Photos
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Approval Process Control
  • Approval Workflow
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Bid Management
  • Billable Items Tracking
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Bills of Material
  • Budget Control
  • Budget Management
  • Budget Tracking
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Calendar/Reminder System
  • Cash Management
  • Catalog Management
  • Change Order Management
  • Chatbot
  • Client Management
  • Client Portal
  • Client Tracking
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Commercial
  • Commercial/Industrial
  • Communication Management
  • Communications Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Construction Breakdowns
  • Contact Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Contractor Database
  • Contractor Management
  • Cost Database
  • Cost Estimating
  • Cost Tracking
  • Cost-to-Completion Tracking
  • Customer Database
  • Customer Management
  • Customer Portal
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Debit/Credit Card Processing
  • Dispatch Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Documentation Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electrical Estimating
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Templates
  • Employee Management
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Estimating
  • Expense Tracking
  • File Sharing
  • File Storage
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • For AEC Industry
  • For Commercial and/or Industrial Electrical Contractors
  • For Plumbing Industry
  • For Remodelers
  • For Residential
  • Forecasting
  • Forms Creation & Design
  • Forms Management
  • GPS
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • General Ledger
  • Generative AI
  • HVAC Estimating
  • Historical Database
  • Idea Management
  • Incident Reporting
  • Inspection Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Issue Management
  • Job Costing
  • Job Management
  • Job Scheduling
  • Job Tracking
  • Kanban Board
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Labor Cost Reporting
  • Lead Management
  • Location Tracking
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Materials Management
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Signature Capture
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multiple Projects
  • Multiple User Accounts
  • Offline Access
  • Online Payments
  • Online Time Clock
  • Order Management
  • Overrun Reporting
  • Payment Collection in the Field
  • Payment Processing
  • Payroll Management
  • Percent-Complete Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Permit Management
  • Photo Capture
  • Plumbing Estimating
  • Portfolio Management
  • Price/Margin Management
  • Pricing Management
  • Pricing and Cost Calculations
  • Production Cost Tracking
  • Productivity Tools
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Accounting
  • Project Billing
  • Project Estimating
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project Planning/Scheduling
  • Project Scheduling
  • Project Templates
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Project Tracking
  • Projections
  • Proposal Generation
  • Proposal Management
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Qualification Tracking
  • QuickBooks Integration
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • RFI & Submittals
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Recurring Tasks
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Remote Support
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Rescheduling
  • Resource Management
  • Risk Management
  • Sales Pipeline Management
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Service History
  • Staff Calendar
  • Status Tracking
  • Subcontractor Management
  • Subcontractor Monitoring
  • Summary Reports
  • Supplier Management
  • Takeoff
  • Task Management
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Task Scheduling
  • Team Collaboration
  • Team Management
  • Technician Management
  • Template Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Tracking
  • Time Tracking by Client
  • Time Tracking by Project
  • Timer
  • Timesheet Management
  • Traditional Methodologies
  • User Management
  • Vendor Management
  • What-if Analysis
  • Work Order Management
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations7
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Gusto
  • HubSpot CRM
  • PaySimple
  • Pipedrive
  • PlanSwift
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • QuickBooks Time
  • Salesforce Platform
  • Square Payments
  • Xero
  • Zapier
  • Total integrations8
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Gusto
  • HubSpot CRM
  • PaySimple
  • Pipedrive
  • PlanSwift
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • QuickBooks Time
  • Salesforce Platform
  • Square Payments
  • Xero
  • Zapier

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