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Sitewise vs Buildertrend: Beyond Residential, Beyond Basic

Buildertrend works great for home builders. But if you do commercial work, need real job costing, or want a mobile app that doesn't crash—you need something more.

Quick Comparison Table

The Commercial Work Gap

Buildertrend Is Built For Home Builders. What If You Do More?

Buildertrend does residential construction well—custom homes, remodels, additions. But if your business includes commercial projects, service work, or anything beyond residential, you’ll quickly hit limitations.

Sitewise handles residential and commercial projects with the same system. Manage a kitchen remodel in the morning and a commercial buildout in the afternoon—same workflows, same job costing, same reporting. No workarounds required.

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Job Costing Feature Sitewise Buildertrend
Real-time cost tracking ✓ ✗ Delayed
Budget vs. actual alerts ✓ ✗
Phase-level P&L ✓ ✗ Limited
Cost code tracking ✓ ✗
WIP reporting ✓ ✗
Historical cost database ✓ ✗ Limited
Job Costing That Actually Works

Know Your Real Profitability, Not Just Basic Tracking

Buildertrend offers basic job costing, but users consistently report it lacks the depth needed to truly understand profitability. You can track costs, but real-time budget vs. actual analysis? Automatic alerts when you’re going over? Comprehensive P&L by project phase? That’s where Buildertrend falls short.

Sitewise provides real-time job costing that aggregates labor, materials, equipment, and overhead automatically. See profitability updating as work happens—not weeks later when you’re reconciling spreadsheets.

QuickBooks Integration That Works

top Fighting Your Accounting Integration

Buildertrend’s QuickBooks integration is described by users as “very basic and locked to one user.” If you have multiple people touching financials, you’ll run into problems.

Sitewise provides reliable two-way sync with QuickBooks Online. Customers, invoices, payments, and costs flow automatically. Multiple users can work simultaneously without sync conflicts.

Service Work Capability

What If You Do Service Work Too?

Many contractors do both project work and service calls—a kitchen remodel one day, a service call the next. Buildertrend isn’t designed for service work at all. You’d need a separate system.

Sitewise handles projects and service in one platform. Dispatch technicians to service calls, manage maintenance agreements, and run construction projects—all from the same system your whole team uses.

Mobile App Reality

A Mobile App Your Field Team Will Actually Use

Buildertrend’s mobile app is one of its most complained-about features. Users report it “often crashes or refuses to load and offers limited features,” forcing them to use mobile web browsers instead.

Sitewise mobile was built for the field from day one. Full offline capability means it works in basements, rural areas, and anywhere else cell signal doesn’t reach. No crashes. No “please try again later.” Your crews can complete work orders, track time, capture photos, and get signatures—even with zero connectivity.

FAQs

Is Sitewise good for residential construction?
Yes. We have templates and workflows designed for residential work—remodels, additions, custom homes. The difference is we also handle commercial and service work if you need it.
How does pricing compare?
Buildertrend prices by company ($99-499/month depending on plan), while Sitewise prices per user ($89-139/user/month). For small teams, Buildertrend may be cheaper. For teams over 5-10 users, Sitewise often comes out ahead—especially when you factor in the capabilities gap.
Can I migrate from Buildertrend?
Yes. We can import your customer data, project history, and templates. Most migrations complete within a day.
What about the customer portal?
Both platforms offer customer portals. Sitewise includes project visibility, document sharing, change order approvals, and invoice access.
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