A Buildertrend alternative with the price on the page.

Looking for a Buildertrend alternative? Groundflag runs the schedule, change orders, budget, daily logs and invoices for remodelers and small builders at $149 a month for the whole company, month to month. Buildertrend is built for residential builders with volume and quotes its price; below is what it costs, where it is stronger, and the other alternatives worth a look.

Where Buildertrend is strong

Buildertrend is one of the most complete tools for residential construction: schedules, selections, customer and sub portals, and financials, with 2,487 reviews averaging 4.5 on Capterra. It connects to QuickBooks Online and Desktop, Xero, Sage Intacct and Gusto. If you build custom homes at volume and need deep selection workflows with vendor imports, it goes further than Groundflag today.

What changed at Buildertrend in 2026

On September 29, 2026 Buildertrend announced AI Submittals, AI Bill Capture, AI Client Updates and AI Plans, plus stronger financial workflows for high-volume and complex builds. Groundflag reads a bill with AI too (Bill Capture, live in production since October 19, 2026), drafts an estimate from a scope you type, and the foreman dictates the daily log. AI Client Updates and AI Plans have no Groundflag equivalent today; the CoConstruct builder migration is still under way, so an existing CoConstruct account is a Buildertrend account now.

What it costs, and what reviews say about that

Buildertrend quotes its price instead of publishing it. The quote data on its own pricing page (archived February 2026) listed Essential at $499 a month, Advanced at $799 and Complete at $1,099 month to month, with a one-year minimum term and paid support tiers of $100 or $300 a month. A review by Connecteam reports quotes of $9,000 to $14,000 a year for a builder doing $1 to 5 million.

Its Capterra reviews say it plainly: "The cost is pretty high." Others write about getting their data out: "No simple or bulk way to download years of data."

How Groundflag is different

• A price you can read.

  Crew is $149 a month, Pro $199 and Business $299, for the whole company, every user included. Month to month, cancel in the app, 30 days free with no card.

• Spanish and Portuguese on every screen.

  We found no Spanish interface in Buildertrend. In Groundflag each person works in English, Spanish or Portuguese.

• Change orders the client signs.

  The client approves a change order online with their name and consent; the contract, budget and next invoice update with it.

• The daily log by voice.

  The foreman taps a button and talks; Groundflag drafts the log for them to sign.

What Groundflag does not do yet

Selections are new and simple: options with photos and prices against an allowance, the client picks and signs on the portal, and going over drafts the change order. There are no vendor imports or selection comments yet. The client portal also covers estimates, contracts, change orders, invoices, payments and files, and progress billing works today. The Android app is on Google Play; on iPhone, Groundflag runs in the browser for now.

Other Buildertrend alternatives and competitors

Builders who compare Buildertrend usually look at a few more tools. Each one fits a different shop, and each has its own side-by-side page with sources:

• JobTread.

  Strong estimating, budgets and job costing, with a 4.9 average on Capterra; it charges for each office user.

• Contractor Foreman.

  A long feature list at a lower price than Buildertrend; its plans are set by how many users you have.

• Houzz Pro.

  Made for design-build and remodelers who sell with mood boards, 3D and selections.

• CoConstruct.

  Buildertrend bought it in February 2021 and is moving its builders over, so it is not a separate choice any more.

• Groundflag.

  One published price for the whole company, every screen in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and a daily log by voice.

Side by side

Questions

Sources

• Buildertrend pricing page (archived), checked on February 28, 2026
• Buildertrend reviews on Capterra, checked on October 14, 2026
• Buildertrend review by Connecteam, checked on September 2, 2026
• Buildertrend marketplace, checked on October 14, 2026
• Buildertrend on the App Store, checked on October 14, 2026
• Buildertrend acquires CoConstruct (press release), checked on February 24, 2021
• Buildertrend expands its platform with AI and financial tools (press release), checked on September 29, 2026

Keep reading

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• Contractor Foreman alternativeLooking for a Contractor Foreman alternative? What its 836 Capterra reviews say, what its plans cost, and Groundflag at $149 a month with every user included.
• Houzz Pro alternativeHouzz Pro next to Groundflag: what Houzz Pro does better for design and selections, and where Groundflag runs the field, the schedule and the job money.
• CoConstruct replacementLooking for a CoConstruct alternative? What the official migration to Buildertrend says, the dates, and the other tools builders compare.
• Schedule with GanttA Gantt schedule on every job: dependencies with lag, working days, critical path, a baseline, one-tap rain days, a 21-day lookahead and MS Project files.
• Client portalYour clients get a portal at your company's address: approve estimates and change orders, sign contracts, pay invoices, send messages and share files.
• Job costing and change ordersBudget, committed and actual by cost code on every job, forecast and margin, overrun alerts, and change orders the client signs online.
• Estimates and invoicesCreate itemized construction estimates, let clients review and accept online, request a deposit, and turn accepted line items into the job budget by cost code.

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