BuilderTREND Pricing - why 2/10?

ITQlick Score:	97/100
ITQlick Rating:	(4.5/5)
Pricing:	2/10 - low cost
Category:	Construction -> BuilderTREND -> BuilderTREND pricing
Ranking:	Ranked 3 out of 443 Construction systems
Company:	BUILDERTREND SOLUTIONS, INC.
Pricing:	starts at $99 per month
Typical customers:	Small, medium and large size businesses
Platforms:	Desktop, Mobile, Cloud
Links:	BuilderTREND review, BuilderTREND alternatives

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Shlomi Lavi / Nov 14, 2021

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What is BuilderTREND's cost rating? (2/10)

BuilderTREND has two license pricing plans; the Core Plan and the Pro plan. The Core plan starts from $99 per month and $299 per month after 2 months for the monthly payment, while it is priced at $2,399 per year on the yearly payment. The Pro plan starts from $299 per month and $499 after 2 months for the monthly payment, while it is priced $4,199 per year on the yearly payment.

The construction software is cost-rated 1/5 by experts in the construction industry (where 1 is low-cost and 5 is high-cost). This indicates that BuilderTREND is a low-cost construction software.

When comparing BuilderTREND to its competitors, on a scale between 1 to 10, BuilderTREND is rated 2, which is less expensive than the average Construction software cost, read the article below in order to calculate the total cost of ownership (TCO), which includes: customization, data migration, training, hardware, maintenance, upgrades, and more.

Construction Software Price Ranges

Most construction software in the market are priced on a per-user, per-month basis, although the terms are flexible, depending on the need of an organization. The price points for construction software can be divided into three tiers, and the price ranges for each respective tier are $0 to $20, $20 to $100, and $100 above. For instance, FINALCAD pricing starts from $55 per user monthly, EZOfficeInventory pricing from $35 per user monthly, and Adoddle costs about $25 per user monthly.

Meanwhile, some construction software are priced per year, while others have perpetual licenses that can be bought with a one-time fee. For example, ConstructionOnline is priced at $2,400 per year and Contactors Office cost price is around $700 per year.

In addition, construction software vendors adjust their prices to fit different business sizes, while others specifically serve some business sizes.

Small Businesses can expect to pay between $5 to $15 for a construction software product. This price range is for the entry-level offerings for small businesses as found on some vendors websites. For example, OpenProject BIM Edition pricing starts from around $5 per user monthly, Site Diary from $10 per user monthly, and PayPanter from $29 per month for two user accounts.
Medium Businesses can expect to pay prices that fall between $20 to $45 for a business software. The number of users on each given package can also influence the price of this software. For example, Praesto AE pricing starts from $35 per month, BrickControl from $29 per user monthly, and Pruvan cost price falls around $35 per month.
Large Businesses can expect to pay between $120 to $350 and $350 to $1,500 for a construction software per month, although many vendors do not disclose their pricing and would rather have an understanding of the need of a large organization to conclude on pricing. Sometimes, the offering for large businesses usually includes more than one user account. For example, ImproveIt 360 cost price starts from around $150 per month, Onware pricing sits around $500 per month and Aidi from $1,200 per month for unlimited users and projects.

Construction software best of breeds and their price ranges are as follows:

Construction CRM Software The pricing for most construction CRM software in the market are set on a per user, per month basis. The price ranges are between $12 and $50 upwards. For instance, Projul pricing starts from around $50 per month, JobNimbus from $25 per user monthly, and Project SaleArchiver from around $47 per month. These price ranges correlate mostly with the starting offerings from each vendor; thus, premium or enterprise plans with more features will cost more, depending on the number of users.
Architecture Software The price ranges for architecture software in the market usually fall between the range of $100 to $500, $500 to $2500, and $2,500 upwards and they are set on a per-user, per-month basis. For example, SketchUp pricing starts from around $300 per user yearly, Revit from $3,000 per user yearly, and nanoCAD costs about $150 per user, per year.
Construction Accounting Software Most construction accounting products have perpetual licenses that can be bought with one-time fees. However, there are others with monthly plans. The price ranges for perpetual licences are $3,000 to $6,000 and $6,000 to $35,000. For example, STRUCTURE costs around $17,000, Jonas Enterprise around $30,000, and Ventus cost price is up to $5,000. On the other hand, CoreCon, for example, is a construction accounting software which costs $60 per month.
Construction Estimating Software Construction companies can expect to pay within the price ranges of $80 to $180, $180 to $1,200, and $1,200 above for a construction estimating software. Most products are priced per year. For example, RsMeans Data Online pricing starts from $240 per year, ProEst from $5,000 per year, and Square Takeoff from $800 per user yearly.
Home Builder Software Most home builder products in the market are priced on a per user, per month basis. The price ranges are $25 to $60, $60 to $150, and $150 above per month. For example, Cedreo pricing starts from $79 per user monthly, Contactor Foreman from $50 per user monthly, and BuildTools from $200 per month for three user accounts.

What is the cost breakdown of Construction implementation?

When it comes to selecting Construction tools, buyers are primarily concerned about the cost. In fact, it is the cost that determines whether a potential buyer would go with the product. True, there is no one-size-fits-all formula to determine the “worth” of a business application, but as a software buyer, you want to make sure you get the best value for your money, without having to dig a big hole in your pocket.

Understanding the exact price of a Construction system isn't easy as the overall cost of software includes the cost of a license, subscription fees, training, customization, hardware, maintenance, support, and other related services. It's essential to take into account all of these costs to gain an understanding of the system's "total cost of ownership."

What are the typical Construction pricing models?

There are primarily three common pricing models – Perpetual License, Subscription, and Commercial Open Source.

Subscription/Software-As-A-Service: - Relevant for BuilderTREND
Under this pricing model, the system is accessed over the internet, as opposed to installed on-premises. The payment is made either on a per user basis or subscription basis. Ideally, customers are required to pay a recurring monthly fee until a specific period for using the tool. Subscription pricing model is more common with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) apps.
Upfront cost for customization and integration is less compared to perpetual license cost because there is not much flexibility with SaaS systems in this area.
Recurring cost is greater as customers are required to make monthly payments as a subscription fee. Additionally customers using premium support services must pay an extra fee.
All in all, the total cost of ownership in the both cases is almost the same and may span over a period of 7-10 years, though you may have to pay a higher perpetual license fee upfront. The total cost may vary from starter to mid range to enterprise level apps in both cases.
Perpetual license: - Relevant for BuilderTREND
A common pricing model for on-premise applications, perpetual license requires a customer to pay an upfront sum to own the tool or other intellectual property on-premises for a fixed term.
Upfront cost involves the fee for installation, customization, and integration with existing systems, besides perpetual license fee.
Recurring cost is low in this pricing model and may include the cost for updates, maintenance, upgrades, and patches. Some vendors do offer premium support services, which come for an extra price.
Commercial open source: Not relevant for BuilderTREND
The customer can acquire the system free of cost without having to incur any upfront license fee. As a customer, you’re solely responsible for the ongoing maintenance, upgrading, customization, and troubleshooting of the application to meet your specific needs. You are on your own for providing end-user support, since you are not locked in with a vendor-supplied system solution.

How much would it cost to customize BuilderTREND? (and is it relevant)

If you need specific features in your system catering to your specific business requirements, the vendor will charge customization cost, depending on your needs and feature requirement. Ideally customization cost is more complex to calculate compared to licensing cost.

Some apps allow you to easily combine data from multiple sources, without any complicated query requirements, while some others can be embedded into different applications to provide enhanced reporting. If you seek products that support customizable dashboards and predictive analysis to identity possible trends and facilitate decision making, you may have to pay higher for all the customization features.

Additionally, the following factors may affect the cost of customization:

User interface changes
Configurable dashboards
Data elements required for tracking
Forms to collect additional data
Dashboard, management and operational reports that are needed.
Workflows and how complex they are
Forms to collect additional data

Here are some questions to answer: How much customization is needed? How many systems do you want to integrate to? Does your company work like industry standards or does it have its own customized processes? What kind of special reports are needed?

In order to calculate the cost of customization you can use the following estimates:

Minimal customization - integrate with 1-2 systems: $2,500
Standard customization - integrate with 3-5 systems: $10,000
Fully customized system - integrate with more than 5 systems: $25,000

Cost of data migration when migrating to BuilderTREND? Relevant for BuilderTREND

Most companies opt for data migration services from a vendor, which raises the cost of product ownership. If you choose to transfer data on your own, you can avoid paying the cost of data migration.
Data migration cost depends on the amount of data to be transferred, your current software, availability of migration tools, complexity of data, and gaps between the existing system and the new system.

If your data is stored in Excel spreadsheets, then it may incur you a lot of time and money to migrate data from Excel.
By involving a business services provider in data migration, you are asking them to offer additional services, for which you may have to pay extra.

As a rule of thumb the cost of data migration depends on how many records you want to migrate. Records can include the number of customers, invoices, financial transactions, products, versions, etc. Here is a list you can use as a rule of thumb:

1,000 records: $500
10,000 records: $2,500
100,000 records: $10,000
1,000,000+ records: $25,000

What is the cost of training for BuilderTREND? Relevant for BuilderTREND

As a buyer, you are required to pay extra for in-person training, though some vendors offer web-based solutions as part of the package. The cost may involve end-user training, video/self, group, department, and training the super users.

The cost is mainly derived from the approach that you select for your organization:

End-user training
Group/Department
Video /self
Train the trainer/super user

Here are some questions to answer: How many groups (different departments, usages, type of users) are needed?

In order to calculate the cost you can use the following estimates:

1-2 Sessions: $500
3-4 Sessions: $1,500
5-7 Sessions: $2,500
8-10 Sessions: $5,000

How BuilderTREND pricing compares to alternative Construction solutions?

When comparing BuilderTREND to alternative systems, on a scale between 1 to 10 BuilderTREND is rated 2, which is less expensive than the average Construction cost.

BuilderTREND competes with some of the top construction industry softwares, and the closest alternatives are Buildxact, Projul, and Jobnimbus. Here are how these systems compare in essential aspects:

Functionality: BuilderTREND has many features, and some of these features are Bid Requests, Estimates and Proposals, Leads / CRM, Email Marketing, Scheduling, ToDo Lists, Storing Documents and Photos, etc. Compared to its alternatives, Jobnimbus lacks the Plan Markup feature found in BuilderTREND. Projul has the Employee Time Tracking feature lacking in BuilderTREND but does not have the Plan Markup feature found in BuilderTREND.
Customers/Industries: BuilderTREND and Buildxact target the general home builders and contractors industry, Jobnimbus targets Roofing, Construction, Restoration, Remodeling, Solar, Painting, Flooring, Window & Door, Fence, Landscaping, Deck & Patio. Projul targets the Concrete, Drywall, Electrical, Glass, HVAC, Homebuilding, Painting, Plumbing, Remodeling, Roofing, Tile or any other special contracting.
Cost: In terms of Cost, BuilderTREND has a license price starting at $99 per month. Compared to its close alternatives, Buildxact has a license price starting at $149 per month, Projul has a license price starting from $149 per month, and the Jobnimbus team did not publicly publish the pricing plan of the software.
Cloud-based/On-premise: All the construction softwares are cloud-based.
Scalability: BuilderTREND, Jobnimbus, and Buildxact are designed to scale construction companies from small teams handling small projects to a large team handling a large number of projects. Projul is designed for only 5-50 teams.
Support: BuilderTREND, Builderxact, and Jobnimbus have the Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, and Chat support without the 24/7 (Live Rep) support. Projul has all the support channels.

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Author

Shlomi Lavi

Shlomi holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information System Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 15 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant, and implementation expert for small, medium and large size (global) companies.