Compare MySmartPlans and PlanGrid - Jul 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - MySmartPlans or PlanGrid?

MySmartPlans is more expensive to implement (TCO) than PlanGrid, and PlanGrid is rated higher (98/100) than MySmartPlans (81/100). PlanGrid offers users more features (5) than MySmartPlans (0). There is a clear winner in this case and it is PlanGrid!

Looking for the right Construction solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Marathon Digital Services Vs. PlanGrid

Marathon Digital Services: MySmartPlans was developed by a group of industry professionals that battled the status quo of trying to manage all of the project information needs with expensive and complicated software tools, unorganized SharePoint sites and paper. Lots of paper. Paper, emails, FTP sites, Planrooms, and complicated and expensive enterprise-wide solutions were n...

PlanGrid: Founded in 2011 by two pairs of construction engineers and computer scientists, PlanGrid brings beautiful, intuitive software solutions to the construction industry. Today, hundreds of thousands of construction professionals build their buildings and infrastructure using PlanGrid.

Who is more expensive? MySmartPlans or PlanGrid?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Construction software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for MySmartPlans and PlanGrid.

MySmartPlans accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 MySmartPlans is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Construction software. PlanGrid price starts at $39 per user/month , When comparing PlanGrid to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Construction software cost.

Bottom line: MySmartPlans cost is around the same cost of PlanGrid.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared MySmartPlans Vs. PlanGrid based on some of the most important and required Construction features.

MySmartPlans: We are still working to collect the list of features for MySmartPlans.

PlanGrid: Mobile Access, Collaboration, Document Management, Issue Tracking, Task Management.

Target customer size

MySmartPlans's typical customers include: SMBs, and PlanGrid's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.