Learn how the construction RFI
helps home builders avoid costly errors.
Stop Wasting Valuable Time on Unprofitable Jobs
Buildxact is construction budgeting software designed to help residential building pros, like you, grow a profitable business.
Drive Long-Term Growth with Key Financial Insights
You need more than estimating software—you need a complete set of software tools uniquely designed for residential builders and contractors. Successful builders avoid budget-busting projects. Future profit relies on estimated costs measuring up against actual costs.
Ditch complex financial processes
Stop double-handling the export and import of financial data with construction budgets built directly from estimated costings.
Stay on target with color-coded budget management
Know what tasks are running over budget with a simple glance. Stay on budget when you have cost information while there's still time to act.
Take advantage of two-way accounting sync
Buildxact offers integrations with major accounting software like Quickbooks and Xero so entering income and expenses is less hassle.
Hear from our customers
“Getting started with Buildxact was actually intuitive because it’s set up in a way that you would follow in real life. It’s all right there, and there’s tutorials to step you through.”
“We found Buildxact has played a huge role in setting us apart and just helping us win projects. The ability to quote accurately and quickly and present it really well just stands out."
“My life prior to Buildxact was all work—no life. I was easily spending 30 to 40 hours per week, on top of a normal 40-hour work week trying to create estimates.”
“My life before Buildxact involved juggling multiple software tools, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs. Now, everything is in one location, and managing projects has become significantly easier.”
“We were looking for a tool to simplify everything for us, and that’s exactly the role Buildxact took on. Buildxact swooped in and saved the day.”
“My accountant loves it because all she has to do is review the bottom line number, so across the board we’ve become more efficient."
Simplify Financial Records with Buildxact Timesheets
- Use our mobile app, Buildxact Onsite, to connect with project teams across multiple devices. Schedule and update task lists direct from the job site.
- With Buildxact Onsite, team members record daily start and finish times by project, category and task.
- Admin staff use Buildxact to check and approve entries to generate work orders that are then paid to the correct category and task.
- All activity tracks back to the project’s overall budget for easy financial tracking.
Know Your Numbers With Simple Construction Budgeting Software
- With Buildxact, create accurate estimates with smart tools that benefit your budgeting. Tasks and their costs populate budget reports without copying and pasting formulas.
- Add material and contractor labor costs based on project location to ensure project estimates and budgets achieve targeted profit margins.
- Make estimates more accurate with real-time pricing from your favorite dealer. Because real-time prices are updated with the click of a button, your business sees improved financial performance.
- Moving to Buildxact is easy as estimate templates you saved using common spreadsheets upload to Buildxact. Past estimates benefit future work—it’s that simple.
Purchase and Work Orders
Make a Complete Financial Picture
- Buildxact is a platform that meets all your needs. Create vendor purchase orders direct from your estimate. There’s no double-handling of data.
- Because Buildxact is cloud-based software, you can submit material orders and RFQs anytime, from anywhere that has an internet connection.
- Clearly track your internal labor and equipment costs with work orders. Work orders process the same way as purchase orders to keep it simple.
All the Tools for Total Project Management
Buildxact offers an entire platform of digital tools for comprehensive home construction management. Save time on bid requests with efficient takeoffs, estimates, schedules and invoices. Buildxact makes construction project management easy with templates, real-time pricing and AI-tech via Buildxact’s Blu Building Assistant.
Faster Takeoffs
Automatically generate takeoffs, bills of quantities, and instantly add costing information to your bid letter. Just upload your PDF plans, then measure and price your jobs with a few easy clicks. No plans? No problem with Rendr mobile 3D scanning.
More Accurate
Complete accurate estimates with real-time prices and item information directly from dealers’ price lists. Do your estimates wherever, whenever you need to get work done.
More Professional
Quickly turn your estimates into sharp-looking bids and invoices, using templates personalized with your logo, specifications, and PC/PS breakdowns.
More Efficient
Generate schedules automatically from your estimates. Identify critical paths. Adjust automatically when pushbacks occur. Save more time by keeping subcontractors in the loop via email and text.
Easy to integrate
Your Buildxact information flows straight into your accounting and management software. Integrations with Xero, Quickbooks, Deputy and other software steps you through each project phase, from takeoff through billing.
Support
Get the support you need. Our friendly team of experts are available to answer any question. We also offer interactive workshops, on-demand training webinars, a rich knowledge base of FAQs and tips and 1:1 consultation.
A simple monthly payment includes customer support, training and upgrades.
Discover all the capabilities Buildxact has to offer
Win more work
Manage the build
Track finances
FAQs
Our three subscription options come with unlimited users and free training and support. Buildxact has designed all three levels to fit the exact needs of custom builders and remodelers as they grow their skills using construction management software.
Foundation – this subscription allows small builders to quickly learn how easy estimating and customer communication can be with digital tools. Perform takeoffs and project estimates for greater accuracy, connect with local material dealers for real-time pricing, and use optional AI task-level calculations so estimating accurately takes no time at all.
Pro –this option is perfect for growing builders who are focused on estimating and bidding jobs as well as scheduling work and setting project budgets. Included with Pro:
- GANTT Charts for scheduling
- Buildxact Onsite mobile app
- Online contractor RFQs
- Online Client Portal with Digital Selections
- Accounting software integrations with Xero and Quickbooks
- Paid add-on bundles with AI-powered tools for takeoffs and estimating
Master – experts in all phases of construction project management have a sophisticated subscription level all their own. All features from Foundation and Pro are combined and available at one price, including the full Blu Building Assistant suite of AI digital tools:
- Blu: Assembly Assistant
- Blu: Estimate Reviewer
- Blu: Takeoff Assistant
- Blu: Estimate Generator
All subscribers access Buildxact AI technology using Blu, Buildxact’s digital building assistant.
Trained on thousands of residential projects and fully integrated into Buildxact’s estimating and planning workflow, think of Blu as your estimator, planner and project assistant with a digital toolbelt for fast, sharp and laser-focused help on the details that matter the most.
If you want to hire Blue to help you with a specific step in your preconstruction process, either subscribe to a plan that includes the desired assistant function, or add additional Blu functionality onto your base plan via the Buildxact Marketplace in your account dashboard.
You can find more information on Blu’s monthly add-on costs by assistant function on our pricing page.
There are no additional fees for Buildxact construction estimating software. Upgrades, maintenance, support and unlimited training are all included in your subscription fee.
Any Blu: Building Assistant features not included in your base plan do come with an additional monthly cost, should you choose to add those onto your base plan. You can find more information on Blu’s monthly add-on costs by assistant function on our pricing page.
Each of the three subscription levels (Foundation, Pro and Master) are designed to meet your specific business needs and the needs of your construction team. You can choose either a monthly or an annual plan. Annual plans come with a 15% discount against monthly plans and require a 12-month commitment.
For full details on our plans and pricing structure, visit our pricing page.
No. Buildxact is for construction estimation and construction management. It does not offer computer-aided design or drafting functions.
Yes, you can. It’s possible to make subscriptions changes. If you would like to move from Foundation to Pro or Pro to Master at any point, contact our Customer Support Team by clicking the chat button on the bottom right of your screen in Buildxact.
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