The Buildertrend alternative for a working contractor.
Buildertrend is a heavy project-management suite built for production home builders, and it still sends your accounting to QuickBooks. billWright is the back office a working shop actually runs on: estimate from your own rates, run the crew, invoice a week in one click, and keep a real set of books in the same tool. No module sprawl, no second subscription, no lock-in.
Free for the duration of the beta. Your data is yours - export it any time, in a format that opens anywhere.
Buildertrend manages the build. It isn’t your books.
Buildertrend does big-project management well - schedules, selections, change orders, client portals. But it is priced and built for production builders, and the real accounting still lives in QuickBooks, so a working contractor pays for a heavy suite and a second app.
Built for big builders
A production-builder suite with modules a working shop rarely opens. You pay for the weight whether you use it or not.
Your books live in a second app
Buildertrend hands accounting off to QuickBooks. Two subscriptions, two logins, and a reconcile in the middle.
Tiered pricing that climbs
Monthly plans priced for volume that step up as you add what you actually need. billWright is free through the beta and honest after.
billWright vs Buildertrend, for a shop.
Everything you run the work with, plus the books Buildertrend sends somewhere else.
| For your shop | billWright | Buildertrend |
|---|---|---|
| Estimate from your own material, parts & labor rates | Built in - calculators + price book | Estimates & takeoffs, heavier |
| Crew clocks in from a phone | Built in - PIN punch app | Add-on time clock |
| Schedule & dispatch the crew | Built in - dispatch board | Yes (Buildertrend’s strength) |
| A real set of books + Schedule C tax | Built in | No - syncs to QuickBooks |
| Profit per job / job costing | Built in | Higher tiers |
| Run the whole shop from a command line | Yes - the CAM command bar | No |
| Export everything, anytime | One-click CSV / JSON | Limited |
| Price | Free through the beta, honest after | Monthly, climbs by tier |
Honest take: Buildertrend is strong for production-home project management, selections, and client portals. billWright is the back office for a working contractor - estimating, crew, dispatch, and real books in one tool. Also weighing QuickBooks or ServiceTitan?
One back office, end to end.
Estimating
Price jobs from your own numbers, send branded quotes, and watch them close.
Crew & schedule
The crew punches in from a phone; plan the week on a dispatch board.
Invoicing
Bill a week of work in one click, record payments, and chase what is overdue.
Books
Expenses, income, bank activity, and tax already coded - no second app.
A back office that fits a working shop.
Built by a working contractor, answering to the people who use it - not a board chasing a quarterly number. Your data stays yours.
Prefer email? hello@billwright.app