Built for Trade Contractors

Manage Your Projects, Know Your Numbers & Keep Your Team Aligned

BuildBox gives trade contractors one platform to manage their projects, track their profits, and keep the office and site connected — so every job runs cleaner and you always know where your business stands.

BuildBox platform dashboard

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Smart tools built around how
trades actually work

Most construction software was built for general contractors. BuildBox was built for the trades – connecting the tools you actually need to run your projects and your business in one consistent system.

Project Management

  • Task Tracking

    My Tasks, Project Tasks, and Company Tasks in one view.

  • Drawings & Docs

    Upload drawings with version control. Every revision tracked.

  • RFIs, COs & POs

    Create, track, and export professional documentation on every job.

  • Punch Lists

    Structured closeout checklists to finish every job clean.

Financial Tracking

  • Planned Vs. Actual

    Set profit targets at the start of each job. Track performance as it runs.

  • Company Dashboard

    Clear view of revenue, costs, margins. No accounting degree required.

  • Goal Setting

    Define annual financial goals and track how your projects track against them.

  • Project Dashboard

    See every active job's status at a glance without a single phone call.

Team Coordination

  • Daily Reports

    Site teams log daily progress in minutes. Office sees it in real time.

  • Activity Tracker

    A live feed of what's happening across every active project.

  • Notifications

    Your team gets alerted when tasks are assigned, updated, or overdue.

  • Task Management

    Assign team tasks and hold everyone accountable across projects.

A system that works the way you do

Trade contractors build the world we live in. They deserve software built for how they actually work, not a stripped-down version of what the GC uses.

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Stop the Guesswork

Most contractors find out if they made money on a job weeks after it wraps up. BuildBox connects your project activity to your financial targets in real time so you can make decisions while they still matter.

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Run Professional Projects

RFIs, change orders, purchase orders, submittals, punch lists, and drawing version control – all in one place with exportable logs. The documentation standard your GC expects, without the enterprise price tag.

03

One Platform for Every Project

Trades are constantly forced to learn whatever system the GC is using, and it changes on every job. BuildBox gives you your own consistent platform to manage every project the same way, regardless of who's above you on the org chart.

BuildBox system overview

Built for the trades. Not
retrofitted for them.

Most management software is built for commercial GC's, home builders, or generic service businesses. BuildBox is made for trade contractors managing different job types across their operations.

Simple Financial Visibility

Simple Financial Visibility

Know your real cash position at a glance and track your revenue and profit against your targets on every job. It's just like checking your bank balance, but with numbers that matter to the business.

Clean Dashboards Zero Noise

Clean Dashboards. Zero Noise

One company dashboard and one project dashboard showing where you stand in each area. No bloated reports or spreadsheet exports – just the clarity you need to make faster decisions.

Professional Docs Every Time

Professional Docs Every Time

RFIs, change orders, purchase orders, and submittals with full log history and PDF exports. Clean documents sure to impress your clients without adding more admin work to your plate.

Keep Everyone Aligned

Keep Everyone Aligned

Site crews log daily progress in minutes, teams align on responsibilities and tasks, the office sees it immediately. No more end-of-day phone calls, missed updates, or finger pointing.

AI for Your Business

AI for Your Business

Your own AI assistant handles the admin work that slows you down – drafting COs, clarifying scopes of work, referencing building codes, and more. Built for construction workflows not generic tasks.

Personalized Support

Personalized Support

You're not submitting a support ticket and waiting 3 days. You work directly with the founder to get your first project set up properly. We're invested in making this work for you.

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Simple pricing. No surprises

Start organized. Upgrade when you're ready. No long-term contracts. Cancel any time. Pricing in CAD.

Project Starter
$27 CAD / month

Get your projects out of texts and spreadsheets and into one organized system. The right starting point for contractors ready to build better habits.

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Key Features:
  • 1 user
  • Up to 3 active projects
  • Financial goal setting
  • Lightweight AI Assistant
  • Task management
  • Daily reports
  • Document management
  • Form builder
  • Activity tracker
  • Company & project dashboards
COMING SOON
Business Pro
$397 CAD / month

For contractors who want complete visibility across the entire company, not just individual projects.

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Key Features:
Everything in Project Pro plus:
  • Up to 10 users
  • AI assisted project management
  • Company level financial management
  • Project budgets with CO & PO
  • Estimating and cost catalogue
  • Proposal builder
  • Lead & project tracking
  • Progress claim & SOV builder
  • Integrate w QBO, OneDrive, Google Drive

What contractors are saying

Hear from trade contractors who've made the switch to BuildBox.

Up and running in three steps

Getting started with BuildBox takes less than 30 minutes. We walk you through setup on your first call, so you leave with a real project already live in the system.

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Book a Demo

Jump on a 30-minute call with Brenden. He'll walk you through the platform, answer your questions, and help you decide if BuildBox is the right fit. No pitch, no pressure – just a walkthrough to see if BuildBox works for you.

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Set Up Your First Project

During your onboarding call, you'll create your first real project together. Upload your drawings, set your financial targets, and invite your team. You'll leave the call with BuildBox actually running on a live job.

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Run Every Job the Same Way

From that point forward, every project runs through one consistent system – your system. Same process, same documentation, same financial visibility on every job regardless of who the client is.

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Ready to run your projects on your own terms?

Book a 30-minute demo and we'll walk through BuildBox together. See exactly how it works and whether it fits how you run your business.

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Frequently asked questions

Can't find what you're looking for? Book a demo and ask Brenden directly.

BuildBox is built specifically for trade contractors — electricians, framers, plumbers, drywall, HVAC, concrete, roofing, and more. Most construction software is designed for general contractors and adapted down for the trades. We started from scratch with the trades in mind. The project management module, documentation workflows, and financial tracking are all structured around how subtrades actually manage their work.
Yes — if a GC requires you to use their platform for specific submissions, that won't change. But BuildBox gives you your own system to run your business regardless of what happens above you. You manage your projects, your team, and your financials the same way on every job. You're no longer starting from scratch on every new GC relationship.
Procore is built for large commercial GCs and costs $20,000–$100,000+ per year. Buildertrend is built for residential home builders. Neither was designed for a trade contractor running 3–15 projects at a time who needs their own financial visibility, not just access to the GC's portal. BuildBox is purpose-built for the trades — simpler, more affordable, and connected to your company financials from day one.
Most contractors have their first project live within one business day. Your onboarding call with Brenden is 30 minutes — you'll leave with a real project created, your drawings uploaded, your financial targets set, and at least one team member invited. There's no lengthy implementation or IT setup required.
Project Starter is designed for contractors who want to get organized — up to 3 projects, basic task management, document upload, and a preview of financial tracking. Project Pro is the full system: unlimited projects, revenue and profit tracking against targets, RFIs, change orders, purchase orders, submittals, punch lists, drawing version control, notifications, and full AI assistant access. If you're running multiple active jobs and need to track performance in real time, Pro is built for you.
Yes. No long-term contracts, no cancellation fees. BuildBox is month-to-month. If it's not working for you, you can cancel at any time. We'd rather earn your subscription every month than lock you in.

Stop running your business
on scattered systems

One platform. Every project. Your numbers — finally connected.