Software
23 tools so far: the software that actually shows up in job postings and day-to-day work, not a generic feature comparison.
AutoCAD
Autodesk's general-purpose drafting software for precise 2D and 3D drawings, older and more general-purpose than Revit's building-specific parametric modeling.
Autodesk Build
Autodesk's cloud-based construction management platform, tying a project's drawings, RFIs, submittals, daily field reports, and budget into one shared record.
Autodesk Revit
Autodesk's building information modeling software, where architects, structural engineers, and MEP engineers build one shared 3D model of a project instead of drafting separate flat drawings.
Bluebeam Revu
Nemetschek's PDF markup and measurement tool that has become the standard way construction teams review drawings, redline plans, and run digital takeoffs, on desktop, in a browser, or from a phone on the jobsite.
Buildertrend
A construction management platform built specifically for home builders, remodelers, and specialty contractors, covering a project from the initial sales lead through the final invoice.
Fieldwire
A jobsite-focused plan and task management app, owned by Hilti, built around keeping field crews and the office working off the same live set of plans, tasks, and punch lists.
FOUNDATION
Construction-focused accounting and payroll software aimed at small to midsize contractors, sitting between a general tool like QuickBooks and a full enterprise system like Sage 300 CRE or Viewpoint Vista.
HammerTech
A safety and compliance platform built specifically for construction, covering worker orientations, permits, and inspections in one system rather than several disconnected tools.
HCSS HeavyBid
Estimating and bidding software built specifically for heavy civil, highway, and infrastructure contractors, a different world of estimating than a vertical building project.
Matterport
A 3D scanning platform that turns a physical space into a photorealistic, walkable digital model, used in construction mainly for documenting existing conditions and finished work.
Microsoft Project
Microsoft's project scheduling tool, a smaller-scale and more widely available alternative to enterprise scheduling software like Primavera P6.
Mitti (formerly SafetyCulture)
A mobile-first inspection and checklist platform that construction safety teams use to run digital jobsite inspections, log hazards, and track corrective actions, known as SafetyCulture and its iAuditor app before an August 2026 rebrand to Mitti.
Autodesk Navisworks
Autodesk's model-review software, where the separate 3D models different trades build, often in Revit, get combined into one federated model and checked against each other.
On-Screen Takeoff
A digital takeoff tool from ConstructConnect, built for measuring a plan set on screen and feeding those quantities into an estimate.
Primavera P6
Oracle's enterprise scheduling software, the standard critical path method tool for large and complex construction programs.
Procore
A cloud-based construction management platform that many general contractors, owners, and specialty contractors use to run a project from one place: budget, schedule, drawings, RFIs, submittals, safety, and daily field reports, all connected instead of living in separate spreadsheets and email threads.
ProEst
Autodesk's cloud-based estimating platform, built to centralize a company's takeoffs, cost databases, and bid proposals in one place.
QuickBooks
A general small-business accounting platform that has become the default bookkeeping tool for a large share of construction companies, especially smaller subcontractors.
Sage 300 CRE
A long-established accounting and back-office system built specifically for construction and real estate companies, formerly known as Sage Timberline Office.
SketchUp
Trimble's 3D modeling software, known for being far easier to pick up than a full BIM platform like Revit, which is why it shows up everywhere from architecture firms to a contractor's own design-build sketches.
STACK
A cloud-based takeoff and estimating tool, where a contractor measures a digital plan set to build a bid instead of measuring paper drawings by hand.
Viewpoint Vista
Trimble's enterprise resource planning system for construction contractors, part of the larger Trimble Construction One suite and aimed at bigger companies than a standalone accounting tool like QuickBooks.
Xactimate
The estimating software the property insurance industry has largely standardized on for pricing repair work after a claim, made by Verisk's Xactware division.