The growth tax
Win more work, hire more people, and your software bill climbs with them. Per-seat pricing effectively charges you for succeeding — the opposite of what a tool should do.
COMPARISON · CONSTRUCTION SOFTWARE PRICING
How much does construction software cost? Depends who’s counting the seats.
Most construction software never shows you a price — it’s billed per seat, or quoted against your annual volume behind a sales call. This is an honest look at the three ways the category is priced, and where Trueleveler’s flat, public, per-company pricing fits.
$0
14-day trial · no card
$99–1,099
Flat /mo · public
$0
Per-seat fees
28
Engines · every paid plan
§ 01THREE PRICING MODELS · AS OF 2026
The three ways construction software is sold.
Almost every construction tool falls into one of three pricing models. The differences aren’t about features — they’re about how the bill is calculated, whether the number is public, and what happens to your cost as your team grows. Here is the honest side-by-side.
| Per-seat SaaS | Volume / enterprise (quote-only) |
Trueleveler flat, per-company |
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|---|---|---|---|
| How you’re charged | Per user, per month. The bill climbs with headcount. | Quoted privately — commonly tied to your annual construction volume, on an annual contract. | One flat price per company. Seats are bundled into the tier. |
| Is the price public? | Sometimes — per-seat rates are often listed, but add-ons aren’t. | No. Procore and Autodesk Build don’t publish rates — you request a quote.1 | Yes — every tier is on the pricing page. |
| Setup & training fees | Varies by vendor. | Implementation, onboarding, or training fees are common on top of the subscription. | None. Self-serve — drop a file and start. |
| Cost as you add people | Goes up with every seat. | Renegotiated at renewal. | Flat — unchanged until you outgrow your tier’s seat count. |
| Try before you buy | Sometimes a trial or demo. | Usually a sales demo first. | Free 14-day trial, no card. |
| What’s included | Often modular — features unlocked by add-on. | Modules gated by contract tier. | All 28 engines + 23 trackers, on every paid plan and the free trial. |
1 Procore and Autodesk Build use quote-based pricing and do not publish rate cards. The descriptions above are general characterizations of how each pricing model works, not specific figures. Trueleveler’s pricing is public and current as of 2026. Procore is a trademark of Procore Technologies, Inc.; Autodesk and Autodesk Build are trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. This is an independent comparison.
§ 02THE PROBLEM WITH PER-SEAT
Why per-seat pricing punishes the teams that grow.
Per-seat pricing sounds fair until you do the math on a growing crew. Every estimator, PM, and field lead you add is another monthly line item — so the software gets more expensive precisely when you’re busiest. And it pushes teams to ration logins: the people who’d benefit most don’t get a seat, and the data drifts back into spreadsheets and email.
Rationed access
When every login costs money, teams share accounts or leave people out. The field stops entering data, and your system of record quietly reverts to spreadsheets.
Budgeting by headcount
A flat per-company price is one predictable number. Per-seat means re-forecasting your software spend every time the org chart changes.
Flat pricing flips the incentive
With Trueleveler, seats come bundled into the tier — so you can put the whole team on the platform instead of protecting a seat count. More people in the system means better data for everyone.
§ 03TRUELEVELER TIERS · IN PUBLIC
What you get at each tier.
Every paid tier runs the same engines, and so does the free 14-day trial. There’s no “AI add-on,” no per-engine unlock, no per-project fee. The finance suite and the sales pipeline aren’t tier unlocks either — they’re already on Pro. What changes between paid tiers is monthly analysis runs, seats, active projects, and support. Here’s the whole ladder, on the page.
| Free Trial | Pro | Business | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 · 14 days | $99 / mo | $499 / mo | $1,099 / mo |
| Per year (billed monthly) | — | $1,188 / yr | $5,988 / yr | $13,188 / yr |
| Seats | 3 users | 3 users | 10 users | Unlimited users |
| Engines & trackers | All 28 engines + 23 trackers · 15 runs · Company Playbook | Same all-28 engine set as the trial — nothing is engine-gated2 · 100 runs / mo | Everything in Pro (finance suite, sales pipeline + CRM and Pulse Q&A are already included there) · 300 runs / mo, 10 seats, 30 projects, plus Company Playbook | Everything in Business · 2,500 runs / mo, unlimited seats and projects; SSO/SCIM & connectors on the roadmap |
| Best for | Kicking the tires — solo, 14 days | Small GCs & subs | Multi-office firms running 10+ projects | National GCs & AEC firms |
Prices are Trueleveler’s public rates. Pro is currently offered at the $99/mo Founding 25 rate, locked for life; it returns to $199/mo for new signups once the cohort closes. Business and Enterprise honor a 20% discount when billed annually. Per-year figures shown are the monthly rate × 12. 2 All 28 engines run on every paid plan and on the free 14-day trial, and so does the Negotiation Intelligence Module — engine access is never fenced by tier. The Free plan is the exception: it carries no analysis runs, so it is limited to the Procurement and Submittal trackers. Paid tiers differ on monthly analysis runs, seats, active projects, and support. See the full breakdown on pricing.
§ 04CREDIT WHERE DUE · WHEN ENTERPRISE FITS
When enterprise software is the right call.
Flat pricing isn’t automatically the right answer. There are real cases where a Procore or an Autodesk Build earns its contract — and if any of these describe you, that’s where to look.
You’re a large GC with deep field ops
Hundreds of users, a dedicated VDC team, and heavy drawing and field workflows are exactly what enterprise platforms are built to run at scale.
You need a full system of record
One platform spanning drawings, RFIs, submittals, scheduling, and field at enterprise scale, with a deep integration marketplace, is hard to match on a flat plan.
You’re already in the ecosystem
If your owners, architects, and subs all live in Procore or Autodesk, the network effects and existing integrations are hard to walk away from.
A demo and rollout are acceptable
If a sales-led evaluation and a multi-week implementation fit your buying process, the breadth on offer can be worth the contract.
Trueleveler is built for the firms that pricing shuts out of those platforms — and it runs alongside them. Connectors for Procore and Autodesk are on the roadmap.
§ 05PRICING FAQ
The questions every buyer asks.
How much does construction software cost?
It depends entirely on the pricing model. Per-seat tools charge per user per month, so your cost scales with headcount. Enterprise platforms like Procore and Autodesk Build are quote-only — you request a price, often tied to your annual construction volume, on an annual contract, and implementation or training fees are common. Trueleveler is flat and public: $99–$1,099 per month per company, every engine included, with a free 14-day trial.
Why don’t Procore and Autodesk publish their prices?
Both use quote-based pricing set per contract, so there’s no public rate card — you go through a sales conversation to get a number. That’s normal for enterprise construction software; it also makes costs hard to compare up front.
What does “per-company” pricing mean?
You pay one flat monthly price for your whole company at a given tier, and seats are bundled in. Adding a teammate doesn’t add a per-seat charge until you outgrow your tier’s seat count. Free includes 1 user, Pro 3 users, Business 10 users, and Enterprise is unlimited.
Are all the AI engines included, or are they add-ons?
All 28 engines and 23 trackers are included on every paid plan and on the free 14-day trial — we don’t gate engines behind add-ons or per-engine fees, and that includes the Negotiation Intelligence Module. The one exception is the Free plan, which carries no analysis runs, so it is limited to the Procurement and Submittal trackers. The finance suite, the sales pipeline and CRM, and Project Pulse Q&A are all included on Pro; they aren’t Business-only unlocks. What actually scales with your tier is monthly analysis runs — 15 on the trial, 100 on Pro, 300 on Business, 2,500 on Enterprise — plus seats, active projects, and support.
Is there really no implementation fee?
No. Trueleveler is self-serve — you start a free 14-day trial with no card, drop in a PDF or spreadsheet, and get output. There’s no onboarding call required and no implementation charge. See the full plan details on pricing.
START FREE · NO CREDIT CARD
See the whole price. Before you talk to sales.
Flat, public, per-company pricing — every engine included, no per-seat fees. Start free for 14 days and keep whatever you set up.