Switching · CoConstruct
Leaving CoConstruct
CoConstruct is in maintenance mode following its acquisition by Buildertrend, and its customers are being migrated onto Buildertrend's revenue-based pricing — mid-$300s to $1,000+ a month depending on the volume you run. If you're a small builder or remodeler who bought CoConstruct precisely because you didn't want enterprise software or enterprise pricing, that migration is a decision point, not a formality. ScribeLine is a smaller, field-first alternative with published per-month pricing, built for owner-operators who log alongside the crew.
CoConstruct facts current as of August 2026
What's actually happening
CoConstruct is no longer being developed as its own product. Buildertrend acquired it, put it in maintenance mode, and is moving its customers onto Buildertrend — where pricing is tied to the revenue you run through your business rather than a flat monthly figure, and lands in the mid-$300s to $1,000+ per month range. Nobody is deleting your account this afternoon. But the software you renew this year is not the software you bought, and the price you renew at is set by a formula you don't control.
What you keep
The shape of the work. Jobs with clients, budgets, and schedules attached. Estimates that become the budget when the job is won. A client-facing view where homeowners approve selections and pay invoices. Change orders that amend the agreed number instead of quietly replacing it. Crew hours and expenses landing on the job that spent them, so the invoice builds itself. If that list is why you bought CoConstruct, none of it goes away.
What you gain
Published pricing — every plan and seat price is on our pricing page, permanently, and it doesn't move with your revenue. A field app that works with no bars: the crew logs hours, expenses, photos, and notes offline and it syncs when the signal comes back. Seats that bill for work rather than headcount, so a crew member who didn't log a day in February isn't billed for February. And no time clock and no GPS — the crew logs its own day, because this is built for shops that trust the people doing the work.
What the move actually costs you
Time, honestly. There is no CoConstruct importer today — we're not going to pretend otherwise. Projects and clients get set up fresh, which for most shops means an evening entering the jobs that are still open and the clients they belong to; closed jobs generally aren't worth carrying over. Historical documents stay where they are — export your PDFs from CoConstruct before your access ends, the same as you would with any wind-down. Once the open work is in, everything from that day forward is one record. Fourteen days free, every feature unlocked, no card up front: set up one live job and see whether the field half holds up before you move the rest.
Side by side
“Not published” means exactly that — CoConstruct doesn’t state it publicly, so neither do we.
| ScribeLine | CoConstruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Published flat monthly price per plan, plus per-seat charges — all listed on the pricing page. | Migrating customers to Buildertrend's revenue-based pricing (mid-$300s to $1,000+/mo), quoted rather than published. |
| Product status | Actively developed; this is the only product we make. | Maintenance mode following the Buildertrend acquisition — customers are being migrated. |
| Who it's built for | Owner-operators and small crews — the office is a phone in a truck at least half the time. | Small builders and remodelers originally; the migration target is a larger-shop product. |
| Seats | Crew seats bill only for months a person actually logs work; first admin seat included. | Not published. |
| Field capture | Offline-first native apps — log hours, expenses, photos, and site visits with no signal; syncs when it returns. | Not published. |
| Crew tracking | No time clock, no GPS. The crew logs its own day. | Not published. |
| Data import | No CoConstruct importer yet — open projects and clients are set up by hand. | — |
| Trial | 14 days, every feature unlocked, no card up front. | Not published. |
What the move costs, in dollars
CoConstruct owners are being migrated onto Buildertrend's pricing, so the honest comparison is against where they're sending you — the calculator opens on Buildertrend's reported figures.
What your stack costs today
$17,352/yr
Live ScribeLine pricing isn’t loading right now, so there’s no comparison to draw — we’d rather show none than a stale number. Every plan and seat price is published on the pricing page.
Your outfit
Two headcounts and two choices. Everything above and below re-figures as you change them.
The bill, itemized
15 people on the account| Line | Per month |
|---|---|
| Buildertrend (reported)every month, all year | $799 |
| QuickBooks Timereplaced by ScribeLine | $170 |
| CompanyCamreplaced by ScribeLine | $477 |
| The year, side by side | $17,352 |
One field, no drip sequence
Want the migration checklist?
Leave an address and we'll send the short version — what to export from CoConstruct before access ends, what order to set jobs up in, and a note if anything changes about the wind-down.
Frequently asked questions
- Is CoConstruct shutting down?
- CoConstruct is in maintenance mode after being acquired by Buildertrend, and its customers are being migrated to Buildertrend. It is no longer developed as its own product. Buildertrend has not published a public end-of-life date, so treat any specific shutdown date you see as unconfirmed until it comes from them.
- Can I import my CoConstruct data into ScribeLine?
- Not automatically — there's no CoConstruct importer today, and we'd rather say so than let you find out after you switch. Open projects and their clients get entered by hand, which is usually one evening's work for a small shop. Export your documents and PDFs from CoConstruct while you still have access; those stay with you regardless of where you land.
- How is ScribeLine's pricing different from Buildertrend's?
- Ours is published and flat: every plan price and seat price is on the pricing page, and it doesn't change because you had a good year. Buildertrend's current model is revenue-based — the price tracks the volume you run through your business — and is quoted rather than published, reported in the mid-$300s to $1,000+ per month range as of August 2026.
- Do I have to move right away?
- No. The useful thing to do first is run one live job in a trial while you still have your existing system — 14 days, every feature unlocked, no card. If the field half doesn't hold up for your crew, you've lost an evening and learned something. If it does, you move the rest of the open work on your own schedule.
- Is ScribeLine as big as Buildertrend?
- No, and it isn't trying to be. Buildertrend is a large platform aimed at larger builders. ScribeLine is built for working owner-operators who log alongside the crew and don't have dedicated office staff. If you need enterprise procurement workflows, we're the wrong tool; if you need the job, the crew's hours, and the invoice to be one record you can run from a truck, we're the right one.
Every price published
Read the price, then try it for two weeks
Plan and seat prices are on the pricing page — no call, no quote. Every plan starts with 14 days free, every feature unlocked, no card up front.