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What construction daily report software costs, worked out for three crews
Construction daily report software costs $0 to about $7,700 a year, and how a tool counts you matters more than its list price. On November 13, 2026 prices, paid plans run $202 to $2,124 a year for one superintendent, $605 to $2,388 for three foremen on three jobs, and $1,490 to $7,680 for ten people on five jobs.
SafetyCulture's free plan covers all three crews below if five report templates are enough.
Four ways these tools count you
- Per user. Raken ($23 or $59 a month, three users minimum), CDR ($30 a month or $300 a year), Fieldwire Business ($64, where its forms start), SafetyCulture Premium ($24) and Snappii ($21, or $201.60 a year). Cheap for one writer; the bill grows with every foreman you add.
- Per plan, sized by users. Contractor Foreman sells plans for 1, 3, 8, 15 or unlimited users.
- Per project or site. DailyBuild counts active projects, with unlimited users. Dozer counts sites, the crew never pays, and its Company plan covers up to five sites.
- By quote. Procore, HCSS, Buildertrend and SmartBarrel publish no prices.
A year of each tool for three crews
Crew A: one superintendent files for one job. Crew B: three foremen each file for their own job. Crew C: ten people file across five jobs. Yearly billing where the maker offers it.
| Tool and plan | Crew A: 1 person, 1 job | Crew B: 3 people, 3 jobs | Crew C: 10 people, 5 jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| SafetyCulture (Mitti) Free | $0 | $0 | $0 (at the 10-person limit) |
| DailyBuild (a year = 10 months) | Starter: $49 × 10 = $490 | Team (5 projects): $149 × 10 = $1,490 | Team: $149 × 10 = $1,490 |
| Snappii, yearly per user | $201.60 | 3 × $201.60 = $604.80 | 10 × $201.60 = $2,016 |
| Dozer | $0 (free site); $99 × 12 = $1,188 to email PDFs to the GC | Company: $199 × 12 = $2,388 | Company: $199 × 12 = $2,388 |
| Raken Basic | 3-user minimum: $69 × 12 = $828 | $69 × 12 = $828 | $207 × 12 = $2,484 |
| Contractor Foreman | Basic (1 user): $588 | Standard (3 users): $1,264 | Pro (15 users): $2,654 |
| SafetyCulture (Mitti) Premium | $24 × 12 = $288 | $24 × 3 × 12 = $864 | $24 × 10 × 12 = $2,880 |
| CDR, yearly plan | $300 | 3 × $300 = $900 | 10 × $300 = $3,000 |
| Raken Performance | $177 × 12 = $2,124 | $177 × 12 = $2,124 | $531 × 12 = $6,372 |
| Fieldwire Business (where its forms start) | $64 × 12 = $768 | $64 × 3 × 12 = $2,304 | $64 × 10 × 12 = $7,680 |
What the table says
- Below three people, per-user tools without a minimum win. One superintendent pays $202 a year on Snappii, $288 on SafetyCulture Premium or $300 on CDR, against $828 for Raken Basic, which bills three seats.
- At exactly three, Raken's minimum stops mattering. Raken Basic at $828 costs less than CDR ($900), Contractor Foreman ($1,264) or DailyBuild on three jobs ($1,490).
- At ten people, pricing by job mostly beats pricing by person. DailyBuild ($1,490) is the cheapest paid plan, and Dozer's Company plan ($2,388) comes in under CDR ($3,000) and Fieldwire Business ($7,680), because adding a foreman costs them nothing. Snappii ($2,016), priced per person, still costs less than Dozer, and Raken Basic ($2,484) is close.
- Many small jobs flip it back. DailyBuild's Team plan stops at five active projects and Dozer's Company plan at five sites. Past that, DailyBuild Pro is $249 a month for fifteen projects; Dozer's pricing page lists no plan above five sites.
The same money doesn't buy the same thing. Snappii is a form app with an optional customization fee. SafetyCulture's free plan holds five active templates. Fieldwire Business is a plans-and-tasks app whose forms include a daily report. Dozer writes the report from what the foreman types or says, but its PDF has no photo section and it has no time cards. Raken Performance adds time tracking, safety forms and sub reports to the daily report.
The quote-only tools
Procore charges an upfront annual fee for each product you buy, based on your annual construction volume, meaning the dollar value of work across your projects. Users (subs, clients and vendors included), data storage and 24/7 support are unlimited, and its Field Productivity product is priced by full-time employees instead. It offers multi-year pools and renewal rate protection. Because subs count as users, a sub working on a GC's Procore project can file there without buying Procore.
HCSS asks your company type and role before building a custom quote. Buildertrend quotes from your builder type, annual revenue and needs, with unlimited users. SmartBarrel's pricing address returned a 404; it offers demos. Ask each for a written yearly figure and the contract length before you compare it with the table above.
Why BusyBusy isn't in the sums
BusyBusy's daily project reports come with its Premium plan: $14.99 a user a month billed yearly ($17.99 monthly), "+$40 Admin license (first user included)". The page doesn't say whether that $40 is charged monthly or once, so the table leaves BusyBusy out rather than guess. Ask BusyBusy for a written quote for your headcount.
Costs that aren't on the price tag
- Minimums. Raken bills three users even when one person files.
- Monthly billing. Where it's offered it costs more: SafetyCulture Premium is $29 a seat monthly against $24 yearly, CDR $360 a year paid monthly against $300, and DailyBuild charges 12 months instead of 10. Raken shows yearly billing only.
- Setup and support. Snappii adds an optional customization fee, and its Success plan is $199 a month for four hours of work, or $150 an hour without it. Contractor Foreman includes free setup on its Pro and Unlimited plans. Procore sells implementation services.
- AI credits. DailyBuild includes 100 AI credits a month on Starter and 300 on Team, and sells 200 more for $25.
- The foreman's time. This is the biggest cost and it isn't on any pricing page. Ten extra minutes a day over 250 working days is about 42 hours a year for each person filing. Try each shortlisted app on a real day, rain delay and all, and time it.
Where Dozer lands
Dozer is priced per site and the crew never pays. One site with one camera is free with no time limit: the foreman types or dictates the day and Dozer drafts the report from those notes and the day's tickets, camera alerts and site weather, then a PDF with a blank line to sign on paper, to download. The Site plan, $99 a site a month after 7 free days with no card, adds having Dozer email the PDF to the GC. Company, $199 a month, covers up to five sites with 10 office seats. That makes it $0 for crew A if downloading the PDF is enough, the most expensive paid line for crew B, whose three jobs don't fill the five sites, and the third-cheapest paid option for crew C. It runs in a web browser, with the phone apps listed as coming soon. Dozer's daily report
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