A Contractor Foreman alternative for a small shop

Contractor Foreman packs a lot into a low price: estimates, bids, invoices, schedules, daily logs, punchlists, permits, time cards and a client portal. Basic is $49 a month billed yearly for one user, and the plans step up by user count to Standard (3 users), Plus (8), Pro (15) and Unlimited.

Basic is yearly only, and monthly billing starts at $139 for Standard. Because plans are priced by user count, a fourth person moves you up a plan. Owners who mostly need the front of the job, getting found, quoted and paid, sometimes look for a tool built around that instead of project management.

Who each one is for, what it costs, and what it charges on a card payment, in the same rows for every company.

From Contractor Foreman plans, JobTread pricing and Buildertrend pricing, checked October 9, 2026. Buildertrend's pricing page blocks a plain fetch, so we read it in a real browser. A cell names the lowest plan that lists the feature; "Not listed" means we did not see it, so ask. Prices change often, so check the page before you buy.

Where each feature first appears on each company's public pricing page. It is not a full feature list for anyone, including us.

From Contractor Foreman plans, JobTread pricing and Buildertrend pricing, checked October 9, 2026. Buildertrend's pricing page blocks a plain fetch, so we read it in a real browser. A cell names the lowest plan that lists the feature; "Not listed" means we did not see it, so ask. Prices change often, so check the page before you buy.

• Basic is $49 a month billed yearly for one user, one of the lowest prices for a full project tool.
• Estimates, invoices, scheduling, daily logs, punchlists, permits, time cards and a client portal are on its feature list.
• A 30 day free trial and a 100 day money-back guarantee on yearly plans.
• Its card rate is published on the pricing page: 2.9% + 30¢ for most cards.

Things to know

• Basic is sold yearly only; monthly billing starts at $139 for up to 3 users.
• Plans are priced by user count, so a fourth person moves you from Standard to Plus.
• It is a construction project tool first; route-based recurring service is not its focus.

Koira's Office plan is free and covers the front of the job: a website that books jobs, an instant price from your own list, estimates with up to three options, signing and deposits on one page, and invoices that go out when you tap done.

Grow, $249 a month plus usage at cost, answers your calls on a Koira number, texts back the ones you miss and nudges every open estimate. No Koira plan charges per person, so hiring does not move you up a tier.

Every plan in the same columns: price, people, usage, card rates and add-ons. Koira has no per-person fee on any plan, and Office costs nothing a month.

What comes on top: people, card payments and add-ons

From Contractor Foreman plans, JobTread pricing and Buildertrend pricing, checked October 9, 2026. Buildertrend's pricing page blocks a plain fetch, so we read it in a real browser. A cell names the lowest plan that lists the feature; "Not listed" means we did not see it, so ask. Prices change often, so check the page before you buy.

Card rates as each company publishes them (also JobTread online payments, Buildertrend payments), checked October 9, 2026. Koira's is Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ for a US card plus Koira's share, which pays for Office in place of a monthly fee.

Stay with Contractor Foreman if you need daily logs, punchlists, permits, purchase orders and a Gantt schedule on a budget. Koira does not do those.

Whichever you try, put one real week of jobs through it before you switch. Koira's Office plan is free, so you can run it next to Contractor Foreman while you decide.