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Buildertrend vs magicplan: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 10th, 2025
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Summary
Features in Residential Construction Estimating
31
Best performer
34
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Calendar Management
15
34
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Customizable Reports
  • Third-Party Integrations
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews1,645
Ease of use
4.3
Functionality
4.2
Value for money
4.3
Customer support
4.7
4.4
User reviews10
Ease of use
4.2
Functionality
4.2
Value for money
4.9
Customer support
4.2
Price starts from
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Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
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Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

Buildertrend is ideal for home builders, remodelers and specialty contractors.

Restorers, remodelers, adjusters, inspectors, specialty contractors, and general contractors.

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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Video reviews
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David W
Founder and Principal
5.0

Dave: Hi, my name's Dave. I'm the founder and principal at Watermark Business Partners. And with respect to BuilderTrend, I was sort of an administrator and user when advising a custom home builder through a transition. And our rating of five stars, or my rating of five stars, is largely based on the fact that I think this tool just has absolutely phenomenal capabilities. And I just wish the business that I was working with was making even more use of everything that's there because it's absolutely very, very strong and incredible potential. So BuilderTrend, the core need that I was solving with this business was the need to organize complex fulfillment with anywhere from 20 to 30 different subcontractors, milestone based billing, the need to organize and coordinate a complex supply chain on the product, so vendor sourcing side. And this was a solution that was badly, badly needed for this business. It's already had a big impact and I think there's even more to come. [inaudible 00:01:05] I think is perhaps overlooked and unappreciated as a really key, important value add that was a new beginning with BuilderTrend's launch for this business was the far superior and enhanced degree of accountability in the business. Whether that be with employees, with contractors, or the business itself to its customers. The ability to get everybody on the same page and have that same unified line of sight had a really big impact and drove results in a meaningful way. So as far as what I liked the least or saw as an area of opportunity was just honestly that there's so much there. I think there was a need for the business that I was working with to really prioritize for the greatest impact because as I said previously, there were really only scratching the surface with the platform's capabilities. And I think there's sometimes the potential to get lost in the weeds and lose the forest for the trees. So if anything they can do to help whittle it down to the core components and stage that implementation I think would be very, very helpful.

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Buildertrend

Top Features
31/34
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Customizable Reports
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Bid Management
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Calendar Management
  • Change Order Management
  • Communication Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Cost Database
  • Cost Estimating
  • Customer Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Storage
  • For Residential
  • Job Costing
  • Job Management
  • Lead Management
  • Project Accounting
  • Project Management
  • Project Tracking
  • Proposal Generation
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Scheduling
  • Subcontractor Management
  • Takeoff
  • Task Scheduling
  • Time & Expense Tracking
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magicplan

15/34
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Buildertrend
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
magicplan
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Buildertrend
  • By Buildertrend
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2006
magicplan
  • By Sensopia
  • Located in Canada
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