# Page 9 | PlanHub Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 9 - Is PlanHub the right Construction Bid Management solution for you? Explore 464 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/179042/PlanHub/reviews --- PlanHub 4.3 (464) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/179042/PlanHub/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated June 3rd, 2026 # Page 9 - Reviews of PlanHub ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 201-225 of 464 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use KJ Ken J. Project manager Estimator Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Planhub bidding software" May 28, 2025 5.0 It has been very good so far. Still new to the program but no complaints yet. I love the amount of jobs posted. Pros Quick access to projects to bid on. Site is very easy to navigate and understand. I would recommend planhub to everyone. Cons Not sure yet still kinda new. I haven’t really encountered anything I dislike about the program yet. Review Source Response from PlanHub May 29, 2025 Hey, Ken! This makes us really happy to hear. Thank you for letting us know how you're liking our platform! Glad it's super helpful for you. We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review! BW Benjamin W. Inside Sales Special Projects Warehousing Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Good product if you can master it and understand what you are getting." June 10, 2025 4.0 Overall I think it could be a very valuable tool but it has not made its way in our business to being something the team thinks about daily. Pros The ease of having eyes on projects in every phase. It is could for finding new work, customers and other contractors to align with. Cons There is a steep learning curve and I have not found enough info to really master it. Nor do I understand the different account levels or what they have to offer. Review Source Response from PlanHub July 9, 2025 Hey, Benjamin! We really appreciate you taking the time to leave us your feedback - it's super helpful for our team. Happy to hear that you're making some good connections and finding more work! We hear you on the learning piece, there's a lot of functionality to explore. Have you touched based with your dedicated Success Manager by chance? They're there to help you every step of the way. They'll be able to give you guidance, training, etc. so you can use our platform to the best of its ability. Definitely reach out if you haven't yet! Thanks again for the review. TR Terri R. Project Manager Construction Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Great Platform" June 2, 2026 5.0 Positive— PlanHub made it easy to review documents and find contractor information easily. Being new to PlanHub, I appreciate the ease of use and transparency. Pros PlanHub made it easy to review documents and find contractor information easily. Being new to PlanHub, I appreciate the ease of use and transparency. Cons It only allows certain users on my team to have access to certain data. It would be helpful, as a Project Manager, to be able to see the same information the rest of my team does. Review Source CR Chris R. Account Manager Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy to use" June 2, 2025 5.0 Our experience has been good thus far. A recent meeting vis phone really helped us use the system better and has already decluttered the RFQ's we get. Pros PlanHub brings me in contact with the contractors. This is very helpful and streamlines the process. It allows me to submit my bid to more than 1 contractor. Cons I wish there was a different distributers portal to use and submit bids to so contractors could chose to view rather that picking the contractors individually. Review Source Response from PlanHub June 12, 2025 Hey, Chris! We love hearing that PlanHub has helped expand your bidding opportunities and that the team has been able to help you declutter. We're definitely going to be taking your feedback to the team so they can consider it in future releases. Thanks so much for taking time out of your day to leave us a review! AW Alysia W. Account Manager Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "PlanHub is a great tool to use for providers as well as contractors" May 21, 2025 5.0 As a provider, not a contractor, Planhub has a lot of desired functions that make finding the companies that need our product to place their bids. Keyword search is awesome. This takes you directly to the information that I need as a supplier. Pros The ability to keyword search plans and drawings, saving a lot of time skimming through plans to find only the information that I need, not everyone else Cons I really don't have any cons, maybe except that there are so many jobs, you can get a little overwhelmed trying to keep up with the new ones coming in. Review Source Response from PlanHub May 27, 2025 Hi, Alysia! We're so happy to hear this. We do our very best to make our platform impactful for everyone involved. We're glad that it's been a helpful tool for you and your team. Thanks for leaving your feedback with us! TB Todd B. Sales Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "PlanHub is really a great service" May 28, 2025 5.0 Very helpful staff. All the documents I need are in one place. Overall a very good service and would definitely recommend. Pros It's so easy to use and in an easy to read format. The serviceresponds very quickly, so I'm not waiting for things to load. Cons There were a few projects that weren't on the system. I have to open several files sometimes because the files aren't labeled as specifically as I would like. Review Source Response from PlanHub June 3, 2025 Hi, Todd! Ah, we love to hear this. Thanks so much for the kind feedback! We're glad that PlanHub has been helpful for you. We'll pass on your comment about the file labels to our product team for consideration. We definitely want to improve where we can! Thanks again for taking the time to leave a review with us. ES Eric S. Manager Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "New to Planhub" May 29, 2025 5.0 Overall pleased at this point. We have only used it briefly. We are evaluating if we get jobs from it. Pros The connections that you can build is probably the best part of Planhub for now. It's hard to make connections inside of companies that are not local. Having an awareness of upcoming projects is a benefit. Cons The timelines for having bids submitted are sometimes too short. The issue we have is getting quotes back on materials. Review Source Response from PlanHub June 5, 2025 Hi, Eric! We're happy to hear that you're pleased with PlanHub so far. Thanks for taking the time to leave your feedback with us! Our team is always ready to support you as you continue exploring the platform. Feel free to reach out to your dedicated Success Manager at any time! VG Valentina G. ACCOUNT MANAGER Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Experience" June 9, 2025 5.0 very user friendly, and training is quick to do, Plan hub trainees are very thorough and know how to guide users into the site. Would recommend this site to other colleagues Pros ability to look for jobs is very broad and I get quality results, the zip code search is very useful Cons Sometimes I don't see projects here that I find on other competitor's websites. Other than that there are no aspects that I can think of Review Source Response from PlanHub July 8, 2025 Hi, Valentina! Thank you so much for taking some time to leave us a review. We're happy to hear that our platform has been so easy for you to use and that our job search function is useful! We're currently working on a solution to cast a wider net when it comes to job coverage, so stay tuned on that. Thanks again for the feedback, we appreciate you! PD Philip D. Project Manager Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Happy User" May 28, 2025 5.0 I am happy with PlanHub's website and its ability to provide more bid opportunities; we will definitely keep using it! Pros It is intuitive to get the info and documents for an invitation to bid, and the bid submission makes it easy to submit estimates to multiple contractors. Cons I wish the download would open to a save dialog window so that I can choose a folder location rather than automatically saving it to my download folder. It's not a big issue; it's just a convenience preference. Review Source Response from PlanHub June 5, 2025 Hi, Philip! Ah, this is wonderful news to hear. We're so glad you're getting some really good value from PlanHub! Taking note of your suggestion. We'll get this back to our product team for consideration. We're all ears when it comes to making our platform easier to use. Thanks again! JE Josh E. NA Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Five Star Review" May 16, 2025 5.0 10/10 it's a great site to work from to submit plans. Pros Easy interface for users to understand and work on. Cons Their is some lag when it comes to plans showing up for some jobs and too pricy. Review Source Response from PlanHub May 19, 2025 Hey, Josh! Thanks for leaving your review with us. We're happy to hear that it's easy for you to use and understand! JC Juan C. Owner Construction Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Keep them coming!" June 9, 2025 5.0 A great plan for someone just starting in the construction business, you have the option to bid on any trade. Pros The numerous bids that keep coming in allow you to calculate all the materials needed for the project you are working on. Cons Having to upgrade to use the other features, it would be nice to have the availability at least to use the calculation option without the upgrade. Review Source Response from PlanHub July 8, 2025 Hey, Juan! We love this review title - we'll definitely keep it all coming your way! Our product/development team is always working on evolving our platform to make it even better, so stay tuned for more exciting features coming your way at no additional cost. Thanks for taking time out of your day to give us your candid feedback! aS asradee S. Director of Preconstruction Construction Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Ability to reach bidders I wouldn't otherwise be able to" May 13, 2025 4.0 Pros I get the most out of the search function to invite subs to bid a project. But it is a free service for GCs so I make the most of it Cons I dont like that jobs we have permitted end up on planhub. And we get unsolicited phone calls for scopes we do not need, or non-scope solicitations (hotels, services, etc) Review Source Response from PlanHub May 14, 2025 Hey, Asradee! We appreciate you leaving this feedback for us. We'll definitely pass it on to the team! Happy to hear that you're making more connections you otherwise wouldn't. That's what we're here for! JC Jeremy C. Sales and Estimating Manager Construction Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great to cast a broad net for bidding work" September 17, 2024 5.0 I've been able to bid far more than what I would have gotten the opportunity for had I just been reaching out to GCs. It's really good about putting all the documents and data there for you to easily download, as well as contact info for the GCs bidding in case I need to ask question or need to follow up. Pros Once you setup the alerts, it makes it near impossible to miss a bid. There are a few other sites that do the more private bids but almost every one that goes through those also go through Planhub. Cons The categories you're allowed to set for your company will bring in stuff that's not relevant at times. Just be prepared to sift through every project to see if the scope actually calls for your industry. Alternatives considered [Procore](https://www.capterra.com/p/56250/Procore/) Reason for choosing PlanHub We use them along side but where VBX is coming from 1 GC, this allows us to bid to all GCs bidding the same project. Review Source Response from PlanHub May 1, 2025 Thank you so much for taking the time to give us your feedback! It sounds like PlanHub has been really great for you and the features we've built are serving their exact purpose. The team has been hard at work addressing that project relevance piece, we hear you. Thank you again! MM Michael M. Owner Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Planhub is not for the Customer" January 27, 2025 1.0 I spoke with a sales associate today that was less than helpful. He tried to sell me a region something that I didn't want because the area is mostly waterways and swamps. I said I Would rather have a radius that I could tailor to my footprint. His behavior alone will keep me from ever using their product. Pros Planhub doesn't even compare to the other bid boards. Cons I have projects in site of my office and its not in my area? I liked it allot better three years ago. The only thing different is higher prices and more add on's. Review Source Response from PlanHub May 1, 2025 Hey, Michael - thanks for leaving your candid feedback with us. We're saddened to hear this. We can assure you that our customers are our #1 priority, so we'll be making sure your feedback gets back to the team today. We've made a lot of huge improvements to our platform since you left your review and will be launching the 2.0 version for GCs and suppliers later this year. We'd really love to have another opportunity if you found value in our product outside of the experience you had with one of our sales representatives. We know that it's been so incredibly helpful for others in growing their business and making preconstruction operations faster and easier. Thanks again for taking the time, we appreciate these comments so we can do better for our people! TK Thomas K. Construction Manager Construction Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Plan Scrub?" June 4, 2025 2.0 It has been slightly annoying and less than ideal at best I can't even use it as an invited subcontractor. Pros honestly, I'm not sure as it seems to be only able to access projects if you are paying for a subscription. unlike other platforms that will let you view all details if you have been invited to bid by the GC. Cons the 100 emails i get a week for projects I cannot even view has made it a nuisance to say the least. Review Source JW James W. President Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Plan Hub is at the top of like type software." May 15, 2025 5.0 I have experience relating to government acquisitions. For new contractors, it makes the ability to understand the process much easier. Pros Very intuitive. The notifications are very timely after the announcement of the solicitation. All of the information is organized and easy to consume. Makes the decision to bid on any job easier. Cons No negative comments. After my review and response, I tried to find something wrong with PlanHub but was not able to. Review Source Response from PlanHub May 16, 2025 Hi, James! This makes us really happy to hear. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to give us your candid feedback! We're always here with open ears if you ever come across anything that could be improved. CT Christopher T. Sales Manager Construction Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best Bidding Experience" October 13, 2024 5.0 PlanHub has been beneficial when Bidding TXDOT projects Pros It contains all the plans I am looking for when I need to prepare quotes for my customers. Cons Sometimes you cant see all the GC bidding the project unless you pay Review Source Response from PlanHub May 1, 2025 Hey, Christopher! We appreciate you taking the time to leave your feedback with us, thank you. We're happy to hear that PlanHub has been working out great for you! SM Sean M. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Planhub is great for finding landscaping projects" October 18, 2024 5.0 PlanHub is a breath of fresh air when it comes to finding projects to bid on as a smaller landscaping business. It does well in an industry that is ready for modernization Pros I liked that PlanHub has modernised an old way of working into a complete platform for contractors. Working as a Landscaper, PlanHub makes it so much easier to find projects that suit your needs rather than the old way of scrolling craigslist and marketplace for jobs and calling people up. Cons As a small business, PlanHubs pricing is expensive and has a high entry barrier. I need to make sure I'm picking up jobs to get a return on my investment Review Source Response from PlanHub May 1, 2025 Hey, Sean! We really appreciate you taking the time to leave this awesome feedback. We're all about modernizing the job search for our people and continue to make huge improvements daily to keep up with all the demands of the industry. We hope you're getting a much higher return on your investment these days! Thank you again for taking the time to drop your thoughts about our platform. JB Jeff B. President Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "RipOffhub!" May 13, 2025 1.0 Complete Garbage! I paid $1999.00 for nothing! Pros Nothing! Complete waste of money! They have an F BBB rating for a reason! Cons Paid for service and they do not have projects in the area I paid for! Review Source Response from PlanHub May 15, 2025 Hey, Jeff! Thanks for your feedback. We would definitely like to know more details about your experience if you could reach out to us - our email is provided in the response notification. We're always looking for ways to improve. When was the last time you used PlanHub? And did you work with your dedicated Success Manager to help you find projects in your area? Our support team is absolutely fantastic at helping our users get the most success from our platform. Please let us know! BF BRANNON F. FOUNDER & C.O.O. Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "GREAT RESOURCE" August 8, 2019 5.0 We benefit a lot by making sure we are sending our proposals to all of the GC's that are bidding the specific job. We get direct ITB's from most of our customers, but it's always valuable to see "who else" is bidding the job so that we maximize our opportunity of winning the project. Pros I get to search for specific commercial jobs that our company is specifically interested in. With the filters you can apply, we get to avoid any potential jobs that we are not interested in doing, including in the geographic areas we specifically work. Cons When you are using the search function; unless you specifically type in the title of the project the way it was entered on the other end, you will not be able to find that project. For example, if you are interested in looking for a specific T-Mobile project. If you search Tmobile without the hyphen, the project will not show up. And vice versa; if the human being uploaded that T-mobile in the system and they did or didn't use the hyphen. Depending on how you search it, you won't find it. If you mispell a project, it will simply say it doesn't exist. So there needs to be an improvement to the software such that any version of the spelling you type in will show up. Reason for choosing PlanHub For the same reason above. The personal rep that we had access to. Review Source Response from PlanHub August 19, 2019 Thanks for the great feedback and thank you for using PlanHub. The ability to search for projects by name is a little tricky if not spelled exactly as the project is posted. We deal with the same issue internally. Fortunately we are currently working on PlanHub 2.0 which will have an improved search feature similar to how Google's search works. Even if you spell a name incorrectly it should generate close matches. PlanHub 2.0 is scheduled to be release before the end of 2019. JS Jessica S. Sales Manager Construction Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Horrible company with even worse sales people" May 7, 2024 1.0 When we first started using planhub, it was a useful tool. General contractors paid to use the service to get bids from subcontractors for their projects. We subs already work for free in the hopes that the GCs we're bidding to win the job, AND that they choose us - in the world of estimating, we are at the most distinct disadvantage in the equation. Everyone knows this. Then planhub went on a rampage trying to monopolize the market, buying up competing and complementary services. Now planhub charges subs thousands of dollars to be able to download plans for the ITBs the GCs send us. So for us, planhub has become a notification system that a job is out there. It's less expensive to do a few minutes of research and reach out to the GC directly. The market is ripe for a revolution. Everywhere I go, people complain about planhub. I'm eager to see what emerges to disrupt their rent-seeking. Pros There is literally nothing we like about planhub. The only thing it is good for is letting you know a job is bidding. It's like the worst and most obtrusive notification system on the planet. Cons Their monopolistic rent-seeking behavior. Their exorbitant paywall. Their unethical and retaliatory sales reps (actually had one threaten me for asking her to stop calling our office multiple times a day). Reason for choosing PlanHub Ultimately, we didn't. We'll never pay them a cent. They're unethical and overpriced. Review Source Response from PlanHub May 1, 2025 Hey, Jessica - we appreciate you leaving your honest feedback with us. We're definitely disheartened to hear that your experience with our product and team hasn't been a good one. We can assure you that a lot of things have changed since you left your review, including a huge upgrade to the subcontractor experience with PlanHub 2.0. We'll make sure to pass on your comments to the team so they're aware and can make improvements for the future. Thank you again for being honest with us so we can do better! TB Tom B. Owner Construction Used the software for: 2+ years ### "WAYY better than Building Connected or Constructed Connect" August 19, 2023 5.0 Customer service is great. This is a well established company Pros Projects are sent to me by actual general contractors. Real projects . Won my first 7 figure job the 2nd month of bidding on planHub. The service only costs me $1700 per year for my entire company to use. Pays for itself Cons I just need more estimators to fully utilize all of the software that planHub has to offer Reason for choosing PlanHub PlanHub is a more established company with more GCs using the platform . It’s easier to user than the other companies Doing this Review Source Response from PlanHub May 1, 2025 Hey, Tom! We're supper happy to hear this. Thanks for letting us know your thoughts on our platform. We hope you're still enjoying it and getting lots of value from it. That's why we're here! RL Reid L. Director of Estimating Construction Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Quick and Easy " August 4, 2021 3.0 It is a fast way to get the project out to a larger group of subcontractors, but it is very hard to "work" a project through Plan Hub. There is currently no easy way to see a subs email address and enter a note on the project about what you did (i.e. - called and \[SENSITIVE CONTENT\] said he is bidding but will submit late.) We also want to be able to see how far away from the project a sub is located (how many miles away are they) Pros It is a fast way to get a project posted to subcontractors Cons You have no control over what subcontractors it goes to if you want to use the public database. The trade categories to pick trades from is not great - some areas are too detailed and some are too narrow or not there. Review Source Response from PlanHub August 10, 2021 Thanks for taking the time to leave a review! We aim to ensure you have a positive experience with PlanHub and we're always looking to make our product better. Your feedback allows us to create a better experience and improve PlanHub. Thank you! AC Andrew C. Estimator Construction Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Review for Planhub" November 8, 2023 1.0 I was not happy, I couldn't land one job, all concrete jobs seemed very small, and most GC contractors had already won the job but shopping the project all over again and again and after a while seemed like they were not serious or professional at all. Pros Easy to use somewhat, but had a variety of project per region Cons Didn't have the project types I was looking for. Switched from [ConstructConnect Bid Center](https://www.capterra.com/p/10011713/ConstructConnect-Bid-Center/) Well at the beginning I said its worth a shot its a bit Cheaper, Promised more projects. But I got scammed and I am a very good concrete bidder I get very Low and usually get 15% of the project I bid. Review Source Response from PlanHub May 2, 2025 Hey, Andrew - we're really sorry to hear that PlanHub wasn't working out for you. We'll be passing your feedback to the team so they're aware. We've made a lot of major upgrades since you left your review with us and we'd love to have another opportunity to change your mind with all the enhancements we've made in PlanHub 2.0! JF Jazmin F. Bid Procurement Asst. Manager Construction Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "In Between- Some pros, some cons." August 23, 2019 2.0 It's a bit less than average- the overall setup is amazing and simple to add the project but the quality contractors don't seem to be very helpful. I think if there was a type of qualification process for contractors to add their information, for it to be a bit more accurate that would expand quality! Pros The ease of putting the project out for bid, simplicity and "surprise" bids that we receive occasionally. Cons Contractors can add numerous trades if not all and that's not their trade of work. Contractor coverage doesn't seem to impact our bidding process, we don't receive too many bids or contractors to confirm during our estimating phase. Alternatives considered [Pantera Tools](https://www.capterra.com/p/136877/Pantera-Tools-Online-Plan-Room/) Reason for choosing PlanHub It was free and the first project we put out for bid while using the trial, we received a great number of bids. Since then adding more projects and different locations it hasn't seemed to pan out as expected. Review Source Response from PlanHub July 8, 2020 Thanks for the feedback and thanks for using PlanHub! We have a new version of Planhub coming out in the near future that will include more features and be more user friendly. Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.