Your ERP runs the books.We run the field.
Acumatica Construction is a cloud construction ERP with strong project financials and a broad integration ecosystem. But it’s office-centric, and its reviews flag in-depth training and navigation friction. POD is the project-controls layer that lives on the jobsite. Keep Acumatica for the back office; add POD for the field.
Acumatica Construction runs the back office — project accounting, financials, subcontracts, and equipment as a system of record. POD runs the field — reading the pay apps, budgets, and schedules you already produce and turning them into live dashboards, earned value, and AI insight, from the jobsite to the C-suite. Keep your ERP. Add the layer your field and PMs will actually open. No sales call. No implementation project.
Transparent vs. Hidden Pricing
Drag the slider to see POD’s cost for your team size. No sales call needed.
The whole suite. The part the field opens.
A cloud ERP arrives as one suite, built for the office. This is what a jobsite team actually opens.
POD is the lit part — project management and reporting, from the site — without asking the field to learn an ERP.
Which one earns its place with you?
No spin. If the left describes you, a construction ERP earns its keep in the back office. If the right does, you need the layer that lives on the jobsite.
An ERP fits when…
Any construction ERP earns its cost here
- You need project accounting and financials as your system of record
- You manage subcontracts and equipment as transactions in the ERP
- You run a broad integration ecosystem across the back office
- You have IT to run — and maintain — an implementation
POD fits when…
You need the layer your field opens, not another office module
- You keep accounting where it already lives
- You need to know how projects are doing today, from the jobsite
- You want dashboards, earned value, and AI insight this week, not after a rollout
- You would rather the field report by voice than learn an ERP
A Real POD Read — No Implementation
Auto-generated from the pay apps, budgets, and schedules you already produce. No finance module required.
What each has. You decide.
On everything you both do, POD does more or better. What it leaves out — the ERP back office — is on purpose. Every Acumatica claim links to its third-party source.
| Capability | Acumatica ConstructionCloud construction ERP | Plan of DayConstruction project-controls platform |
|---|---|---|
Everything you both do — POD does it better | ||
| Project financials & profitability | Real-time profitability (a strength) | ▲ BETTER CPI/SPI & earned value auto-computed from your pay apps & budgets |
| Dashboards & reporting | Dashboards & reports | ▲ BETTER Hundreds auto-generated + AI insight & a morning brief |
| Field & daily reporting | Office-centric ERP | ▲ BETTER 60-second voice reports, offline, instant — from the field |
| AI reading of any file | Limited | ▲ BETTER Core — reads pay apps, budgets, schedules & photos |
| Ask POD & Tell POD | — | ▲ BETTER Ask POD any question about your project; Tell POD an update by voice |
| Ease of use | Needs in-depth training; some navigation friction per reviews(source) | ▲ BETTER Self-serve, minutes to value, no training project |
| Speed to value | Implementation project | ▲ BETTER Upload a file, first dashboard today |
Where Acumatica is strong — you keep it Acumatica is a construction ERP with strong financials and a broad integration ecosystem. POD isn’t a finance tool, on purpose. Keep Acumatica for the back office; POD reads its output. | ||
| Project accounting & financials | Its core strength | BY DESIGN Reads your financials; computes EVM & health |
| Subcontractor & equipment management | Included | BY DESIGN Reads sub & equipment data; scorecards & KPIs |
| Integration ecosystem | Broad integrations | BY DESIGN Reads any file you produce; integrations growing |
| HR & payroll | Via the ERP suite | BY DESIGN Keep your payroll system |
The facts | ||
| Pricing model | Quote-based, unlimited-user | Public — $299 → $2,499/mo, self-serve |
| Best for | Mid-market, 25–500 users | Any firm, small or large |
| Deployment | Cloud ERP, IT-managed | SaaS, self-serve |
| Setup | Implementation + in-depth training | Minutes, self-serve |
Acumatica does not publish list pricing; every deal is quoted. Figures and characterizations are from publicly available third-party reviews (SelectHub), not official Acumatica pricing or documentation. Comparison based on publicly available information. Acumatica is a trademark of its respective owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Acumatica.
What POD Adds On Top
The project-controls layer your field will actually open — without the ERP overhead
Minutes, Not an Implementation
Upload a file and see a dashboard today. No configuration project, no consultants, no training program, no sales call.
Reads the Files You Already Produce
Pay apps, budgets, P6 and MPP schedules, daily reports, photos. POD reads them and maps the data to KPIs automatically.
Hundreds of KPIs, Auto-Generated
Earned value, cost, schedule, safety, and financial health — animated dashboards with no report builder to configure.
Keep Your Systems of Record
POD does not replace your ERP, payroll, or subcontract accounting. It reads their output and sits on top — no migration.
Voice-First Field Reporting
60-second voice reports the field will actually file, structured by AI in ten languages. No forms to train anyone on.
Public, Self-Serve Pricing
Every price is published. Start with a free trial, upgrade when you are ready, cancel anytime. No quote, no annual commitment to sign.
The Honest Take
If you want project accounting, financials, and subcontracts inside one cloud platform, a construction ERP earns its place. This page is for the other half of the job — the jobsite. Firms of any size that already run their books their own way and want their projects to make sense today land here, precisely because their back office already works.
Is POD your best match?
A short, honest self-check that scores your fit — and tells you straight if a different kind of tool would serve you better. No sales pitch, no names, just an honest answer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Alongside. Acumatica Construction is a cloud construction ERP — project accounting, financials, subcontracts, and equipment as a system of record. POD is the project-controls layer that lives on the jobsite: it reads the files you already produce and turns them into dashboards, earned value, and AI insight. Keep Acumatica for the back office; add POD for the field. No migration required.
No. POD does not run a general ledger, process payroll, or execute subcontracts as transactions. If you want all of that inside one platform, a construction ERP is the right kind of tool. POD focuses on turning your project data into intelligence, whatever systems you run behind it — and plenty of contractors land here precisely because their back office already works.
Because an ERP is built for the office, and the jobsite is where the day happens. POD gives you the field side people actually use — 60-second voice reporting, pay-app and budget intelligence, and hundreds of auto-generated KPIs — and hands the result back to the C-suite the same day, without a training program.
POD is self-serve. Upload a file, see a dashboard in minutes. No implementation project, no training program, no sales call — and every price is published so you can decide without a quote.
Keep the books. Add the field.
If you need a construction ERP, keep it, and let it run the back office. Then start a free trial and give the jobsite the layer it will actually open.
Why Teams Switch to POD
What You Get With POD
Feature and cost comparisons are based on publicly available information and each vendor’s own published materials, and may change over time. Product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. POD pricing is published at planofday.com/pricing.