Everything they do.Done better.
CMiC is a full construction ERP: general ledger, payroll, and procurement in one system of record. But when Finance keeps its own books and Procurement runs its own way, you are paying enterprise prices for what became a file share. POD is the construction-project platform your team will actually use — built to read your pay apps, budgets, and schedules and turn them into live dashboards.
CMiC runs the whole back office — accounting, payroll, and procurement as a system of record. POD runs your projects — reading the pay apps, budgets, and schedules you already produce and turning them into live dashboards, earned value, and AI insight. Keep your systems of record. Add the platform 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 you open.
An enterprise platform arrives as one suite. This is what a project-focused team actually opens.
POD is the lit part — project management and reporting — without buying the modules you would keep closed.
Which one earns its price with you?
No spin. If the left describes you, an enterprise ERP is worth its price. If the right does, you would be buying a back office you will never open.
An ERP fits when…
Any enterprise ERP earns its cost here
- You run payroll in-house across your workforce
- You need GL and AP/AR as your accounting system of record
- You manage procurement, prequal, and subcontracts as transactions
- You have IT to run — and maintain — an implementation
POD fits when…
You need the platform your team opens, not the whole back office
- You keep accounting where it already lives
- You need to know how projects are doing today, not next quarter
- You want dashboards, earned value, and AI insight this week, not after a rollout
- You would rather pay for what you actually use
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 CMiC figure links to its third-party source.
| Capability | CMiCEnterprise construction ERP | Plan of DayConstruction project-controls platform |
|---|---|---|
Everything you both do — POD does it better | ||
| Dashboards & reporting | Configurable dashboards & reports CMiC’s top-scored feature(source) | ▲ BETTER Hundreds auto-generated + AI insight & a morning brief — no report builder |
| File & document storage | Stores & versions contracts, drawings, RFIs, COs | ▲ BETTER Stores them AND AI reads every file, mapping data to KPIs |
| Field reporting | Update costs & status from the field | ▲ BETTER 60-second voice reports, offline, AI-structured — office sees them instantly |
| Project controls & change orders | Tracks controls & change orders | ▲ MORE EVM, CPI/SPI, a PCO pipeline & auto-reconciliation against budget |
| Subcontractor performance | Subcontractor records & evaluations | ▲ MORE Predictive scorecards + vendor performance KPIs |
| AI across your files | 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 — an ERP has no answer for this |
| Speed to value | 6–18 months, IT-led industry estimate(source) | ▲ BETTER Minutes, self-serve — first dashboard today |
What POD leaves out on purpose — and why they cost more The whole back office is why an ERP runs six figures and takes months. POD isn’t a finance tool, on purpose — so you don’t pay for what you won’t use. Keep these where they are; POD reads their output. | ||
| General ledger & financials | System of record | BY DESIGN Keep your accounting |
| HR & payroll | Full in-platform payroll | BY DESIGN Keep your payroll system |
| Procurement & purchase orders | Transactional CMiC scored 99/100(source) | BY DESIGN POD reads procurement data for reporting |
| Automated project accounting | Posts to the GL, billing & WIP | BY DESIGN POD computes EVM & health from your data |
| Bidding & preconstruction | Best-in-class CMiC scored 100/100(source) | BY DESIGN Not a bidding tool |
The facts | ||
| Pricing model | Quote-only, role-based | Public, self-serve |
| Annual cost | $50K–$150K+/yr industry estimate(source) | $999/mo Team · $2,499/mo Executive |
| Implementation | 6–18 months · $100K–$500K industry estimate(source) | Minutes — you just upload POD files & organizes every document, then reads each one — pay apps, budgets, schedules, drawings — to build your budget, schedule, EVM, reports, QA/QC and safety automatically. Then Ask POD anything, or Tell POD an update by voice. No configuration, no data entry. |
| Deployment | Single-database ERP, IT-managed | SaaS, self-serve |
| User rating | 77% would recommend Capterra 4.2 · TrustRadius 3.6 · G2 3.3 (375 reviews)(source) | — |
CMiC does not publish list pricing; every deal is quoted. Dollar figures are estimates from the linked third-party review sites (ERP Research, SelectHub), not official CMiC pricing, and per-user figures are not vendor-confirmed. Comparison based on publicly available information. CMiC is a trademark of its respective owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by CMiC.
What POD Adds On Top
The construction-project platform your team 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 IT rollout, 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 accounting, payroll, or procurement. 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 finance, payroll, and procurement inside one platform, an enterprise ERP earns its price. This page is for everyone else — firms of any size that already run those their own way and want their projects to make sense. Some of the largest contractors 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. CMiC is a full construction ERP — general ledger, payroll, and procurement as a system of record. POD is a project intelligence layer that reads the files you already produce and turns them into dashboards, earned value, and AI insight. Keep your accounting where it is; POD reads its output. No migration required.
No. POD does not run a general ledger, process payroll, or execute purchase orders as transactions. If you want all of that inside one platform, an enterprise 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 large contractors land here precisely because their back office already works.
Because most of that platform ends up unopened. When finance keeps its own books and procurement runs its own way, an ERP becomes an expensive place to share files. POD gives you the construction-project side people actually use — voice reporting, pay-app and budget intelligence, and hundreds of auto-generated KPIs — without paying for modules that sit idle.
POD is self-serve. Upload a file, see a dashboard in minutes. No implementation project, no consultant, no sales call — and every price is published so you can decide without a quote.
Pay for what you need.
If you need an enterprise ERP, buy one, and use every module. If you don’t, start a free trial and keep what earns its place.
Why Teams Switch to POD
What You Get With POD
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