They manage the build.POD reads it.
CoConstruct was built for custom-home builders and remodelers: client selections, specs, change orders, a homeowner portal, and budgets that sync to QuickBooks. It is now closed to new customers and being retired into Buildertrend. POD is built for where you are going. It reads every report, pay app, and schedule you produce and tells you what is going wrong before it costs you.
CoConstruct manages custom-home builds and client selections, and does it well. POD reads the project — every report, pay app, and schedule — and turns it into momentum, completion forecasts, earned value, and AI insight. Nothing to configure. No sales call. And no product sunset on the horizon.
Transparent vs. Hidden Pricing
Drag the slider to see POD’s cost for your team size. No sales call needed.
Managing a build. Reading one.
A residential suite keeps the selections, specs, and schedule organized. This is what happens when the same files get read.
POD is the lit part: the read. Momentum, the completion forecast, earned value, and safety risk, computed from files you already produce.
Which one earns its place with you?
No spin. If the left describes you, a residential PM suite is the right kind of tool. If the right does, you want the platform that reads the project.
A residential suite fits when…
CoConstruct, or the platform it is being retired into, earns its place here
- Client selections and allowances are the core of your workflow
- Your homeowner needs a portal for approvals and messages
- QuickBooks sync is the whole of your financial reporting
- You are an existing customer content to move with the vendor’s migration
POD fits when…
You need the platform that reads the project, not just files it
- You want to know what a pay app, schedule, or report means, not just where it is stored
- You build anything beyond custom homes, or plan to
- You want earned value, momentum, and completion forecasts without a spreadsheet
- You would rather pick your next platform than be assigned one
A Real POD Read of a Custom Home
Momentum and the completion forecast, computed from the budget, schedule, and daily reports a builder already produces. No selections module required.
What each has. You decide.
On everything you both do, POD does more or better. Then it adds the layer a residential suite never had: the read. The one third-party figure here links to its source.
| Capability | CoConstructCustom-home & remodeler PM suite | Plan of DayConstruction project-controls platform |
|---|---|---|
Everything you both do — POD does it better | ||
| Budget & change orders | Budgets, change orders, QuickBooks sync a genuine strength | ▲ BETTER Budget confirmed against pay apps & commitments; a CO log reconciled to budget automatically |
| Scheduling | Integrated schedule with client visibility | ▲ MORE Reads P6, MS Project & PDF schedules; SPI, float & a P50/P80/P95 completion forecast |
| Daily logs & field updates | Daily logs from the app | ▲ BETTER 60-second voice reports, offline, AI-structured, ten languages — office sees them instantly |
| Client / owner communication | Homeowner portal, selections & approvals purpose-built for custom homes | ▲ MORE Curated client portal & tokenized share links with live dashboards, photos & milestones |
| Dashboards & reporting | Project & financial reports | ▲ BETTER Hundreds auto-generated + AI insight & a morning brief — no report builder |
| Photos & documents | Stores photos & files per job | ▲ BETTER Stores them AND reads them — photo safety findings, drawing currency, file intelligence |
Where POD Goes Further CoConstruct manages the build. It does not read it. This is the intelligence layer POD adds on top of everything above — the part that tells you what is going wrong before it costs you. | ||
| AI read of every file | — | ▲ BETTER Reads pay apps, budgets, schedules, reports & photos; maps the data to KPIs |
| Earned value & pay-app intelligence | — | ▲ BETTER CPI/SPI and earned value computed from your pay apps; pay-app reconciliation to the penny |
| Predictive safety | — | ▲ BETTER Fatigue, new-worker risk windows, near-miss velocity, photo safety findings |
| Ask POD & Tell POD | — | ▲ BETTER Ask POD any question about your project; Tell POD an update by voice |
| Timeline playback | — | ▲ BETTER Project DVR — scrub to any day and replay how the job got here |
| Beyond custom homes | Residential-scoped | ▲ MORE Custom home, multi-family, commercial, infrastructure — one platform, same read |
The facts | ||
| Pricing model | Quote-only no published pricing | Public — $299 → $2,499/mo, self-serve |
| Product status | Closed to new customers; being retired into Buildertrend per the vendor’s own public announcements | Actively developed — sign up today |
| Speed to value | Onboarding & setup | Minutes — upload a file, first dashboard today 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 | Cloud, residential-scoped | SaaS, self-serve, any project type |
| User rating | Capterra 4.7/5 | — |
CoConstruct does not publish list pricing and is no longer sold to new customers; product status reflects the vendor’s own public announcements. The user rating is from the linked third-party review site (Capterra), not from the vendor. Comparison based on publicly available information. CoConstruct and Buildertrend are trademarks of their respective owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by CoConstruct or Buildertrend.
What POD Adds On Top
The platform that reads your project, ready the day you sign up
Minutes, Not a Migration
If you are choosing a next platform anyway, choose one you can try today. Upload a file, see a dashboard. No onboarding project, no sales call.
Reads the Files You Already Produce
Budgets, pay apps, schedules, daily reports, photos. POD reads them and maps the data to KPIs automatically, whatever tool made them.
Hundreds of KPIs, Auto-Generated
Momentum, completion forecasts, earned value, cost, safety, and financial health as animated dashboards. No report builder to configure.
Keep QuickBooks and Your Estimating
POD does not replace your accounting or your estimating tool. It reads their output and sits on top. Nothing to migrate, nothing to re-key.
Voice-First Field Reporting
60-second voice reports the crew 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
CoConstruct earned its reputation. Custom-home builders loved the selections workflow and the homeowner portal, and a 4.7 on Capterra says so. This page exists because that product is being retired, and the people who relied on it are choosing what comes next. Choose the platform that reads the project, not just the one that manages it.
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
No. CoConstruct is closed to new customers. Buildertrend acquired it in 2021 and is retiring the product into its own platform, with existing customers being migrated. This page compares what CoConstruct does for custom-home builders with what POD does today, so anyone choosing a replacement can see the difference plainly.
Not as a selections workflow. POD does not manage material selections or allowance approvals. It gives you a curated client portal with live dashboards, progress photos, and milestones, and it reads your budget and change orders so the money side stays reconciled. If selections are your core workflow, that lives in a residential suite; POD sits on top and reads the output.
POD works for any project type. A custom-home builder uploads the same kinds of files as a commercial GC: a budget, a schedule, a pay app, a daily report. POD reads them the same way. The voice-first workflow is faster for a small crew than any form, and the intelligence deepens as your projects grow. You never outgrow it.
Minutes. Upload a file and see a dashboard today. No onboarding project, no consultant, no sales call, and every price is published so you can decide without a quote.
Choose what comes next.
If you are moving platforms anyway, move to the one that reads every report, pay app, and schedule and tells you what is going wrong before it costs you.
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.