They organize the jobsite.POD reads it.
Fieldwire is a field-first task and plan tool: drawings on a tablet, tasks and punch lists pinned to the sheet, photos attached, all of it working offline. It is good at organizing the jobsite. What it does not do is read what the jobsite is telling you. POD reads every field report, photo, pay app, and schedule and turns them into live dashboards, earned value, and AI insight.
Fieldwire organizes the jobsite: plans, tasks, and punch lists on a tablet, offline. POD reads the field and tells you what it means: which bottleneck is costing crew-hours, which zones are truly complete, whether earned value is tracking, which safety indicators are moving. Keep the tool that organizes the work. Add the one that reads it. No sales call. Public pricing.
Transparent vs. Hidden Pricing
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The jobsite, organized. Then read.
A task tool files what happened. This is what happens next, when the reports are read.
The left column is a good day in a task tool. The right column is the same day, read by POD. Every number on the right also appears in the two live KPIs below.
Which one earns its place with you?
No spin. If the left describes you, Fieldwire earns its seats. If the right does, you need the read. Many teams run both.
Fieldwire fits when…
A field-first task and plan tool earns its cost here
- Plan markup and version compare on a tablet are the daily job
- You run tasks and punch lists pinned to the drawing itself
- Crews work offline on low-connectivity sites and need it to just sync
- Organizing the work is the problem you are solving
POD fits when…
You need to know what the field is telling you, not only that it was filed
- You need to know what the field reports mean, not just that they were filed
- Earned value, pay-app reconciliation, and CPI/SPI matter to you
- You want leading safety indicators before the incident, not counts after
- Your foremen would rather talk for 60 seconds than tap through a form
A Real POD Read — From Ordinary Field Reports
Auto-generated from the daily reports, photos, and punch lists the field already files. No task tool required, no forms to configure.
What each has. You decide.
On everything you both do, POD does more or better. Fieldwire keeps plan markup, and POD does not pretend otherwise. The one third-party figure links to its source.
| Capability | FieldwireField-first task & plan management | Plan of DayConstruction project-controls platform |
|---|---|---|
Everything you both do — POD does it better | ||
| Tasks & punch lists | Task & punch-list management with photo documentation a Fieldwire strength | ▲ MORE Punch lists plus punch-list aging, rework velocity & first-pass inspection rate, computed from your reports |
| Photo documentation | Photos attached to tasks & plans | ▲ BETTER Photos are read, not just stored: AI pulls safety findings, progress & location from every photo |
| Offline field use | Strong offline mobile on low-connectivity sites a Fieldwire strength | ▲ MORE Offline too, and the report is a 60-second voice note, structured by AI when you reconnect |
| Ease of use & support | Well-rated for ease of use & support per reviews(source) | ▲ BETTER Nothing to learn: speak a report or upload a file. First dashboard in minutes, no training project |
| Operations intelligence | Task status & completion | ▲ MORE Bottleneck radar & zone-by-zone true completion (the two KPIs above), read from ordinary field reports |
Where POD Goes Further Fieldwire organizes the work. It does not read the reports and tell you what they mean. This is the layer POD adds, on top of the tasks and plans you keep. | ||
| AI read of every report & file | — | ▲ BETTER Every daily report, photo, pay app & schedule is read by AI: insight and a morning brief, not a file list |
| Earned value & pay-app intelligence | — | ▲ MORE CPI/SPI, earned value & pay-app reconciliation computed from your own files |
| Predictive safety analytics | — | ▲ MORE Leading indicators (fatigue, new-worker risk, schedule pressure) before the incident, not counts after |
| Voice-first field reporting | — | ▲ BETTER 60-second voice reports, offline, AI-structured in ten languages |
| Timeline playback | — | ▲ MORE A project DVR: scrub to any day and replay how the job got here |
| Ask POD & Tell POD | — | ▲ BETTER Ask POD any question about your project; Tell POD an update by voice |
Where Fieldwire stays your tool Fieldwire is genuinely good at this, and POD does not try to replace it. Keep it; POD reads what comes out of it. | ||
| Plan & blueprint markup | Plan viewing, markup & version compare on a tablet its core strength | BY DESIGN Not a markup tool. POD files & organizes your drawing sets; keep Fieldwire for redlines & version compare |
The facts | ||
| Pricing model | Published per seat: free Basic tier, paid per user, custom enterprise | Public, tiered by team — $299 → $2,499/mo, self-serve |
| Speed to value | Self-serve, free tier to start | Minutes — upload a file or speak a report POD files & organizes every document, then reads each one 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 | Mobile-first, works offline | SaaS, self-serve, offline field reporting |
| User rating | 4.6 / 5 Capterra (99 reviews)(source) | — |
Fieldwire publishes its own pricing; this page does not restate it. The user rating is from the linked third-party review site (Capterra) at the time of writing and may change. Comparison based on publicly available information. Fieldwire is a trademark of its respective owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Fieldwire.
What POD Adds On Top
The intelligence layer over the tasks, plans, and reports the field already produces
Minutes, Not a Rollout
Upload a file or speak a report and see a dashboard today. No configuration project, no training program, no sales call.
Reads the Files the Field Already Produces
Daily reports, photos, punch-list exports, pay apps, P6 (XER) and MS Project (XML) schedules. POD reads them and maps the data to KPIs automatically.
Hundreds of KPIs, Auto-Generated
Bottlenecks, zone completion, earned value, safety leading indicators. Animated dashboards with no report builder to configure.
Runs Alongside Your Task Tool
Keep Fieldwire for plans, tasks, and punch lists if it works for you. POD reads what comes out of the field and adds the intelligence layer on top.
Voice-First Field Reporting
60-second voice reports the field will actually file, structured by AI in ten languages. No forms to tap through with gloves on.
Public Pricing, Priced by Team
Every price is published and tiered by team, not by seat. Start with a free trial, upgrade when you are ready, cancel anytime.
The Honest Take
If your problem is organizing the jobsite, plans on a tablet, tasks on the drawing, punch lists with photos, Fieldwire is a good tool for it, and this page will not pretend otherwise. POD is for the next question: what do all those closed tasks and filed reports mean for the schedule, the budget, and the crew’s safety? Plenty of teams run both. Some find the read is the part they were missing.
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
Either. Fieldwire is a field-first task and plan tool. POD is a project intelligence layer that reads the daily reports, photos, pay apps, and schedules your team already produces and turns them into dashboards, earned value, and AI insight. Many teams keep Fieldwire for plans and punch lists and add POD for the read. If daily reporting and project health are the whole problem, POD alone covers it.
POD files and organizes your drawing sets and tracks punch-list aging, rework velocity, and first-pass inspection rates from your reports. It is not a redline or markup tool, on purpose. If marking up a sheet on a tablet is the daily job, keep Fieldwire for that. POD reads what comes out of it.
The read. A task tool tells you what was done. POD tells you what it means: which bottleneck is costing crew-hours, which zones are truly complete, whether earned value is tracking, and which leading safety indicators are moving. It also adds voice-first field reporting, timeline playback, and Ask POD, so anyone can ask a question about the project and get an answer.
POD publishes every price and tiers by team rather than by seat, from $299 to $2,499 per month, with a free trial to start and no sales call. Subcontractors upload through free links. Fieldwire publishes its own pricing; this page does not restate it.
Organize the work. Then read it.
Keep the task tool if it earns its place. Start a free trial and see what your own field reports have been trying to tell you.
Why Teams Switch to POD
What You Get With POD
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