Comparing JobTread · See BOS vs Buildertrend
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BOS vs JobTread
JobTread publishes its price, and for one person it's the same as ours: $199 a month.
The difference is what happens as you add people. JobTread charges for every internal user after the first. BOS is $199 for everybody in your company — office, supers, crew — and it stays $199 when you hire.
What each one costs as you grow.
| Users | JobTread | BOS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $199 | $199tie |
| 3 | $239 | $199 |
| 6 | $299 | $199 |
| 10 | $379 | $199 |
| 15 | $454 | $199 |
| 25 | $579 | $199 |
We are not the cheap one. We are the flat one. $199 is the bill at four people and it is the bill at twenty.
Monthly, from JobTread's published pricing, verified 8 September 2026.
In fairness: JobTread doesn't charge for crew who only log notes, upload photos and check off tasks. Anyone who builds or changes the schedule counts as a user — which, if your supers run the schedule from the field, is most of the people who matter.
Side by side, tool by tool.
Highlighted rows are things BOS does that JobTread doesn't list.
The business
| Tool | BOS | JobTread | Buildertrend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $199 a month | $199 a month for the first user | Not published — demo required |
| Users included | Unlimited | 1 internal user (crew who only log notes, upload photos and check off tasks are free) | Not published — demo required |
| Cost per additional user | $0 | $20 a month each, less after 10 | Not published — demo required |
| Number of jobs | Unlimited | Unlimited | Not published — demo required |
| Contract | None — month to month | Monthly or annual plan | Not published — demo required |
| Setup | Sign up and start | Sign up and start | Demo required |
| Built by | A working homebuilder, on his own jobs | The owner of a general contracting company | A software company |
| On the phone | Runs in the phone's web browser — nothing to install | Separate app to download | Separate app to download |
| Everything included | ✓ | ✓ | Priced by the products you choose |
Price
- BOS
- $199 a month
- JobTread
- $199 a month for the first user
- Buildertrend
- Not published — demo required
Users included
- BOS
- Unlimited
- JobTread
- 1 internal user (crew who only log notes, upload photos and check off tasks are free)
- Buildertrend
- Not published — demo required
Cost per additional user
- BOS
- $0
- JobTread
- $20 a month each, less after 10
- Buildertrend
- Not published — demo required
Number of jobs
- BOS
- Unlimited
- JobTread
- Unlimited
- Buildertrend
- Not published — demo required
Contract
- BOS
- None — month to month
- JobTread
- Monthly or annual plan
- Buildertrend
- Not published — demo required
Setup
- BOS
- Sign up and start
- JobTread
- Sign up and start
- Buildertrend
- Demo required
Built by
- BOS
- A working homebuilder, on his own jobs
- JobTread
- The owner of a general contracting company
- Buildertrend
- A software company
On the phone
- BOS
- Runs in the phone's web browser — nothing to install
- JobTread
- Separate app to download
- Buildertrend
- Separate app to download
Everything included
- BOS
- ✓
- JobTread
- ✓
- Buildertrend
- Priced by the products you choose
Project management
| Tool | BOS | JobTread | Buildertrend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduling | Task list, Gantt chart, Kanban, network, calendar, baseline, critical path | Task list, Gantt chart, calendar | Gantt chart, calendar, critical path, baseline |
| Eagle View schedules | Every job's starts and finishes on one schedule, so you can watch cash flow across the whole company | Not listed | Not listed |
| Task list | Details, resources, files, notes and history on every task; you choose who gets told when it moves | ✓ | Files, automatic notifications for schedule changes |
| Daily logs | Daily logs, photos, video and weather | Daily logs, photos, video | Daily logs |
| Time clock | Clock in by job, breaks, overtime rules, weekly settings, phone location at clock-in and clock-out, approvals, reports | Clock in by job, approvals, geolocation | Time clock, geofencing, payroll sync, reports, HR integration |
| Change orders | Email approvals, automatic budget updates, billable, team updates, file attachments | Email approvals, automatic budget updates, billable, team updates, file attachments | Email approvals, automatic budget updates, billable, team updates, file attachments |
| Selections | Master and job catalogs, Product Clipper, standards, pricing, allowances, approvals, schedule linking, required items, documents and warranties, all in the client portal | Material catalog, allowances, approvals and documents, in the client portal | Material catalog, allowances, approvals, schedule linking and documents, in the client portal |
| Subcontractors | No login needed — subs get their schedule by email | Not listed | Subcontractor portal |
| Warranties | Each selection carries its own warranty, in the client portal | Warranty management | Separate warranty module |
Scheduling
- BOS
- Task list, Gantt chart, Kanban, network, calendar, baseline, critical path
- JobTread
- Task list, Gantt chart, calendar
- Buildertrend
- Gantt chart, calendar, critical path, baseline
Eagle View schedules
- BOS
- Every job's starts and finishes on one schedule, so you can watch cash flow across the whole company
- JobTread
- Not listed
- Buildertrend
- Not listed
Task list
- BOS
- Details, resources, files, notes and history on every task; you choose who gets told when it moves
- JobTread
- ✓
- Buildertrend
- Files, automatic notifications for schedule changes
Daily logs
- BOS
- Daily logs, photos, video and weather
- JobTread
- Daily logs, photos, video
- Buildertrend
- Daily logs
Time clock
- BOS
- Clock in by job, breaks, overtime rules, weekly settings, phone location at clock-in and clock-out, approvals, reports
- JobTread
- Clock in by job, approvals, geolocation
- Buildertrend
- Time clock, geofencing, payroll sync, reports, HR integration
Change orders
- BOS
- Email approvals, automatic budget updates, billable, team updates, file attachments
- JobTread
- Email approvals, automatic budget updates, billable, team updates, file attachments
- Buildertrend
- Email approvals, automatic budget updates, billable, team updates, file attachments
Selections
- BOS
- Master and job catalogs, Product Clipper, standards, pricing, allowances, approvals, schedule linking, required items, documents and warranties, all in the client portal
- JobTread
- Material catalog, allowances, approvals and documents, in the client portal
- Buildertrend
- Material catalog, allowances, approvals, schedule linking and documents, in the client portal
Subcontractors
- BOS
- No login needed — subs get their schedule by email
- JobTread
- Not listed
- Buildertrend
- Subcontractor portal
Warranties
- BOS
- Each selection carries its own warranty, in the client portal
- JobTread
- Warranty management
- Buildertrend
- Separate warranty module
Sales, clients and money
| Tool | BOS | JobTread | Buildertrend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales management | |||
| CRM | CRM hub, lead tracking, proposals, communication tools | CRM hub, lead tracking | CRM hub, lead tracking, proposals, communication tools, email marketing |
| Real estate agent portal | Your agents get marketing plans, house plans and job information, and can message you | Not listed | Not listed |
| Client management | |||
| Client portal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| File storage | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Messaging and comments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Financial management | |||
| Request for bids | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Purchase orders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Budget and estimate | Cost codes, estimate, estimate vs actual, margin, contract draw sheet, bids, POs and work orders, Excel, budget templates, analytics, cost books and assemblies | Cost codes, estimate, estimate vs actual, cost catalog, budget templates, analytics | Cost codes, estimate, estimate vs actual, Excel, budget templates, analytics |
| Plans | Plan sets with redlines, plus separate change-order, marketing and client plan sets | Not listed | Not listed |
| Takeoffs | Scaled digital measuring, quantity and component takeoffs, priced from your cost books and assemblies, with workbooks to check the math | Not listed | Scaled digital measuring, quantity takeoffs |
| Invoices | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Job costing | Snap the bill on your phone, code it, approve it, and it goes to QuickBooks | Yes — estimate vs actual, QuickBooks sync | Yes — estimate vs actual, QuickBooks sync |
| Create | |||
| Document templates | Build any document you use, with the job filled in automatically; email it and get it signed online | Proposal templates | Proposal templates |
| Spreadsheet templates | Build any spreadsheet you use, with the job filled in automatically | Not listed | Not listed |
| Brochures | Product brochures from your selections: all of them, or one category like plumbing or appliances | For proposals and selections | Not listed |
Sales management
CRM
- BOS
- CRM hub, lead tracking, proposals, communication tools
- JobTread
- CRM hub, lead tracking
- Buildertrend
- CRM hub, lead tracking, proposals, communication tools, email marketing
Real estate agent portal
- BOS
- Your agents get marketing plans, house plans and job information, and can message you
- JobTread
- Not listed
- Buildertrend
- Not listed
Client management
Client portal
- BOS
- ✓
- JobTread
- ✓
- Buildertrend
- ✓
File storage
- BOS
- ✓
- JobTread
- ✓
- Buildertrend
- ✓
Messaging and comments
- BOS
- ✓
- JobTread
- ✓
- Buildertrend
- ✓
Financial management
Request for bids
- BOS
- ✓
- JobTread
- ✓
- Buildertrend
- ✓
Purchase orders
- BOS
- ✓
- JobTread
- ✓
- Buildertrend
- ✓
Budget and estimate
- BOS
- Cost codes, estimate, estimate vs actual, margin, contract draw sheet, bids, POs and work orders, Excel, budget templates, analytics, cost books and assemblies
- JobTread
- Cost codes, estimate, estimate vs actual, cost catalog, budget templates, analytics
- Buildertrend
- Cost codes, estimate, estimate vs actual, Excel, budget templates, analytics
Plans
- BOS
- Plan sets with redlines, plus separate change-order, marketing and client plan sets
- JobTread
- Not listed
- Buildertrend
- Not listed
Takeoffs
- BOS
- Scaled digital measuring, quantity and component takeoffs, priced from your cost books and assemblies, with workbooks to check the math
- JobTread
- Not listed
- Buildertrend
- Scaled digital measuring, quantity takeoffs
Invoices
- BOS
- ✓
- JobTread
- ✓
- Buildertrend
- ✓
Job costing
- BOS
- Snap the bill on your phone, code it, approve it, and it goes to QuickBooks
- JobTread
- Yes — estimate vs actual, QuickBooks sync
- Buildertrend
- Yes — estimate vs actual, QuickBooks sync
Create
Document templates
- BOS
- Build any document you use, with the job filled in automatically; email it and get it signed online
- JobTread
- Proposal templates
- Buildertrend
- Proposal templates
Spreadsheet templates
- BOS
- Build any spreadsheet you use, with the job filled in automatically
- JobTread
- Not listed
- Buildertrend
- Not listed
Brochures
- BOS
- Product brochures from your selections: all of them, or one category like plumbing or appliances
- JobTread
- For proposals and selections
- Buildertrend
- Not listed
Buildertrend and JobTread information from their own public websites, checked October 2026. Buildertrend does not publish pricing, user limits or contract terms; a demo is required. "Not listed" means we didn't find it on their site, not that it can't be done. If anything here is out of date, tell us at todd@bos.build and we'll fix it.