The Procore alternative
built for small contractors
Procore quotes against your annual construction volume, so the bill grows every year you have a good one. Contractor Project Hub gives you a 17-module construction ERP for a one-time licence, or we build you a custom one. No per-user fees. Nothing priced off your revenue.
- 17 modules, live in about a minute
- One-time licence, not per seat
- Nothing priced off your job volume
- Reshape any module after install
Free template needs no credit card. Pro is $999 one-time $1,999 for the first 100 contractors.
Why small contractors switch away from Procore
Procore is real software and it earns its price for firms past $50M in annual volume with a dedicated IT function. Below that, the maths stops working.
Procore prices against your annual construction volume
Procore does not publish list pricing. Third-party analyses put the smallest single-module setup around $375 a month, and small contractors typically land between $10,000 and $80,000 a year, commonly quoted at 0.1 to 0.2 percent of the volume you push through it. Win a bigger year, pay a bigger bill.
Per-seat tools punish you for hiring
Buildertrend, JobTread, AccuLynx and Knowify all charge per user per month. A 20-person contractor pays roughly $15,000 to $25,000 a year before add-ons, and every new foreman is another seat fee, forever.
Fixed modules your jobs have to bend around
Procore hands you predefined modules. If your change-order approval or your sub compliance rules do not fit that structure, you adapt the business to the software. Small contractors end up using a fraction of what they pay for.
Enterprise onboarding, enterprise timeline
Procore implementation is a project: onboarding managers, training sessions, data migration, and implementation costs quoted on top of licence. You need software running on the job that starts Monday.
AI does the 90% that is the same across every contractor. We do the 10% that is specific to yours.
That is how a 17-module contractor ERP costs $999 one-time instead of $15,000 to $25,000 a year per seat.
Three ways to replace Procore
Start free, upgrade when the compliance and financials layers start to matter, and only commission a custom build if the template genuinely cannot reach your workflow.
Free forever
Contractor Project Hub
$0
- Core jobs, customers and scheduling
- One-click install, no credit card
- Run a real job through it before you spend
Launch pricing · first 100 contractors
Contractor Project Hub Pro
$999
$1,999
50% OFF · one-time licence
- All 17 modules
- Sub compliance with auto-blocking on expiry
- Job costing, change orders, AR aging
- QuickBooks Online and Stripe wired in
- No per-user fees, ever
Done for you
Custom Contractor App
From $5,000
Pay 10% to start, 90% on approval
- Built around your workflow, not a template
- Progress billing, certified payroll, lien packs
- Trade-specific modes and takeoff integrations
Procore pricing vs Fuzen, the real numbers
What construction management software actually costs once you stop paying a percentage of your own revenue for features you do not use.
| Procore | Contractor Project Hub | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Quote-based annual contract, scaled to annual construction volume | One-time licence, or one-time custom build |
| What a small contractor typically pays | $10,000 to $80,000 a year, commonly cited at 0.1 to 0.2% of annual volume | $999 one-time for Pro, plus hosting |
| Per-user fees | Yes, scales with your team | None |
| Costs more when you win a bigger year | Yes, volume-based | None |
| Implementation cost | Quoted separately on top of licence | Included. Install takes about a minute |
| Time to live | Weeks of onboarding and training | About a minute for the template |
| Reshape modules after go-live | Configure within Procore's structure | Add fields, statuses, automations and whole modules |
| Contract | Annual, renewed annually | One-time payment. Nothing to renew |
| Best fit | Commercial firms past $50M annual volume with IT staff | Contractors running 5 to 50 people |
Procore does not publish list pricing. Figures reflect third-party pricing analyses and reported contract ranges at the time of writing; your quote will differ. Fuzen Pro is a one-time licence plus hosting.
Everything Procore does for a small contractor, in 17 modules
Contractor Project Hub Pro is a complete construction project management system for small businesses, shipped as a template you install and then reshape. Every module below is live in Pro on day one.
Dashboard
Four financial KPIs across every open job, plus the jobs that need attention today.
Leads
Inbound enquiries through a seven-stage pipeline, from first call to signed contract.
Estimates
Line-item estimates off your own cost data, sent for client approval.
Customers
Full customer record with job history, contacts and every document attached.
Subcontractor Directory
Your whole sub roster with trades, rates and current compliance status.
Compliance Dashboard
W-9, COI, licence and bond on every sub, with expirations that auto-block assignment.
Schedule & Dispatch
Crews and subs across every site, with conflicts surfaced before they cost you a day.
Jobs & Job Costing
Seven-tab job record with budget vs actual on labour, materials and subs.
Change Orders
Change orders with approval routing, so scope creep gets priced instead of absorbed.
Vendors
Supplier records, pricing history and the paperwork trail on every material order.
Purchase Orders
POs raised against a job budget and reconciled when the invoice lands.
Plan Templates
Reusable job plans so your fifth bathroom remodel is scoped in minutes, not hours.
Subscriptions
Recurring service plans and AMC contracts as predictable monthly revenue.
Time Approvals
Crew time from the field, GPS-verified, approved before it hits job cost.
Invoices & AR
Progress invoices, Stripe card payments and an AR aging view that tells you who is late.
Team Management
Role-based access so a foreman sees jobs and a bookkeeper sees money.
Settings
Currency, tax, job stages, approval thresholds and your QuickBooks and Stripe connections.
On the roadmap, or built as a Custom Contractor App
These are the advanced contractor extensions that Pro does not ship with by default. If you need them, they are scoped as a custom build rather than sold to you as if they were already there.
- AIA G702 / G703 progress billing with retention
- Certified payroll (WH-347) and per-tech billable rates
- State-specific lien waiver and home-improvement contract packs
- Lead scoring, weighted pipeline and two-way SMS
- Assembly library with Good / Better / Best variants and takeoff sync
- Trade-specific modes (solar, roofing, electrical, plumbing, HVAC)
- Supplier catalogue integrations beyond QuickBooks and Stripe
How Fuzen compares to the other Procore alternatives
Every other name on this list sells you a fixed product on a recurring seat fee. Contractor Project Hub is a one-time licence on a platform you can keep reshaping.
| Feature | Procore | Buildertrend Complete | JobTread | AccuLynx Elite | Knowify Plus | Contractor Project Hub Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-year cost (20 users) | $30K-$240K+ | ~$25K+ | ~$18K+ | ~$20K+ | ~$15K+ | $999 one-time |
| Pricing model | Annual, volume-based | Per user / month | Per user / month | Per user / month | Per user / month | One-time, no per-user |
| Costs more as you grow | No | |||||
| Sub compliance with auto-block on expiry | Add-on | – | – | – | ||
| Job costing with budget vs actual | – | |||||
| Change orders with approval routing | ||||||
| Recurring service plans and MRR | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Add a whole new module after go-live | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Time to live | Weeks | Days to weeks | Days | Days to weeks | Days | About a minute |
Competitor figures reflect publicly listed plans and reported contract ranges for a 20-person contractor at the time of writing; team-specific terms vary. Procore does not publish list pricing and prices against annual construction volume, so its range is wide by design.
The Procore path vs the Fuzen path
Two ways to get construction management software running. One of them lets you try it on a real job before anybody talks about money.
Subscribe to Procore
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1
Book a sales call to find out the price
Pricing is quote-only and keyed to your annual construction volume, so you cannot even estimate it from the website.
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Sign an annual contract, then implement
Commit for twelve months, then schedule onboarding, training and data migration before your crews touch it.
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Renew at a higher number next year
Good year? More volume means a bigger renewal, whether or not you used more of the software.
Install Contractor Project Hub
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Install the free template, no card
One click provisions your own instance with seed data. Takes about a minute. Nobody calls you.
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Run one live job through it
Decide with your own foreman and your own numbers, not a demo environment built by a vendor.
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Upgrade to Pro, or scope a custom build
$999 one-time unlocks all 17 modules. A custom build starts at $5,000 with 10% to start and 90% only when you approve it.
Technical? Prefer to start from scratch?
Describe the contractor app you want and let AI draft it
Most contractors are better off installing the template and reshaping it. But if you would rather start from a blank sheet and describe your own workflow, the AI builder will draft the app for you free.
Popular apps contractors build when leaving Procore:
Connects to the tools your office already runs on
QuickBooks Online sync and Stripe card payments are wired into Pro out of the box, alongside 70+ other integrations.
Gmail
Google Calendar
Google Drive
Outlook
Slack
Dropbox
DocuSign
60+ more
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Frequently asked questions
Everything worth knowing about replacing Procore with Contractor Project Hub.
Launch pricing · first 100 contractors
Stop paying a percentage of your revenue
for software you half use.
Install the free Contractor Project Hub template and run a real job through it. Upgrade to all 17 modules for $999 one-time when you are ready, or have us build you a custom contractor app instead.
No credit card for the free template · No per-user fees · Custom builds: 10% to start, 90% on approval
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