Comparison · Buildertrend
Screed vs
Buildertrend
Buildertrend is built for home builders and remodelers running whole residential projects. Screed is built for the hardscape sub: the takeoff, the supplier order and the delivery, at a published monthly price.
Side by side
At a glance.
Who each one is built for, what it costs and who the price covers. The Buildertrend column comes from Buildertrend’s public pages, checked September 2026.
| Item | Buildertrend | Screed |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | BuildertrendHome builders, remodelers and design/build firms | ScreedHardscape and paver subcontractors |
| Published price | BuildertrendCustom quote | ScreedStarter $80 · Pro $250 · Commercial $600 a month |
| Users | BuildertrendUnlimited users | ScreedEveryone in your company, on every plan |
| How you buy it | BuildertrendQuestionnaire, call, custom quote | ScreedCreate an account online and pick a plan |
Straight answer
Choose Buildertrend if…
If either sounds like you, Buildertrend is probably the better fit. Better you hear it here than find out three months in.
- 01you’re a builder running whole residential builds with homeowner selections.
- 02you’re a remodeler or design/build firm managing every trade on the job.
Built for hardscape subs
Where Screed is different.
What we built for the sub whose money is in the material. Every line here is in the app today, and the tag says which plans include it.
- 01Published prices. You know the number before you talk to anyone.Every plan
- 02The takeoff is shaped like a paver job. Base, bedding sand, joint sand, edge restraint and pavers are all sized from the same outline, with waste included.Every plan
- 03The estimate becomes draft purchase orders, one per supplier, at the prices you pay.Every plan
- 04Deliveries get logged against each PO, full or partial, with photos. What’s still owed stays on the job until it shows up.Pro · Commercial
- 05Crews go on the Board across every project, day by day, with daily logs from the field. Installed quantities get checked against the estimate, area by area.Pro · Commercial
- 06No activation fee, no onboarding fee. Pay monthly and cancel from Settings → Billing whenever you want.Every plan
Monthly vs monthly
Their list price. Ours. Same terms.
Public list prices, monthly billing wherever there’s a choice. Promotions and annual discounts are left out on both sides. Follow the link for current terms.
Buildertrend
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| All plansUnlimited users. Priced after a short questionnaire and a call. | Custom quote |
- Buildertrend doesn’t publish a dollar figure. Ask about implementation and optional services when you get the quote.
Checked September 2026buildertrend.com pricing ↗
Screed
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| Starter25 active projects | $80/mo | $800/yr |
| ProUnlimited projects · everything in Starter | $250/mo | $2,500/yr |
| CommercialUnlimited projects · everything in Pro | $600/mo | $6,000/yr |
- Every plan covers everyone in your company.
- No activation fee and no onboarding fee. No free trial, either.
- Yearly is ten months’ price.
- Cancel anytime from Settings → Billing.
Closest match, month to month
Buildertrend doesn’t publish a price, so there’s no honest side-by-side to draw. Get their quote, then hold it up against the monthly plans above.
Per seat or per company
Buildertrend: unlimited users. Screed: every plan covers your whole company, so adding a foreman or an estimator doesn’t change the bill.
Switching from Buildertrend
What moves, and how.
Move the lists you reuse and the jobs that are still open. Closed jobs can stay where they are.
- 01Pull your lists.Customers, open projects, and your item list with the prices you pay. A spreadsheet is fine.
- 02Load them through the API or MCP.Customers, projects and company item lists import through Screed’s API and MCP, on Pro and Commercial. The easy way: give Claude, or another MCP-capable assistant, your old spreadsheets and a Screed key with writes allowed, and ask it to do the import. Keys are read-only unless you allow writes. On Starter, you add them in the app.
- 03Run the next job in Screed.Build the estimate, send the proposal, and let the purchase orders come off it.
- 04Want a hand?Commercial includes a setup call with us to get your company set up.
Notes for Buildertrend users
- If a builder you work for runs Buildertrend, their system stays theirs. Screed runs your own jobs.
- Pull customers, open projects and your item list into spreadsheets. Closed jobs can stay put.
- Screed doesn’t connect to Buildertrend. The two don’t share data.
What stays where
- QuickBooks or your ERP
- The books.
- Your bill-pay system (Ramp)
- Invoices, bills, approvals and payments. Screed pushes the purchase orders it creates.
- Screed
- The job: what was bid, ordered, delivered, installed and changed.
Screed doesn’t approve bills, match invoices, make payments or keep a ledger.
Product names and trademarks belong to their owners; Screed isn’t affiliated with them. Prices are public list prices checked September 2026 — if something has changed, tell us at hello@getscreed.com and we’ll fix it.
Run your next paver job in Screed.
Starter is $80 a month for your whole company. No activation fee, no seat count. Cancel anytime from Settings → Billing.