# Groundflag

> Construction management for US contractors: estimates, schedule, crew time, daily logs, change orders and invoices, in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Groundflag is open: anyone can sign up at https://app.groundflag.com/register?lang=en, with 30 days free and no card. Questions: hello@groundflag.com, or WhatsApp +1 617 275 3254 (https://wa.me/16172753254).

## Pricing (per company, unlimited users, monthly with no contract or annual with 2 months free)

- Crew: $149/month, or $124/month billed yearly. For remodelers and specialty trades. Jobs, clients, estimates and proposals, invoices, the time clock, the client portal, the daily log by voice, the schedule, change orders, punch lists and forms.
- Pro: $199/month, or $166/month billed yearly. For general contractors and builders with subs and purchasing. Everything in Crew, plus job money: cost codes, budget, job costing, progress billing and pay applications.
- Business: $299/month, or $249/month billed yearly. For companies with several crews or divisions. Everything in Pro, plus priority support, company API keys and signed webhooks. Connect your own tools today. Plan takeoff and several companies in one account join as they ship.
Full table: https://groundflag.com/pricing
Made by Design Master Solutions LLC.

## What it is being built to do

- One job, one place: Schedule, daily logs, photos, documents, money and people all hang on the job. Open the job and it is all there, not scattered across a menu of forty modules.
- English, Spanish and Portuguese: Each person works in their own language, on the same job. The foreman logs in Spanish, the office reads it in English, and the estimate reaches the client in the client’s language. Every screen is written in all three, not machine translated; machine translation is only for what people type.
- The job's money in sight: Budget, committed, actual, invoiced and paid, by cost code, updated the moment the fact happens: a time card approved, a purchase order sent, a bill entered. You see the overrun while there is still time to do something about it.
- No charge per user: the whole crew, your subs and your clients get in without a seat fee.

## The field app

Built for the foreman first: 56-pixel targets for gloves, black on concrete for direct sun, and autosave on everything typed.

- Clock in, two taps. The job is picked by where you stand, and while the app is open the office sees on the crew map where the team is.
- Say it, and it is logged. Tap Tell the day and talk, in English, Spanish or Portuguese. Groundflag drafts the daily log; the foreman reviews it and signs.
- AI drafts, people confirm. Nothing that moves money is saved until a person confirms it on screen.

## What works today, and what comes next (target months, not promises)

1. The base (Works today): Sign up and set up your company, invite your team, clients and jobs, estimates and proposals the client accepts online, invoices, the time clock, the client portal, the daily log by voice and the Capture button, the schedule with dependencies, cost codes, budget, job costing and change orders.
2. The field (Works today): Punch lists, forms, inspections, safety talks and RFIs.
3. Job money (Works today): Progress billing with a schedule of values, retainage, G702/G703-style pay applications, lien waivers, subcontracts and the WIP report.
4. Estimating (Works today): A cost catalog with assemblies by trade, estimate templates and estimates drafted by AI from the scope.
5. Messages (December 2026): Messages translated between the office and the crew.
6. Plan takeoff (January 2027): Quantities read by AI from the plans.
7. Phones, no signal (February 2027): iOS and Android apps that keep working without signal for the clock, the daily log, photos and the punch list.

## Links

- [Home](https://groundflag.com/): product page, English
- [Sign up](https://app.groundflag.com/register?lang=en): create a company, 30 days free and no card, then the plans above
- [Inicio](https://groundflag.com/es/): the same page written in Spanish
- [Início](https://groundflag.com/pt/): the same page written in Portuguese
- [Pricing](https://groundflag.com/pricing): the three plans, what each includes and when, and Contractor Foreman next to it
- [Integrations](https://groundflag.com/integrations): what Groundflag works with today: Stripe, Bills by e-mail, Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, iCal, Zapier, Make, REST API, Webhooks, Gusto, ADP, Paychex, Paylocity, QuickBooks, Mailchimp, Constant Contact, CompanyCam, Microsoft Project, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, Contractor Foreman, Buildertrend, JobTread, Jobber, Housecall Pro, JobNimbus, CoConstruct, Angi, Thumbtack, Yelp, Houzz, Bark, Porch, Roofr, GAF QuickMeasure
- [Integrations coming next](https://groundflag.com/integrations#next): built or started, not open yet, each with what it still waits for: QuickBooks Online, Xero, QuickBooks Desktop, Sage 100, Sage 300, Sage Intacct, NetSuite, Spectrum, Vista, Foundation, ComputerEase, Acumatica, Outlook, Microsoft 365, OneDrive, Plaid, Square, PayPal, Helcim, Finix, Fluid Pay, EagleView, Hover, Linxup, Azuga
- [Claude and ChatGPT](https://groundflag.com/help/ai-assistants): connector that reads and updates jobs, tasks, daily logs, schedule, RFIs and punch lists (payments stay in the app) on every plan; directory listings: Claude https://claude.ai/directory/groundflag, ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6ac6401bbd9c819194055b5c066d2ebb
- [Help center](https://groundflag.com/help): getting started, moving from Contractor Foreman, daily log by voice, schedule, change orders, payments, QuickBooks, phone
- [Full text for LLMs](https://groundflag.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Terms and Conditions](https://groundflag.com/terms)
- [Privacy Policy](https://groundflag.com/privacy): device location shared with the company while the app is open (crew map, latest position only, no route history) and attached to the time card at clock in and clock out; AI drafts, no model training on customer data
- [SMS Terms and Conditions](https://groundflag.com/sms-terms): text messaging program, opt in, STOP and HELP

## Product

- [Daily log by voice](https://groundflag.com/features/daily-log): Talk through the day in English, Spanish or Portuguese: Groundflag drafts the daily log with crew hours, weather, work, deliveries and delays to sign.
- [Schedule with Gantt](https://groundflag.com/features/schedule): A Gantt schedule on every job: dependencies with lag, working days, critical path, a baseline, one-tap rain days, a 21-day lookahead and MS Project files.
- [Job costing and change orders](https://groundflag.com/features/job-costing): Budget, committed and actual by cost code on every job, forecast and margin, overrun alerts, and change orders the client signs online.
- [Time clock and crews](https://groundflag.com/features/time-clock): Crews clock in from the phone with the GPS point and an optional photo, the job picked for them on site. Approved hours feed the daily log and job cost.
- [Estimates and invoices](https://groundflag.com/features/estimates-invoices): Create itemized construction estimates, let clients review and accept online, request a deposit, and turn accepted line items into the job budget by cost code.
- [Selections](https://groundflag.com/features/selections): Add finish options with a photo and a price. The client picks one and signs. Over the allowance, Groundflag drafts the change order.
- [Client portal](https://groundflag.com/features/client-portal): Your clients get a portal at your company's address: approve estimates and change orders, sign contracts, pay invoices, send messages and share files.
- [Drawings](https://groundflag.com/features/drawings): Upload a drawing set to the job. Each sheet keeps its revisions, and a pin tied to an RFI or a punch item follows the sheet onto the next revision.
- [Subcontracts](https://groundflag.com/features/subcontracts): A subcontract with a schedule of values, the sub's signature, bills against each line, and a payment hold when the COI, W-9 or license is out of date.
- [Time and materials](https://groundflag.com/features/time-and-materials): A T&M ticket on the job: labor, material and equipment lines, your markup, a saved signature, and a draft invoice or change order once a person confirms.
- [Change events](https://groundflag.com/features/change-events): Record a change before it is a change order: a reason, estimated cost and price by cost code, a price request to subs, and a draft once a person confirms.
- [Meetings](https://groundflag.com/features/meetings): Meetings on the job: an agenda, who was in the room, minutes as a PDF, and open action items that move themselves onto the next meeting of the series.
- [Specifications](https://groundflag.com/features/specifications): Upload the spec book PDF. Groundflag proposes submittals by section, and only a line you confirm becomes a draft. A scan with no text never calls the model.
- [Field records](https://groundflag.com/features/field-records): One Docs segment holds observations, permits and transmittals. A failed inspection opens an observation, and a transmittal email is sent once.
- [Job forecast](https://groundflag.com/features/job-forecast): A posted direct cost enters job-cost actual. The forecast is the higher of budget or actual plus open committed, unless you override it with a reason.
- [Prequalification](https://groundflag.com/features/prequalification): Send each sub a no-password link: liability and workers' comp limits, EMR, licenses, references and the insurance certificate. The office sets the score.
- [Resource planning](https://groundflag.com/features/resource-planning): A Monday to Sunday crew board. Demand comes from budgeted task hours, not Gantt duration, and the same person on two jobs the same day is a conflict.
- [Materials and equipment](https://groundflag.com/features/materials): The job board reads planned, ordered and delivered material. Unknown stock is blank, not zero, and equipment hours hit job cost only when you turn it on.
- [Report packs](https://groundflag.com/features/analytics): Three report packs, by company or by job, with a period and CSV export: budget, committed and actual as of today, and open punch items, RFIs and submittals.
- [Job assistants](https://groundflag.com/features/ai-agents): Four assistants draft an RFI from a photo, point at risk in a subcontract, summarize the week or search job documents. None saves an RFI, a log or money.
- [Job permissions](https://groundflag.com/features/project-access): Per-job roles are a company switch. Off, everyone sees every job. On, people who are not the owner or an admin see only their jobs. Subs and clients keep links.
- [Landscapers](https://groundflag.com/for/landscapers): Seasonal contracts invoiced once on due date, routes that move on rain days, the crew's visit and the chemical log. One price per company, all users included.

## Compare

- [All comparisons](https://groundflag.com/compare): Groundflag next to Buildertrend, CoConstruct, JobTread, Contractor Foreman, CompanyCam, Jobber and more: prices, gaps and how to move your data, with sources.
- [Contractor Foreman alternative](https://groundflag.com/compare/contractor-foreman-alternative): Compare Contractor Foreman pricing, user limits and AI drafts. Try one job in Groundflag before moving your crew, with clear limits and an import guide.
- [Buildertrend alternative](https://groundflag.com/compare/buildertrend-alternative): Compare Buildertrend alternatives for small builders: see archived 2026 prices, key competitors, and whether month-to-month plans fit your remodeling business.
- [JobTread alternative](https://groundflag.com/compare/jobtread-alternative): JobTread alternative for a shop that does not want a per-user fee. Groundflag Crew is $149 a month for the whole company, field crew included.
- [CoConstruct replacement](https://groundflag.com/compare/coconstruct-replacement): Looking for a CoConstruct alternative? What the official migration to Buildertrend says, the dates, and the other tools builders compare.
- [CompanyCam alternative](https://groundflag.com/compare/companycam-alternative): CompanyCam alternatives, with its plan prices next to Groundflag at $149 a month for the whole company: photos, estimates, schedule, invoices. Free 30 days.
- [Jobber alternative](https://groundflag.com/compare/jobber-alternative): Compare Jobber and Groundflag for construction: client booking and payments alongside Gantt schedules, daily logs, change orders and job costing.
- [Housecall Pro alternative](https://groundflag.com/compare/housecall-pro-alternative): Housecall Pro beside Groundflag: service booking and dispatch, plus the schedule, change orders and job costs of a longer job.
- [Houzz Pro alternative](https://groundflag.com/compare/houzz-pro-alternative): Houzz Pro alternatives side by side: what Houzz Pro does better for design and selections, and where Groundflag runs the field, the schedule and job money.
- [JobNimbus alternative](https://groundflag.com/compare/jobnimbus-alternative): JobNimbus next to Groundflag: what JobNimbus does better for roofing sales, and where Groundflag runs longer jobs, the schedule and the job money.
- [Procore alternative](https://groundflag.com/compare/procore-alternative): Procore publishes no price and bills a yearly fee by construction volume. Groundflag Crew is $1,488 a year, every user included, with no implementation fee.
- [SingleOps alternative](https://groundflag.com/compare/singleops-alternative): SingleOps beside Groundflag: per-company price with all users, the construction job behind a hardscape, and a chemical log an inspector can read.
- [LMN alternative](https://groundflag.com/compare/lmn-alternative): What LMN costs in 2026, plan by plan and license by license, beside Groundflag: one price per company with every user, and job costing on the one plan.
- [Roofr alternative](https://groundflag.com/compare/roofr-alternative): Roofr beside Groundflag: roof reports and proposals on one side, the schedule, change orders and job costs of a longer job on the other, with both prices.

## Who it is for

- [Remodelers](https://groundflag.com/for/remodelers): For remodelers running several jobs: estimates the homeowner accepts online, change orders signed before the work, a client portal and a voice daily log.
- [Home builders](https://groundflag.com/for/home-builders): For small home builders: a Gantt schedule with templates by house type, subs told by email or text when dates move, and budget against actual per house.
- [General contractors](https://groundflag.com/for/general-contractors): For small general contractors: job costing by cost code, change orders the owner signs online, voice daily logs with subs and inspections, a Gantt schedule.
- [Specialty trades](https://groundflag.com/for/specialty-trades): For electricians, plumbers, HVAC, roofing, concrete, painting and flooring: crews clock in from the phone in their language, invoices paid online, job cost.

## Free tools

- [Markup and margin calculator](https://groundflag.com/tools/markup-margin-calculator): Free markup and margin calculator for contractors: type the job cost and a markup or margin, get the price, the profit and the other percentage.
- [Labor rate calculator](https://groundflag.com/tools/labor-rate-calculator): Free labor rate calculator for contractors: crew, wage, burden, billable hours, overhead and margin give the cost of a field hour and the rate to charge.

## Help center

- [Help center](https://groundflag.com/help): Start with Groundflag, move from Contractor Foreman, Jobber or CompanyCam, draft estimates with AI, log days by voice, schedule jobs and take payments.
- [Getting started](https://groundflag.com/help/getting-started): Create your company, add a client and job, then open Sales, Estimates to prepare and send a proposal. Start on your own, with 30 days free and no card.
- [Invite your crew](https://groundflag.com/help/invite-your-crew): Crew & time > Crew > Add Team Member: invite by email or create the login yourself, pick a role, and add time clock only members who just punch in and out.
- [Moving from Contractor Foreman](https://groundflag.com/help/import-from-contractor-foreman): Import clients, contacts, subs, jobs, items and cost codes from Contractor Foreman, Buildertrend, JobTread or a spreadsheet: map, preview, import, report.
- [Moving from CompanyCam](https://groundflag.com/help/import-from-companycam): Connect CompanyCam with an access token and copy every project, photo, video and document into Groundflag jobs, then cancel without losing a file.
- [Moving from Jobber](https://groundflag.com/help/import-from-jobber): Export your Jobber client list as CSV and import it with Jobber as the source: names, phones, e-mail, address and notes, previewed first.
- [Moving from Housecall Pro](https://groundflag.com/help/import-from-housecall-pro): Export your Housecall Pro customers, save as CSV and import them: names, mobile numbers, e-mail, service address and notes, previewed first.
- [Moving from JobNimbus](https://groundflag.com/help/import-from-jobnimbus): Export a JobNimbus contact report as CSV and import it: names, mobile numbers, e-mail, address and description, previewed first.
- [Moving from Buildertrend](https://groundflag.com/help/import-from-buildertrend): Export Buildertrend grids to Excel, save them as CSV and import them: clients, jobs, cost codes and cost catalog items, previewed first.
- [Moving from JobTread](https://groundflag.com/help/import-from-jobtread): Export a JobTread view of your customers or catalog as CSV and import it: contacts and cost items with unit cost and unit price, previewed first.
- [Moving from CoConstruct](https://groundflag.com/help/import-from-coconstruct): CoConstruct takes new projects through March 31, 2027. Export your leads as CSV, import them in Groundflag with a preview, and download your project data.
- [Moving from Invoice2go](https://groundflag.com/help/import-from-invoice2go): Export your Invoice2go invoices as CSV and import the clients on them: name, e-mail and billing address, each client once, previewed first.
- [Draft an estimate with AI](https://groundflag.com/help/draft-estimate-with-ai): Describe the work in a sentence and get estimate lines with quantities and prices, your price book first. You review every line before you send.
- [Start an estimate from a template](https://groundflag.com/help/estimate-templates): Open a new estimate on a kitchen, bathroom, roof, floor or other job and tap one button to get the usual lines to price, instead of a blank page.
- [Leads from e-mail, missed calls and texts](https://groundflag.com/help/leads-from-email-calls-and-texts): Forward your inbox and use a free Google Voice number: each voicemail, text or customer e-mail becomes a lead with the caller's number.
- [Let clients request changes](https://groundflag.com/help/request-changes-on-estimates): Turn on Request changes and clients ask for edits from the estimate link instead of declining. The estimate stays open; you get the request by e-mail.
- [Follow up on a sent estimate](https://groundflag.com/help/estimate-follow-ups): Groundflag e-mails the client when a sent estimate gets no answer, on days 3, 7 and 14 by default. Change the days or stop them for one estimate.
- [Text your clients](https://groundflag.com/help/text-clients): Turn on texts in Settings and clients get the estimate, pay link, contract to sign and payment receipt by text, each with its link.
- [Receipt to vendor bill](https://groundflag.com/help/receipt-to-bill): Snap the receipt with Capture and New Vendor Bill opens filled in: vendor, bill date, total and job, with the photo kept on the bill. You check it and save.
- [Show finished work](https://groundflag.com/help/show-finished-work): Pick up to four jobs from your showcase so the client sees finished work on the estimate, with the town only.
- [Approve weekly timesheets](https://groundflag.com/help/approve-timesheets): Weekly timesheets open on last week so you can approve it on Monday: check each person's regular and overtime hours, approve, then export for payroll.
- [Job photos and files](https://groundflag.com/help/job-photos-and-files): Keep each job's photos, plans and PDFs in folders, move or delete many files at once, and give the client a photo report, a before and after page or a link.
- [Daily log by voice](https://groundflag.com/help/daily-log-by-voice): Open today's log on the job, tap the button and talk, check what Groundflag filled in, add photos and sign.
- [Building a schedule](https://groundflag.com/help/schedule): Add tasks on the job's Schedule tab, link them, save a baseline, move work and push a rain day.
- [Change orders](https://groundflag.com/help/change-orders): Create the change order on the job, send it, and the client approves it online; the contract, budget and next invoice follow.
- [Progress billing and retainage](https://groundflag.com/help/progress-billing-and-pay-applications): Bill a percent of each estimate line, credit the deposit, or run G702/G703-style pay applications with retainage and lien waivers.
- [Custom reports](https://groundflag.com/help/custom-reports): Pick the source, the columns and one group, like invoices by job or hours by person. See totals, export a CSV and save the report.
- [Drawing sets](https://groundflag.com/help/upload-a-drawing-set): Upload the PDF plans to the job. AI reads each sheet number and title off the title blocks, you check them, and a sheet uploaded again becomes a revision.
- [Vendor bills by e-mail](https://groundflag.com/help/vendor-bills-by-email): Suppliers e-mail bills to your company's bills address, or you forward them. AI reads vendor, number, dates and total; New Bill opens filled in.
- [Cash flow statement](https://groundflag.com/help/accounting-cash-flow): Accounting > Cash Flow shows operating, investing and financing activity for the period, and whether the bank agrees.
- [Warranty requests](https://groundflag.com/help/warranty-requests): Turn on Warranty requests and a client reports a problem on a finished job from the portal, with a photo. It lands on the job's punch list; you get an e-mail.
- [Weekly client update](https://groundflag.com/help/weekly-client-update): Job agents > Update client drafts the week's update from daily logs, client photos and signed change orders, plus what comes next, in the client's language.
- [Toolbox talks](https://groundflag.com/help/toolbox-talks): Safety > Toolbox talks: AI writes today's talk in English, Spanish or Portuguese, the crew signs on the phone, and the closed talk is your training record.
- [Purchase orders](https://groundflag.com/help/purchase-orders): Write a purchase order to a vendor in a minute, or approve a requisition first. E-mail it, record what arrives and turn it into a vendor bill.
- [Good, better, best options](https://groundflag.com/help/good-better-best-options): On an estimate or a service call, build Good, Better and Best with add-ons and a deposit; the client chooses and signs on your phone or by link.
- [Your catalog of items and prices](https://groundflag.com/help/catalog): Add the trades you work in, set your price once per item, and pick lines from the catalog on every estimate and invoice. Draft with AI uses your prices first.
- [Export your client list](https://groundflag.com/help/export-clients): Clients, three dots, Export CSV: every client with e-mail, phones, address, tags, source and status, ready for Mailchimp or Constant Contact.
- [Getting paid](https://groundflag.com/help/payments): Connect your company's payment account in Settings, Payment Gateways, and clients pay invoices and deposits by card in your portal.
- [QuickBooks Online](https://groundflag.com/help/quickbooks): The QuickBooks Online sync is built and tested on Intuit's sandbox and opens once Intuit approves our app. What will sync, and what to do until then.
- [Xero](https://groundflag.com/help/xero): Connect your Xero organisation to Groundflag. Invoices, vendor bills, contacts and payments sync in both directions, verified with Xero's Demo Company.
- [Using it on the phone](https://groundflag.com/help/mobile): Install Groundflag from Google Play or add it to the iPhone home screen, allow the camera, location and microphone, and turn them back on after a Don't Allow.
- [Trial, plans and billing](https://groundflag.com/help/trial-and-billing): 30 days free with no card and every tool open. What happens when the trial ends, how to pick a plan, cancel in the app and get a refund in the first 30 days.
- [AI app builders](https://groundflag.com/help/connect-ai-app-builder): Build your own tool with an AI app builder and let it read your clients and jobs and draft estimates in Groundflag through the public API. You review and send.
- [Claude and ChatGPT](https://groundflag.com/help/ai-assistants): Ask Claude or ChatGPT about your jobs, invoices and schedule, or have it log the day, add a task or answer an RFI. Payments stay in the app.