PlanHub

tiered -- free Essentials tier for GCs and a free basic profile for subs; published subcontractor annual tiers ($1,999-$3,299/yr by radius); GC Pro/Premier/Enterprise and API access are quote-only Win & Set Up the Work

Cloud-based preconstruction bid-management platform connecting general contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers for project discovery, invitation-to-bid, digital planrooms, prequalification, and takeoff/estimation; acquired by GrowthCurve Capital in Sept 2025.

Agent-hostile

2.4 /5 composite score

C1 3/5 reflects the free GC tier plus published subcontractor pricing, and C4 2/5 reflects a file surface limited to PDF and partial XLSX exchange. RF2 caps C2 because the only documented API is a sales-gated data feed rather than a general developer platform.

Situational

Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion	Score	Evidence
Value for the price	3/5	tiered -- free Essentials tier for GCs and a free basic profile for subs; published subcontractor annual tiers ($1,999-$3,299/yr by radius); GC Pro/Premier/Enterprise and API access are quote-only, from $1999, free tier Source →
Agent Friendliness	1/5	API: A sales-gated "Data & API" product exists (planhub.com/api) providing project-intelligence feeds for CRM/BI use, not a general-purpose developer/integration API Source →
Ease of adoption	4/5	web-saas Source →
Portability & lock-in	2/5	2 file formats
Interoperability	2/5	1 integrations

Pricing

Modeltiered -- free Essentials tier for GCs and a free basic profile for subs; published subcontractor annual tiers ($1,999-$3,299/yr by radius); GC Pro/Premier/Enterprise and API access are quote-only

Entry price$1999

Free tieryes

Billing unitper-seat

Free tier scopeusable

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Evidence

File formats

Format	Direction	Support
XLSX	both	partial -- Takeoff measurements and assemblies can be exported to/imported from spreadsheets per knowledge-base articles.
PDF	both	unknown -- Digital planroom document sharing.

Integrations

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Adoption

Deploymentweb-saas

Self-serve signupyes

Implementation requiredoptional

Ecosystem

Plugin marketplaceno

Sources

Pricing API docs Signup

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