TrueBuilt

quote-only annual plans (separate General Contractor and Subcontractor tiers); no public dollar figures Win & Set Up the Work

Cloud-based, AI-native pre-construction platform for general contractors and subcontractors combining quantity takeoff, cost estimation, bid management/leveling, and bid qualification/risk assessment in one tool, with an AI assistant and a Bidding Portal for GC-to-subcontractor collaboration; extended in late 2025 with acquired Capabuild LiDAR/360-degree jobsite-capture data.

Hidden PricingAgent-hostile
1.6 /5 composite score
RF1 and RF2 cap C1 and C2 because pricing is quote-only and no public API, CLI, or MCP is documented. The documented file surface is PDF project-document import, and firm-size fit is growing.
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Criterion Score Evidence
Value for the price 1/5 quote-only annual plans (separate General Contractor and Subcontractor tiers); no public dollar figures Source →
Agent Friendliness 1/5 API: unknown -- no public developer API, CLI, or MCP documentation found
Ease of adoption 2/5 web-saas Source →
Portability & lock-in 2/5 1 file formats
Interoperability 2/5 --

Pricing

Modelquote-only annual plans (separate General Contractor and Subcontractor tiers); no public dollar figures
Free tierno
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Evidence

File formats

FormatDirectionSupport
PDF import unknown -- Public product materials reference drawings, spec books, and project documents analyzed by the platform.

Adoption

Deploymentweb-saas
Self-serve signupno
Implementation requiredvendor-led

Ecosystem

Plugin marketplaceno

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