Project Cost Control
Roll up committed costs, actual spend, and remaining budget across every active job in one live view. Catch the overrun before it lands.
PlaniBuild connects your projects, budgets, task-level expenses, trades, suppliers, equipment, schedules, and documents in one system — so you stop chasing spreadsheets, paper receipts, emails, and WhatsApp messages to understand what your jobs are actually costing.
Multi-Project·Multi-Trade·CAD & GST-Ready
The Platform
Everything the field, the office, and the books need — without another spreadsheet, WhatsApp thread, or shoebox of receipts.
Roll up committed costs, actual spend, and remaining budget across every active job in one live view. Catch the overrun before it lands.
Compare the budgeted line to what's actually being spent — by project, phase, or cost code. See variance in dollars and percent as invoices come in.
Attach every receipt, invoice, and change order to the exact task it belongs to. Nothing floating, nothing forgotten.
Track quotes, POs, and payments to every trade and material supplier — with a full history per vendor per job.
Know which excavator, generator, or scaffold set is on which site, who has it, and what it's costing you per day.
Sequence jobs, phases, and trades on a calendar the field actually opens — with dependencies and slippage flagged.
Drawings, permits, contracts, and site photos — filed to the project they belong to, searchable in one place.
Slice cost, margin, and cash flow across every project — for the owner, the bookkeeper, and the bank.
FAQ
Clear answers on what PlaniBuild is, who it is for, and how cost control works — without the spreadsheet chaos.
PlaniBuild is construction cost-control software for Canadian builders and general contractors. It connects projects, budgets, task-level expenses, trades, suppliers, equipment, schedules, and documents in one system so you can see where every construction dollar is going before a job goes over budget.
PlaniBuild is built for growing residential builders and general contractors in Canada who manage multiple active projects and are tired of relying on spreadsheets, paper receipts, emails, and WhatsApp threads to understand job costs.
PlaniBuild compares each budgeted line to what is actually being spent — by project, phase, or cost code — so you can see variance in dollars and percent as invoices and change orders come in.
Committed cost is money you have already obligated through purchase orders, contracts, or quotes. Actual cost is spend that has already hit the job through invoices, receipts, or payments. PlaniBuild shows both so you can catch overruns before remaining budget disappears.
Yes. PlaniBuild is built in Canada for Canadian builders, with CAD and GST-ready cost tracking designed for how Canadian GCs and residential builders run jobs.
Yes. PlaniBuild is designed as a spreadsheet alternative for construction budgets and job costing — one connected system for budgets, task-level expenses, trade and supplier coordination, equipment tracking, scheduling, and project documents.
PlaniBuild is opening a private beta in Q4 2026. Request early access on this page to join the priority list; the founders will reach out when your slot opens.
Private Beta — Q4 2026
Get on the priority list. We'll reach out from the founders when your slot in the private beta opens.