Professional financial command center for contractors

Contractor Financial Software

Builder Trace gives general contractors, home builders, and remodelers one polished place to manage project finances. Track cost codes, payments, labor, materials, change orders, cash flow, budget pressure, and real profit without stitching together spreadsheets and scattered notes.

Every active job gets a clear workspace. Owners can see what has been collected, what is still owed, which costs are moving, and what needs attention before margin slips.

Cost Codes vs ActualsUnderstand where labor, subs, materials, misc, and contingency budgets are being used.
Payment ControlTrack paid, pending, overdue, and outstanding money across every active project.
Risk and Profit ClaritySee recommended next moves, health signals, and margin pressure before problems grow.
Builder Trace dashboard showing contractor revenue, job costs, cash flow, labor tracking, materials, and real profit visibility

A premium operating view for construction money.

Builder Trace is organized around the way contractors actually work: a company dashboard for the big picture, project workspaces for job-level decisions, and cost-code budgets for the details that protect profit.

Company dashboard

See the business from the top.

The dashboard brings active projects, cash flow, collections, risk ranking, and financial activity into one command view so owners know where to look first.

Total Contract Value$1,820,000
Live Profit$125,560
At-Risk Collections$96,200
Project workspace

Open the job that needs attention.

Each project has its own workspace for payments, costs, budget pressure, change orders, forecast, and a recommended next move.

Adjusted Contract$486,000
Budget Used68.4%
Health Score86 / 100
Cost code control

Know where the budget is being used.

Cost-code budgets connect planned money to actual labor, subs, materials, misc expenses, equipment, permits, and contingency.

Framing / Labor$42,800
Subcontractors$118,400
Materials$76,950
Onboarding that creates dataNew users enter business and starter project details before the dashboard opens.
Guided tutorialsDashboard and project tours help owners understand the workflow immediately.
Mobile-ready workflowsCosts, payments, and project details stay usable across phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops.
Realtime Firebase dataProject updates roll back into the dashboard so the company view stays current.

Every feature should help a contractor make a better financial decision.

Builder Trace is built to move beyond basic lists and generic dashboards. The platform highlights what changed, what is late, what is over budget, what needs collection, and which project deserves attention next.

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Command center

Company dashboard

See active projects, contract value, collected revenue, total costs, live profit, outstanding money, and cash-flow movement from one polished operating view.

  • Active projects high on the page
  • Risk ranking next to company signals
  • Weekly report with recommended next move
02
Job control

Project workspaces

Open a project to manage the numbers behind that specific job: payments, labor, subs, materials, misc costs, change orders, forecast, and notes.

  • One workspace per project
  • Project health score and next action
  • Dashboard totals stay synced
03
Budget discipline

Cost codes vs actuals

Budget by project phase and compare actual tracked costs against labor, subcontractor, material, misc, permit, equipment, and contingency codes.

  • Default construction cost codes
  • Actuals roll into the right phase
  • Budget pressure is visible fast
04
Collections

Payment tracking

Track deposits, progress payments, final payments, paid money, pending money, overdue balances, due dates, and payment methods.

  • Paid, pending, and overdue status
  • Outstanding balance awareness
  • Collection risk alerts
05
Scope control

Change orders

Keep adds, deducts, approvals, rejections, and pending change orders tied to project value and financial forecast.

  • Approved changes update contract value
  • Pending changes stay visible
  • Deducts reduce projected value
06
Forecasting

Profit forecast

Project where the job is headed using approved contract value, pending revenue, current costs, budget exposure, and change-order movement.

  • Projected revenue, costs, and profit
  • Remaining budget exposure
  • Projected margin signal
07
Risk visibility

Risk ranking and alerts

Surface projects that need attention based on overdue payments, low margin, cost exposure, outstanding balance, and health score.

  • Highest-risk projects rise up
  • Alerts explain why it matters
  • Owners know where to act first
08
Adoption

Onboarding and tutorials

New accounts start with business information and a first project, then guided tours show how to use the dashboard and project pages.

  • No empty first experience
  • Dashboard and project walkthroughs
  • Cleaner start for new contractors

The problem is not a lack of work. It is a lack of financial clarity.

Many contractors know how to build. Fewer have a system that shows exactly what their jobs are earning in real time. Builder Trace replaces scattered spreadsheets, mental math, missing receipts, and delayed financial visibility with one clean operating system for the field and the office.

Without Builder Trace

Project financials live in multiple spreadsheets, notes, texts, and disconnected tools.
Labor, subs, materials, permits, rentals, and misc costs are hard to connect to true job margin.
Payments and change orders are tracked separately, so forecast and collections lag behind reality.
Owners know revenue is coming in, but they cannot clearly explain which project needs attention first.

With Builder Trace

Every project has a clear financial profile with revenue, costs, receivables, budget pressure, and live profit.
Cost-code budgets and actuals show which phase is driving the project’s financial movement.
Payments, change orders, cash flow, alerts, and forecast stay connected to the job workspace.
Contractors gain a cleaner, more professional operating system they can check daily.

Built for contractors who need a real business operating system.

Builder Trace is designed for general contractors, custom home builders, and remodeling companies across the United States that are managing multiple jobs, paying crews, ordering materials, reviewing change orders, and trying to protect margin without wasting time inside bloated software.

Custom Home Builders

Track large contract values, stage payments, allowances, labor, subs, materials, and long project timelines while maintaining visibility into actual job profit.

  • Monitor long-duration project margins
  • Track receivables against construction phases
  • See where cost overruns begin

Remodeling Contractors

Handle fast-moving project expenses, field changes, labor fluctuations, and smaller line items without losing financial control.

  • Track change-driven cost movement
  • Keep labor and materials tied to real jobs
  • Understand remodel profitability faster

General Contractors & Growing Teams

Get a clearer command center for the business as more projects, more crews, more subs, and more payments move at once.

  • Centralize business financial visibility
  • Reduce spreadsheet dependency
  • Create a better foundation for scale

Frequently asked questions about contractor financial software

These are some of the most common questions contractors ask when they are looking for better job costing software, construction profit tracking tools, and a clearer way to manage cash flow across multiple active projects.

What is contractor financial software?

Contractor financial software is a system used by construction businesses to track revenue, job costs, labor expenses, materials, cash flow, and real profit across projects. Builder Trace is designed specifically for contractors who need better visibility into their numbers.

How does Builder Trace help with job costing?

Builder Trace helps organize labor, subcontractor, material, permit, equipment, and miscellaneous project costs by job and cost code so contractors can understand what work is costing and where margin is moving.

Can Builder Trace track payments and change orders?

Yes. Project workspaces include payments, overdue balances, outstanding money, change orders, approved contract movement, pending scope changes, and forecast signals.

Who should use Builder Trace?

Builder Trace is built for general contractors, custom home builders, remodelers, and construction companies that want better control over project finances and stronger visibility into business performance.

Start using Builder Trace before everyone else does.

Builder Trace is being built to give contractors a cleaner way to manage project finances, job costs, cost-code budgets, payment tracking, change orders, and profit visibility. Join early to help shape a system designed around real construction workflows.

Premium dashboard for revenue, costs, risk, and project margin
Project workspaces with payments, costs, budget, and forecast
Fast, mobile-friendly workflows contractors can actually use
A stronger foundation for scaling a profitable contracting company

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